Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2000

by Bott, Ed; Leonhard, Woody; Merkel, Brady; Karlins, David

• ISBN13: 9780789718426
• ISBN10: 0789718421
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Que

Summary

Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2000 is the premier Office Suite book for intermediate and advanced users. Focusing on intermediate and advanced skills and uses this book features additional coverage of undocumented features, workarounds, and practical (and unapologetic) advice for avoiding features that don't work well. You'll also see a writing style that crams in more information by not wasting step-by-step coverage on simpler tasks

Author Biography

Ed Bott is a best-selling author and award-winning computer journalist with more than 12 years' experience in the personal computer industry. As senior contributing editor of PC Computing, he is responsible for the magazine's extensive coverage of Microsoft Office. If you lined up every book Ed's written (all published by Que). they would take up more than six feet of shelf space. He is a two-time winner of the Computer Press Award. and he and Woody won the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award, sometimes referred to as "the Pulitzer Prize of the business press," in back-to-back years for their work on PC Computing's "Windows SuperGuide." Woody Leonhard publishes Woody's Office Watch, a weekly electronic newsletter infamous in Office circles for breaking important news first. and holding Microsoft's feet to the fire. Woody is also a longtime contributing editor at PC Computing. He specializes in lively, technically accurate, no-bull books and columns on Office and Windows. Woody has won an unprecedented six Computer Press Awards for his books. newsletter. and magazine articles. He is also the author of Woody Teaches Microsoft Office 2000 and Woody Teaches Microsoft Office 97.

Table of Contents

I Common Tasks
An Overview of Office 2000	11	(24)
Customizing the Office Interface	35	(30)
Office File Management for Experts	65	(26)
Editing and Formatting Text	91	(24)
Creating and Editing Professional-Quality Graphics	115	(22)
Sharing Data Between Office Applications	137	(22)
Sharing Documents Within a Workgroup	159	(14)
II Office and the Web
Office on the Web for Experts	173	(18)
Advanced Web Page Techniques	191	(12)
Using Office Documents on a Web Server	203	(18)
III Using Word
Word Essentials	221	(32)
Expert Text-Editing Techniques	253	(38)
Advanced Document Formatting	291	(34)
Using Tables	325	(22)
Using Styles, Templates, and Themes	347	(22)
Creating Dynamic Documents with Fields and Forms	369	(26)
Merging Data and Documents	395	(20)
Keeping Long Documents Under Control	415	(20)
IV Using Excel
Excel Essentials	435	(34)
Advanced Worksheet Formatting	469	(32)
Using Formulas and Functions	501	(32)
Creating and Editing Charts	533	(26)
Working with Lists and Databases	559	(32)
Using Excel in a Workgroup	591	(22)
Using PivotTables and PivotCharts	613	(20)
Error-Proof Data-Entry Techniques	633	(18)
V Using Outlook
Outlook Essentials	651	(42)
Expert Email Management	693	(40)
Using Calendar	733	(16)
Managing a Contacts List	749	(22)
Sharing Schedules and Planning Meetings	771	(12)
Tracking Tasks and Taking Notes	783	(12)
Administering Outlook	795	(20)
VI Using PowerPoint
PowerPoint Essentials	815	(22)
Expert Presentation-Building Techniques	837	(20)
Advanced Formatting Options	857	(26)
Adding Graphics, Multimedia, and Special Effects	883	(22)
Planning and Delivering a Presentation	905	(14)
Creating Self-Running Presentations for Kiosks and the Web	919	(14)
VII Using Access
Access Essentials	933	(18)
Creating and Customizing Tables	951	(22)
Linking Multiple Tables	973	(14)
Using Queries to Find and Filter Data	987	(16)
Designing and Using Forms	1003	(14)
Presenting Data with Reports	1017	(16)
VIII Using Publisher
Publisher for Office Experts	1033	(24)
Creating and Managing Complex Publications	1057	(36)
IX Using FrontPage and PhotoDraw
FrontPage Essentials	1093	(28)
Developing Web Sites	1121	(50)
Creating Advanced Web Pages	1171	(60)
Publishing and Managing Web Sites	1231	(26)
PhotoDraw Essentials	1257	(20)
X Automating Office with Macros and VBA
Using Macros to Automate Office Tasks	1277	(20)
Working with Visual Basic for Applications	1297	(20)
Building Custom Applications with VBA	1317	(28)
Advanced VBA Tools and Techniques	1345
XI Appendixes
A Advanced Setup Options	1371
B What's on Que's Special Edition WOPR 2000 Pack CD	1389