Book description
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office 2003 covers Office 2003 for new users. The topics are organized in sections by application and cover the common Office tasks that the majority of readers want to accomplish. By focusing on key tasks in a concise way, the book packs enough information to bring readers up to speed quickly with all applications in the Office suite. This book starts with an introduction of what's new in this version of Office and what the major changes and advantages are when upgrading from older versions.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Introduction
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I. Getting Your Feet Wet
- 1. A Quick Tour of Office
- 2. Office Basics
- 3. Help!
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II. Contacts, Email, and Lots More with Outlook
- 4. Keeping Track of People and Places by Using Contacts
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5. All Your Email in One Handy Spot
- A Quick Tour of the Inbox
- Sending and Receiving Messages
- Working with Attachments
- Using Bcc and Other Message Options
- Setting Up an Email Account
- Adding More Sets of Folders
- Adding or Changing an Outlook Profile
- Deleting, Archiving, and Recovering Messages
- Managing Mail Folders
- Filtering Out Junk Mail
- Controlling Messages by Using Rules
- Opening Another Person’s Mailbox with Your Own
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6. Keeping Track of Appointments and Other Big (or Small) Events
- A Quick Tour of the Calendar Folder
- Adding and Working with Events in the Calendar Folder
- Working with Reminders
- Coloring Certain Types of Events
- Keeping Track of Holidays, Birthdays, and Other Special Events
- Printing a Calendar
- Creating a Recurring Appointment or Event
- Tracking Documents and Events by Using the Journal
- 7. Managing a To-Do List
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8. Outlook Settings to Change
- Controlling When and How Outlook Checks Your Mail
- Creating Custom Views
- Customizing the Navigation Pane
- Setting How Outlook Handles Text for Replies and Forwards
- Changing How Outlook Notifies You of New Messages
- Setting the Default Mail Format and Editor
- Adding a Signature Block to Messages
- Changing the Reminder Sound and Default Time
- Turning Instant Messaging On and Off
- Setting Calendar Week and Weekend Options
- Controlling How Outlook Saves and Displays Contact Names
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III. Writing with Word
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9. Creating and Editing Word Documents
- Starting or Opening a Document
- Adding Text Where You Want It
- Moving Around in a Document and Between Documents
- Becoming Familiar with Word
- Working with Different Word Views
- Selecting and Deselecting Text
- Cutting, Copying, and Moving Text
- Adding New Lines and Page Breaks
- Using Zoom In and Zoom Out
- Finding and Replacing Text
- Showing/Hiding Hidden Characters
- Working with an Outline
- 10. Adding Pizzazz with Word
- 11. Organizing with Tables and Columns
- 12. More Than Just Words
- 13. Checking Spelling and Grammar
- 14. Saving, Printing, Emailing, and Faxing Documents
- 15. Mailing Lists, Form Letters, Envelopes, and Labels
- 16. Word Settings to Change
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9. Creating and Editing Word Documents
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IV. Number-Crunching with Excel
- 17. Once Around the Worksheet
- 18. From Simple Addition to What-ifs: Formulas
- 19. Jazzing Up Worksheets in Excel
- 20. Pies, Bars, and Other Sweet Additions
- 21. Saving, Printing, and Emailing Workbooks
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22. Excel Settings to Change
- Changing How Comments Appear
- Turning Off Automatic Calculation
- Zooming/Scrolling by Using the Mouse Wheel
- Setting AutoRecover Time
- Changing the Direction Excel Moves the Cursor After You Press Enter
- Turning AutoComplete On and Off for Text Entries
- Adding More Recently Used Files
- Setting the Default File Location
- Opening Files Automatically at Startup
- Changing the Default Font
- Creating Custom Fill Series Lists
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V. Creating Presentations in PowerPoint
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23. Quickly Creating a Basic Slide Show
- A Quick Tour of Microsoft PowerPoint
- Starting a Presentation by Using the AutoContent Wizard
- Adding Text to a Presentation
- Navigating, Inserting, Moving, and Deleting Slides
- Using the Slide Sorter View
- Switching Slide Orientation Between Landscape and Portrait
- Saving a Presentation
- Controlling Look and Feel by Using a Slide Master
- Adding or Removing Slide Numbers and Dates
- 24. Adding Graphics and Other Flashy Stuff
- 25. Organizing, Printing, and Presenting
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26. PowerPoint Settings to Change
- Setting Default File Location
- Setting the AutoRecover Interval
- Adding More Files to the Recently Used Files List
- Setting the Link/Embed File Size Limit
- Controlling Chart Fonts
- Adding More Undo Levels
- Adding and Removing Navigation Controls for Web Viewing
- Turning On and Off Animations for Web Viewing
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23. Quickly Creating a Basic Slide Show
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VI. Organizing Data with Access
- 27. Database Basics
- 28. Beyond the Basics
- 29. From Table to Printer: Reports!
- 30. Access Settings to Change
Product information
- Title: Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft® Office 2003
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2003
- Publisher(s): Que
- ISBN: 0789729679
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