The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Office 2000,9780789718488

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Office 2000

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ISBN13: 9780789718488
ISBN10: 0789718480
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-04-01
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary

Your home or office is about to experience one of the most significant renovations of the twentyfirst century--Microsoft Office 2000. Are you prepared to take advantage of the most advanced office suite on the market? Are you ready to whip up documents, spreadsheets, graphs, and interactive slide shows? Manage data? Plan your time? Communicate electronically via email? Publish your own Web pages? This book shows you the simple way to get up to speed with Office 2000!

Author Biography

Joe Kraynak has taught hundreds of thousands of new PC users how to make the most of their computers with his easy-to-read books. His previous books include the first and second editions of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Office 97; Easy Internet, Second Edition; Windows 95 Cheat Sheet; The Complete Idiot's Guide to PCs; and The Big Basics Book of Microsoft Office.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Microsoft Office Over Easy 5(18)
10-Minute Guide to Office 2000 Professional
7(10)
Office 2000 basics, shortcuts, and tips.
When in Doubt, Ask for Help
17(6)
When you can't find the answer in this book, use the Office help system.
Part 2: Whipping Up Word Documents 23(72)
Making and Editing Word Documents
25(10)
Everything you need to know to create your first Word document.
Giving Your Text a Makeover
35(12)
Make your text look pretty.
Aligning Your Text with Columns and Tables
47(12)
Align text in columns without touching the Tab key.
Spicing It Up with Graphics, Sound, and Video
59(10)
Jazz up your documents with scanned images, digital photos, and Microsoft clip art.
Checking Your Spelling and Grammar
69(8)
Spelling and grammar checkers for the proofreading-impaired.
Creating Mailing Labels and Form Letters
77(8)
Stuff other people's mailboxes with junk mail.
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Printing Documents
85(10)
Margins, page numbers, borders, and other page-control issues, not to mention actually printing.
Part 3: Crunching Numbers with Excel Spreadsheets 95(54)
Spreadsheet Orientation Day
97(12)
The basics of typing entries in a spreadsheet.
Doing Math with Formulas
109(14)
Make Excel do your math homework.
Giving Your Worksheet a Professional Look
123(10)
Text formatting, shading, borders, and other additions.
Graphing Data for Fun and Profit
133(8)
Turn a block of numbers into a graph.
Printing Wide Worksheets on Narrow Pages
141(8)
Everything you've always wanted to know about printing worksheets.
Part 4: Snapping Slide Shows in PowerPoint 149(30)
Slapping Together a Basic Slide Show
151(10)
Get started with PowerPoint's prefab slide shows.
Adding Text, Graphics, and Sounds to a Slide
161(8)
When only the snazziest presentations will do.
Shuffling and Presenting Your Slide Show
169(10)
Narration, animation, and other cool features.
Part 5: Mastering the Information Age with Access 179(38)
Making Your First Database
181(12)
Use a prefab database, so you won't have to start from scratch.
Entering Data: For the Record
193(6)
Cope with the drudgery of data entry.
Finding, Sorting, and Selecting Records
199(8)
Sift through your database to find what you need.
Giving Data Meaning with Reports
207(10)
When your boss asks why the company is suddenly in the red, whip out one of these.
Part 6: Looking After Your Life with Outlook 217(22)
Keeping Track of Dates, Mates, and Things To Do
219(12)
Pitch your day planner and log on to Outlook.
Managing Your Email
231(8)
Yep, Outlook does email, too.
Part 7: Getting Productive with Office 2000 239(48)
Sharing Data Between Applications
241(8)
Understand and use OLE, so you can type it once and use it everywhere!
Creating and Publishing Your Own Web Pages
249(16)
Electronic publishing on the Web---Office 2000's new Web tools.
Macros for Mere Mortals
265(10)
Automate tasks by recording and playing back keystrokes, commands, and mouse moves.
No-Brainer Publications with Microsoft Publisher
275(12)
Save some money, get the job done on time, and let your own creative vision drive your publications with Microsoft Publisher.
Glossary 287(14)
Index 301

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