Book Excerpts: Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Read chapter excerpts from the Microsoft Press book, Advanced Microsoft 0ffice Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out.

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The following partial chapters are excerpts from Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out, from Microsoft Press (ISBN 9780735622852, copyright Stephanie Krieger 2007, all rights reserved.)

Chapter 21: VBA Primer (chapter excerpt)

Chapter 22: Office Open XML Essentials (chapter excerpt)

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Conquer your complex documents—from the inside out!

Dig deep into Microsoft Office Word 2007, Excel2007, and PowerPoint 2007—and create robust documents that deliver results. This book is packed with advanced timesaving tips and troubleshooting methods to help you learn the smartest, simplest ways to create powerful documents. Discover how the experts approach document production—and reach new levels of mastery!

• Exploit the power of tables, Themes, and templates
• Produce professional-quality graphics using new SmartArt diagrams, custom shapes, and other drawing tools
• Customize and reuse content with Building Blocks and Content Controls
• Learn advanced techniques for managing slide masters and custom layouts for effective presentations
• Design PivotTables for more powerful data analysis and reporting
• Build sophisticated Excel 2007 chart types and customize chart elements
• Use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to automate document production and customize templates
• Customize the Office Fluent Ribbon and troubleshoot your documents with Office Open XML

CD includes:

• Fully searchable eBook
• Sample documents and templates
• VBA and Office Open XML code samples
• Author webcasts—see advanced techniques in action
• Tool for binding custom XML to content controls in Word 2007
• Files for customizing the Fluent Ribbon
• Links to articles blogs, and developer learning resources
• Windows Vista Product Guide eReference and other eBooks

About the Author

Stephanie Krieger is a Microsoft Office System MVP and the author of two books, Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out and Microsoft Office Document Designer. As a professional document consultant, Stephanie helps many global companies develop enterprise solutions for Microsoft Office on both platforms. She also frequently writes, presents, and creates content for Microsoft. You can reach Stephanie through her blog, arouet.net.