Indispensable Office 2013 Commands & Customizing

Indispensable Office 2013 Commands-

By Peter Weverka

Part of the Office 2013 All-In-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet

The programs in the Office 2013 suite — Word 2013, Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013, OneNote 2013, Outlook 2013, Access 2013, and Publisher 2013 — have these indispensable commands in common:

• Undo: Don’t despair if you give a command and then realize that you shouldn’t have done that. You can undo your mistake by clicking the Undo button (or pressing Ctrl+Z). The Undo command reverses your last action, whatever it happened to be. Keep clicking Undo to reverse several actions. You can also open the Undo drop-down list and undo many commands.
  
  
• Repeat: Click the Repeat button (or press F4 or Ctrl+Y) to repeat your latest action, whatever it was, and spare yourself from having to do it a second time. You can move to another place in your file before giving the command.
  
  
• Recent files list: Find out whether the file you want to open is on the Recent list, and if it’s there, click to open it without having to rummage through Open dialog boxes. On the File tab, click Open and look for the Recent list in the Open window.
  
  
• Zoom: Use the Zoom controls in the lower-right corner of the screen to prevent eyestrain and make your work more efficient. Drag the Zoom slider to shrink or enlarge what’s on-screen. Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out button to zoom in or out by 10-percent increments. If your mouse has a wheel, hold down the Ctrl key and spin the mouse wheel to zoom.
  
  
  Source: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/indispensable-office-2013-commands.html?cid=dn_article

  
  Customizing an Office 2013 Program

  By Peter Weverka

  Part of the Office 2013 All-In-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet

  Office 2013 has made customizing programs easier than ever. Whether you’re working in Word 2013, Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013, OneNote 2013, Outlook 2013, Access 2013, or Publisher 2013, you can take advantage of these customization techniques:
  
  
  

  • Quick Access toolbar: Located in the upper-left corner of the screen, the Quick Access toolbar is always there. Why not make it even more useful? To place any button on the toolbar, right-click it and choose Add to Quick Access Toolbar. Or click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar button (it’s located to the right of the Quick Access toolbar) and choose a button on the drop-down list.
    
    
  • Ribbon: Running across the top of all Office applications, the Ribbon offers tabs with commands for doing this, that, and the other thing. To customize the Ribbon and make getting to the commands you need that much faster, right-click the Ribbon and choose Customize the Ribbon. You go to the Customize Ribbon tab of the Options dialog box. From there, you can move tabs and groups on the ribbon, create your own tabs, and create your own groups.
    
    
  • Status bar: The status bar along the bottom of the screen gives you information about the file you’re working on. Maybe you want more information or you think the status bar is too crowded. To change what’s on the status bar, right-click it and select desired options on the pop-up menu that appears.
    
    
  • Changing the background and color theme: Office 2013 offers several ways to dress up Excel, Outlook, Access, OneNote, Word, Publisher, and PowerPoint. To change the background color or choose a different theme, start on the File tab, choose Options, and select the General category in the Options dialog box. Then open the Office Background and Office Theme drop-down lists and make choices.
    
    Source: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/customizing-an-office-2013-program.html?cid=dn_article