All the tips, tricks, and techniques to boost your Office productivity and uncover creative possibilities

Ready to make your slide shows sing? How about spicing up Word docs? Want to unlock those nuggets hidden in your data? This guide quickly shows you how, walking you through everything you need to know about Office 2011for Mac. You'll build spreadsheets, design stunningpresentations, create amazing Word files, and managee-mail in no time!

• Step into basic training - discover how to install Office 2011, then learn about all the new features available in the latestrelease

• Unlock your creative side - incorporate impressive formatting effects, utilize the best templates, and define your own style so you can design visually stunning Word documents

• Dive into the world of numbers - get up to speed on Excel and start crunching those figures in order to effectively analyze and present your data

• Make your presentations stand out - create slide shows that captivate your audience, using the new and improved toolsavailable in PowerPoint

• Get organized and stay connected - find out how to better manage your e-mail, keep track of your appointments, saveyour contacts, and much more

Open the book and find:

• All about what's new and goodin Office 2011

• Tips for working with the Ribbon, toolbars, and palettes

• Ways to enhance Word documents with templates and graphics

• How to design slide shows tocreate powerful presentations

• Methods for crunching data in Excel to uncover key information

• Steps for sending, receiving, and managing your Outlook e-mail

• Secrets to boost your productivity

• Advice on customizing Office 2011 for your needs

Learn to:

• Create great documents, communicate your ideas, and add visual interest with Styles

• Punch up your presentations with charts, graphics, and narration

• Build spreadsheets, crunch numbers, and format charts

• Configure e-mail settings, manage your contacts, and organize your calendar

Introduction.

Part I: Introduction to the Microsoft Office 2011 Suite.

Chapter 1: Overview from 10,000 Feet.

Chapter 2: A Sweet Suite: Introducing the Office 2011 Applications.

Chapter 3: Common Knowledge: Things That Work the Same in All Office Applications.

Part II: Mastering Microsoft Word.

Chapter 4: Getting to Know Microsoft Word.

Chapter 5: Processing Documents with Word.

Chapter 6: Refining and Editing Documents with Word.

Chapter 7: Going for the Designer Look: Using Templates and Other Design Elements.

Chapter 8: This and That: Advanced and Collaboration Features.

Part III: Powerful Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint.

Chapter 9: Getting to Know Microsoft PowerPoint.

Chapter 10: Creating Slide Shows.

Chapter 11: Making Your Slide Shows Sing.

Chapter 12: Presentation Mastery.

Part IV: Crunching Data with Microsoft's Most Excellent Excel.

Chapter 13: Getting to Know Microsoft Excel.

Chapter 14: Crunching Numbers (And Data) with Excel.

Chapter 15: Enhancing and Printing Your Excel Spreadsheets.

Chapter 16: Advanced Spreadsheeting.

Part V: Microsoft Outlook: Miraculous Manager of Most Things.

Chapter 17: Getting to Know Outlook.

Chapter 18: Outlook Online.

Chapter 19: Managing Your Affairs with Outlook.

Chapter 20: Getting Advanced with Outlook.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Things in Offi ce 2011 That Didn't Fit Elsewhere.

Chapter 22: Ten Timesaving Shortcuts and Tips for Enhanced Productivity.

Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Customize Office.

Index.

Bob LeVitus, aka Dr. Mac, is a leading authority on the iPad, iPhone, and Mac OS X. One of the Mac community's most trusted gurus for almosttwenty years, he has written or co-written more than 55 books. Bob isalso a columnist for the Houston Chronicle and The Mac Observer.