Office 2019 For Dummies

Now updated and revised to cover the latest features of Microsoft Office 2019

The world’s leading suite of business productivity software, Microsoft Office helps users complete common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, data management and analysis, and much more. Whether you need accessible instruction on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Access—or all of the above—this handy reference makes it easier. 

In Office X For Dummies, you’ll get help with typing and formatting text in Word, creating and navigating an Excel spreadsheet, creating a powerful PowerPoint presentation, adding color, pictures, and sound to a presentation, configuring email with Outlook, designing an Access database, and more. Information is presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for more than twenty years.

• Get insight into common tasks and advanced tools
• Find full coverage of each application in the suite
• Benefit from updated information based on the newest software release
• Make your work life easier and more efficiently

If you need to make sense of Office X and don’t have time to waste, this is the trusted reference you’ll want to keep close at hand!

Introduction 1

Who Should Buy This Book 1

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 4

Getting Started 4

Part 1: Getting Started with Office 2019 5

Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Office 2019 7

Starting an Office 2019 Program 8

Introducing the Microsoft Office Ribbon 9

Using the File Tab 11

Creating a file 12

Opening an existing file 13

Saving a file 14

Using the Ribbon 17

Deciphering Ribbon icons 18

Identifying Ribbon icons 20

Displaying dialog boxes 21

Minimizing the Ribbon 22

Using the Quick Access Toolbar 24

Using the Quick Access icons 24

Adding icons 25

Removing icons 26

Moving the Quick Access toolbar 27

Customizing the Ribbon for Touch 27

Customizing an Office 2019 Program 28

Changing the file format and default location 28

Customizing the Ribbon icons 29

Exiting Office 2019 30

Chapter 2: Selecting and Editing Data 31

Adding Data by Pointing 31

Selecting Data 33

Selecting data with the mouse 34

Selecting data with the keyboard 35

Selecting multiple chunks of data with the mouse and keyboard 35

Editing Text with the Pop-Up Toolbar 36

Deleting Data 36

Cutting and Pasting (Moving) Data 37

Copying and Pasting Data 38

Using Paste Options 38

Dragging with the Mouse to Cut, Copy, and Paste 40

Undo and Redo 40

Sharing Data with Other Office 2019 Programs 41

Using the Office Clipboard 41

Viewing and pasting items from the Office Clipboard 42

Deleting items from the Office Clipboard 43

Chapter 3: Modifying Pictures and Drawing on Documents 45

Adding and Deleting Pictures 46

Getting pictures from the Internet 46

Capturing screenshots 48

Manipulating Pictures 49

Moving a picture 49

Resizing a picture 50

Rotating a picture 50

Enhancing Pictures 51

Choosing visual effects 51

Choosing a picture style 54

Adding a border around a picture 55

Drawing with the Draw Tab 57

Drawing lines 57

Moving lines 58

Erasing lines 59

Drawing Shapes 59

Creating Math Equations 60

Chapter 4: Getting Help from Office 2019 63

Searching in the Help Window 64

Making the Help Window Easier to Read 66

Moving the Help window 66

Resizing the Help