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PowerPoint Makeover 7: No Bullets Presentation: Nov 9, 2007; Create a presentation without bullets? Can it be done? This chapter proves it.

Managing Office 2007 Files and Formats: Apr 20, 2007; Get tips and strategies for navigating and organizing your files like a pro.

Customizing an Excel 2007 Pivot Table: Apr 6, 2007; Although pivot tables provide an extremely fast way to summarize data, sometimes the pivot table defaults aren't exactly what you need. This chapter covers functional areas in customizing pivot table settings to help you zero in on the results you're looking for.

Implementing Parameters for Dynamic Reporting in Crystal Reports: Feb 23, 2007; Learn how parameter fields can be created and implemented in Crystal Reports XI.

Working with SmartArt in PowerPoint 2007: Feb 23, 2007; Geetesh Bajaj shows how to take advantage of perhaps the coolest improvements in PowerPoint 2007 and get the most out of SmartArt in your presentations.

The Mini Toolbar and Other Excel 2007 U.I. Improvements: Feb 2, 2007; "Mr. Excel" Bill Jelen discusses the mini toolbar, formula bar, zoom slider and other new or changed UI features in Excel 2007.

Inserting Charts and Related Material in PowerPoint 2007: Jan 19, 2007; Seamlessly integrate information into your presentations using shared data.

Implementing Professional Design Principles in Your PowerPoint Presentations: Dec 1, 2006; Tom Bunzel examines the PowerPoint Design Templates and looks more deeply into proven design principles and how to apply them to our own work.

Editing Excel 2003 Worksheets: Nov 10, 2006; Nancy Lewis covers the basics of editing cells within Excel 2003 worksheets in this introductory chapter for Excel newbies.

Building Presentations Using Outline View in PowerPoint 2003: Sep 1, 2006; Outline view lets you focus on the structure of your presentation's message and concentrate on your presentation's text, such as the main points and subpoints you want to convey. Learn how to use it effectively with this sample chapter.

Pane Relief: Excel Utilities: Sep 1, 2006; If you use Excel for more than just simple P&L spreadsheets, you've probably done some experimenting with its built-in functionality. But what if Excel doesn't do everything you need? Rick Cook discusses the pluses and minuses of using third-party resources to power up your spreadsheets.

Editing Text with Microsoft Word: Aug 11, 2006; Word-processing programs would be only be a slight improvement over typewriters if we couldn't use them to revise text. Indeed, the most valuable aspect of using Word is that you can quickly and painlessly edit text you've already typed. The skills you in this chapter—selecting (highlighting) text, deleting text, cutting and pasting text, undoing actions, and so on—form the foundation of everything else you'll do in Word.

Exploring Excel Functions, Part 9: Analyzing Frequency Distributions: Aug 4, 2006; Making sense of information sometimes requires that you analyze frequency distributions. Excel has a function that makes it a snap! This is the latest installment in a series of articles by Peter Aitken that take a detailed look at some of Excel's advanced functions.

Exploring Excel Functions 8: Predicting the Future: Jun 30, 2006; Want to predict the future? Excel is no crystal ball, but some of its functions can help. In this latest installment in his series of articles that take a detailed look at some of Excel's advanced functions, Peter Aitken discusses a couple of them that can help you accomplish what you predict.