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Get expert techniques and best practices for creating professional-looking documents, slide presentations, and spreadsheets -- and apply these skills with Microsoft® Word, PowerPoint®, and Excel® in Office 2010 or Office for Mac 2011. This practical guide provides constructive advice and timesaving tips to help you produce compelling content that delivers. You'll work smarter, not harder! Plan and design presentations and reports that get your message across Determine the best ways to use templates and themes in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Learn how to use tables and styles to make complex documents more presentable Make a lasting impression with professional-quality graphics and media Use proven tips and shortcuts to get more from slide masters and layouts Design PivotTables for more effective data analysis and reporting Customize your content with Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA)
About the author
Stephanie Krieger, Microsoft Office MVP, is a consultant, trainer, and author who specializes in developing custom enterprise solutions using Microsoft Office. She teaches clients how to build great documents easily by helping them understand how Microsoft Office applications “think.” Stephanie contributes regularly to websites on Microsoft.com.
Summary
Get expert techniques and best practices for creating professional-looking documents, slide presentations, and workbooks. And apply these skills as you work with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel in Office 2010 or Office for Mac 2011. This hands-on guide provides constructive advice and advanced, timesaving tips to help you produce compelling content that delivers—in print or on screen.
Work smarter—and create content with impact!
- Create your own custom Office themes and templates
- Use tables and styles to help organize and present content in complex Word documents
- Leave a lasting impression with professional-quality graphics and multimedia
- Work with PowerPoint masters and layouts more effectively
- Design Excel PivotTables for better data analysis and reporting
- Automate and customize documents with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Open XML Formats
- Boost document collaboration and sharing with Office Web Apps
Your companion web content includes:
All the book’s sample files for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Files containing Microsoft Visio samples—Visio 2010 is required for viewing 
