Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 2003 in 24 Hours

By Greg Perry

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You!
  • Introduction
  • Who Should Read This Book?
  • What This Book Does for You
  • Can This Book Really Teach Office 2003 in 24 Hours?
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Part I. Working with Office 2003
  • Hour 1. Getting Acquainted with Office 2003
  • Part II. Processing with Word 2003
  • Hour 2. Welcome to Word 2003
  • Hour 3. Formatting with Word 2003
  • Hour 4. Managing Documents and Customizing Word 2003
  • Hour 5. Advanced Word 2003
  • Part III. Computing with Excel 2003
  • Hour 6. Understanding Excel 2003 Workbooks
  • Hour 7. Restructuring and Editing Excel 2003 Worksheets
  • Hour 8. Using Excel 2003
  • Hour 9. Formatting Worksheets to Look Great
  • Hour 10. Charting with Excel 2003
    • Creating Custom Graphs
    • A Quick Chart
    • Making Your Chart Fancy
    • Summary
    • Q&A
  • Part IV. Presenting with Flair
  • Hour 11. PowerPoint 2003 Presentations
  • Hour 12. Editing and Arranging Your Presentations
  • Hour 13. PowerPoint 2003 Advanced Features
  • Hour 14. Animating Your Presentations
  • Part V. Organizing with Outlook 2003
  • Hour 15. Communicating with Outlook 2003
  • Hour 16. Planning and Scheduling with Outlook 2003
  • Part VI. Tracking with Access 2003
  • Hour 17. Access 2003 Basics
  • Hour 18. Entering and Displaying Access 2003 Data
  • Hour 19. Retrieving Your Data
  • Hour 20. Reporting with Access 2003
  • Part VII. Combining Office 2003 and the Internet
  • Hour 21. Office 2003 and the Internet
  • Hour 22. Creating Web Content with Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
  • Part VIII. Publishing Eye-Catching Documents
  • Hour 23. Publishing with Flair Using Publisher 2003
  • Hour 24. Adding Art to Your Publications
  • Part IX. Appendixes
  • Appendix B. Business Contact Manager and Office Extras
  • Part X. Bonus Hours
  • Hour 25. Using FrontPage 2003 for Web Page Design and Creation
  • Hour 26. Managing Your Web with FrontPage

Q&A

1. Can I add a picture as a background inside the chart's data area itself?

   You can easily add a background to your chart. Whereas Figure 10.9 shows a picture that appears behind the chart's normal gray charting area (called the fill area), you can override this background and place a picture behind the actual data lines, bars, and points themselves. To do so, right-click over the fill area's background and select Format Plot Area. Next, select Fill Effects and place the picture just as you did in the final section of this hour.

2. Why would I want an instant graph from the F11 keypress if none of the labels are accurate and if I cannot determine the graph type ahead of time?

   Excel's instant charting feature certainly does not produce final, presentation-ready charts, but that's not the point. When you have data to analyze and you need a quick look at the data, select the data in a range and press F11 (or Alt+F1) to see whether Excel's default Column chart fits the nature of the data. If you want a fancier graph, use the Chart Wizard and specify all the details of the chart. The instant charting feature is available, however, for an initial look at a picture of your data.

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