Office 2013 For Dummies
Published on 5. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-118-49715-9 (ISBN)
Description
Office 2013 For Dummies is the key to your brand new Office!
Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this update to one of the bestselling Office books of all time gets you thoroughly up to speed and helps you learn how to take full advantage of the new features in Office 2013. After coverage of the fundamentals, you'll discover how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add pizazz to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more.
Helps you harness the power of all five Office 2013 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
Discusses typing and formatting text in Word and easy ways to dress up your documents with color, graphics, and more
Demonstrates navigating and editing an Excel spreadsheet, creating formulas, and charting and analyzing Excel data
Walks you through creating a PowerPoint presentation and adding some punch with color, sound, pictures, and videos
Explores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointments
Delves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and more
The fun and friendly approach of Office 2013 For Dummies makes doing Office work easy and efficient!
Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this update to one of the bestselling Office books of all time gets you thoroughly up to speed and helps you learn how to take full advantage of the new features in Office 2013. After coverage of the fundamentals, you'll discover how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add pizazz to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more.
Helps you harness the power of all five Office 2013 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
Discusses typing and formatting text in Word and easy ways to dress up your documents with color, graphics, and more
Demonstrates navigating and editing an Excel spreadsheet, creating formulas, and charting and analyzing Excel data
Walks you through creating a PowerPoint presentation and adding some punch with color, sound, pictures, and videos
Explores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointments
Delves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and more
The fun and friendly approach of Office 2013 For Dummies makes doing Office work easy and efficient!
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-49715-9 (9781118497159)
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Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of several dozen computer books including Office For Dummies and Beginning Programming For Dummies. Besides writing computer books, Wallace also enjoys performing stand-up comedy just to do something creative that involves human beings as opposed to machines.
Content
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Office 2013 7
Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Office 2013 9
Chapter 2: Selecting and Editing Data 33
Chapter 3: Modifying Pictures 47
Chapter 4: Getting Help from Office 2013 57
Part II: Working with Word 63
Chapter 5: Typing Text in Word 65
Chapter 6: Formatting Text 85
Chapter 7: Designing Your Pages 105
Part III: Playing the Numbers with Excel 133
Chapter 8: The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formulas 135
Chapter 9: Playing with Formulas 167
Chapter 10: Charting and Analyzing Data 193
Part IV: Making Presentations with PowerPoint 221
Chapter 11: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation 223
Chapter 12: Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation 241
Chapter 13: Showing Off a Presentation 263
Part V: Getting Organized with Outlook 283
Chapter 14: Managing E-Mail with Outlook 285
Chapter 15: Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks 299
Part VI: Storing Stuff in Access 313
Chapter 16: Using a Database 315
Chapter 17: Searching, Sorting, and Querying a Database 331
Chapter 18: Creating a Database Report 351
Part VII: The Part of Tens 365
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using Office 2013 367
Chapter 20: Almost Ten Ways to Make Office 2013 Easier to Use 383
Index 389
Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Office 2013 9
Chapter 2: Selecting and Editing Data 33
Chapter 3: Modifying Pictures 47
Chapter 4: Getting Help from Office 2013 57
Part II: Working with Word 63
Chapter 5: Typing Text in Word 65
Chapter 6: Formatting Text 85
Chapter 7: Designing Your Pages 105
Part III: Playing the Numbers with Excel 133
Chapter 8: The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formulas 135
Chapter 9: Playing with Formulas 167
Chapter 10: Charting and Analyzing Data 193
Part IV: Making Presentations with PowerPoint 221
Chapter 11: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation 223
Chapter 12: Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation 241
Chapter 13: Showing Off a Presentation 263
Part V: Getting Organized with Outlook 283
Chapter 14: Managing E-Mail with Outlook 285
Chapter 15: Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks 299
Part VI: Storing Stuff in Access 313
Chapter 16: Using a Database 315
Chapter 17: Searching, Sorting, and Querying a Database 331
Chapter 18: Creating a Database Report 351
Part VII: The Part of Tens 365
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using Office 2013 367
Chapter 20: Almost Ten Ways to Make Office 2013 Easier to Use 383
Index 389