New Features

Those of you who are upgrading from Office 2004 have a treat in store! Office 2008 is more powerful than its predecessor, as well as easier and more intuitive to use. Here are lists of the new features of Office 2008 that you will learn about in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step or its accompanying Web articles.

New in Office 2008

  • Office Toolbox. Common to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, the Toolbox contains most of the tools you will use for tasks such as formatting and inserting graphics.

  • Elements Gallery. Another common feature, you use this gallery to perform many tasks in all three programs.

  • Themes. These enable you to create documents, worksheets, and presentations with a common look.

  • SmartArt graphics. With the new SmartArt ...

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