Wallace Wang - Office 2019 for Dummies

Office 2019 For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954238

ISBN 978-1-119-51398-8 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-51400-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-51402-2 (ebk)

Welcome to the most popular office productivity software in the world. If youre already familiar with Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013/2016, youll find that the new Microsoft Office 2019 is familiar enough to use right away with minimal training. If youve been using a much older version of Office (such as Office 2003 or earlier), youll find Office 2019 to be a radical leap forward in both features and its user interface.

Like most software, the challenge is figuring out where to find the commands you need and understanding how to use them in the correct order to do something useful. Although this book wont turn you into a Microsoft Office 2019 expert overnight, it will give you just enough information so you can feel confident using Office 2019 to do something quickly and easily, without tearing your hair out and losing your mind in the process.

In this book, you find out how to master the Ribbon user interface and discover the dozens of new features that Microsoft added to your favorite program, including its new drawing feature, which lets you add text, arrows, lines, and scribbles directly to an Office 2019 document, such as an Excel spreadsheet or a PowerPoint slide. More importantly, you find a host of shortcuts and tips to help you work faster and more efficiently than ever before. Whether you rely on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, or Outlook, youre sure to glean something new from this book to help you master Office 2019 on your own computer.

This book is targeted toward three kinds of people:

• You're familiar with recent versions of Microsoft Office (such as 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2016), and you want to catch up with the new features of Office 2019.

  Office 2019 For Dummies is a handy reference for finding out how to use the latest features and changes.

• You're upgrading from an older version of Microsoft Office, such as Office 2003 or Office XP.

  Office 2019 For Dummies is a gentle guide to help you make a less-painful transition from traditional pull-down menus to the Ribbon user interface.

  You've rarely (if ever) used any version of Microsoft Office.

  Office 2019 For Dummies can serve as a guide through the following tasks:

  • Word processing (Microsoft Word)
  • Number calculations (Microsoft Excel)
  • Presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  • Database management (Microsoft Access)
  • Managing your time, appointments, and email (Microsoft Outlook).

No matter how much (or how little) you already know about Microsoft Office, this book can show you how to use the most common and most useful features of Office 2019 so you can start being productive right away.

Although you can just flip through this book to find the features you need, browse through for a quick refresher (or introduction) to the Ribbon, the Office 2019 user interface. After you understand the basics of using this new Ribbon user interface, youll be able to master any Office 2019 program in no time.

To get the most from this book, you need to understand the following conventions:

• The mouse pointer usually appears as an arrow and serves multiple purposes. First, you use the mouse pointer to select data (text, numbers, email messages, and so on) to change. Second, you use the mouse pointer to tell Office 2019 which commands you want to use to change the data you selected. Finally, the appearance of the mouse pointer can reveal the options available to you at that moment. (Although it's called a mouse pointer, you can move and control it using either a mouse or a track pad.)
• Clicking means moving the mouse pointer over something on the screen (such as a menu command or a button), pressing the left mouse button once, and then letting go. Clicking tells the computer, See what Im pointing at? Thats what I want to choose right now.