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One of the bestselling Microsoft Office books of all time now updated for the latest release! For nearly twenty years, readers worldwide have turned to the Dummies series to help them make sense of the complicated suite of Office applications; this updated resource continues that tradition. Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this book gets you thoroughly up to speed and helps you learn how to take full advantage of the new Microsoft Office 2013. After coverage of the fundamentals, you discover how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add sound to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more. Helps you harness the power of all five main Microsoft Office 2013 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access Discusses typing and formatting text in Word Demonstrates navigating and editing an Excel spreadsheet, creating formulas, and charting and analyzing Excel data Walks you through creating a PowerPoint presentation and adding color, sound, and pictures Explores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointments Delves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and more The fun and easy approach of Office 2013 For Dummies proves that doing Office work can actually be fun!

Wallace Wang (San Diego, CA) is a best-selling author with more than 2.75 million For Dummies books in print. He has written more than 50 computer books, his recent titles include Office 2010 For Dummies and Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies. Wally has been involved in computers, stand-up comedy, teaching, writing, and game designing for most of his life. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Materials Science and a Master's in Computer Science.

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started with Office 2013 7

Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Office 2013 9

Chapter 2: Selecting and Editing Data 33

Chapter 3: Modifying Pictures 47

Chapter 4: Getting Help from Office 2013 57

Part II: Working with Word 63

Chapter 5: Typing Text in Word 65

Chapter 6: Formatting Text 85

Chapter 7: Designing Your Pages 105

Part III: Playing the Numbers with Excel 133

Chapter 8: The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formulas 135

Chapter 9: Playing with Formulas 167

Chapter 10: Charting and Analyzing Data 193

Part IV: Making Presentations with PowerPoint 221

Chapter 11: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation 223

Chapter 12: Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation 241

Chapter 13: Showing Off a Presentation 263

Part V: Getting Organized with Outlook 283

Chapter 14: Managing E-Mail with Outlook 285

Chapter 15: Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks 299

Part VI: Storing Stuff in Access 313

Chapter 16: Using a Database 315

Chapter 17: Searching, Sorting, and Querying a Database 331

Chapter 18: Creating a Database Report 351

Part VII: The Part of Tens 365

Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using Office 2013 367

Chapter 20: Almost Ten Ways to Make Office 2013 Easier to Use 383

Index 389

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