Chapter 1. Getting Up to Speed with the Office Applications

You're probably in a hurry to start being productive using Office 2011, so this chapter gets you moving quickly. First, you'll meet each of the applications, find out what you can do with them, and come to grips with key features such as the Ribbon and the toolbars. Then, I'll show you how to launch the applications or make them launch themselves. Finally, you'll look at how to create, save, and close documents, as well as how to reopen them when you need to work on them again.

Meeting the Office Applications and Learning What You Can Do with Them

Microsoft Office 2011 comes in two versions and includes either three or four main applications, which this section briefly introduces. The basic ...

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