Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2003

by Bott, Ed; Leonhard, Woody

• ISBN13: 9780789729552
• ISBN10: 0789729555
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-15
• Publisher: Que Publishing

Summary

Tired of Office books that read as though Microsoft employees wrote them? Tired of books containing little more than you can pull from the Help system?If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you owe it to yourself to get a copy of this book. Most books written on Microsoft products simply parrot the information found in the Help files or the Microsoft Knowledge Base. Not this book. It has been written by the Office Dream Team, Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard, the most well recognized and respected authoring team in the business. Even the Office development team at Microsoft listens when these guys speak! Not only do Ed and Woody show you the best way to solve problems, they point out what works and what doesn't with a no holds barred approach.Unlike most CDs pasted into the back of computer books, this book offers one that rivals the book in terms of value. You receive a FREE copy of Woody's Office Power Pack (WOPR) - the #1 enhancement to Office. This software sells for $49.99 but you get it for free here - no strings attached!

Author Biography

Ed Bott is a best-selling author of 20 computer books and an award-winning computer journalist with two decades of experience in the personal computer industry. For nearly 10 years he was responsible for PC Computing magazine's extensive coverage of every conceivable flavor of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. For a recent book on computer security, Ed won an international award of merit from the Society for Technical Communication. He is a three-time winner of the Computer Press Award, and he and Woody Leonhard 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." He lives in an extremely civilized corner of the Arizona desert with his wife, Judy, and two amazingly smart and affectionate cats, Katy and Bianca.

Woody Leonhard describes himself as a "Certified Office Victim." With more than 20 computer books under his belt, he's seen parts of Office that would curl your hair. Woody's best known as the publisher of Woody's Office Watch, the feisty, weekly, no-holds-barred (and absolutely free) electronic newsletter that specializes in holding Microsoft's feet to the fire. More than half a million people subscribe to WOW and Woody's other newsletters (http://www.woodyswatch.com). He and his cohorts are also responsible for "Woody's Office POWER Pack," the number-one add-on to Microsoft Office. Woody has won eight Computer Press Awards and, with Ed, two American Business Press Association awards. He and his son recently gave up the Colorado mountain scene, and now bask in the glorious sun on Phuket Island, Thailand.

Table of Contents

Common Tasks and Features
An Overview of Office 2003	p. 11
Customizing the Office Interface	p. 31
Office File Management for Experts	p. 61
Editing and Formatting Text	p. 87
Creating, Editing, and Using Pictures and Graphics	p. 115
Sharing Data Between Office Applications	p. 147
Using Office on the Web	p. 169
Sharing Office Documents	p. 191
Office and SharePoint	p. 211
Using Office on a Tablet PC	p. 227
Using Microsoft Outlook 2003
Outlook Essentials	p. 239
Expert E-mail Management	p. 287
Tracking Appointments and Tasks	p. 335
Managing a Contacts List	p. 357
Sharing Schedules and Planning Meetings	p. 377
Outlook Security and Privacy	p. 393
Using Microsoft Word 2003
Word Essentials	p. 413
Expert Text-Editing Techniques	p. 453
Advanced Document Formatting	p. 495
Using Tables	p. 545
Using Styles, Templates, and Themes	p. 569
Creating Dynamic Documents with Fields and Forms	p. 593
Merging Data and Documents	p. 621
Using Microsoft Excel 2003
Excel Essentials	p. 641
Advanced Worksheet Formatting	p. 683
Using Formulas and Functions	p. 717
Creating and Editing Charts	p. 755
Working with Lists and Databases	p. 783
Using Excel in a Workgroup	p. 815
Using PivotTables and PivotCharts	p. 837
Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
PowerPoint Essentials	p. 859
Expert Presentation-Building Techniques	p. 883
Advanced Formatting Options	p. 907
Adding Graphics, Multimedia, and Special Effects	p. 935
Planning and Delivering a Presentation	p. 959
Other Office Applications
Access Essentials	p. 979
Customizing Tables, Forms, and Reports	p. 997
Entering, Finding, and Filtering Data	p. 1017
Publisher Essentials	p. 1037
Publisher for Professionals	p. 1077
Automating Office with Macros and VBA
Using Macros to Automate Office Tasks	p. 1113
Working with Visual Basic for Applications	p. 1135
Building Custom Applications with VBA	p. 1155
Advanced VBA Tools and Techniques	p. 1183
Appendixes
Advanced Setup Options	p. 1209
What's on Que's WOPR CD	p. 1227
Index	p. 1237
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