The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Office 2000

by Kraynak, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780789718488
• ISBN10: 0789718480
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Your home or office is about to experience one of the most significant renovations of the twentyfirst century--Microsoft Office 2000. Are you prepared to take advantage of the most advanced office suite on the market? Are you ready to whip up documents, spreadsheets, graphs, and interactive slide shows? Manage data? Plan your time? Communicate electronically via email? Publish your own Web pages? This book shows you the simple way to get up to speed with Office 2000!

Author Biography

Joe Kraynak has taught hundreds of thousands of new PC users how to make the most of their computers with his easy-to-read books. His previous books include the first and second editions of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Office 97; Easy Internet, Second Edition; Windows 95 Cheat Sheet; The Complete Idiot's Guide to PCs; and The Big Basics Book of Microsoft Office.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Microsoft Office Over Easy	5	(18)
10-Minute Guide to Office 2000 Professional	7	(10)
Office 2000 basics, shortcuts, and tips.
When in Doubt, Ask for Help	17	(6)
When you can't find the answer in this book, use the Office help system.
Part 2: Whipping Up Word Documents	23	(72)
Making and Editing Word Documents	25	(10)
Everything you need to know to create your first Word document.
Giving Your Text a Makeover	35	(12)
Make your text look pretty.
Aligning Your Text with Columns and Tables	47	(12)
Align text in columns without touching the Tab key.
Spicing It Up with Graphics, Sound, and Video	59	(10)
Jazz up your documents with scanned images, digital photos, and Microsoft clip art.
Checking Your Spelling and Grammar	69	(8)
Spelling and grammar checkers for the proofreading-impaired.
Creating Mailing Labels and Form Letters	77	(8)
Stuff other people's mailboxes with junk mail.
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Printing Documents	85	(10)
Margins, page numbers, borders, and other page-control issues, not to mention actually printing.
Part 3: Crunching Numbers with Excel Spreadsheets	95	(54)
Spreadsheet Orientation Day	97	(12)
The basics of typing entries in a spreadsheet.
Doing Math with Formulas	109	(14)
Make Excel do your math homework.
Giving Your Worksheet a Professional Look	123	(10)
Text formatting, shading, borders, and other additions.
Graphing Data for Fun and Profit	133	(8)
Turn a block of numbers into a graph.
Printing Wide Worksheets on Narrow Pages	141	(8)
Everything you've always wanted to know about printing worksheets.
Part 4: Snapping Slide Shows in PowerPoint	149	(30)
Slapping Together a Basic Slide Show	151	(10)
Get started with PowerPoint's prefab slide shows.
Adding Text, Graphics, and Sounds to a Slide	161	(8)
When only the snazziest presentations will do.
Shuffling and Presenting Your Slide Show	169	(10)
Narration, animation, and other cool features.
Part 5: Mastering the Information Age with Access	179	(38)
Making Your First Database	181	(12)
Use a prefab database, so you won't have to start from scratch.
Entering Data: For the Record	193	(6)
Cope with the drudgery of data entry.
Finding, Sorting, and Selecting Records	199	(8)
Sift through your database to find what you need.
Giving Data Meaning with Reports	207	(10)
When your boss asks why the company is suddenly in the red, whip out one of these.
Part 6: Looking After Your Life with Outlook	217	(22)
Keeping Track of Dates, Mates, and Things To Do	219	(12)
Pitch your day planner and log on to Outlook.
Managing Your Email	231	(8)
Yep, Outlook does email, too.
Part 7: Getting Productive with Office 2000	239	(48)
Sharing Data Between Applications	241	(8)
Understand and use OLE, so you can type it once and use it everywhere!
Creating and Publishing Your Own Web Pages	249	(16)
Electronic publishing on the Web---Office 2000's new Web tools.
Macros for Mere Mortals	265	(10)
Automate tasks by recording and playing back keystrokes, commands, and mouse moves.
No-Brainer Publications with Microsoft Publisher	275	(12)
Save some money, get the job done on time, and let your own creative vision drive your publications with Microsoft Publisher.
Glossary	287	(14)
Index	301