SECTION I: EXPLORING WINDOWS 8 1. INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS

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1 Table Of Contents SECTION I: EXPLORING WINDOWS 8 1. INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS HISTORY OF WINDOWS 8 DEVELOPMENT... 2 Developer Preview... 2 Consumer Preview... 2 Release Preview... 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS... 3 WINDOWS 8 EDITIONS... 4 Windows 8 Pro... 4 Windows Windows 8 Enterprise... 4 Windows RT... 4 WINDOWS 8 LICENSES... 4 Upgrade License... 4 System Builder License... 5 OEM License... 5 FEATURES OF WINDOWS Interface... 5 Start Screen... 5 Live Tiles... 6 Hot Corners... 7 Charms... 7 Online Functionality... 8 Sign In With Microsoft Account... 8 Social Networking Features... 9 Other Features... 9 Simplified Desktop For Increased Speed... 9 No Start Button... 9 Improved Security GETTING TO KNOW THE USER INTERFACE - START SCREEN LOGGING IN TO WINDOWS EXPLORING THE START SCREEN Windows Apps Windows Store Microsoft Account Tiles Navigating Hot Corners Lower Left Upper Left... 16

2 x Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners Charms Bar Search Charm Share Charm Start Charm Devices Charm Settings Charm Start Screen Start Menu PERSONALIZING THE START SCREEN Viewing Personalization PC Settings Changing The Lock Screen Changing The Start Screen Background Changing The Account Picture CUSTOMIZING THE START SCREEN APPS Moving App Tiles Around Removing Or Unpinning An App Tile Pinning An App Tile To The Start Screen Resizing An App Tile Uninstalling An App Turning Off The Live App Tile Creating App Groups Creating A New App Group Naming The New App Group Privacy Of The Apps Administrative Tools WORKING WITH START SCREEN APPS Launching An App From Start Screen Closing An App Opened From Start Screen The People App Exploring The People App Social Feeds Notifications What's New Favourites All Contacts Connected Networks Adding Contacts Manually Adding A New Contact Importing Contacts From A Service Viewing Contacts Send Message Video Call Call Send Map Address View Profile... 51

3 Table Of Contents xi What's New Editing A Contact Searching Contacts Linking Contacts Adding Contacts To Your Favourites List Pinning Contacts To The Start Screen Viewing Your Social Feeds Changing The Profile Picture The Mail App Opening The Mail App Current Account Folders Current Messages Shortcut Buttons Message Pane How To Send s? Reading Messages Replying To Messages Organizing Mails Moving Messages To A Folder Deleting A Message Adding Another Account Modifying Account Settings The Windows Store Navigating The Store Installing Apps Updating Apps SHUTTING DOWN WINDOWS Shutting Down Locking The Computer Signing Out GETTING TO KNOW THE USER INTERFACE - DESKTOP SWITCHING TO THE DESKTOP EXPLORING THE DESKTOP MODE Recycle Bin Files And Folders File Explorer Wallpaper Taskbar Shortcuts On The Taskbar Date & Time And Settings PERSONALIZING THE DESKTOP Parts Of Themes Desktop Background... 78

4 xii Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners Color Sounds Screen Saver Opening The Personalization Dialog Box My Themes Windows Default Themes High Contrast Themes Creating Themes Changing The Desktop Background Changing The Colour Of Window Borders And Taskbar Changing The Sounds Changing The Screen Savers Saving A Theme Sharing Themes Deleting Themes CHANGING THE DESKTOP DISPLAY Changing The Screen Resolution Changing The Brightness Changing The Display Settings For A CRT Monitor Connecting To The Second Screen Using ClearType Technology WORKING WITH DESKTOP APPS Launching An App Pining An App To The Desktop Taskbar CUSTOMIZING THE DESKTOP APPEARANCE Snap Peek Shake Flip TASKBAR Viewing The Desktop Background Accessing A Jump List Locking / Unlocking The Taskbar Moving The Taskbar Changing The Appearance Of Taskbar Buttons Always combine, hide labels Combine when taskbar is full Never combine Customizing The Notification Area Viewing Hidden Icons Changing The Icons And Notifications Appearance Show icon and notifications Hide icon and notifications Only show notifications MANAGING FILES AND FOLDERS Opening The File Explorer

5 Table Of Contents xiii Exploring The File Explorer Ribbon Navigation Buttons Navigation Pane Libraries Address Bar Search Bar File Changing The Content's View Sorting Files Searching For Files Opening Files With Different Apps Changing The Default App Deleting Files TASK MANAGER Launching Task Manager Processes Performance App History Startup Users Details Services CONTROL PANEL Opening Control Panel Exploring Control Panel System and Security Network and Internet Hardware and Sound Programs User Accounts and Family Safety Appearance and Personalization Clock, Language and Region Ease of Access Keeping History Of Files Parental Controls Family Safety Activity Reporting Web Filtering Time Limits Windows Store And Game Restrictions App Restrictions View Activity Reports

6 xiv Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners 4. SKYDRIVE UPLOADING FILES TO SKYDRIVE ACCESSING SKYDRIVE THROUGH A WEB BROWSER Opening Files Editing Files Downloading Files Keeping Tracks Of Versions In One Place INSTALLING SKYDRIVE DESKTOP APP USER ACCOUNTS ADDING NEW USERS ADDING A NEW LOCAL USER CHANGING USER ACCOUNT TYPE SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE SECURITY FEATURES OF WINDOWS User Account Control Windows Defender Windows SmartScreen Windows Firewall ACTION CENTER TROUBLESHOOT Programs Hardware And Sound Network And Internet System And Security RECOVERY INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS HOW TO GET THE WINDOWS 8.1 PREVIEW? FEATURES OF WINDOWS 8.1 PREVIEW Personalizing Lock Screen Personalizing Start Screen Start Screen Viewing Viewing Multiple Apps Without Snap View Search SkyDrive PC Settings Internet Explorer Version Windows Store Revamped Mail App Photo App CONCLUSION

7 Table Of Contents xv SECTION II: EXPRESSING WORDS IN OFFICE WORD 8. INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE WORD STARTING OFFICE WORD EXPLORING WORD Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar File Tab Minimize, Maximize and Close Buttons Ribbon Home Tab Insert Tab Page Layout Tab References Tab Mailings Tab Review Tab View Tab Add-Ins Tab Design Tab Dialog Box Launcher Status Bar Zoom Control Page Views Mini Toolbar Live Preview Contextual Tab Key Tips Screen Tips CREATING A WORD DOCUMENT Creating a Blank Word Document Creating A Word Document Based On A Template OPENING AN EXISTING DOCUMENT SAVING A DOCUMENT CLOSING A DOCUMENT MANAGING DOCUMENT PAGE MARGINS PAGE SIZE PAGE ORIENTATION ADDING TEXT CUTTING, COPYING AND PASTING TEXT FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT CREATING BULLETED AND NUMBERED LIST WORKING WITH FONTS Changing Font Style

8 xvi Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners Changing Font Size Applying Bold, Italics And Underline Applying Strikethrough, Subscript And Superscript Changing Font Color Using Format Painter PARAGRAPH FORMATTING Indenting Paragraph Bordering Paragraph PAGE BACKGROUND WATERMARKS Adding Built-in Watermark Creating And Applying Custom Watermark PAGE BORDERS HEADER AND FOOTER DOCUMENT VIEW PRINTING A DOCUMENT PROOFREADING DOCUMENTS SPELLING AND GRAMMAR THESAURUS COUNTING NUMBER OF WORDS AUTOCORRECT RESTRICTING EDITING A DOCUMENT COMMENTS TRACK CHANGES Reviewing A Document With Track Changes Accepting And Rejecting Track Changes WORKING WITH PICTURES PICTURE SMARTART SHAPE WORDART WORKING WITH PICTURE Cropping A Picture Adding A Border To A Picture Removing The Background Of A Picture Changing The Brightness Or Contrast Of A Picture Setting Height And Width Of A Picture Grouping Objects WRAPPING TEXT WORKING WITH TABLES INSERTING A TABLE ADDING ROWS AND COLUMNS TO AN EXISTING TABLE

9 Table Of Contents xvii SETTING ROW HEIGHT AND COLUMN WIDTH MERGING AND SPLITTING CELLS SPLITTING A TABLE SETTING CELL MARGINS AND SPACING INSERTING A FORMULA ADDING BORDERS AND SHADINGS MAIL MERGE, ENVELOPES AND LABELS MAIL MERGE Setting The Environment For Mail Merge Adding And Editing Recipients Adding New Recipient Address List Selecting The Existing Recipient Address List Edit Recipient Address List Inserting Mail Merge Fields Previewing Mail Merge Completing Mail Merge CREATING ENVELOPES CREATING LABELS SECTION III: WORKING WITH NUMBERS IN OFFICE EXCEL 14. INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE EXCEL GETTING STARTED WITH OFFICE EXCEL Starting Office Excel EXPLORING EXCEL Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar File Tab Minimize, Maximize and Close Buttons Ribbon Home Tab Insert Tab Page Layout Tab Formulas Tab Data Tab Review Tab View Tab Formula Bar Name Box Status Bar Worksheet Scroll Bars

10 xviii Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners CREATING A WORKBOOK Creating a Blank Workbook Creating A Workbook Based On A Template OPENING AN EXISTING WORKBOOK SAVING A WORKBOOK CLOSING A WORKBOOK MANAGING WORKSHEETS AND CELLS WHAT IS A WORKBOOK? WHAT IS A WORKSHEET? DATA ADDING A NEW WORKSHEET RENAMING A WORKSHEET DELETING A WORKSHEET INSERTING ROWS AND COLUMNS DELETING ROWS AND COLUMNS ADDING DATA TO A WORKSHEET CUTTING, COPYING AND PASTING DATA SETTING THE ROW HEIGHT SETTING THE COLUMN WIDTH MANAGING THE APPEARANCE OF DATA ALIGNING CELL DATA WRAPPING DATA IN A CELL MERGING CELLS SETTING ORIENTATION OF CELL DATA ADDING BORDERS TO CELLS USING FORMAT PAINTER HEADER AND FOOTER SETTING WORKSHEET MARGINS PRINTING A WORKSHEET CONDITIONAL FORMATTING, SORTING AND FILTERING DATA CONDITIONAL FORMATTING Highlight Cells Rules Top/Bottom Rules Data Bars Color Scales Icon Sets Creating New Conditional Formatting Rules SORTING DATA FILTERING DATA CHARTS, SMARTART GRAPHICS AND SPARKLINES CHARTS Types Of Charts Column Chart

11 Table Of Contents xix Bar Chart Line Chart Pie Chart Area Chart Surface Chart Radar Chart Doughnut Chart XY (Scatter) Chart Bubble Chart Stock Chart Creating A Chart Converting A Chart Type Into Another Type Printing A Chart Setting A Chart Title Setting The Axis Title Setting The Legend SMARTART GRAPHICS Inserting SmartArt Graphics Adding Text Adding A Style SPARKLINES Creating Sparklines Changing The Type And Color Of Sparklines Highlighting Data Points FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS FORMULAS Operators Arithmetic Operators Comparison Operators Text Concatenation Operator Reference Operator Operator Precedence Cell Referencing Absolute Cell References Relative Cell References Mixed Cell References FUNCTIONS Function Syntax Correcting Errors PRODUCT Function SUM Function AVERAGE Function CONCATENATE Function FIND Function

12 xx Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners AND Function IF Function SECTION IV: DOING PRESENTATIONS IN OFFICE POWERPOINT 19. INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE POWERPOINT STARTING OFFICE POWERPOINT EXPLORING POWERPOINT Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar File Tab Minimize, Maximize And Close Buttons Ribbon Home Tab Insert Tab Design Tab Transitions Tab Animations Tab Slide Show Tab Review Tab View Tab Dialog Box Launcher Working Area Slides And Outline Tabs Slide Pane Notes Pane Status Bar Navigation Pane Zoom Control CREATING A PRESENTATION Creating A Blank Presentation Creating A Presentation Based On A Template Opening An Existing Presentation SAVING A PRESENTATION CLOSING A PRESENTATION MANAGING PRESENTATIONS INSERTING A SLIDE ADDING TEXT Using A Placeholder Using A Text Box HEADER AND FOOTER Adding Date And Time Adding Slide Numbers

13 Table Of Contents xxi FORMATTING TEXT CHANGING FONT AND FONT SIZE OF TEXT CHECKING SPELLING CREATING BULLETED AND NUMBERED LIST MOVING AND DELETING A SLIDE ADDING THEMES Changing Theme Color Changing Theme Font Changing Theme Background Styles WORKING WITH OBJECTS ADDING CHARTS TO A SLIDE INSERTING A WORDART INSERTING AN IMAGE Cropping An Image INSERTING A SMARTART INSERTING A SHAPE INSERTING A VIDEO INSERTING A AUDIO ENHANCING A PRESENTATION ADDING A TRANSITION STYLE ADDING TRANSITION SOUND SETTING TRANSITION DURATION APPLYING TRANSITION EFFECT TO ALL SLIDES ADDING ANIMATION TO OBJECT REORDERING ANIMATION SECTION V: MANAGING DATA IN OFFICE ACCESS 23. INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE ACCESS WHAT IS A DATABASE? DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Benefits of DBMS WHAT IS RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? Why Relational? Employees Table Departments Table Sample Data INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE ACCESS Access V/S Excel Objects Of Access Tables Queries

14 xxii Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners Forms Reports Putting All The Objects Together Access Database File Extension WORKING WITH DATABASE STARTING ACCESS CREATING A DATABASE Creating A Database By Choosing A Template Creating A Database From Scratch EXPLORING ACCESS Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar Buttons Microsoft Access Help (F1) Minimize Maximize Close Ribbon Home Tab Create Tab External Data Tab Database Tools Tab Design Tab Fields Tab Table Tab Unpinning And Pinning Ribbon Navigation Pane Tab Object Record Navigator Bar Record Search Box View Buttons Datasheet View Design View BACKSTAGE VIEW Info New Open Save And Save As Print Close Account Options Recent

15 Table Of Contents xxiii WORKING WITH NAVIGATION PANE Minimizing Navigation Pane Maximizing Navigation Pane Sorting Objects Minimizing And Maximizing Groups OPENING AN EXISTING DATABASE CLOSING A DATABASE WORKING WITH TABLES TABLE FUNDAMENTALS ACCESS DATA TYPES AutoNumber Number Short Text Long Text Date/Time Currency Yes/No OLE Object Hyperlink Attachment Calculated Lookup Wizard CREATING A TABLE Creating Table In Datasheet View Creating A Table In Design View Naming The Fields SAVING A TABLE CLOSING A TABLE OPENING AN EXISTING TABLE RENAMING A TABLE WORKING WITH THE TABLE RECORDS Inserting Data Into Tables Directly Adding Records Using Ribbon For Adding Records Using Record Navigator Bar For Adding Records Saving A Record In A Table Viewing Records In The Tables Editing Records Deleting A Record WORKING WITH TABLE FIELDS Adding New Field To An Existing Table Deleting A Field Rearranging Fields

16 xxiv Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners Working With Field Rules Changing The Data Type Of An Existing Table Changing The Field Character Limits Of An Existing Table Changing The Validation Rules Of An Existing Table Adding Calculated Fields And Total Rows Of A Table Creating A Calculated Field Total Rows WORKING WITH TABLE APPEARANCE Resizing Fields And Rows Hiding Fields Changing Alternate Row Color Modifying Gridlines Datasheet Formatting DATA CONSTRAINTS PRIMARY KEY What Is Indexing? FOREIGN KEY What Is Referential Integrity? Insert/Update Operations On The Detail Table Cascade Update Related Fields Delete Operation On The Master Table Cascade Delete Related Records What is Relationships? KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS One-To-One One-To-Many Many-To-Many WORKING WITH FORMS CREATING FORMS Creating A Default Form Based On All The Fields Of A Table Creating Form Using Wizard Creating Form Using Form Design SAVING A FORM CLOSING A FORM OPENING AN EXISTING FORM PROPERTY SHEET WORKING WITH FORM RECORDS Adding New Records Directly Adding Records Using Ribbon For Adding Records Using Record Navigator Bar For Adding Records Saving Records Editing Records Deleting A Record

17 Table Of Contents xxv 28. WORKING WITH QUERIES TYPES OF QUERY Select Query Action Query Append Query Delete Query Make Table Query Update Query Crosstab Query Parameter Query SQL Query Aggregate Query CREATING A QUERY Creating Query Using Query Wizard Creating Query Using Query Design Object Relationship Pane Design Grid Field Names And Table Names Sorting Showing/Hiding Fields Query Criteria SAVING THE QUERY CLOSING THE QUERY QUERY CRITERIA Equals Not In Is Null Is Not Null Like Not Like Greater Than Or Equal To & Less Than Or Equal To Greater Than & Less Than Between Today's Date DatePart Interval Date FirstDayOfWeek FirstWeekOfYear MODIFYING QUERY Sorting Queries Hiding Fields

18 xxvi Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners 29. WORKING WITH REPORTS CREATING REPORTS Creating Reports Using Report Tool Creating Report Using Report Design Creating Report Using Report Wizard SAVING THE REPORT EXPORTING REPORT Saving The Report As PDF or XPS Saving The Report As Any Other Type Of File PRINTING REPORTS CLOSING THE REPORT SECTION VI: ORGANIZING WITH OUTLOOK 30. INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE OUTLOOK NEW IMPROVEMENTS AND FEATURES Improved User Interface Beautiful Slideshows New Backstage View People New Placement Of Navigation Controls Weather Bar In Calendar Peek Windows Displays Mails More Elegantly Delete Button In The Message List Inserting Online Picture Connecting To Social Networking Sites Outlook Data File NAVIGATING OUTLOOK Quick Access Toolbar Ribbon Home Tab Send/Receive Tab Folder Tab View Tab Search Tab Attachments Tab Navigation Pane Contents Pane Reading Pane People Pane To-Do Bar Navigation Controls

19 Table Of Contents xxvii View Options Zoom Slider SETTING UP OUTLOOK Automatically Configuring An Account Manually Configuring An Account GETTING STARTED RIBBON Unpinning Ribbon Pinning Ribbon NAVIGATION PANE Minimizing Navigation Pane Maximizing Navigation Pane READING PANE Displaying Reading Pane At The Bottom Of Contents Pane Displaying Reading Pane At The Right Side Of Contents Pane TO-DO BAR Viewing Appointments in To-Do Bar Viewing Favorite Contacts in To-Do Bar Viewing Task List in To-Do Bar PLAYING WITH NAVIGATION CONTROLS Changing The Number Of Controls Reducing The Size Of Controls Changing The Order Of Controls Resetting The Navigation Options PEEKING AT APPOINTMENTS AND TASKS Pinning The Peek WORKING WITH MAILS RECEIVING S SENDING S Ribbon From: Field To: Field Cc: Field Subject Attached Body Send SENDING A FILE ATTACHMENT SIGNATURE Creating An Signature Adding Signature To An REPLYING TO AN Setting An Automatic Reply

20 xxviii Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners FORWARDING AN PRINTING S DELETING AN MANAGING JUNK MAILS Defining The Settings For The Junk Filter Safe Senders Safe Recipients Blocked Senders International Blocked Top-Level Domains List Blocked Encodings List s Marking As Junk Restoring A Junk To Safe List Emptying The Junk Folder MAILBOX CLEANUP Viewing Mailbox Size Finding Mails AutoArchive Using AutoArchive To Delete Older Deleted Items And Junk Configuring Outlook To Empty Deleted Items On Exit Viewing Deleted Items Size ORGANIZING MAILS Working With Folders Creating New Folder Creating New Search Folder Renaming A Folder Cleaning Up Displaying Folder In Favorites Working With Categories Customizing Categories Applying A Category Filtering s According To Categories Working With Conversations Showing s As Conversations Cleaning Up The Conversations Ignoring Conversations Changing Conversation Settings Show Messages from Other Folders Show Senders Above the Subject Always Expand Selected Conversation Use Classic Intended View Rules Flags Applying Stationery / Backgrounds To s

21 Table Of Contents xxix 33. MANAGING CONTACTS EXPLORING CONTACTS Search Bar Index Bar Contents Pane Reading Pane ADDING CONTACTS Manually Adding New Contacts Importing Contacts EDITING CONTACTS CREATING CONTACT GROUP DELETING CONTACT SHARING CONTACTS SENDING S TO CONTACT GROUPS ASSIGNING TASKS LINK CONTACTS PRINTING CONTACTS CHANGING THE VIEW OF CONTACTS Business Card Card Phone List MANAGING CALENDARS EXPLORING CALENDAR New Appointment New Meeting Go To Viewing Options For Calendars Schedule View Manage Calendars Share Quick View My Calendars Appointments Meetings CREATING AN APPOINTMENT CREATING A NEW CALENDAR APPLYING CATEGORIES TO APPOINTMENTS CREATING MULTIPLE DAY APPOINTMENTS CREATING APPOINTMENT REMINDERS PRINTING CALENDARS SCHEDULING MEETINGS SCHEDULE VIEW

22 xxx Windows 8 With Office 2013 For Beginners 35. MANAGING TASKS CREATING A NEW TASK ASSIGNING A TASK Sending A Task Request Accepting Or Declining A Task Assignment Forwarding A Task To Someone Else To Track Task Tracking Tasks That You Have Assigned Sending A Status Report / Comment About A Task Assignment PRINTING A TASK MANAGING NOTES ADDING NOTES VIEWING NOTES EDITING NOTES DELETING NOTES