Faster smarter Microsoft Office XP : take charge of your Microsoft office programs--faster, smarter, better! / Katherine Murray.

Part I : Microsoft Office XP Basics

Chapter 1 : Getting to Know Microsoft Office XP

What is Included with Office XP
What can you do with Office XP
Starting Office XP
New Features of Office XP

Chapter 2: Working wit Programs
Using Multiple Applications
Existing Programs
Opening Files
Using the Clipboard
Saving Files
etc

Chapter 3: Finding Help at Every Turn
Help in Many Colors
Using Ask a Question
Working with the office Assistant
Using the help System
etc

Part II: Word Power, Made Simple

Chapter 4: Creating a Simple Document
What can you do with Microsoft Word
A walk Around the World Window
Starting a New Document
Entering Text

Chapter 5: Using Microsoft Word's Editing Tools
What kind of Editing can you do with word
Autocorrecting Your Document
Starting Simple : Correcting Typos
Working with Paragraphs
etc

Chapter 6: Formating in Microsoft Word

Letting AutoFormat Do the Work
A Return to Themes
Changing Fonts, Font Styles, and Point Sizes
Choosing a Font
Changing Spacing
etc

Chapter 7 : Special Features (and Challenges) in Microsoft Word

Working With Sections
Adding Headers and Footers
Inserting Graphics
Drawing Diagrams
Creating a Hyerlink
The High- End Stuff

Part III Excel the Easy Way

Chapter 8: Creating and Saving a Spreadsheet
What can you do With Microsoft Excel?
A Walk around the Excel Window
Creating a Simple Spreadsheet
Moving Around and Selecting Cells
Working with Functions And Formulas

Chapter 9: Editing, Formatting, and Printing Spreadsheets

Editing Spreadsheet Data
Formatting Spreadsheets
Printing Spreadsheets

Chapter 10 : Charting Spreadsheet Data

Charting 101: Just the Basics
What Makes a Good Chart?
Creating a Chart
Editing a Chart
The appearance of the Chart Menu
Working with the Chart Toolbar

Part IV : Simply PowerPoints

Chapter 11: Creating a presentation - From start to Finish
What Can you Do with PowerPoint
A Walk Around the PowerPoint Window
Understanding the PowerPoint Views
Starting with the End in Mind: Setting Up the Show
Creating a Presentation
etc

Chapter 12 Animating and Timing Your Presentation
Working in Slide Sorter View
Setting Up the Show
Using Animation Schemes
Adding Transitions to Slides

Chapter 13: Enhacing Your Presentations
What Kind of Enhancements will you Use
Adding Movies and Animations
Adding Sounds and Music
Recording Narration
Broadcasting Your Presentation

Part V: Organize with Microsoft Outlook

Chapter 14: E- mailing with Microsoft Outllok
What can You do with Outlook
A Walk Around the Outlook Window
Using Outlook as Your E-mail Program
Deleting Messages
Inserting Messaging

Chapter 15: Organizing with Microsoft
Managing Your Email
Working With Contacts
Journaling in Outlook
Working with Tasks and Notes

Chapter 16: Scheduling with Microsoft Outlook
Understanding Outlook's Calendar
Creating Appointments
Using Reminders
Scheduling With Outlook
Printing your Calendar

Part VI: Managing Data with Microsoft Access

Chapter 17: Getting Started with Databases
What can you do with Access?
A Walk around the Access Window
Database Basics
Starting a New Database
Adding Data
etc

Chapter 18: Working With Your Data
Sorting Data Records
Searching for Data
Creating and Using Queries
Composing a Query
Applying a Query
etc

Chapter 19: Preparing and Printing Reports in Microsoft Access
Creating a Report
Sprucing Up Your Report
Publishing Reports in Word
Deleting Reports
Printing Reports

Part VII: Fast Web Pages with Microsoft FrontPage

Chapter 20: First, the Basics
What can you do with FrontPage?
A walk Around the FrontPage Window
Creating a Web Site
Working in Tasks View
Adding Text to a Web Page
etdc

Chapter 21 : Special Tasks in Microsoft FrontPage
Adding Tables to your Pages
Working with Frames
Adding Lines and Borders
Creating Rollovers
Viewing the Source

Chapter 22; Publishing Your Pages

Preparing Your Web Files
About Server Extensions
Publishing Your Site
Troubleshooting your site
Rating the Effectiveness of your Site

What can you do With PowerPoint?

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