Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies

Description:
If you have 'Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies' and just use it to create documents and for e-mail, that's like having the ultimate gourmet kitchen and only cooking frozen dinners or having a 42' plasma high-definition, sound surround TV and only watching old reruns. This book will help you take control of Office 2003 and use it to take control of your life at work or at home. It covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. (Note that not all versions of Office 2003 have Access.) You'll learn how to create all kinds of documents, set up and use databases, create spreadsheets and do all kinds of numerical calculations and computations, and present your creations in style. With detailed explanations and screen shots, this guide covers: creating, saving, opening, and printing any Office 2003 file; getting comfortable with common Office 2003 commands, including using the menus and toolbars, working with the task pane, using multiple windows, and copying and pasting with Office Clipboard; the basics for working in Word, plus info on formatting your text or document, aligning text, adding headers, footers, or page numbers, adding and editing pictures, and more; playing the numbers with Excel, with info on the basics of spreadsheets (numbers, labels, and formatting) and creating and editing formulas; creating and manipulating charts line, area, column, bar, and pie varieties; and creating PowerPoint presentations using AutoContent Wizard, a template, or from an existing presentation. It also covers: adding color, pictures, and transitions to jazz up your PowerPoint presentation; getting organized with Outlook, including handling e-mail, organizing contact information, managing tasks with a to-do list, and scheduling appointments; storing stuff in Access, with the basics on using a database, searching, sorting, and making queries, and creating reports 'Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies' was written by Wallace Wang, the popular, bestselling author of more than 20 'For Dummies' computer books. It gives you a great overview and step-by-step how-to for the most common and most helpful functions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. It's a great guide to exploring the incredible powers at your fingertips with 'Microsoft Office 2003' and enhancing your productivity. It's also a great reference to keep handy so you can get a quick review of tasks you don't often do or figure out more ways to use Office 2003 to make quick work of your work.

Table of Contents:
Introduction. Part I: Getting to Know Microsoft Office. Chapter 1: Playing with Office 2003 Files. Chapter 2: Common Office 2003 Commands. Chapter 3: Getting Help from Microsoft Office. Chapter 4: Sharing Data. Part II: Working with Word. Chapter 5: Manipulating Your Words. Chapter 6: Making Your Words Look Pretty. Chapter 7: Creating Fancy Pages. Part III: Playing the Numbers Game with Excel. Chapter 8: The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formatting. Chapter 9: Having Fun with Formulas and Functions. Chapter 10: Charting Your Numbers. Part IV: Making Presentations with PowerPoint. Chapter 11: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation. Chapter 12: Adding Color and Pictures to PowerPoint. Chapter 13: Showing Off Your PowerPoint Presentations. Part V: Getting Organized with Outlook. Chapter 14: Organizing Your E--Mail. Chapter 15: Setting Tasks and Making Contacts. Chapter 16: Scheduling Your Time. Part VI: Storing Stuff in Access. Chapter 17: Using a Database. Chapter 18: Searching, Sorting, and Making Queries. Chapter 19: Making Reports. Part VII: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Using Office 2003. Chapter 21: Ten Common Microsoft Office 2003 Shortcuts. Index.

Author Biography:
Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of over 20 For Dummies computer books. He moonlights as a stand--up comic, and has appeared on A&E's Evening At the Improv.