Using Microsoft Office 2000 Book

Customizing Toolbars and Menus. Creating, Editing, and Using Keyboard Shortcuts. Customizing Office Applications. Organizing Your Desktop with the Office Shortcut Bar. Protecting Your System from Viruses.

Using Office Drawing Tools and AutoShapes. Changing Colors, Backgrounds, and Borders. Mixing Text and Graphics. Grouping and Aligning Graphic Objects. Using WordArt for Logos. Adding Pictures to Your Documents. Working with the Clip Gallery.

Cutting and Pasting Data. Using Links to Keep Data Up-to-Date. Saving Different Types of Data in One File. Managing Large Projects with Office Binders.

II. USING WORD 2000.

Creating a New Document. Creating New Documents with Templates and Wizards. Opening a Saved Document. Preventing Document Disasters. Choosing the Right Document View. Entering and Editing Text in Normal View. Zooming In for a Closer Look. Customizing Word.

Moving Around in a Word Document. Selecting Text in Word. Entering and Deleting Text. Oops! Undoing (and Redoing) What You've Done. Adding Bookmarks, Jump Buttons, and Hyperlinks to Aid Navigation. Finding and Replacing Text and Other Parts of a Document. Using Word to Check Your Spelling. Saving Keystrokes with Automatic Data Entry Tricks. Using Word to Sharpen Your Grammar. Keeping Track of Changes in a Word Document.

Understanding Your Formatting Options. Changing the Look of a Page. Adjusting the Margins. Adding Emphasis to Text. Arranging Text on the Page. Formatting Simple Lists with Bullets and Numbers. Let Word Do the Formatting.

Formatting Documents with Styles. Saving Your Favorite Formats As Named Styles. Collecting Styles (and Much More) in Document Templates. Customizing the Normal Document Template. Managing Styles and Templates.

Using Tables to Organize Information. How Word Tables Work. Adding a Table to a Document. Working with Tables. Selecting Cells, Rows, and Columns. Making Great-Looking Tables.

Preparing Your Document for the Printer. Before You Print, Preview! Sending Your Document to the Printer. Canceling a Print Job. Troubleshooting Printer Problems.

Creating Letters Using Word. What Is Mail Merge and How Does It Work? Creating Envelopes and Labels.

Is Word the Right Web Tool for You? Designing Documents for the Web. Getting Started with the Web Page Wizard. Adding a Page to an Existing Web Site. Editing Web Pages in Word.

III. USING EXCEL 2000.

Working with Worksheets and Workbooks. Working with Cells and Cell Addresses. Entering and Editing Data. Working with More Than One Cell at a Time. Moving and Copying Data. Inserting and Deleting Cells, Rows, and Columns. Moving Around in a Worksheet. Working with Multiple Worksheets.

Using Formulas for Quick Calculations. Using Functions to Create More Powerful Formulas. Entering Cell and Range References. Using Labels and Names to Demystify a Worksheet. Creating Links Between Worksheets.

How Excel Displays Cell Contents. Changing the Way a Cell's Contents Display. Formatting a Worksheet. Reusing Your Favorite Formats. Changing Default Formatting for New Worksheets. Adjusting Formatting Based on a Cell's Contents. Using AutoFormat for Quick Results.

The Secrets of Perfect Printouts. Preparing Your Worksheet for the Printer.

Creating a List on a Worksheet. Sorting Data. Searching for Data in a List. Using Forms to Enter and View Data. Creating Subtotals. Creating and Editing PivotTables and PivotCharts. Formatting PivotTables.

How Excel Charts Work. Elements of an Excel Chart. Choosing the Right Chart Type. Creating a Basic Chart with the Chart Wizard. Formatting Chart Elements. Editing a Chart. Printing Charts. Converting a Chart for Use on a Web Page.

Using Scenarios to Perform What-If Analyses. Using Goal Seek to Find the Right Value. Restricting Data Entry in a Worksheet. Tracking Changes in Shared Excel Workbooks.

IV. USING POWERPOINT 2000.

How PowerPoint Works. Getting Started. Different Ways to View Your Presentation. Adding and Editing Slides. Deleting, Copying, Rearranging, and Hiding Slides. Adding Comments to PowerPoint Slides.

Creating a Consistent Look for Your Presentation. Using Color Schemes. Animating Text and Objects on a Slide.

Using Special Effects to Create Transition Slides. Rehearsing Your Presentation. Delivering the Perfect Presentation. Printing Your Presentation.

Creating a Self-Running Presentation. Packaging a Presentation for Use on Another Computer. Creating Presentations for the Web.

V. USING OUTLOOK 2000.

Getting Started with Outlook. Using and Customizing the Outlook Interface. Viewing Personal Information in Outlook. Creating and Managing Outlook Items. Deleting and Archiving Outlook Information. Reducing the Size of Your Outlook Data Files. Finding Outlook Items.

Setting Up Internet Email Accounts. Choosing a Message Format. Should You Choose Word As Your Email Editor? Creating, Managing, and Using Email Addresses. Composing and Sending a Message. Checking Your Mail and Reading New Messages. Organizing Your Email. Sending and Receiving Files As Email Attachments. Using Email to Share Office Documents.

Managing Your Personal Calendar. Managing Your List of Contacts. Tracking Tasks and To-Do Items. Using the Journal to Track Activities. Working with Notes. Printing Calendars and Phone Lists.

Planning a Meeting. Assigning Tasks to Other People. Accepting or Declining Assigned Tasks.

VI. USING PUBLISHER 2000.

What Is Publisher and How Should You Use It? When to Use Publisher Instead of Another Office 2000 Tool. Using Wizards—The Easiest Way to Get Started. Identifying Parts of a Publisher Document. Changing Your Document Using a Wizard. Viewing Your Document. Viewing Pages. Creating a Wizard-Driven Document. Creating Publications from Scratch.

Using Layout Guides. Creating Ruler Guides. Creating and Deleting Frames. Creating Special Shapes. Sizing, Cropping, and Scaling Frames. Positioning Frames. Connecting Text Frames. Copying Frames. Grouping Frames. Layering Frames. Changing Picture and Object Characteristics. Copying Text. Copy Fitting in Text Frames. Changing Text Attributes. Picking Up and Applying Text Formatting. Wrapping Text Around Pictures. Checking Your Spelling. Checking Your Design. Printing Your Document.

VII. APPENDIXES.

How the Office Setup Program Works. Setting Up Office 2000 for the First Time. Adding and Removing Office Components. Installing Patches and Updates. Detecting and Repairing Damaged Files.

How Office Macros Work. Recording Keystrokes and Mouse Clicks As Macros. Running a Saved Macro. Troubleshooting Macros. Editing a Macro. Creating a Toggle Macro. Copying, Renaming, and Deleting Macros.