Sams Teach Yourself Office Productivity All in One

by Perry, Greg

• ISBN13: 9780672325342
• ISBN10: 0672325349
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Find all the answers to a Microsoft Office users questions in one big, easy-to-use book.Sams Teach Yourself Office Productivity All in Oneis designed to teach the new computer user how to get the most out of an Office productivity suite. It does not assume the reader wants to learn how to use just one product, but covers multiple products and technologies together in a logical fashion. Topics covered include: Word Letters and Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint Presentations, Outlook Email, FrontPage Web Sites, and Personal Finance. If you are a beginning Office user who wants to buy one, single book to help you better use your computer and accomplish a broad range of computer activitiesSams Teach Yourself Office Productivity All in Oneis the book for you!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Looking at Office from a Bird's-Eye View

Office: Seeing the Big Picture

Welcome to the Microsoft Office Suite of Products

What's in Microsoft Office and Quicken?

The Office Assistant

Making Office Easier to Use

Clip Art

Templates

Using Existing Templates

Wizards

Summary

Getting Started With Word

Welcoming You to Word

What Is Word Designed to Do? Elements of the Word Window

Issuing Commands

Controlling the Word Window

Getting Help

Summary

Entering Text and Moving Around

Typing Text

Navigating Through Text

Jumping to a Specific Page

Summary

Managing Documents and Revising Text

Saving Documents

Opening Documents

Switching Among Open Documents

Starting New Documents

The Advantages of Using a Template or Wizard

Selecting a Template or Wizard

Creating a Document with a Template

Creating a Document with a Wizard

Inserting Text

Combining and Splitting Paragraphs

Selecting Text

Deleting Text

Undoing Mistakes

Cutting and Pasting

Summary

Viewing and Printing Your Documents

Viewing Your Document

Zooming Your Document

Viewing Separate Parts of Your Document at the Same Time

Arranging Word Documents on Your Screen

Previewing a Document Before Printing

Printing Your Document

Summary

Formatting Characters, Paragraphs, and Pages

Applying Font Formatting

Changing the Default Font Settings

Copying Font Formatting

Removing Font Formatting

Applying Paragraph Formatting

Applying Page Formatting

Controlling Page Breaks

Varying the Page Formatting in Your Document

Summary

Making Documents Look Better

Adding Styles and Templates

Understanding Styles

Applying Styles

Word Creates Styles On-the-Fly

Creating Your Own Styles

Modifying Existing Styles

Chaining Styles Together

Basing One Style on Another

Understanding Templates

Personalizing Word's Templates

Creating Your Own Templates

Modifying Your Templates

Attaching a Template to the Active Document

Loading a Template Globally

Summary

Correcting Documents and Using Columns and Tables

Correcting Text Automatically

Inserting Standard Blocks of Text Automatically

Finding and Replacing Text Automatically

Inserting Symbols and Special Characters

Organizing Your Outline

Working with Columns

Working with Tables

Summary

Inserting Graphics, Drawing Shapes, and Creating Text Effects

Inserting Images

Deleting Images

Drawing Shapes

Creating Special Effects with WordArt

Summary

Using Word to Manage Documents

Generating a Mass Mailing

Understanding Mail Merges

Starting the Main Document

Creating and Saving the Data Source

Entering Records into the Data Source

Completing the Main Document

Running the Merge

Running Subsequent Merges

Editing Your Data Source

Merging Envelopes and Labels

Summary

Collaborating on Documents

Using the Highlighter

Working with Comments

Tracking Changes to a Document

Protecting Documents from Being Revised

Saving Different Versions of a Document

Summary

Using Other Office D

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