• Author:
  • Lowe, Doug
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  11/06/2004
• Price:
  $44.99
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Wouldn’t it be a waste to own a Porsche convertible and just drive it to the grocery store at 40 mph? If you have Word 2003, you actually have a high-performance word processing program that can do almost anything you tell it to. Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies helps you put the pedal to the metal and your fingers to the keys and cover a lot of territory fast. It includes information on:

• The basics, such as editing, saving, and printing documents
• Time-savers, including creating keyboard shortcuts, using styles, and more
• Jazzing up your documents with borders, shading, shapes, charts, drawings, and clip art
• Handy desktop publishing tricks
• Whipping out letters, envelopes, return-address labels, and more

Written by Doug Lowe, author of more than 30 For Dummies books, Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies lets you go as far as you want. You can venture off and explore: 

• Creating Web pages with Word, how to host a Web site, and more
• Using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to store and exchange information in a standardized way that’s accessible universally
• Outlining, indexing, creating a table of contents, and more
• Using Word’s Master Document to compile long documents such as your future bestseller, your unabridged collection of bad jokes, or whatever
• Using Word’s speech recognition so you can dictate text and issue menu commands by speaking
• Creating macros with VBA (Visual Basics for Applications)

A comprehensive index helps you find the information you want fast. So what are you waiting for? With Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies as your navigator, take Word 2003 out for a spin and see what this baby can do.

Doug Lowe has written a whole bunch of computer books, including more than 30 For Dummies books, such as Networking For Dummies, 6th Edition, PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies, Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and Microsoft Office 2002 For Dummies Quick Reference. He lives in that sunny All-American City, Fresno, California, where all the politicians are actors and all the actors think they’re politicians. He’s one of those obsessive-compulsive decorating nuts who creates computer-controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Christmas displays that can be seen from space. Maybe his next book should be Tacky Holiday Decorations For Dummies.

Introduction.

Book I: Word Basics.

Chapter 1: Getting to Know Word.

Chapter 2: Managing Your Documents.

Chapter 3: Working with Templates.

Chapter 4: Printing Your Documents.

Chapter 5: Help!

Book II: Formatting Text.

Chapter 1: Basic Text Formatting.

Chapter 2: The Border Patrol and Other Shady Characters.

Chapter 3: Working with Styles.

Chapter 4: Page Setup and Section Formatting.

Chapter 5: Column Formatting.

Chapter 6: Using Tables.

Chapter 7: Creating Lists.

Chapter 8: Working with Footnotes and Endnotes.

Book III: Editing Techniques.

Chapter 1: Getting Around.

Chapter 2: Basic Document Editing Techniques.

Chapter 3: Finding and Replacing.

Chapter 4: All About AutoCorrect and Its Siblings.

Chapter 5: Proofing and Research Tools.

Chapter 6: Track Changes and Other Collaboration Features.

Book IV: Getting Graphic.

Chapter 1: Inserting Pictures and Clip Art.

Chapter 2: Drawing on Your Documents.

Chapter 3: Fill Effects, Ghosts, Shadows, and Other Effects.

Chapter 4: Working Graphically with Text.

Chapter 5: Charts and Diagrams.

Chapter 6: A Pocket Full of Desktop Publishing Tricks.

Chapter 7: Move Over, Einstein (Creating Equations).

Book V: Web Publishing.

Chapter 1: Going Online with Word.

Chapter 2: Creating Web Pages with Word.

Chapter 3: Basic Web Formatting Features.

Chapter 4: Using Themes and Cascading Style Sheets.

Chapter 5: Working with Frames.

Chapter 6: Word and XML.

Book VI: Advanced Document Features.

Chapter 1: Working with Fields.

Chapter 2: Form Follows Function (Setting Up and Using Forms).

Chapter 3: More about Outlining.

Chapter 4: Mystical Master Documents.

Chapter 5: So You Want to Make an Index, Eh?

Chapter 6: Creating a Table of Contents or Table of Figures.

Chapter 7: Objection, Your Honor (Creating a Table of Authorities).

Book VII: Letters, Envelopes, and Labels.

Chapter 1: Creating Letters and Envelopes.

Chapter 2: Faxing and E-Mailing Documents.

Chapter 3: Using the Mail Merge Wizard.

Chapter 4: More Mail Merge Tricks.

Book VIII: Customizing Word.

Chapter 1: Opting for Options.

Chapter 2: Customizing Toolbars, Menus, and Keyboard Shortcuts.

Chapter 3: Using Voice and Handwriting Features.

Book IX: Programming Word with VBA.

Chapter 1: Recording and Using Macros.

Chapter 2: Programming with VBA.

Chapter 3: Working with Word’s Object Model.

Chapter 4: Creating UserForms.

Index.