Product Description

Are you overwhelmed by the complexities of Microsoft Office? Are you feeling as if you’re not getting the most out of your applications? Have you not the slightest idea what FrontPage is for? With Office2003 All–in–One Desk Reference For Dummies, you’ll find all the answers you need to take advantage of this popular software suite and utilize its maximum potential. This one–stop reference provides easy–to–understand solutions arranged in an easy–to–understand format, all in the classic down–to–earth Dummies lingo.

This incredibly popular software includes everything you need for work, school, or just organization, including:

• Word processing (Word)
• Spreadsheets (Excel)
• Slideshow presentations (Power Point)
• Messaging and contact management (Outlook)
• Database management (Access)
• Web building tools (FrontPage)
• Tools for creating publications (Publisher)
• Application development (Visual Basic for Applications)

This complete and reliable guide to Office will aid you through all the programs and provide expert advice on:

• Formatting, editing, and general tools of Word, including table construction and word styles
• Using Outlook to handle e–mail, maintain contact folders, and manage time and schedule
• Beginning and advanced techniques with Power Point, including how to make your show livelier
• Creating, refining, and organizing spreadsheets with Excel
• Designing, editing, and maintaining a Web page with FrontPage
• Building data–base tables, entering, filtering, and sorting data on Access
• Customizing, automating tasks, and including art and graphics on your Office programs

Written by one of the leading experts on Microsoft programs, this book helps you create documents, slideshows, Web pages, and spreadsheets, as well as organize your databases, e–mails, and contact information. Stop sitting in front of your computer wondering what all of those multi–colored icons do! Office2003 All–in–One Desk Reference For Dummies will show you how to use Office like a pro.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150232 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 792 pages

Synopsis
Covers all the Office tools as well as MS Windows in separate, easy-to-follow mini-books that help readers learn quickly. Fully updated to cover the new XML tools included in Office "X" as well as how to make all the Office applications work together. Written by a prolific technology book author with over 30 titles to his credit, including 15 on Office or Office tools.

From the Back Cover
9 books in 1– your key to Office 2003 success!

Your one–stop guide to getting things done with Office 2003

So you’ve installed Office 2003, and maybe you’ve bravely opened Word. But what about all those other icons sitting there tempting – or intimidating – you? Help has arrived! This handy one–stop reference walks you through each application, introduces cool tricks you can do with VBA and customization, and even helps you make friends with Windows XP.

The Dummies Way

• Coverage of the essentials and beyond
• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Tear–out cheat sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

About the Author
Peter Weverka is the author of Word For Dummies Quick Reference, Microsoft Money For Dummies, and other computer books. His humorous nontechnology articles have also delighted readers of Harper’s.

Customer Reviews

An excellent comprehensive book
I found this book to be very comprehensive and easy to look up information in. It covers all the major Office programs -- Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and FrontPage -- as well as Windows XP and some "hangers-on" programs such as the Office clip art manager and OneNote.

The author has an excellent grasp of these programs, but more important than that, he has a teaching technique which I found to be very useful in my case. For each feature, he explains the big picture, tells you what you need to know, informs you how to make the feature work for you, and then offers tips and tricks from his own experience to make your work go faster or be more productive.

Oh, and I should mention that the author has an excellent sense of humor, which is most welcome in a computer book.

This book is a good value. At 800 pages, it goes into some depth about each of the Office programs. It is a "desk reference," which means looking up information in the book is quite easy. It is meant to sit on the corner of your desk for times when you need help in Office. I have used it many times over and it has come through every time.