Contents at a Glance
Chapter 1: Office Nuts and Bolts
A Survey of Office 2010 Home and Student Programs
Starting an Office Program
Finding Your Way around the Office Interface
Saving Your Files
Navigating the Save As and Open Dialog Boxes
Opening and Closing Files
Reading and Recording File Properties
Locking a File with a Password
Chapter 2: Wrestling with the Text
Manipulating the Text
Changing the Look of Text
Quick Ways to Handle Case, or Capitalization
Entering Symbols and Foreign Characters
Finding and Replacing Text
Creating Hyperlinks
Chapter 3: Speed Techniques Worth Knowing About
Undoing and Repeating Commands
Zooming In, Zooming Out
Viewing a File through More Than One Window
Correcting Typos on the Fly
Chapter 4: Taking Advantage of the Proofing Tools
Correcting Your Spelling Errors
Checking for Grammatical Errors in Word
Researching a Topic inside an Office Program
Finding the Right Word with the Thesaurus
Proofing Text Written in a Foreign Language
Chapter 5: Creating a Table
Talking Table Jargon
Creating a Table
Entering the Text and Numbers
Selecting Different Parts of a Table
Aligning Text in Columns and Rows
Merging and Splitting Cells
Laying Out Your Table
Formatting Your Table
Using Math Formulas in Word Tables
Neat Table Tricks
Chapter 6: Creating a Chart
A Mercifully Brief Anatomy Lesson
The Basics: Creating a Chart
Choosing the Right Chart
Providing the Raw Data for Your Chart
Positioning Your Chart in a Workbook, Page, or Slide
Changing a Chart’s Appearance
Saving a Chart as a Template So That You Can Use It Again
Chart Tricks for the Daring and Heroic
Troubleshooting a Chart
Chapter 7: Making a SmartArt Diagram
The Basics: Creating SmartArt Diagrams
Creating the Initial Diagram
Changing the Size and Position of a Diagram
Laying Out the Diagram Shapes
Handling the Text on Diagram Shapes
Changing a Diagram’s Direction
Choosing a Look for Your Diagram
Changing the Appearance of Diagram Shapes
Chapter 8: Drawing and Manipulating Lines, Shapes, and Other Objects
The Basics: Drawing Lines, Arrows, and Shapes
Handling Lines, Arrows, and Connectors
Handling Rectangles, Ovals, Stars, and Other Shapes
WordArt for Bending, Spindling, and Mutilating Text
Manipulating Lines, Shapes, Art, Text Boxes, and Other Objects
Changing an Object’s Color, Outline Color, and Transparency
Chapter 1: Office Nuts and Bolts
In This Chapter
Introducing the Office programs
Running an Office program
Exploring the Office interface
Saving and auto-recovering your files
Opening and closing an Office file
Recording a file’s document properties
Clamping a password on a file
Chapter 1 is where you get your feet wet with Office 2010 Home and Student edition. Walk right to the shore and sink your toes in the water. Don’t worry; I won’t push you from behind.
In this chapter, you meet the Office Home and Student edition programs and discover speed techniques for opening programs and files. I show you around the Ribbon, Quick Access toolbar, and other Office program landmarks. I also show you how to open files, save files, and clamp a password on a file.
A Survey of Office 2010 Home and Student Programs
Office 2010 Home and Student edition is a collection of four computer programs:
♦ Word: A word processor for writing letters, reports, and so on. A Word file is called a document (see Book II).
♦ PowerPoint: A means of creating slide presentations to give in front of audiences. A PowerPoint file is called a presentation, or sometimes a slide show (see Book III).
♦ Excel: A number cruncher for performing numerical analyses. An Excel file is called a workbook (see Book IV).
♦ OneNote: A program for taking notes and brainstorming (see Book V).
