Office 2008 for Mac is here, with great new enhancements to all your favorite office productivity tools. Who better than “Dr. Mac, “Bob LeVitus, to show you how to load and use them all?

From choosing the best version for your needs to managing your life with your online calendar, Office 2008 For Mac For Dummies covers what you need to know. It compares the Student/Teacher Edition, Standard Edition, and Professional Edition, then walks you through installing your preferred version and keeping it up to date. You’ll find out all the things you can do with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage, and how to use them all together to get the most bang for your Office buck. Get top-flight advice on:

Using the Project Gallery

Creating documents using templates, tables, styles, and text boxes

Checking grammar and using the Thesaurus

Making Web pages with Word

Building slide shows that include sound, movies, and images

Giving your presentation, or exporting it as a movie or PDF

Entering, formatting, and editing data in spreadsheet cells

Sprucing up your charts

Setting up Entourage for e-mail and newsgroups

Coordinating your projects and tracking progress

Whether you’re new to Office or moving up from an earlier version, this is the guide for you!