10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Office XP

✍ Scribed by Joe Habraken

• Publisher: Que
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Series: 10 minute guides
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Because most people don't have the luxury of sitting down uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Office XP, this 10-Minute Guide focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete. In addition, this guide teaches the user how to use Visio without relying on technical jargon, by providing straightforward, easy-to-follow explanations and lists of numbered steps that tell the user which keys to press and which options to select.

✦ Table of Contents

10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Office XP......Page 2
©2002 by Que®......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 12
INSTALLING MICROSOFT OFFICE......Page 13
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK......Page 14
INTRODUCING VOICE DICTATION AND VOICE COMMANDS......Page 16
SMART TAGS PROVIDE QUICK OPTIONS......Page 23
INTRODUCING THE OFFICE TASK PANES......Page 24
USING DOCUMENT RECOVERY......Page 25
UNDERSTANDING PRODUCT ACTIVATION......Page 26
STARTING OFFICE APPLICATIONS......Page 28
USING THE MENU SYSTEM......Page 29
USING SHORTCUT MENUS......Page 30
WORKING WITH TOOLBARS......Page 31
UNDERSTANDING DIALOG BOXES......Page 33
UNDERSTANDING THE TASK PANE......Page 34
SETTING APPLICATION OPTIONS......Page 36
USING THE ASK A QUESTION BOX......Page 39
USING THE OFFICE ASSISTANT......Page 41
USING THE HELP WINDOW......Page 43
GETTING HELP WITH SCREEN ELEMENTS......Page 47
UNDERSTANDING MICROSOFT OUTLOOK......Page 48
COMPOSING A MESSAGE......Page 49
FORMATTING TEXT......Page 52
SELECTING THE E-MAIL MESSAGE FORMAT......Page 56
ADD A SIGNATURE......Page 57
SENDING MAIL......Page 59
READING MAIL......Page 60
SAVING AN ATTACHMENT......Page 63
ANSWERING MAIL......Page 65
DELETING MAIL......Page 67
FORWARDING MAIL......Page 69
CREATING FOLDERS......Page 71
CREATING A NEW CONTACT......Page 74
VIEWING THE CONTACTS LIST......Page 78
COMMUNICATING WITH A CONTACT......Page 81
VIEWING A MAP OF A CONTACT’S ADDRESS......Page 84
NAVIGATING THE CALENDAR......Page 86
CREATING AN APPOINTMENT......Page 88
SCHEDULING A RECURRING APPOINTMENT......Page 90
PLANNING EVENTS......Page 92
STARTING A NEW DOCUMENT......Page 94
ENTERING TEXT......Page 96
USING DOCUMENT TEMPLATES......Page 97
USING WORD WIZARDS......Page 100
SAVING A DOCUMENT......Page 102
OPENING A DOCUMENT......Page 105
ADDING OR REPLACING TEXT AND MOVING IN THE DOCUMENT......Page 107
SELECTING TEXT......Page 112
DELETING, COPYING, AND MOVING TEXT......Page 115
COPYING AND MOVING TEXT BETWEEN DOCUMENTS......Page 120
UNDERSTANDING FONTS......Page 122
CHANGING FONT ATTRIBUTES......Page 123
WORKING IN THE FONT DIALOG BOX......Page 125
ALIGNING TEXT......Page 127
ALIGNING TEXT WITH CLICK AND TYPE......Page 129
UNDERSTANDING STYLES......Page 131
CREATING TEXT STYLES......Page 133
EDITING STYLES......Page 134
USING THE STYLE ORGANIZER......Page 136
UNDERSTANDING EXCEL DATA TYPES......Page 139
ENTERING TEXT......Page 140
ENTERING NUMBERS......Page 144
ENTERING DATES AND TIMES......Page 145
COPYING (FILLING) THE SAME DATA TO OTHER CELLS......Page 146
ENTERING A SERIES OF NUMBERS, DATES, AND OTHER DATA......Page 147
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AUTOCOMPLETE......Page 148
UNDERSTANDING EXCEL FORMULAS......Page 150
ORDER OF OPERATIONS......Page 152
ENTERING FORMULAS......Page 153
USING THE STATUS BAR AUTOCALCULATE FEATURE......Page 155
EDITING FORMULAS......Page 156
WHAT ARE FUNCTIONS?......Page 158
USING THE INSERT FUNCTION FEATURE......Page 162
UNDERSTANDING CHARTING TERMINOLOGY......Page 167
WORKING WITH DIFFERENT CHART TYPES......Page 168
CREATING AND SAVING A CHART......Page 169
PRINTING A CHART......Page 172
CHOOSING HOW TO CREATE YOUR DATABASE......Page 173
CREATING A BLANK DATABASE......Page 174
CREATING A DATABASE FROM A TEMPLATE......Page 177
OPENING A DATABASE......Page 182
WORKING WITH THE TABLE WIZARD......Page 184
CREATING TABLES WITHOUT THE WIZARD......Page 187
CREATING A TABLE IN TABLE DESIGN VIEW......Page 188
SETTING THE PRIMARY KEY......Page 191
UNDERSTANDING DATA TYPES AND FORMATS......Page 193
CREATING FORMS......Page 194
CREATING A FORM WITH AUTOFORM......Page 195
CREATING A FORM WITH THE FORM WIZARD......Page 196
ENTERING DATA INTO A FORM......Page 199
UNDERSTANDING QUERIES......Page 200
USING THE SIMPLE QUERY WIZARD......Page 201
USING OTHER QUERY WIZARDS......Page 203
UNDERSTANDING ACCESS QUERY TYPES......Page 205
THREE CHOICES FOR STARTING A NEW PRESENTATION......Page 207
SAVING A PRESENTATION......Page 214
OPENING A PRESENTATION......Page 216
INSERTING A NEW SLIDE......Page 218
DELETING SLIDES......Page 219
VIEWING AN ONSCREEN SLIDE SHOW......Page 220
SETTING SLIDE ANIMATION SCHEMES......Page 221
SETTING UP A SELF-RUNNING SHOW......Page 224
USING THE WEB SITE WIZARDS......Page 227
CREATING A NEW WEB......Page 229
UNDERSTANDING THE WEB VIEWS......Page 231
CREATING A NEW WEB PAGE......Page 240
INSERTING A NEW PAGE INTO THE WEB......Page 243
DELETING A PAGE FROM THE WEB......Page 244
IMPORTING FILES FROM OTHER APPLICATIONS......Page 245
USING THE FRONTPAGE THEMES......Page 246
USING TASKS TO COMPLETE A WEB......Page 250
INSERTING PICTURES......Page 254
INSERTING CLIP ART......Page 256
PUBLISHING YOUR WEB......Page 257
INDEX......Page 262