Home and business users around the globe turn to Microsoft Office and its core applications every day. Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran Office user, this friendly-but-informative guide provides in-depth coverage on all the newest updates and enhancements to the Office 2013 suite.

Introduction 1 Book I: Common Office Tasks 7 Chapter 1: Office Nuts and Bolts 9 Chapter 2: Wrestling with the Text 29 Chapter 3: Speed Techniques Worth Knowing About 47 Book II: Word 2013 55 Chapter 1: Speed Techniques for Using Word 57 Chapter 2: Laying Out Text and Pages 75 Chapter 3: Word Styles 99 Chapter 4: Constructing the Perfect Table 115 Chapter 5: Taking Advantage of the Proofing Tools 139 Chapter 6: Desktop Publishing with Word 159 Chapter 7: Getting Word s Help with Office Chores 177 Chapter 8: Tools for Reports and Scholarly Papers 197 Book III: Excel 2013 219 Chapter 1: Up and Running with Excel 221 Chapter 2: Refining Your Worksheet 239 Chapter 3: Formulas and Functions for Crunching Numbers 253 Chapter 4: Making a Worksheet Easier to Read and Understand 275 Chapter 5: Advanced Techniques for Analyzing Data 293 Book IV: PowerPoint 2013 307 Chapter 1: Getting Started in PowerPoint 309 Chapter 2: Fashioning a Look for Your Presentation 331 Chapter 3: Entering the Text 347 Chapter 4: Making Your Presentations Livelier 363 Chapter 5: Delivering a Presentation 379 Book V: OneNote 2013 401 Chapter 1: Up and Running with OneNote 403 Chapter 2: Taking Notes 415 Chapter 3: Finding and Organizing Your Notes 431 Book VI: Outlook 2013 439 Chapter 1: Outlook Basics 441 Chapter 2: Maintaining the Contacts Folder 455 Chapter 3: Handling Your E-Mail 465 Chapter 4: Managing Your Time and Schedule 489 Chapter 5: Tasks, Reminders, and Notes 497 Book VII: Access 2013 505 Chapter 1: Introducing Access 507 Chapter 2: Building Your Database Tables 521 Chapter 3: Entering the Data 549 Chapter 4: Sorting, Querying, and Filtering for Data 559 Chapter 5: Presenting Data in a Report 579 Book VIII: Working with Charts and Graphics 583 Chapter 1: Creating a Chart 585 Chapter 2: Making a SmartArt Diagram 603 Chapter 3: Handling Graphics, Photos, and Clip Art 623 Chapter 4: Drawing and Manipulating Lines, Shapes, and Other Objects 641 Book IX: Office 2013: One Step Beyond 671 Chapter 1: Customizing an Offi ce Program 673 Chapter 2: Ways of Distributing Your Work 687 Chapter 3: Working with Publisher 697 Book X: File Sharing and Collaborating 713 Chapter 1: Preparing to Use the Offi ce Web Apps 715 Chapter 2: Using the Offi ce Web Apps 725 Chapter 3: Sharing and Collaborating 733 Index 743

10 books in 1 Common Office TasksWord 2013Excel® 2013PowerPoint® 2013OneNote® 2013Outlook® 2013Access® 2013Working with Charts and GraphicsOffice 2013 — One Step BeyondFile Sharing and Collaboration Want to get things done with Office 2013? This book is for you! Technology is supposed to help us get things done faster and more efficiently. With the tips, shortcuts, and how-tos in this book, you'll be able to do just that with Office 2013. Master all the features the different applications have in common, and then learn how to get the most from each individual part of Office, use Office Web Apps, and more! They're a set — discover the commands and features that are common to all the Office programsWords and numbers — learn how to create every type of document in Word and how to crunch numbers, design worksheets, and analyze data with Excel"Wow" presentations — put together and deliver PowerPoint presentations that get attention and really communicateYour note-taking assistant — find out how OneNote helps you keep written, audio, and video notes and even link them to web pagesAn organized Outlook — track and manage e-mail, contacts, tasks, and calendars with OutlookAccess data — create an Access database and discover how useful it can beUnlock more surprises — explore customizing Office, creating brochures and newsletters with Publisher, managing folders on SkyDrive, and more Open the book and find: Tips for customizing OfficeHow to create professional- looking Word documentsA quick course in Excel formulas and functionsHints for creating picture-perfect PowerPoint slidesThe art of OneNote note-takingHow Outlook can keep you organizedCool ways to build eye-popping chartsSecrets of successful collaboration