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Microsoft Office XP Inside Out
By Michael J. Young & Michael Halvorson Published by Microsoft Press Pages: 1582 plus a companion CD ISBN: 0-7356-1277-3 |
Microsoft Office XP Inside Out is the successor to the Running Office books that Michael Halvorson and I wrote for Office versions 95, 97, and 2000. Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, however, has an entirely new approach. It's written for a more experienced audience. It contains more advanced techniques, tips, workarounds, and troubleshooting advice. And, probably most important, it's written from a more objective viewpoint; we give you an honest evaluation of which Office features work and which don't, and tell you how to work around the ones that don't.
The book comes with a companion CD, which provides a complete searchable electronic version of the book, copies of the example documents and macros given in the chapters, many useful Office XP utilities and add-ins, links to Office XP resources on the Web, software demos and trials, and more.
The following are some excerpts from the book's Introduction:
Microsoft Office XP has more power, more application integration, and greater sharing of features than any previous version of Office. Microsoft has worked hard to make the Office applications easy to use, but the Office suite's sheer size and complexity can make it challenging to find your way around the software, to learn the applications and the ways they work together, and to solve the problems that result from the software's intricacy. Microsoft Office XP Inside Out is designed to help you meet this challenge.
This book is written for the power user, the software enthusiast, the consultant, the solutions developer, or the company guru—the one others come to for help. It's designed for the person who wants to learn the essentials quickly and then go on to more interesting topics—advanced timesaving techniques, bug workarounds, troubleshooting advice, and insights into Office's inner workings. It's written for the computer user who needs to solve the problems that will inevitably occur with software as complex as Office. And it's targeted to the reader who wants an honest, objective evaluation of the different Office components, clarifying which features to use and which to avoid.
Rest assured that the book also covers the essentials. Contrary to the typical media depiction of a computer genius, even the savviest computer expert needs to learn the basics of a new program. In this book, however, the essentials are taught as they would be in a graduate seminar rather than in a freshman 101 course—quickly and concisely, relying on your general computer understanding and your ability to translate your current insights and skills to the topic at hand.
Consequently, to get the most out of this book, you should know the basics of computer hardware and software. You should know Microsoft Windows. You should know how to use the file system, how to access the Internet, and how to manage your e-mail. You should have used a word processor and spreadsheet program before, so that the essential concepts are familiar to you. But most important, you should be excited about exploring the fascinating territory that lies just beyond the surface of Office XP.
Topics on this page:
Applications Covered
Microsoft Office XP Inside Out covers the following Office XP applications and tools:
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- FrontPage
- Access
- Publisher
- Visual Basic for Applications
- SharePoint Team Services
- Common Office tools, including the help system, the Office Resource Kit, the new speech and handwriting interfaces, the enhanced Office Clipboard task pane, the new Clip Organizer, and the drawing tools including the new Office diagram feature
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Getting Going with Microsoft Office XP
Chapter 1: An Office XP Overview
Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring Office XP
Chapter 3: Getting Expert Help on Office XP
Part 2: Common Microsoft Office XP Techniques
Chapter 4: Working with Office XP Applications, Documents, and Program Windows
Chapter 5: New Editing and Formatting Techniques in Office XP
Chapter 6: Adding Professional Graphics and Special Effects to Office XP Documents
Chapter 7: Sharing Data Among Office XP Applications
Chapter 8: Using SharePoint Team Services in Professional Workgroups
Chapter 9: Customizing the Office XP Application Interface
Part 3: Microsoft Word
Chapter 10: Word Fundamentals
Chapter 11: Efficient Editing in Word
Chapter 12: Effective Formatting in Word
Chapter 13: Arranging Text Using Tables, Columns, and Lists
Chapter 14: Advanced Word Formatting Techniques
Chapter 15: Managing Large or Complex Documents
Chapter 16: Using Word in Workgroups
Chapter 17: Proofing Word Documents
Chapter 18: Designing and Printing Professional-Looking Pages
Chapter 19: Using Word to Automate Mailings
Chapter 20: Creating Web Pages and Other Online Documents
Part 4: Microsoft Excel
Chapter 21: Worksheet Construction Essentials
Chapter 22: Advanced Worksheet Editing
Chapter 23: Expert Formatting Techniques
Chapter 24: Power Organizing with Workbooks
Chapter 25: Customizing Excel to Work the Way You Do
Chapter 26: Using Formulas and Functions to Crunch Numbers
Chapter 27: Advanced Worksheet Charts
Chapter 28: Power Database Techniques: Lists, Filters, and Pivot Tables
Chapter 29: Advanced Business Analysis
Chapter 30: Expert Web Publishing Techniques
Part 5: Microsoft PowerPoint
Chapter 31: Essential PowerPoint Techniques
Chapter 32: Advanced Presentation Formatting
Chapter 33: Mastering Tables, Graphics, and Drawings
Chapter 34: Adding Special Effects and Internet Links
Chapter 35: Setting Up and Presenting the Slide Show
Part 6: Microsoft Outlook
Chapter 36: Outlook Fundamentals
Chapter 37: Working with Outlook Items and Folders
Chapter 38: Managing Messages and Appointments
Chapter 39: Managing Contacts, Tasks, and Other Types of Information
Chapter 40: Customizing Outlook
Part 7: Microsoft FrontPage
Chapter 41: FrontPage Fundamentals
Chapter 42: Managing Your Web Site with FrontPage
Chapter 43: Creating and Editing Web Pages
Chapter 44: Formatting Your Web Pages
Chapter 45: Adding Advanced Features to Your Web Pages
Part 8: Microsoft Access
Chapter 46: Access Fundamentals
Chapter 47: Setting Up Tables and Relationships
Chapter 48: Using Queries to Select and Combine Information
Chapter 49: Creating Forms and Data Access Pages for Working with Data
Chapter 50: Generating Reports to Present Information
Part 9: Microsoft Publisher
Chapter 51: Essential Publisher Techniques
Chapter 52: Creating Professional Brochures and Newsletters
Chapter 53: Advanced Web Publications
Part 10: Supercharging Office with Macros and VBA
Chapter 54: Building Your First Office Macro
Chapter 55: Using Variables, Operators, and Functions to Manage Information
Chapter 56: Adding Logic and Computing Power with Control Structures
Chapter 57: Using Toolbox Controls to Create a User Interface
Companion CD
- Complete searchable electronic version of the book
- Copies of the example documents and macros given in the book
- Many useful Office XP utilities and add-ins from Microsoft and other companies
- Links to Office XP resources on the Web
- Software trials and demos, including Microsoft Visio Version 2002
- And more...
