Office 2010 For Dummies

The latest edition of one of the bestselling Microsoft Office books of all time! Spend less time figuring out Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access and more time working on actual projects with this new edition of Office 2010 For Dummies. Filled with straightforward, friendly instruction, this book gets you thoroughly up to speed, and it actually makes doing Office work fun! First learn all the basics, then how to add more bells and whistles, including how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add sound to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more. Helps you harness the power of Microsoft Office 2010 and all of its new functionality; the book covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access Explains and instructs in the straightforward, friendly, For Dummies style that makes instruction more accessible and skill-building easier Covers typing and formatting text in Word and spicing up your documents Shows you how to navigate and edit an Excel spreadsheet, create formulas, and chart and analyze Excel data Demonstrates how to create a PowerPoint presentation and add color, sound, and pictures Explores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointments Delves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and more Be ready to take full advantage of Microsoft Office 2010 with this fun and easy guide.

The latest edition of one of the bestselling Microsoft Office books of all time!Spend less time figuring out Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access and more time working on actual projects with this new edition of Office 2010 For Dummies. Filled with straightforward, friendly instruction, this book gets you thoroughly up to speed, and it actually makes doing Office work fun!First learn all the basics, then how to add more bells and whistles, including how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel spreadsheets and create formulas, add sound to your PowerPoint presentation, and much more.* Helps you harness the power of Microsoft Office 2010 and all of its new functionality; the book covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access* Explains and instructs in the straightforward, friendly, For Dummies style that makes instruction more accessible and skill-building easier* Covers typing and formatting text in Word and spicing up your documents* Shows you how to navigate and edit an Excel spreadsheet, create formulas, and chart and analyze Excel data* Demonstrates how to create a PowerPoint presentation and add color, sound, and pictures* Explores Outlook, including configuring e-mail, storing contacts, organizing tasks, scheduling your time, and setting appointments* Delves into designing Access databases, including editing, modifying, searching, sorting, and querying; also covers viewing and printing reports, and moreBe ready to take full advantage of Microsoft Office 2010 with this fun and easy guide.

Introduction 1Part I: Getting to Know Microsoft Office 2010 7Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Office 2010 9Chapter 2: Selecting and Editing Data 33Chapter 3: Modifying Pictures 49Chapter 4: Getting Help from Office 2010 57Part II: Working with Word 65Chapter 5: Typing Text in Word 67Chapter 6: Formatting Text 89Chapter 7: Designing Your Pages 109Part III: Playing the Numbers with Excel 137Chapter 8: The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formulas 139Chapter 9: Playing with Formulas 171Chapter 10: Charting and Analyzing Data 199Part IV: Making Presentations with PowerPoint 227Chapter 11: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation 229Chapter 12: Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation 247Chapter 13: Showing Off a Presentation 269Part V: Getting Organized with Outlook 289Chapter 14: Managing E-Mail with Outlook 291Chapter 15: Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks 305Part VI: Storing Stuff in Access 317Chapter 16: Using a Database 319Chapter 17: Searching, Sorting, and Querying a Database 335Chapter 18: Creating a Database Report 355Part VII: The Part of Tens 369Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using Office 2010 371Chapter 20: Ten Keystroke Shortcuts 383Chapter 21: Almost Ten Ways to Make Office 2010 Easier to Use 389Index 395