Office 2013 For Dummies

Chapter 20

Almost Ten Ways to Make Office 2013 Easier to Use

If you haven’t noticed by now, there are plenty of features buried in Office 2013 that you probably don’t need most of the time. However, if you’re a die-hard Office 2013 power user, you may want to peek at some of the more advanced features buried inside the operating system.

Although these advanced features may take time to learn and master, you may find the effort worth it to make Office 2013 behave exactly the way you want it to. Best of all, you can learn these new features by playing with them at work — so that way, you can learn something new and get paid for doing it at the same time.

Build Your Own Apps for Office

If you’re like most people, you probably just want to use a program, make it do what you need it to do, and then go home afterwards. However, if you find yourself wishing Office 2013 could do something more, then you may want to take some time to develop your own apps for Office 2013.

To create apps for Office 2013, you just need to use industry-standard programming languages like HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets), and XML. By creating your own Office 2013 apps, you can extend Office 2013’s capabilities. If you create a particularly useful app, you can even sell or give it away to others. To learn more about creating your own Office 2013 apps, visit the Microsoft site (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/apps) that provides a brief tutorial on how to create your first Office 2013 ...