Office 2016 For Dummies

The bestselling Microsoft Office book of all time

Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this updated edition of the bestselling Microsoft Office book gets you thoroughly up to speed on the latest version of the industry standard for office productivity suites. In no time, Office 2016 For Dummies will help you become a whiz at Word, take your Excel skills to new heights, add pizzazz to your PowerPoint presentations, and make every part of your work day more organized and productive.

Following alongside approachable, plain-English explanations, you’ll quickly discover how to type, format text, and design documents in Word; navigate and edit spreadsheets, create formulas, and analyze data in Excel; configure email, store contacts, organize tasks, and schedule your time with Outlook; create and edit well-designed and crowd-pleasing PowerPoint presentations; and design, edit, and modify an Access database. Even if the mere thought of working with Microsoft Office makes you nervous, this fun and friendly guide makes it easy.

• Helps you make sense of word processing, email, presentations, data management and analysis, and much more
• Covers the five main Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
• Walks you through the new features of Microsoft Office 2016
• Written by a veteran author who has written more than 20 For Dummies books, which account for more than three million books in print

If you’re an uninitiated user looking to make the most of this powerful suite of applications, this hands-on, friendly guide is the key to your brand new Office!

Table of Contents

Part I Getting Started with Office 2016

Chapter 1 Introducing Microsoft Office 2016
Chapter 2 Selecting and Editing Data
Chapter 3 Modifying Pictures
Chapter 4 Getting Help from Office 2016

Part II Working with Word
Chapter 5 Typing Text in Word
Chapter 6 Formatting Text
Chapter 7 Designing Your Pages

Part III Playing the Numbers with Excel

Chapter 8 The Basics of Spreadsheets: Numbers, Labels, and Formulas
Chapter 9 Playing with Formulas
Chapter 10 Charting and Analyzing Data

Part IV Making Presentations with PowerPoint
Chapter 11 Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
Chapter 12 Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation
Chapter 13 Showing Off a Presentation

Part V Getting Organized with Outlook
Chapter 14 Managing E-Mail with Outlook
Chapter 15 Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks

Part VI Storing Stuff in Access
Chapter 16 Using a Database
Chapter 17 Searching, Sorting, and Querying a Database
Chapter 18 Creating a Database Report

Part VII The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 Ten Tips for Using Office 2016
Chapter 20 Almost Ten Ways to Make Office 2016 Easier to Use