Title:
Office 2000 : for busy people
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Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1999
ISBN:
9780072118575
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. xxv |
Introduction | p. xxvii |
1 Stuff to Do Once to Make Your Life Easier | p. 1 |
Stay Organized: Create Folders for Your Files | p. 4 |
Learn How to Get Around in the Open and Save As Dialog Boxes | p. 5 |
Learn Techniques for Opening Files quickly | p. 7 |
Create the Office Shortcut Icons You Need | p. 8 |
Creating Shortcut Icons for the Windows Desktop | p. 9 |
Creating Shortcut Icons for Files and Folders | p. 11 |
Learn How to Handle the Toolbars | p. 13 |
Learn to Zoom In and Zoom Out | p. 14 |
Learn How to Handle Windows | p. 15 |
Minimizing, Maximizing, and Closing Windows | p. 16 |
Changing the Size and Location of a Window | p. 16 |
Splitting a Document Window to Work in Two Sections at Once | p. 17 |
Opening a Second Window on the File You're Working With | p. 18 |
Choose Your Default Font and Margin Settings | p. 18 |
2 Tools You Can Use Throughout Office | p. 19 |
Opening a New File | p. 22 |
Creating a Generic File | p. 22 |
Creating a File from a Template | p. 23 |
Saving and Naming Files | p. 24 |
Entering and Formatting Text | p. 24 |
Boldfacing, Italicizing, and Underlining Text | p. 24 |
Changing Fonts, Font Sizes, and Text Color | p. 25 |
Aligning and Justifying Text | p. 26 |
Tools for Editing Faster | p. 27 |
The Undo Command for Fixing Errors | p. 27 |
The Repeat Command for Doing It Faster | p. 27 |
Correcting Typos with AutoCorrect | p. 28 |
Copying and Moving Data | p. 29 |
Copying and Moving Data with the Clipboard | p. 30 |
Copying and Moving Data Short Distances with Drag-and-Drop | p. 31 |
Laying Out the Page | p. 32 |
Setting the Margins | p. 32 |
Choosing a Paper Size and Orientation | p. 33 |
Spell-Checking Your Work | p. 34 |
Finding (and Replacing) Data | p. 36 |
Decorating Files with Clip Art and WordArt | p. 38 |
Inserting a Clip Art Image into a File | p. 38 |
Decorating a File with WordArt | p. 38 |
Handling "Objects" in Files | p. 41 |
Selecting Objects | p. 42 |
Changing the Location, Size, or Shape of an Object | p. 42 |
Adding a Background Color or Border to an Object | p. 43 |
Making Objects Overlap | p. 44 |
Printing Your Work | p. 45 |
3 Up and Running with Word 2000 | p. 47 |
Microsoft Word Family Secrets Revealed! | p. 51 |
Viewing Documents in Different Ways | p. 53 |
Selecting Text in a Word Document | p. 54 |
Laying Out the Text | p. 56 |
Indenting Text | p. 57 |
Deciding How Much Space to Put between Lines of Text | p. 59 |
Aligning Text with Respect to the Top and Bottom Margins | p. 59 |
Hyphenating Text | p. 60 |
Breaking Lines and Pages | p. 63 |
Dividing a Document into Sections | p. 64 |
Numbering the Pages in a Document | p. 66 |
Putting Headers and Footers on Pages | p. 67 |
Creating Numbered and Bulleted Lists | p. 70 |
Speed Techniques for Getting Around in Long Documents | p. 72 |
Bookmarking the Important Places in a Document | p. 72 |
Going Here and There with the Document Map | p. 73 |
Six Ways to Make Pages Look Better | p. 74 |
4 Advanced Word 2000 | p. 79 |
Styles for Consistent and Easy Formatting | p. 82 |
How Styles Work | p. 83 |
Applying a Style | p. 85 |
Creating a New Style | p. 85 |
Modifying a Style | p. 87 |
Constructing the Perfect Table | p. 89 |
Laying Out the Columns and Rows | p. 90 |
Entering the Data | p. 92 |
Changing the Table Layout | p. 92 |
Formatting a Table | p. 93 |
Ten Tricks for Handling Tables | p. 94 |
Putting Newspaper-Style Columns in a Document | p. 99 |
Finding the Right Word with the Thesaurus | p. 101 |
Tools for Reports and Scholarly Papers | p. 102 |
Outlines for Organizing Your Work | p. 103 |
Generating a Table of Contents | p. 104 |
Putting Footnotes and Endnotes in Documents | p. 106 |
5 Up and Running with Excel 2000 | p. 109 |
Introducing Worksheets and Workbooks | p. 112 |
Entering and Editing the Data | p. 114 |
Entering Data in a Worksheet | p. 114 |
Speed Techniques for Entering Data | p. 115 |
Moving Around in a Worksheet | p. 118 |
Selecting Cells in a Worksheet | p. 118 |
Deleting, Copying, and Moving Data | p. 119 |
Laying Out a Worksheet | p. 120 |
Formatting the Numbers | p. 120 |
Aligning Numbers and Text in Columns and Rows | p. 121 |
Inserting and Removing Rows and Columns | p. 123 |
Changing the Width of Columns and the Height of Rows | p. 124 |
Borders and Colors for Worksheets | p. 126 |
Handling the Worksheets in a Workbook | p. 127 |
6 Advanced Excel 2000 | p. 129 |
All About Formulas | p. 132 |
Entering a Formula | p. 135 |
Speed Techniques for Entering Formulas | p. 136 |
Clicking and Selecting to Enter Cell References | p. 136 |
Copying Formulas | p. 137 |
Working with Functions | p. 139 |
Building Charts from Your Data | p. 141 |
Creating a Chart with the Chart Wizard | p. 141 |
Editing a Chart | p. 143 |
7 Outlook 2000: Managing Your E-Mail and Your Time | p. 145 |
A Trip Around the Outlook Screen | p. 148 |
Inbox: Composing, Sending, and Receiving E-Mail Messages | p. 150 |
Writing and Addressing an E-Mail Message | p. 150 |
Sending a File Along with a Message | p. 152 |
Sending the Same Message to Several People at Once | p. 152 |
Replying to and Forwarding E-Mail Messages | p. 154 |
Sending, Receiving, and Reading Your E-Mail | p. 155 |
Storing Files That Have Been Sent to You | p. 156 |
Storing and Managing Your E-Mail | p. 157 |
Contacts: Keeping Information about Others | p. 159 |
Adding a Contact to the Contacts List | p. 159 |
Searching for a Contact on the List | p. 160 |
Calendar: Scheduling Meetings and Appointments | p. 161 |
Getting Around in the Calendar | p. 161 |
Scheduling Appointments and Meetings | p. 162 |
Canceling, Rescheduling, and Altering Activities | p. 163 |
Tasks: Seeing What Needs to Get Done | p. 164 |
8 PowerPoint 2000: Creating Professional Presentations | p. 167 |
Three Ways to Create a Presentation | p. 170 |
Creating a New Presentation | p. 172 |
Putting a New Slide in a Presentation | p. 173 |
Viewing and Working on Slides | p. 174 |
Changing the View | p. 174 |
Entering the Text | p. 176 |
Writing and Printing What You Will Say in the Presentation | p. 176 |
Moving and Deleting Slides | p. 177 |
Changing the Look of Slides | p. 178 |
Using the Master Slide for Consistent Text Formatting | p. 178 |
Choosing New Background Colors for Slides | p. 178 |
Printing Handout Copies of a Presentation | p. 181 |
Giving the Presentation | p. 181 |
Showing the Slides | p. 182 |
Giving a Self-Playing, Kiosk-Style Presentation | p. 183 |
Seven Tricks for Making a Presentation Livelier | p. 184 |
9 Access 2000: Managing and Tracking Data | p. 189 |
What You Should Know Before You Begin | p. 193 |
Creating a New Database File | p. 196 |
Finding Your Way Around the Database Window | p. 196 |
Creating a Database Table | p. 198 |
Creating the Table | p. 198 |
Entering the Fields | p. 200 |
Designating the Primary Key | p. 200 |
Making Sure Data Entries Are Accurate | p. 202 |
Establishing the Relationships Between Database Tables | p. 203 |
Entering the Data in a Database Table | p. 205 |
Getting the Data Out: Sorting, Filtering, and Querying | p. 207 |
Sorting Data to Make It Easier to Work With | p. 207 |
Filtering a Database Table to Find Information | p. 208 |
Querying a Database for Information | p. 210 |
Presenting the Data in a Report | p. 214 |
10 Sharing Data Among Files and Programs | p. 217 |
Generating Form Letters and Labels | p. 221 |
Preparing the Names and Addresses in a Word Table | p. 223 |
Generating Form Letters | p. 223 |
Generating Labels for Mass Mailings | p. 225 |
Merging the Main Document and the Data Source | p. 228 |
OLE for Sharing Data Between Programs | p. 229 |
Establishing the Link | p. 229 |
Managing OLE Links | p. 231 |
Creating an Excel Worksheet in a Word Document | p. 232 |
Using Word Document Headings as PowerPoint Text | p. 233 |
Including Hyperlinks in Files | p. 234 |
11 Surfing the Internet with Internet Explorer 5 | p. 237 |
Deciding How Many Times to Dial and When to Disconnect Automatically | p. 240 |
The Basics: Connecting and Disconnecting | p. 241 |
The Eight Ways to Start Internet Explorer | p. 242 |
If You Can't Connect to the Internet | p. 243 |
Disconnecting from the Internet | p. 244 |
Surfing the Internet | p. 244 |
Visiting a Web Site Whose Address You Know | p. 244 |
Clicking Hyperlinks to Go Here and There | p. 245 |
Searching for Information on the Web | p. 245 |
Finding Addresses and Phone Numbers on the Internet | p. 248 |
Revisiting Web Sites You've Been to Before | p. 249 |
Bookmarking Sites So You Can Visit Them Quickly | p. 250 |
Bookmarking Your Favorite Web Sites | p. 251 |
Going to a Site You've Bookmarked | p. 252 |
Renaming, Deleting, and Managing Bookmarks | p. 253 |
Seven Ways to Surf the Internet Faster | p. 254 |
Copying Pictures, Text, and Web Sites | p. 257 |
12 Publisher 2000: Creating Professional Publications | p. 259 |
What You Should Know Before You Start Working | p. 262 |
Creating a New Publication | p. 264 |
Choosing a New Design or Color Scheme | p. 265 |
Finding Your Way Around a Publication | p. 266 |
Getting a Better View of Your Publication | p. 267 |
Going from Page to Page and Place to Place | p. 268 |
Frames for Laying Out the Pages | p. 269 |
Inserting a New Frame | p. 269 |
Adjusting the Size and Position of Frames | p. 271 |
Putting Borders and Color Backgrounds on Frames | p. 271 |
Layout and Ruler Guides to Help with Precision Layouts | p. 272 |
When Frames Overlap: Telling Publisher Which One to Put in the Foreground | p. 273 |
Entering and Laying Out the Text | p. 274 |
Entering the Text on the Page | p. 275 |
Making Text Jump from Frame to Frame | p. 275 |
Making Text Wrap Around a Picture or Other Kind of Frame | p. 276 |
Inserting and Removing Pages | p. 277 |
Decorating Your Publication | p. 278 |
Getting Objects from the Design Gallery | p. 278 |
Rotating and Flipping Objects | p. 279 |
A Installing Office 2000 | p. 281 |
The New Installation Technique | p. 282 |
Before You Install Office 2000 | p. 283 |
Installing Office 2000 | p. 284 |
Custom Installation: Choosing Which Features to Install | p. 285 |
Reinstalling (or Removing) Office 2000 | p. 287 |
Index | p. 289 |