My Office 2013 RT

Paul McFedries is a Microsoft Office expert and full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring computer books since 1991 and has more than 80 books to his credit, which combined have sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. His titles include the Que Publishing books Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Excel 2013 and Windows 8 In Depth (with coauthor Brian Knittel), as well as the Sams Publishing book Windows 7 Unleashed. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy (www.wordspy.com), a website devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases that have entered the English language. Please drop by Paul's personal website at www.mcfedries.com or follow Paul on Twitter at twitter.com/paulmcf and twitter.com/wordspy.

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Office RT 3

Starting the Office RT Applications 4

Creating a New Document 7

Preserving Your Work 11

Working with Documents 16

Chapter 2: Formatting Documents 23

Selecting Text 24

Changing the Font 27

Understanding Typefaces 28

Formatting Paragraphs 34

Working with Formatting 41

Chapter 3: Working with Office RT Graphics 45

Working with Shapes 46

Inserting Images 49

Understanding SmartArt Graphics 52

Formatting and Editing Graphic Objects 56

Selecting Graphic Objects 56

Chapter 4: Working with Text in Word 65

Learning Text Basics 66

Inserting Symbols Using AutoCorrect 70

Finding and Replacing Text 74

Proofing Text 78

Chapter 5: Working with Page Layout in Word 83

Building a Table 84

Selecting Table Elements 86

Working with Headers and Footers 91

Changing the Page Setup 96

Chapter 6: Working with Document Elements 103

Keeping a Document Organized Using an Outline 104

Adding Footnotes and Endnotes 108

Inserting Citations and a Bibliography 111

Inserting a Table of Contents 114

Generating an Index 116

Chapter 7: Entering Excel Data 123

Understanding Worksheet Cells and Data 124

Working with Numbers 125

Working with Text 125

Working with Dates and Times 126

Entering and Editing Data 127

Working with Formulas and Functions 130

Understanding Functions 133

Building a Table 137

Selecting Table Elements 139

Chapter 8: Getting More Out of Excel Ranges 147

Selecting a Range 148

Working with Excel Ranges 149

Working with Range Names 157

Formatting a Range 159

Learning About Data Formats 159

Chapter 9: Visualizing Excel Data with Charts 169

Creating a Chart 170

Working with Charts 172

Understanding Excel's Chart Types 172

Working with Chart Elements 178

Chapter 10: Analyzing Excel Data 185

Applying What-If Analysis 185

Finding Solutions with Goal Seek 189

Creating Worksheet Scenarios 192

Finding Optimum Solutions with Solver 196

Chapter 11: Building a PowerPoint Presentation 203

Adding a Slide to the Presentation 204

Understanding Slide Layouts 204

Adding Data to a Slide 208

Adding Text 208

Working with Slides 215

Selecting Slides 215

Rearranging Slides 215

Understanding the Slide Master 220

Chapter 12: Working with PowerPoint Slide Shows 225

Defining Slide Animations 226

Animation Guidelines 226

Animating Slide Objects 229

Preparing a Slide Show 232

Recording Narration 234

Setting Up Multiple Versions of a Slide Show 238

Running a Slide Show 240

Chapter 13: Building a OneNote Notebook 247

Working with Sections 248

Working with Pages 251

Entering Text on a Page 253

Working with Page Containers 254

Building a OneNote Table 254

Working with Tags 257

Building Lists 259

Chapter 14: Getting More Out of OneNote 263

Working with Notebooks 263

Adding Data to a Page 267

Adding Ink 274

Chapter 15: Customizing the Office RT Applications 279

Working with Application Options 280

Customizing the Interface 283

Chapter 16: Collaborating with Others 293

Collaborating in Word with Comments and Changes 293

Controlling the Display of Comments and Changes 296

Collaborating in Excel with Comments and Changes 300

Collaborating with SkyDrive 310

Index 315