Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2013 All-in-One For Dummies

by Weverka, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781118516379
• ISBN10: 1118516370
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-05-06
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

The go-to reference for the new Office Home & Student 2013 The Home & Student version of Microsoft Office targets only the home and education markets, covering the suite's four applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. The minibooks in this essential All-in-One guide include real-world examples and projects that cover the new features and capabilities of Office 2013. Straightforward advice and beneficial projects help you to learn the basics of creating a resume in Word, establishing a home budget in Excel, developing a dynamic school presentation with PowerPoint, and taking notes in OneNote. Targets home and school users of Office 2013, who primarily need and use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Walks you through how to use Office 2013 for everyday projects, such as creating a cover letter in Word or reusable templates in Excel Demonstrates how to jazz up a school presentation with PowerPoint Provides you with straightforward instructions for taking notes in OneNote Shares common Office 2010 tools and details the basics of the Office ribbon Office Home & Student 2013 All-in-One For Dummies is an easy-to-understand guide to the essentials of Office 2013!

Author Biography

Peter Weverka is a veteran For Dummies author who has written about a wide variety of applications. Along with two bestselling editions of Office All-in-One For Dummies, Peter has written PowerPoint All-in-One For Dummies and Microsoft Money For Dummies.

Table of Contents

Introduction  1

Book I: Common Office Tasks  5

Chapter 1: Office Nuts and Bolts 7

Chapter 2: Wrestling with the Text 27

Chapter 3: Speed Techniques Worth Knowing About 45

Book II: Word 2013  53

Chapter 1: Speed Techniques for Using Word 55

Chapter 2: Laying Out Text and Pages 73

Chapter 3: Word Styles 97

Chapter 4: Constructing the Perfect Table 113

Chapter 5: Taking Advantage of the Proofing Tools 137

Chapter 6: Desktop Publishing with Word 157

Chapter 7: Getting Word’s Help with Office Chores 175

Chapter 8: Tools for Reports and Scholarly Papers 195

Book III: Excel 2013  217

Chapter 1: Up and Running with Excel 219

Chapter 2: Refining Your Worksheet 237

Chapter 3: Formulas and Functions for Crunching Numbers 251

Chapter 4: Making a Worksheet Easier to Read and Understand 273

Chapter 5: Advanced Techniques for Analyzing Data 291

Book IV: PowerPoint 2013  303

Chapter 1: Getting Started in PowerPoint305

Chapter 2: Fashioning a Look for Your Presentation 327

Chapter 3: Entering the Text 341

Chapter 4: Making Your Presentations Livelier 357

Chapter 5: Delivering a Presentation 373

Book V: OneNote 2013  395

Chapter 1: Up and Running with OneNote 397

Chapter 2: Taking Notes 409

Chapter 3: Finding and Organizing Your Notes 425

Book VI: Working with Charts and Graphics  433

Chapter 1: Creating a Chart 435

Chapter 2: Making a SmartArt Diagram 463

Chapter 3: Handling Graphics, Photos, and Clip Art 481

Chapter 4: Drawing and Manipulating Lines, Shapes, and Other Objects 499

Book VII: Office 2013 — One Step Beyond  529

Chapter 1: Customizing an Office Program 531

Chapter 2: Ways of Distributing Your Work 545

Chapter 3: Automating Tasks with Macros 553

Chapter 4: Linking and Embedding in Compound Files 565

Book VIII: File Sharing and Collaborating  577

Chapter 1: Preparing to Use the Office Web Apps 579

Chapter 2: Using the Offi ce Web Apps 589

Chapter 3: Sharing and Collaborating 599

Index  609