Office 2013 All-In-One For Dummies

by Peter Weverka

Overview

Home and business users around the globe turn to Microsoft Office and its core applications every day. Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran Office user, this friendly-but-informative guide provides in-depth coverage on all the newest updates and enhancements to the Office 2013 suite. With an overview of tools common to all Office applications and self-contained minibooks devoted to each Office application, Office 2013 All-in-One For Dummies gets you up to speed and answers the questions you'll have down the road.

• Explores the new Office interface and explains how it works across the applications
• Features eight minibooks that cover Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote, common Office tools, and ways to expand Office productivity
• Highlights the new online versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as changes to the interface and new tools and techniques

Office 2013 All-in-One For Dummies makes it easy to learn to use Office and gets you up and running on all the changes and enhancements in Office 2013.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118516362
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/04/2013
Series:	For Dummies Books
Pages:	816
Sales rank:	807,280
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Peter Weverka is a veteran technology author with several For Dummies titles to his credit, including multiple editions of Office All-in-One For Dummies. He's also written books on Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Quicken, and Internet tools.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Book I: Common Office Tasks 7

Chapter 1: Office Nuts and Bolts 9

Chapter 2: Wrestling with the Text 29

Chapter 3: Speed Techniques Worth Knowing About 47

Book II: Word 2013 55

Chapter 1: Speed Techniques for Using Word 57

Chapter 2: Laying Out Text and Pages 75

Chapter 3: Word Styles 99

Chapter 4: Constructing the Perfect Table 115

Chapter 5: Taking Advantage of the Proofing Tools 139

Chapter 6: Desktop Publishing with Word 159

Chapter 7: Getting Word’s Help with Office Chores 177

Chapter 8: Tools for Reports and Scholarly Papers 197

Book III: Excel 2013 219

Chapter 1: Up and Running with Excel 221

Chapter 2: Refining Your Worksheet 239

Chapter 3: Formulas and Functions for Crunching Numbers 253

Chapter 4: Making a Worksheet Easier to Read and Understand 275

Chapter 5: Advanced Techniques for Analyzing Data 293

Book IV: PowerPoint 2013 307

Chapter 1: Getting Started in PowerPoint 309

Chapter 2: Fashioning a Look for Your Presentation 331

Chapter 3: Entering the Text 347

Chapter 4: Making Your Presentations Livelier 363

Chapter 5: Delivering a Presentation 379

Book V: OneNote 2013 401

Chapter 1: Up and Running with OneNote 403

Chapter 2: Taking Notes 415

Chapter 3: Finding and Organizing Your Notes 431

Book VI: Outlook 2013 439

Chapter 1: Outlook Basics 441

Chapter 2: Maintaining the Contacts Folder 455

Chapter 3: Handling Your E-Mail 465

Chapter 4: Managing Your Time and Schedule 489

Chapter 5: Tasks, Reminders, and Notes 497

Book VII: Access 2013 505

Chapter 1: Introducing Access 507

Chapter 2: Building Your Database Tables 521

Chapter 3: Entering the Data 549

Chapter 4: Sorting, Querying, and Filtering for Data 559

Chapter 5: Presenting Data in a Report 579

Book VIII: Working with Charts and Graphics 583

Chapter 1: Creating a Chart 585

Chapter 2: Making a SmartArt Diagram 603

Chapter 3: Handling Graphics, Photos, and Clip Art 623

Chapter 4: Drawing and Manipulating Lines, Shapes, and Other Objects 641

Book IX: Office 2013: One Step Beyond 671

Chapter 1: Customizing an Offi ce Program 673

Chapter 2: Ways of Distributing Your Work 687

Chapter 3: Working with Publisher 697

Book X: File Sharing and Collaborating 713

Chapter 1: Preparing to Use the Offi ce Web Apps 715

Chapter 2: Using the Offi ce Web Apps 725

Chapter 3: Sharing and Collaborating 733

Index 743