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Get the most out of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac with handy tips for working in Office in general as well as word-processing in Word, making spreadsheets in Excel, creating PowerPoint slides, and e-mailing with Entourage.

When you perform a mail merge in Microsoft Office Word 2008 for Mac, Word 2008 inserts the records from a data source into your main document. A data source for a mail merge operation can be a Microsoft Excel worksheet, the Office Address Book, a FileMaker Pro database, or a Microsoft Word document. Get the most out of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac with handy tips for working in Office in general as well as word-processing in Word, making spreadsheets in Excel, creating PowerPoint slides, and e-mailing with Entourage. Use these common commands and features throughout all of Office 2008 for Mac’s applications.

Tips that Work throughout Office 2008 for Mac

Use these common commands and features throughout all of Office 2008 for Mac’s applications.

Command/Feature	How to Access It
Undo	Look for the Undo button on the Standard toolbar or press the keyboard combination Command-Z.
Multiple Undo	Click the tiny triangle next to the Undo button to see a pop-up menu of available Undo actions.
Select All	Choose Edit→Select All or press Command-A to select everything in your document, including tables, charts, pictures, and other objects.
Help	Free training movies and online courses are now available in Office 2008 Help. Click the Help button on any of the toolbars and explore topics under Popular Training. You’ll also find them in Help search results.
Pop-up menus	Right-click or Control-click just about anywhere on the screen to get context-sensitive menus.
Copy	Press Command-C.
Cut	Press Command-X.
Paste	Press Command-V.
Menu bar	Press Control-F2 to activate the menu bar. Then use the arrow keys to navigate the menu and press the spacebar to activate a menu item.
Dock	Press Control-F3 to activate the Dock. Then use the arrow keys to navigate the menu and press the spacebar to activate a menu item.

Tips and Tools for Working with Word 2008 for Mac

Improve word-processing efficiency in Word 2008 for Mac with these handy commands and tools.

Print Layout view	Choose View→Print Layout to work with word processing documents the traditional way.
Notebook Layout view	Choose View→Notebook Layout for taking typed notes and recording audio notes of meetings and classes.
Publishing Layout view	Choose View→Publishing Layout to make newsletters and other publications.
Customize keyboard shortcuts	Choose Tools→Customize Keyboard to set up keyboard shortcuts.
Customize menus and toolbars	Choose View→Customize Menus and Toolbars to create and fine-tune your menus and toolbars.
Change font sizes	Use the slider bar on the Formatting Palette.
Display Reference Tools	Press Option-Command-R to display Reference Tools on the Object Palette.

Tips and Tricks for Excel 2008 for Mac

How to stay in charge of spreadsheets in Excel 2008 for Mac? Use these quick steps for your most common activities.

Rename a worksheet	Double-click a sheet tab to change its name.
Edit cells	Double-click a cell to edit the cell formula or cell contents on the worksheet.
File timesaver	Save your files as Excel Binary Workbook (.xlsb) to get a much smaller file that opens and saves faster.
Create table rows and columns	Choose Insert→List to start the List Wizard, which helps you create row and column tables for your data.
Alternative menu options	Hold down the Shift key while navigating Excel’s menus to see alternative options.

Perfecting PowerPoint 2008 for Mac Presentation Skills

Learn how to spruce up your slide presentations with these handy PowerPoint 2008 for Mac features.

Cross-platform presentations	To play your presentations on other platforms, install Flip4Mac, a free QuickTime codec that enables you to play Windows Media Video format in QuickTime.
Print handouts	To print handouts with lines for taking notes, choose File→Print. Look for the Print What pop-up menu and choose Handouts (3 Slides per Page).
Create a PowerPoint package	To create a package that has all DRM-free media properly linked, choose File→Save As. In the Format pop-up menu, choose PowerPoint Package.
Notes Page View	Choose View→Notes Page to work in a special view that allows you to see your slide and create extensive notes.

Entourage 2008 for Mac Basics

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Manage and manipulate your e-mail, calendar, and contacts with these Entourage 2008 for Mac tips.

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Customize toolbars	Choose View→Customize Toolbar.
Work offline	If you lose your Internet connection, choose Entourage→Work Offline. Choose the same menu option again when you can reconnect. Entourage records all your actions while you’re away so you can even create and queue mail messages and Calendar invitations.
Search	Press Command-F to initiate a powerful search within Entourage.
Start a new project	Choose New→Project from the File menu.
Create rules	Choose Tools→Rules to make all sorts of rules to automate Entourage.