Includes index

Common Office features. Welcome to Microsoft Office 2013 ; Navigating in Office ; Mastering fundamental operations -- Creating documents with Word 2013. Diving into document creation ; Font/ character formatting ; Paragraph formatting ; Using Styles to create a great looking document ; Controlling document appearance with sections and more ; Adding tables and graphics to a document ; Data documents and Mail Merge ; Managing document security, comments, and tracked changes -- Making the numbers work with Excel 2013. Using Excel worksheets and workbooks ; Entering and editing worksheet data ; Essential worksheet and cell range operations ; Introducing formulas and functions ; Working with dates and times ; Creating formulas that count and sum ; Getting started making charts ; Communicating data visually -- Persuading and informing with PowerPoint 2013. A first look at PowerPoint 2013 ; Creating a presentation, slides, and text ; Working with layouts, themes, and masters ; Working with tables and charts ; Using SmartArt diagrams, clip art, and pictures ; Building animation effects, transitions, and support materials ; Delivering a live presentation -- Organizing messages, contacts, and time with Outlook. Fundamentals of e-mail ; Processing and securing e-mail ; Working with contacts ; Working with appointments and tasks -- Designing publications with Publisher. Introducing Publisher ; Designing dazzling publications with Publisher -- Managing information with Access and OneNote. An introduction to database development ; Creating Access tables ; Creating and entering data with basic Access forms ; Selecting data with queries ; Presenting data with Access reports ; Keeping information at hand with OneNote -- Sharing and collaborating in the cloud and applications. Collaborating in the cloud with SkyDrive ; Integrating Office application information -- Appendix A. Customizing Office -- Appendix B. Optimizing your Office installation -- Appendix C. International support and accessibility features

Learn the sought-after features of the core applications from the Office 2013 suite. This book features the best-of-the-best content from the Excel 2013 Bible; the Word 2013 Bible; the PowerPoint 2013 Bible; and the Access 2013 Bible. It also covers Outlook, Publisher, OneNote, SkyDrive, and other important features in the Office 2013 suite