WordPerfect Suite 7 for Dummies Book

Introduction

Okay, So What Will This Book Do For Me?

What Programs Does This Book Cover?

How is Stuff Organized?

Part I: The Suite Life

Part II: Goodbye, Typewriter . . . Hello, WordPerfect!

Part III: Crunching Numbers Like a (Quattro) Pro

Part IV: Those Other Programs

Part V: The Part of Tens

Appendix: Installing WordPerfect Suite 7

That Symbol Means Something, Doesn't It?

Other Conventions Used in This Book

What Now?

Chapter 1: Browsing through the Big Box

What Do All These Programs Do?

Which Program Do I Use When?

Hey! These All Look Alike!

Chapter 2: Basic Stuff You Need to Know

Starting Up and Shutting Down

Clicking, Double-Clicking, and Other Mouse Maneuvers

Saving Time with Keyboard Shortcuts

Doing Windows

Resizing, Moving, and Closing Windows

Customizing Your View

Using DAD

Digging through Dialog Boxes

Juggling Open Windows

Chapter 3: Can I Get Some Help, Please?

Asking an Expert

Using the Show Me Features

Using QuickTasks

Getting More Help

Navigating a Help Window

Using the Reference Center

Chapter 4: The Process of Processing Words

Getting Started

Customizing Your Workspace

Entering Text

Moving around in Your Document

Chapter 5: Open, Close, Save, Print: Dull but Vital Basics

Opening a New Document

Using Experts to create common documents

Using the prefab templates

Opening Existing Documents

Figuring out the Open dialog box

Closing a Document

Saving Your Work (and Your Sanity)

Saving for the very first time

Saving a document with a different name or format

Getting extra protection through automatic saving

Printing Your Pages

Chapter 6: Eating Your Words and Other Editing Tasks

Selecting Stuff You Want to Edit

Deleting Selected Stuff

Moving and Copying Text

Using the Copy, Cut, and Paste commands

Dragging and dropping

Bringing Back Lost Text

Undoing Changes

Letting WordPerfect Correct Mistakes for You

Adding words to the QuickCorrect list

Overruling unwanted corrections

Chapter 7: Making Your Text Look Pretty

Playing with Fonts

Choosing a font

Changing the type size and style

Choosing a Page Size and Orientation

Setting Page Margins

Setting Tabs

Adding, moving, or deleting a tab stop

Choosing a tab stop type

Indenting and Aligning Text

Indenting the first line of your paragraphs

Indenting entire paragraphs

Justifying text

Spacing Things Out

Adjusting line spacing

Adjusting the space between paragraphs

Centering text on a page

Making Text Fit on a Page

Chapter 8: Doing the Fancy Stuff

Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists

Adding bullets

Adding numbers

Numbering Your Pages

Inserting the Current Date and Time

Tracking Down Special Characters

Creating Headers and Footers

Putting Your Text in Columns

Inserting Graphics

Creating Borders, Fills, and Lines

Adding borders and fills

Adding lines

Chapter 9: Tools to Save You Time (and Embarrassment)

Using Styles to Speed Up Formatting Chores

Choosing a style type

Creating character and paragraph styles

Applying styles

Editing a style

Removing styles

Copying Formats with QuickFormat

Finding and Replacing Errant Text

Checking Your Spelling

Chapter 10: The Spreadsheet Solution

So What Can I Do with This Thing?

Start It Up, Shut It Down

Your Field Guide to a Spreadsheet

I Don't Like What I See Here!

Changing the window display

Changing the active page display

Naming Your Pages

Ways to Move from Here to There

Open Me! Close Me! Save Me!

Opening a new or existing notebook

Closing a spreadsheet

Saving your work

Chapter 11: Filling in the Blanks

Building a Spreadsheet

Entering Data

Basic data entry

Data entry do's and don'ts

QuickFilling Cells

Handling Basic Formatting Chores

Changing the numeric format

Changing the font, type size, and type style

Changing text alignment

Chapter 12: The Formula for Success

Creating a Basic Formula

Typing formulas for simple calculations

Typing formulas using cell addresses

Entering cell addresses with the mouse

Telling Quattro Pro What to Calculate First

Working with Built-in Functions

Writing formulas using functions

Finding the average and median values

Inserting the current date

Figuring out some other cool stuff

Adding Things Up with QuickSum

Fighting the ERR Message

Chapter 13: Editing Your Spreadsheet

Getting Rid of Bloopers

Replacing cell contents

Editing tricks and techniques

Deleting versus clearing cell contents

Undoing Bad Moves

Selecting Stuff

Inserting and Deleting Columns and Rows

Inserting an empty row or column

Deleting rows and columns

Adding a Page

Resizing Columns and Rows

Copying Data from Here to There

Dragging and dropping a copy

Using Copy and Paste to copy data

Getting more specific with the Copy Block command

Moving Data Around

Transposing Cells

Chapter 14: Charting Your Course

Creating a New Chart

Using the Chart Expert

Creating charts with the QuickChart tool

Editing a Chart

Changing the chart type and color scheme

Giving your chart a title and a border

Editing individual chart elements

Adding lines and callouts

Exchanging rows and columns

Moving, Resizing, and Deleting Charts

Printing a Chart without Its Spreadsheet

Chapter 15: The Finishing Touches

Using SpeedFormat

Adding Lines, Borders, and Colors

Drawing lines and borders around cells

Applying color to text and backgrounds

Inserting Page Breaks

Hiding a Row or Column

Going from Screen to Printer

Previewing before you print

Changing the page setup

Choosing print options

Chapter 16: Let's All Get Together and Put on a Show!

Starting and Stopping

Building a Really Big Shew

Step 1: Choosing a Master

Step 2: Choosing a slide template

Step 3: Adding titles and regular text

Step 4: Creating additional slides

Adding Pretty Pictures

Using the QuickArt browser to add graphics

Creating simple graphics

Working with bitmap images

Editing graphics

Editing Your Slides

Changing the background

Editing the template

Editing and formatting text

Moving, deleting, resizing, and copying stuff

Getting Another View of Your Show

Adding Transitions and Other Special Effects

Choosing a transition

Choosing an advance mode

Adding sounds

Jazzing up bulleted lists

Animating an object

Playing Your Show

Playing Your Show on Someone Else's Computer

Saving Slide Shows and Drawings

Printing Your Masterpieces

Chapter 17: Envoy: A Tree's Best Friend

Turning a Document into an Envoy File

Viewing a Document in Envoy

Flipping through Your Pages

Adding Notes and Highlights

Highlighting important stuff

Adding a QuickNote

Adding, Deleting, and Rearranging Pages

Marking Your Place with a Bookmark

Creating and Using Hypertext

Sending Someone Else an Envoy File

Saving, Printing, and Shutting Down

Chapter 18: Internet Adventures

A Crash Course in Internet Lingo

Leaping onto the Net

Becoming a Page Jumper

Finding Sites That Interest You

Saving Online Time (and Money)

Sending Electronic Mail on the Internet

Receiving and reading your mail

Sending e-mail

Using the address book

Chatting in Newsgroups

Catching up on the latest "news"

Subscribing to a newsgroup

Posting a message to a newsgroup

Printing and Saving Pages and Messages

Chapter 19: And the Rest . . .

Using Corel Address Book

Adding and deleting contacts

Searching for a long-lost loved one

Changing the display of information

Printing and inserting addresses in WordPerfect

Dialing for dollars

Keeping Tabs on Your Life with Sidekick 95

Using the calendar and appointment scheduler

Recording appointments

Creating a To Do list and call list

Using the Cardfile

Setting up a new cardfile

Selecting and marking cards

Editing cards and cardfile fields

Searching for cards

Changing the Card List display

Ringing up a contact

Checking out the Write view

Using the Viewport

Printing cards, calendars, and other information

Exploring other tools

Peering Over the Dashboard

Drawing Diagrams with CorelFLOW

Getting the lay of the land

Using Smart Libraries

Understanding points and pins

Drawing your own objects

Playing with objects

Previewing, printing, and saving

Chapter 20: Using Everything Together

Saving Time and Effort with OLE

Deciding Whether to Link, Embed, or Copy and Paste

Making Linked Copies that Update Automatically

Linking Copies without Automatic Updating

Creating an Embedded Copy

Embedding Objects on the Fly

Dragging and Dropping between Programs

Embedding or Linking an Entire Document

Editing without Leaving Home

Sharing Data without OLE

Chapter 21: Ten Cool Tricks to Try on a Slow Day

Start Off with a Drop Cap

Twist and Stretch Your Words

Add a Watermark to Your Pages

Display Corel Clip Art as Your Screen Saver

Save by Refinancing a Loan

Figure Out How Many Days Until . . .

Play with Special Effects in Presentations

Send an Object into the Third Dimension

Make Your Documents Sing

Play with QuickTasks

Chapter 22: Ten Shortcuts You Can Use All the Time

Creating and Opening Documents

Closing the Current Document

Moving around Your Documents and Dialog Boxes

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Data

Printing Documents

Saving Your Work

Undoing Mistakes

Making Text Bold, Underlined, or Italic

Getting Help

Quitting a Program

Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Save Time

Click Once Instead of Twice

Create Your Own Toolbar and Power Bar Buttons

Use Quick Thinking

Work in Style

Keep Automatic Backup Turned On

Teach Your Programs How to Share Data

Practice the Art of Drag and Drop

Seek Out Online Help

Don't Be Shy about Calling for Help

When All Else Fails . . .

Installing over Older Versions of Suite Programs

Doing a Standard CD-ROM Installation

Performing a Custom Installation

Installing from Floppy Disks

Adding and Removing Installed Components