Chapter 1

Welcome to Microsoft Office 2013

IN THIS CHAPTER

Reviewing the core Microsoft Office business applications

Looking at additional Office applications

Getting a first look at new features in Office 2013

Starting and closing an application

Finding a file

Browsing and finding Help

Microsoft Office 2013 provides a comprehensive toolkit for tackling day-to-day productivity and communication tasks for business or personal purposes. This chapter introduces the individual Office applications and teaches you skills for getting started using them.

Learning about Office Applications

Microsoft Office 2013 offers a robust set of applications, each tailor-made to provide the best tools for a particular job. For example, if you’re creating a letter, you may need to work with commands for formatting text. If you need to total sales figures, you’ll need an automated way to sum the numbers.

Office provides applications that enable you to handle each of those aforementioned scenarios and more. Read on to learn which Office applications to use for creating text-based documents, manipulating numbers, presenting your ideas, or even communicating with others.

Microsoft offers several different versions of the Microsoft Office 2013 software suite, including the Home & Student, Home & Business, and Professional retail versions. In addition, some plans for the Office 365 subscription service will include licensed copies of the different versions of the Office software, including a Professional ...

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