Intended for the average beginner, this guide offers 72 tips for
customizing Office to meet individual work needs and performing
everyday tasks more efficiently. Step-by-step instructions are
provided for setting up a backup regimen, turning off IntelliSense
settings, printing labels in Word, fighting spam in Outlook, making
spreadsheets look better onscreen, and working with the right file
type in PowerPoint.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Delivers over 50 real, working, timesaving solutions that will speed up readers' tasks with Office 2003.
Introduction.
Part I: Knocking Office Into Shape.
Technique 1: Making Windows Safe for Office.
Technique 2: Launching Office Quickly.
Technique 3: Organizing My Documents for Speed.
Technique 4: Drilling Down with the My Places Bar.
Technique 5: Backing Up Quickly and Effectively.
Technique 6: Keeping Office Up-to-Date.
Technique 7: Disabling Automatic Hyperlinks.
Technique 8: Digging with Research —Quickly.
Technique 9: Copying and Pasting in a Nonce.
Technique 10: Keying Combinations Quickly.
Technique 11: Drawing Quickly.
Technique 12: Shrinking Graphics.
Technique 13: Modifying Toolbars.
Technique 14: Getting Help.
Part II: Saving Time with Word.
Technique 15: Getting Word Settings Right.
Technique 16: Changing Your Normal Template.
Technique 17: Laying Out a Page — Quickly.
Technique 18: Making Professional Labels.
Technique 19: Editing Like a Pro.
Technique 20: Finding and Replacing in the Wild.
Technique 21: Rapid-Fire Styles.
Technique 22: Fast Links inside Documents.
Technique 23: Setting Up Your Own Letterhead.
Technique 24: Positioning Pictures Just Right.
Technique 25: Typing Fractions Fast.
Part III: Streamlining Outlook.
Technique 26: Getting Outlook Settings Right.
Technique 27: Searching with Folders.
Technique 28: Organizing with Flags.
Technique 29: Taming AutoComplete in Outlook.
Technique 30: Dealing with Spam.
Technique 31: Preventing Infection.
Technique 32: Working with E-mail Attachments.
Technique 33: Securing Your Mail.
Part IV: Exploiting Excel.
Technique 34: Getting Excel Settings Right.
Technique 35: Building Self-Verifying Spreadsheets.
Technique 36: Freezing Columns and Rows.
Technique 37: Ripping through Lists.
Technique 38: Running Subtotals.
Technique 39: Creating Custom AutoFill Series.
Technique 40: Grabbing the Best with Pivot Tables.
Technique 41: Creating Pivot Charts That Work Right.
Technique 42: Setting Scenarios and Seeking Goals.
Technique 43: Using the Lookup Wizard.
Part V: Pushing PowerPoint.
Technique 44: Getting PowerPoint Settings Right.
Technique 45: Choosing the Right PowerPoint File Type.
Technique 46: Changing Your Blank Presentation.
Technique 47: Recording a Sound Track.
Technique 48: Making a Presentation Run Itself.
Technique 49: Answering Predictable Questions.
Technique 50: Building toward a Goal.
Technique 51: Tripping the Light Fantastic with Multimedia.
Technique 52: Taking a Presentation on the Road.
Part VI: Assimilating Access.
Technique 53: Getting Access Settings Right.
Technique 54: Adding a Cover Sheet to an Access Report.
Technique 55: Including Totals in an Access Report.
Technique 56: Printing Labels in Access.
Technique 57: Reducing Repetitive Formatting Tasks.
Technique 58: Recycling Forms for Browsing and Data Entry.
Technique 59: Creating Your Own AutoFormat.
Part VII: Combining the Applications.
Technique 60: Inserting a Spreadsheet in a Document.
Technique 61: Managing an Electronic Newsletter.
Technique 62: Turning a Word Document Into a Presentation.
Technique 63: Animating a Chart in PowerPoint.
Technique 64: Rotating Text in a Word Document.
Part VIII: The Scary (Or Fun!) Stuff.
Technique 65: Taking Over Word’s Show/Hide.
Technique 66: Inserting Unformatted Text in Word.
Technique 67: Inserting Unformatted Text in Excel.
Technique 68: Printing a Bunch of Spreadsheets — Fast.
Technique 69: Protecting Your Privacy.
Technique 70: Printing Personalized Greetings in Batches.
Technique 71: Creating Versatile Watermarks.
Technique 72: Building (And Stealing) E-mail Stationery.
Index.
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