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Seniors who are new to computers can learn Office applications quickly and easily

If you're over 50 and new to computers, everything about them can seem intimidating. The most common applications you'll want to use are part of the Microsoft Office suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Microsoft Office 2007 For Seniors For Dummies shows you how to use each one in a straightforward, fun manner that takes all the apprehension away.

This plain-English guide shows you just what you need to know to write letters with Word, keep a budget with an Excel spreadsheet, create fun slideshows with PowerPoint, and set up an e-mail account using Outlook. Microsoft Office 2007 For Seniors For Dummies doesn't assume you were born knowing how to use a computer; it starts at the beginning and makes learning easy and quick.

• Each chapter lists the tasks covered, with page references to help you locate what you need
• Shows how to start each application and navigate the elements on the screen
• Covers how to create documents in Word and provides templates for letters and faxes
• Explains how to create spreadsheets and includes a grid for budgeting
• Guides you through creating a PowerPoint presentation
• Demonstrates how to set up an e-mail account with Outlook and communicate with others

Microsoft Office 2007 For Seniors For Dummies will have you using basic Office applications in no time, and boost your confidence too.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119158 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .90" h x 7.30" w x 9.10" l, 1.20 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

From the Back Cover
Office isn't just for the office! Use it for letters, budgets, e-mail, and presentations

Now that you've got the hang of a PC, you want to be able to do real-life tasks with it. Enter Microsoft Office, the world's most popular suite of applications! It lets you write family newsletters, track your bank balances and plan budgets, create presentations for your club or group, and send and receive e-mail. This handy guide makes it easy!

• Some things stay the same — get to know the Ribbon and commands that Office applications share

• Make it pretty — apply styles and formatting to your Word documents, and include clip art, photos, and background color

• Figure it out — calculate interest earned, loan payments, amortization, and more using Excel spreadsheets

• Mail call — set up your Outlook e-mail and learn to avoid fraud, scams, and viruses

• Get organized — manage contacts, to-do lists, and calendars with Outlook

• Make your point — learn your way around PowerPoint and how to create slideshows with photos, animation, and sound

• Better records — keep address lists and other important information in an Excel database

• Saving and sharing — save documents, e-mail them to others, print them, or share them online

Open the book and find:

• How to start and navigate the Office applications

• A guide to the Ribbon, the Office menu, and other all-new tools for 2007

• Ways to dress up documents

• How to create invitations or newsletters with photos

• Uses for simple spreadsheets

• Advice on setting up e-mail

• What you can do with a slideshow

• How to do a mail merge and print documents

About the Author
Faithe Wempen teaches computer classes at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. She is the author of PowerPoint 2007 Bible and Office 2007 Bible, and has trained over a quarter of a million students in Office applications through her online courses for Powered.com.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Good at any age
By M. Ellis
You don't have to be a senior to find this book very helpful, interesting, and useful. While I have become a "senior" during the many years I have been "into" computers, my intention has never been to become a technical wizard who writes programs for Microsoft. As a writer and publisher, I want software that does what I need it to do when I need it done. And I don't have time to spend hours and days pouring through the four-pound book I have that covers only Word and is written in engineering Swahati. Office 2007 for Seniors in the Dummies series enables me to look up a procedure and find it written in clear, concise English, solve my dilemma and continue my work without taking a day of personal leave to try and find the solution. Now, a word about the "Dummies". If your pride will not allow you to put this book on your desk, do it anyway and hide it with a book cover (lots for sale now that school is starting). Just get it whether you use Word, Excel, or the other fine programs in Microsoft Office for 2007. One last note, if you have been using previous versions of Word, as I have been doing, you definitely need more help for 2007 that you think It's not the easy switch we had between 2000 and 2002. Help is on the way. You just have to pick it up.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
"Splain, Ricky......"
By Kiwi
I am very happy to have acquired this book on Microsoft Office 2007. I recently installed Home and Student 2007 to my computer which has Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook in its software. I had been getting along with a previous Microsoft Word program from the year 2000, so I thought it best to take it to a higher level.

I have never worked closely with Exel or Powerpoint but needed the new technology of each to do budgets, photo tributes, etc. As the book states: "Powerpoint is a great tool for almost any situation where you need to convey a visual message." The chapters on this alone are quite extensive and very easily digested. The lingo this book uses is clear and precise and I highly recommend this book for those who need a bit more explaining...

In truth, I'm not a Senior yet........but I sure do have "Senior Moments.."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Clearly Written and Not Just for Seniors
By Elisa 20
This is a useful introduction to MS Office on many fronts. Like others in the "Dummies" series, it is not insultingly simple (and it is not just "for Seniors"). Instead, the instructions here on uses for Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook are clear and "for Dummies" or Seniors only in the sense that they make it possible to teach yourself these skills--at any age.

This is one of the best technology books in the "Dummies" series. I know Word very well, but 2007 is utterly different from 2003 (and, in my mind, can be dauntingly confusing and frustrating). "Office 2007 for Seniors" does an excellent job of teaching Word in a way that is logical and easy-to-follow.

Likewise with Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. If you want to create a spreadsheet, a slide show or send an email, you should be able to succeed in doing so using this book.

Patience is always important when learning new technology--and not being overly ambitious. If you are new to the MS Office suite, start with one goal and don't try to learn too much, too soon. Choose the skill that you think will be most useful to you in your life (usually email or word processing) and take lots of time to apply and use everything that you learn--realizing that even with a good book like this, the learning curve for technology will be steep--but gets easier and easier because there is so much transference from one MS program to the next.

Well organized instructional book. Recommended.