Table of contents : Team DDU......Page 1 Table Of Contents......Page 14 About This Book......Page 22 What's in This Book......Page 23 Part IV: Exploiting Excel......Page 24 Icons Used in This Book......Page 25 Where to Go from Here......Page 26 Part I: Knocking Office Into Shape......Page 28 Updating Windows Manually......Page 30 Showing Filename Extensions......Page 32 Using an Antivirus Product......Page 33 Firewalling......Page 34 Empowering Quick Launch......Page 36 Putting Office Apps on the Quick Launch Toolbar......Page 37 Changing Quick Launch Names......Page 39 Changing Start Menu Names......Page 40 Understanding Your Requirements......Page 42 Translating Requirements to Reality......Page 44 Technique 4: Drilling Down with the My Places Bar......Page 46 Adding Locations to the My Places Bar......Page 47 Showing More Icons on the My Places Bar......Page 48 Hiding Built-In Icons......Page 49 Backing up your My Places settings......Page 50 Tweaking My Places in the Registry......Page 51 Backing Up: Why Pay More?......Page 54 Choosing Which Files to Back Up......Page 55 Finding your Office files......Page 56 Running ZipBackup......Page 57 Scheduling ZipBackup......Page 60 Patching Jargon: A Rose by Any Other Name......Page 62 Finding (And Using) Office Update......Page 64 Applying Patches Manually......Page 65 Identifying Versions to Get Help......Page 66 Updating Office 97......Page 68 Updating Office XP......Page 69 Understanding IntelliNONsense......Page 70 Turning Off Automatic Hyperlinks......Page 71 Creating a Manual Hyperlink - Quickly......Page 73 Fixing the Research Pane......Page 74 Looking in the Dictionary......Page 76 Using the Encarta Encyclopedia......Page 77 Searching for Business......Page 78 Working with the Office Clipboard versus the Windows Clipboard......Page 80 Moving Stuff Onto and Off the Office Clipboard......Page 82 Customizing the Clipboard......Page 83 Replacing the Office Clipboard......Page 84 Exploiting Vital Shortcuts......Page 85 Using Word Shortcuts......Page 87 Using Excel Shortcuts......Page 89 Using PowerPoint Shortcuts......Page 90 Drawing on the Drawing Layer(s)......Page 91 Constraining a line......Page 94 Fletching an arrow......Page 95 Rolling your own shapes......Page 96 Adding AutoShapes......Page 97 Grouping, Aligning, and Distributing......Page 99 Picking Your Compression Battles......Page 100 Compressing an Image......Page 102 Using Toolbars Effectively......Page 104 Adding Recommended Icons......Page 106 Making Any Command a Toolbar Icon......Page 107 Making Help Visible......Page 110 Popping the Question......Page 112 Drilling Down Fast......Page 113 Digging Deeper: The Knowledge Base......Page 114 Finding Help from Other Users......Page 116 Part II: Saving Time with Word......Page 118 Blistering the Bouncing Menus......Page 120 Seeing Clearly......Page 121 Zapping the Drawing Canvas......Page 123 Taking Back Your Mouse......Page 124 Correcting AutoCorrect......Page 125 Making Final Timesaving Changes......Page 126 Saving Your Settings......Page 128 Customizing Blank Documents......Page 129 Creating New Templates......Page 132 Making Privacy Settings Stick......Page 133 Setting Formatting for Drawings......Page 134 Seeing Word's Way......Page 137 Laying Out Forms with Tabs......Page 139 Aligning Text with Tables......Page 141 Cramming Lists with Snaking Columns......Page 143 Linking Text with Text Boxes......Page 146 Technique 18: Making Professional Labels......Page 148 Creating and Printing Simple Labels......Page 149 Customizing a Template for Fancy Labels......Page 150 Filling In and Printing Labels from a Template......Page 154 Micro-Adjusting Pictures......Page 155 Editing in a SharePoint World......Page 157 Tracking Changes......Page 158 Turning on Track Changes......Page 159 Working with Track Changes in Word 2003......Page 160 Making Comments......Page 161 Changing the Font of Tracked Changes and Comments......Page 162 Reviewing and Finalizing a Document......Page 163 Using Editing Tools the Timesaving Way......Page 164 Streamlining Text Searches......Page 166 Searching for More Than Plain Text......Page 168 Matching Wildcards......Page 170 Replacing with wildcards......Page 173 Removing extra paragraph marks......Page 174 Getting Styles......Page 176 Applying Styles......Page 177 Finding Styles......Page 180 Modifying a style......Page 182 Numbering headings automatically......Page 183 Making New Styles......Page 186 Refreshing Styles to Match a Template......Page 187 Creating a Linked Table of Contents Automatically......Page 189 Linking Text to Headings in a Document......Page 190 Creating Custom Links That Are Hard to Break......Page 191 Making Letterhead Decisions......Page 193 Creating a New Letterhead Template......Page 194 Laying Out the Letterhead......Page 195 Altering Template Settings......Page 196 Adding Text to Your Letterhead Template......Page 199 Making Dates - With a Macro......Page 201 Distributing the Letterhead Template......Page 203 Working with the Drawing Layer......Page 204 Making a Picture Float......Page 206 Moving Pictures Small Distances......Page 209 Creating Consistent-Looking Fractions......Page 211 Creating the fractions you want to use......Page 212 Entering fraction sets in AutoCorrect......Page 214 Part III: Streamlining Outlook......Page 216 Strolling through the Panes......Page 218 Controlling the Navigation Pane......Page 219 Displaying Your Contacts and Calendar in Separate Windows......Page 220 Moving More Mail Faster......Page 221 Slimming down the Message List pane......Page 222 Downloading only the images you want to see......Page 223 Adjusting the E-Mail Editor Settings......Page 224 Making Other Timesaving Changes......Page 226 Using Search Folders......Page 227 Creating Search Folders......Page 229 Rationalizing Search Folders......Page 231 Flagging mail you've received......Page 233 Tacking other information to a flag......Page 234 Following Up on Flags......Page 235 Moving the Flag Column......Page 236 Understanding AutoComplete......Page 238 Setting the Address Book Straight......Page 240 Employing an Ounce of Prevention......Page 243 Deploying a Pound of Cure......Page 247 Understanding the Classic Hooks......Page 250 Phishing for Fun and Profit......Page 252 Keeping phishers at bay......Page 253 Understanding Draconian Blocks......Page 255 Bypassing the Blocks......Page 258 Getting a Digital Certificate......Page 260 Using a Digital Certificate......Page 262 Encrypting Messages......Page 263 Part IV: Exploiting Excel......Page 266 Bagging the Bouncing Menus......Page 268 Making Key Changes......Page 269 Setting up the Options dialog box and AutoCorrect......Page 270 Increasing the levels of undo......Page 272 Modifying Your Default Spreadsheet......Page 273 Highlighting Conditionally......Page 276 Running Self-Verifying Cross-Totals......Page 278 Freezing Column Headings......Page 282 Splitting the Screen......Page 283 Printing Repeating Column Headings......Page 284 Bending an Elbow at A1......Page 285 Making a List, Checking It Twice......Page 287 Filling In Data with AutoComplete......Page 289 AutoFiltering to Find Stuff Fast......Page 290 Setting up data for AutoFiltering......Page 292 Generating the totals......Page 294 Showing Subtotals......Page 295 Using Fill Lists......Page 297 Making Your Own AutoFill Series......Page 300 Creating a Pivot Table......Page 302 Manipulating a Pivot Table......Page 304 Making a Pivot Table Boogie......Page 306 Starting with a Good List......Page 310 Building a Pivot Chart......Page 311 Re-Creating a Pivot Chart......Page 312 Changing the Chart Type......Page 313 Gussying Up Pivot Charts......Page 314 Technique 42: Setting Scenarios and Seeking Goals......Page 315 Building a Loan Amortization Spreadsheet......Page 316 Establishing Scenarios......Page 317 Working Backward: Goal Seeking......Page 319 Technique 43: Using the Lookup Wizard......Page 321 Primping a List for Lookup......Page 322 Running a Comparative Lookup......Page 323 Running an Exact Lookup......Page 326 Part V: Pushing PowerPoint......Page 328 Working through the Changes......Page 330 Setting the View......Page 331 Taking Back Control......Page 332 Reversing a Privacy-Busting Setting......Page 333 Installing All Your Templates......Page 334 Understanding PowerPoint File Types......Page 335 Saving Files to Run Automatically......Page 336 Adding a Custom Presentation Skeleton to the AutoContent Wizard......Page 337 Understanding Blank Presentations......Page 340 Creating a Bare-Bones Blank Presentation......Page 341 Using Slide Masters......Page 343 Using Recorded Narrations......Page 345 Creating a Narration......Page 346 Editing a Narration......Page 348 Choosing Self-Running Transitions......Page 350 Looping a Presentation Continuously......Page 351 Applying slide timing manually......Page 352 Adding timing settings with a rehearsal timing......Page 353 Adding Navigation Action Buttons......Page 354 Planning for the Predictable......Page 356 Creating the Supporting Slide......Page 357 Running Several Supporting Slides......Page 360 Technique 50: Building toward a Goal......Page 362 Reducing the Goal Slide......Page 363 Building Forward to the Goal Slide......Page 365 Choosing the Right Player......Page 367 Inserting Multimedia with Native PowerPoint Tools......Page 368 Inserting a Media Player Movie......Page 369 Packaging for CD......Page 372 Playing the Burned CD......Page 374 Covering Your B...ases......Page 375 Part VI: Assimilating Access......Page 378 Setting Access Startup Options......Page 380 Changing Access Defaults......Page 382 Generating a Report......Page 385 Creating the Cover Sheet......Page 387 Centering the report title......Page 388 Adding text to the cover sheet......Page 389 Setting up the totals......Page 391 Setting up groups......Page 393 Displaying Subtotals and Totals......Page 394 Running the Access Label Wizard......Page 397 Tweaking the Label Wizard's Results......Page 399 Creating Custom Labels and Reports......Page 401 Understanding Access Formatting......Page 403 Setting Custom Defaults......Page 404 Changing defaults via the Properties window......Page 405 Changing defaults using an existing control......Page 406 Creating a Form Template......Page 407 Using a Form Template......Page 408 Understanding the Forms......Page 410 Creating the Omnipotent Form......Page 411 Modifying the Form......Page 412 Using the Modified Form......Page 415 Applying an AutoFormat......Page 416 Customizing AutoFormat Styles......Page 418 Deleting Old Styles......Page 420 Part VII: Combining the Applications......Page 422 Choosing an Insertion Method......Page 424 Copying Data......Page 425 Embedding a Spreadsheet......Page 427 Linking a Spreadsheet......Page 430 Choosing to Start a Newsletter......Page 432 Creating and maintaining a subscriber list......Page 433 Creating and sending the newsletter......Page 435 Using a Newsletter Service......Page 436 Growing Larger Gracefully......Page 438 Understanding Outline Levels......Page 439 Converting a TOC to a Presentation......Page 441 Converting a Presentation to a TOC......Page 442 Building Charts in Excel......Page 445 Putting a Chart on a Slide......Page 447 Animating the Chart......Page 449 Running Fine-Grain Animation......Page 452 Rotating Text with Word Tools......Page 454 Making a Name Tent......Page 456 Rotating Any Text......Page 457 Part VIII: The Scary (Or Fun!) Stuff......Page 460 Seeing Word's Critical Marks......Page 462 Building a Better Show/Hide......Page 463 Writing the Macro......Page 464 Word Pasting 101......Page 466 Writing a Pasting Macro......Page 468 Assigning a Shortcut to the Pasting Macro......Page 469 Technique 67: Inserting Unformatted Text in Excel......Page 471 Recording a Macro......Page 472 Editing an Excel Macro......Page 474 Technique 68: Printing a Bunch of Spreadsheets - Fast......Page 476 Building the PrintWorkbooks Macro......Page 477 Running and Testing the Macro......Page 480 Assigning the Macro to a Button......Page 481 Seeing the Hidden Stuff......Page 483 Zapping the Embarrassing Stuff......Page 484 Understanding Mass Mailing......Page 486 Entering and Updating Contacts......Page 487 Checking Contacts......Page 489 Printing Personalized Newsletters......Page 491 Printing Envelopes......Page 493 E-mailing Holiday Greetings......Page 495 Setting a Standard Watermark......Page 496 Modifying Watermark WordArt......Page 497 Making Watermarks Appear on the First Page Only......Page 499 Using Built-in Stationery......Page 501 Setting up stationery in Word......Page 502 Setting up stationery in Outlook......Page 503 Creating Your Own Stationery......Page 504 Index......Page 506