Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies

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This is a summary of the book, "Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies." The book covers the basics of using Microsoft Office 2003, such as creating documents, working with spreadsheets, and creating presentations. It also covers using Outlook and Access.

If you have Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies and just useit to create documents and for e-mail, thats like having theultimate gourmet kitchen and only cooking frozen dinners or havinga 42 plasma high-definition, sound surround TV and onlywatching old reruns. This book will help you take control of Office2003 and use it to take control of your lifeat work or athome. It covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. (Notethat not all versions of Office 2003 have Access.) Youlllearn how to create all kinds of documents, set up and usedatabases, create spreadsheets and do all kinds of numericalcalculations and computations, and present your creations in style.With detailed explanations and screen shots, this guide covers:

• Creating, saving, opening, and printing any Office 2003file
• Getting comfortable with common Office 2003 commands, includingusing the menus and toolbars, working with the task pane, usingmultiple windows, and copying and pasting with OfficeClipboard
• The basics for working in Word, plus info on formatting yourtext or document, aligning text, adding headers, footers, or pagenumbers, adding and editing pictures, and more
• Playing the numbers with Excel, with info on the basics ofspreadsheets (numbers, labels, and formatting) and creating andediting formulas
• Creating and manipulating chartsline, area, column, bar,and pie varieties
• Creating PowerPoint presentations using AutoContent Wizard, atemplate, or from an existing presentation
• Adding color, pictures, and transitions to jazz up yourPowerPoint presentation
• Getting organized with Outlook, including handling e-mail,organizing contact information, managing tasks with a to-do list,and scheduling appointments
• Storing stuff in Access, with the basics on using a database,searching, sorting, and making queries, and creating reports

Microsoft Office 2003 For Dummies was written by WallaceWang, the popular, bestselling author of more than 20 ForDummies computer books. It gives you a great overview andstep-by-step how-to for the most common and most helpful functionsof Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. Its a greatguide to exploring the incredible powers at your fingertips withMicrosoft Office 2003 and enhancing your productivity.Its also a great reference to keep handy so you can get aquick review of tasks you dont often do or figure out moreways to use Office 2003 to make quick work of your work.