ESSENTIAL

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013

Tutorials for Teachers
by

Bernard John Poole

Associate Professor Emeritus
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Johnstown, PA, USA

Copyright Bernard John Poole, 2013

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ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office 2013: Tutorials for Teachers

Copyright Bernard John Poole, 2013. All rights reserved

Dedicated to my wife
Marilyn Giorgio-Poole, PhD
to our son, Zsolt, his wife Ann, and their baby daughter
Leela Charlotte Poole
born 2-29-2012
also to my American family,
especially Anne and Augie Giorgio,
whose outspread arms welcomed me to the
United States of America 33 years ago,
and who, over the years, have been a source of much
happiness and joy. May they rest in peace.

"Life begets life.

Energy creates energy.
It is by spending oneself that one becomes
rich."
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)

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Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Lesson 1

INTRODUCTION TO WORD
Writing a Conference Call letter

Lesson 2

MORE ON WORD PROCESSING

Working with larger documents

40

Lesson 3

THE OFFICE DRAWING TOOLS

90

Lesson 4

INTRODUCTION TO THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET

Preparing a gradebook

130

Lesson 5

MORE ON THE USE OF THE SPREADSHEET

Making changes to existing spreadsheets

165

Lesson 6

INTRODUCTION TO THE ACCESS DATABASE

Keeping student records

205

Lesson 7

MAIL MERGE AND RELATED OPERATIONS

Form letters, data sources, and mailing labels

239

Lesson 8

MORE ON DATABASE USE

Manipulating the data in the database

272

Lesson 9

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Creating Slide Shows and related teaching materials

298

Lesson 10

POWERPOINT BEYOND THE BASICS

Interactive, non-linear slide shows

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1
I.1

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TEXT ....................................................... 1

I.2

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS TEXT? ............................................ 1

I.3

WHY MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013? ....................................................... 2

I.4

THE STATUS OF COMPUTING IN SCHOOLS .................................... 2

I.5

TEACHING IS A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR ................................... 3

I.6

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................ 3
REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 3

Lesson 1

INTRODUCTION TO WORD ............................................................... 4

Writing a Conference Call letter
BEFORE YOU BEGIN ............................................................................ 4
LEARNING OUTCOMES ....................................................................... 5

1.1

OVERVIEW OF MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013 ........................................ 5

1.2

OPENING AND NAMING A NEW WORD DOCUMENT ..................... 7

Naming and saving a new Word document ............................................. 11
Creating a new folder on a disk .............................................................. 14

1.3

SOME HELPFUL HINTS WHILE USING WORD 2013 ....................... 16

Word processing is not the same as using a typewriter ............................ 16
There are two cursors you need to know about ....................................... 17
Correcting errors while entering text ...................................................... 18
Removing unwanted Returns (using the Show option) ......................... 18
Undoing unintended actions ................................................................... 19
Scrolling through a document ................................................................. 20
Shortcuts or quick keyboard commands.................................................. 22
Renaming a document ............................................................................ 22

1.4

CREATING AND SAVING A DOCUMENT ........................................ 22

Typing the Conference Call letter ........................................................... 23

1.5

UPDATING AND SIMPLE FORMATTING OF A DOCUMENT ........ 24

Inserting the date .................................................................................... 24
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Adding text to an existing document....................................................... 25

Removing text ........................................................................................ 26
Changing text ......................................................................................... 26
Selecting (highlighting) a block of text ................................................... 27
Changing margins and using the Word Indent Markers ........................... 30
1.6

CHECKING THE DOCUMENT FOR SPELLING ERRORS ................ 33

Accessing the spelling checker ............................................................... 33

1.7

PRINTING A FIRST DRAFT OF THE DOCUMENT ........................... 35

Print Preview-ing your work................................................................... 35
Removing your document from the printer ............................................. 36
Always proofread your writing ............................................................... 36

1.8

RUNNING OFF A FINAL COPY .......................................................... 37

1.9

MAKING A BACKUP COPY OF THE DOCUMENT .......................... 37

LOOKING BACK ................................................................................. 37
LOOKING FORWARD ......................................................................... 38
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................... 38

Lesson 2

MORE ON WORD PROCESSING..................................................... 40

Working with larger documents
LEARNING OUTCOMES ..................................................................... 40

2.1

GETTING STARTED ............................................................................ 41

Before we begin ..................................................................................... 41
Setting up for the tutorial ........................................................................ 41
Inserting Page Numbers ......................................................................... 42

2.2

MORE TOOLS FOR FORMATTING TEXT ......................................... 44

A word about default settings ................................................................. 44
A word about WYSIWYG ..................................................................... 44
Setting the margins ................................................................................. 45
Aligning text .......................................................................................... 46
Choosing font faces ................................................................................ 47
Changing the point size of text ............................................................... 49
Inserting page breaks .............................................................................. 50
Changing the layout of the Skill or Concept table ................................... 51
Spacing before and after paragraphs ....................................................... 52

2.3

BULLETS AND NUMBERED LISTS................................................... 53

Numbered lists ....................................................................................... 53
Bulleted lists .......................................................................................... 55

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2.4

SETTING OFF A BLOCK OF TEXT WITH A BORDER ..................... 57

2.5

USING TAB STOPS.............................................................................. 59

Inserting Tab stops ................................................................................. 59
Removing Tab stops ............................................................................... 61

2.6

STYLE OF TEXT AND LINE SPACING.............................................. 62

Boldface ................................................................................................. 62
Underline ............................................................................................... 62
Italics ..................................................................................................... 63
Line Spacing .......................................................................................... 63

2.7

INDENTING TEXT............................................................................... 64
Adjusting (moving) the Indent Markers .................................................. 64
Indenting the first line of paragraphs ...................................................... 65
Hanging indents ..................................................................................... 66

2.8

CREATING SECTIONS AND COLUMNS OF TEXT .......................... 68

2.9

FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT .................................................... 70

Finding a text string................................................................................ 70
Replacing a multiple occurrence of a text string ..................................... 72

2.10

MOVING AND COPYING TEXT WITHIN A DOCUMENT ............... 74

Moving text within a document .............................................................. 75
Copying text within a document ............................................................. 76

2.11

CHECKING THE DOCUMENT OF SPELLING AND OTHER

ERRORS ................................................................................................ 76

2.12

ADDING GRAPHICS TO A WORD DOCUMENT ............................... 78

2.13

CREATING A TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................... 80

LOOKING BACK ................................................................................. 83
LOOKING FORWARD ......................................................................... 84
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................... 84

Lesson 3

THE OFFICE DRAWING TOOLS .................................................... 90

LEARNING OUTCOMES ..................................................................... 90

3.1

GETTING STARTED ............................................................................ 90

Before we begin ..................................................................................... 91

3.2

OVERVIEW OF THE DRAWING TOOLS IN OFFICE 2013............... 92

Working with Shapes ............................................................................. 92

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Working with your own Pictures ............................................................ 93

Working with Online Pictures ................................................................ 93
Working with SmartArt and WordArt ..................................................... 94
Changing the Page Orientation ............................................................... 95
Using the Zoom tool............................................................................... 96
3.3

DRAWING, MOVING, ROTATING, RESIZING, AND OTHERWISE

EDITING SIMPLE SHAPES AND LINES ............................................ 96
Live Preview .......................................................................................... 97
Drawing lines ......................................................................................... 98
Working with lines and arrows ............................................................... 98
Working with rectangles and ovals ......................................................... 99
Rotating objects...................................................................................... 99
Drawing a perfect square or circle ........................................................ 100
Moving drawing objects ....................................................................... 100
Resizing drawing objects ...................................................................... 100
Editing (changing) straight lines or arrows ........................................... 102

3.4

OTHER DRAWING SHAPES ............................................................. 102

3.5

USING COLORS, PATTERNS, AND OTHER VISUAL EFFECTS ... 103

Colors and transparencies ..................................................................... 103
Fill Effects ........................................................................................... 106
Filling shapes with pictures .................................................................. 109
Shape Effects ....................................................................................... 110

3.6

GROUPING, ORDERING, AND ALIGNING OBJECTS .................... 111

Grouping drawing objects .................................................................... 113
Resizing objects ................................................................................... 114
Aligning drawing objects...................................................................... 114
Rotating drawing objects ...................................................................... 116
Ungrouping objects .............................................................................. 116
Ordering the drawing objects ................................................................ 117

3.7

WORKING WITH TEXT AND WORDART ........................................ 117

Using the Text Box tool ....................................................................... 118
Using the WordArt tool ........................................................................ 119

3.8

WORKING WITH SmartArt ................................................................ 121

Adding a new SmartArt diagram .......................................................... 124
Discovery is the best way to learn......................................................... 126
LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 127
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 127
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 128

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Lesson 4

INTRODUCTION TO THE SPREADSHEET ................................. 130

Preparing a gradebook
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 130

4.1

GETTING STARTED .......................................................................... 131

Some background about spreadsheets ................................................... 131
Templates............................................................................................. 133

4.2

HELPFUL HINTS WHILE USING THE SPREADSHEET ................. 134

A spreadsheet is a grid divided into rows and columns ......................... 134
Moving around in the spreadsheet ........................................................ 134
Identifying the active cell's coordinates ................................................ 135
Selecting a range (group) of cells ......................................................... 135
Location of the active (selected) cell after entering data into a cell ....... 136
Blanking out a cell or cells in the spreadsheet ....................................... 137
Editing the data in the Entry bar ........................................................... 137
Editing data after they have been entered into a cell ............................. 137

4.3

SETTING UP LABELS FOR YOUR GRADEBOOK TEMPLATE ..... 137

Aligning data in spreadsheet cells ......................................................... 139
Entering the column and row labels ...................................................... 139
Entering "dummy" scores ..................................................................... 140
More practice adjusting the width of columns....................................... 140
Changing the alignment of the column labels ....................................... 144

4.4

CREATING AND COPYING FORMULAS ........................................ 145

Creating a formula................................................................................ 145
Copying and pasting formulas .............................................................. 146
Relative references ............................................................................... 148
Filling down (copying the formula into the rest of the TOTAL column) 148
Setting up the Percentage formula ........................................................ 149
Using logical functions ......................................................................... 150
Absolute references .............................................................................. 153
Setting the Cell Attribute for the PERCENTAGE column .................... 155
Checking out the formulas .................................................................... 155

4.5

ENTERING NAMES AND SCORES FOR EACH STUDENT ............ 156

Changing the name of the template document....................................... 156
Entering the student names ................................................................... 157
Entering the scores for each student ...................................................... 157

4.6

MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR GRADEBOOK............................... 158

Adding a student to the roster (Inserting rows) ..................................... 159
Inserting columns ................................................................................. 160
Deleting (cutting) rows and columns .................................................... 160

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4.7

PRINTING YOUR GRADE BOOK ..................................................... 160

4.8

SAVING A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR WORK ................................ 163

4.9

A WORD ABOUT TEMPLATES AND STATIONERY

DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................... 164
LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 164
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 164
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 165

Lesson 5

MORE ON THE USE OF THE SPREADSHEET ............................ 166

Making changes to existing spreadsheets
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 166

5.1

GETTING STARTED .......................................................................... 167

5.2

RECAPITULATION AND REINFORCEMENT ................................. 167

Moving from cell to cell in the spreadsheet........................................... 167
More cell selection commands.............................................................. 168

5.3

UPDATING AN EXISTING SPREADSHEET .................................... 170

Dividing up the spreadsheet to make it easier to read ............................ 170
Adding formulas to the spreadsheet ...................................................... 172
Calculating an average for each of the grade columns ........................... 173
A word about automatic calculation...................................................... 174
Displaying the highest and lowest scores for each column of scores ..... 178
Protecting (locking) important cells ...................................................... 179
Dividing the spreadsheet into panes ...................................................... 181

5.4

MAKING MORE CHANGES TO THE LOOK OF THE

SPREADSHEET .................................................................................. 182
Putting a border around a cell or set of cells ......................................... 182
Removing grid lines and column and row headings .............................. 183
Updating the Grades Template spreadsheet .......................................... 183

5.5

USING THE LOOKUP FUNCTION ................................................... 187

The concept of the LOOKUP function.................................................. 187
Building the LOOKUP Table ............................................................... 188
Using the clipboard to copy cells from one document to another .......... 190
Entering the LOOKUP function into the GRADE column .................... 190
Copying the LOOKUP function into the rest of the GRADE column .... 194

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5.6

CREATING CHARTS BASED ON THE SPREADSHEET DATA ..... 196

The Excel charting capability ............................................................... 196
Creating a column chart........................................................................ 197
Creating a pie chart .............................................................................. 200

5.7

PRINTING THE UPDATED SPREADSHEET.................................... 201

Selecting a section of the spreadsheet for printing ................................ 201

5.8

MAKING A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR DOCUMENTS................... 203

LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 203
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 204
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 204

Lesson 6

INTRODUCTION TO THE ACCESS DATABASE ......................... 206

Keeping student records
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 206

6.1

AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATABASE CONCEPT ........................... 206

How is a database organized? ............................................................... 207
The general terminology used to describe data storage ......................... 208
Access database terminology ................................................................ 208

6.2

LETS GET PRACTICAL ................................................................... 209

6.3

PLANNING A NEW DATABASE ...................................................... 213

Points to ponder when planning a database ........................................... 213
Design guidelines for a Student Roster database ................................... 214

6.4

SOME HINTS BEFORE CREATING THE DATABASE

TEMPLATE......................................................................................... 215

6.5

CREATING THE DATABASE TEMPLATE ...................................... 219

Entering field names for the database ................................................... 219
Using the Lookup Wizard to specify selected values for a field ............ 221
Using an input mask to control the format for a field ............................ 223
Entering the remaining fields in the database ........................................ 226

6.6

COMPLETING PREPARATION OF THE DATABASE TEMPLATE 227

Creating a Form for the new database ................................................... 227

6.7

ADDING RECORDS TO A NEW OR EXISTING DATABASE ......... 230

Creating a new database based on the Template database ..................... 230
Importing a Table ................................................................................. 231
Importing a Form ................................................................................. 233
Entering the data for the records in the database document ................... 234
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Adding a New Record to the database .................................................. 234

6.8

VIEWING THE DATA IN THE DATABASE ..................................... 235

6.9

UPDATING ENTRIES AND RECORDS IN THE DATABASE ......... 235

Updating the contents of a field (one item of data in a student record) .. 235
Deleting (clearing) a record .................................................................. 236
Deleting several records at once ........................................................... 236

6.10

SAVING A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR WORK ................................ 236

LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 237
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 237
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 237

Lesson 7

MAIL MERGE AND RELATED OPERATIONS ........................... 239

Form letters and mailing labels
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 239

7.1

GETTING STARTED .......................................................................... 240

7.2

PREPARING THE ADDRESS LIST DATABASE .............................. 241

Step 1: Select the document type .......................................................... 242
Step 2: Select the starting document ..................................................... 242
Step 3: Select the recipients of the form letter ....................................... 242
Editing the Mail Merge Recipients list.................................................. 246
Entering the data for the remaining records in the database ................... 247

7.3

CREATING THE FORM LETTER (THE FIELD TRIP NOTICE) ...... 249
Step 4: Write your form letter ............................................................... 249
Inserting the date .................................................................................. 250
Inserting fields (placeholders) into your form letter .............................. 251
Step 5: Previewing your letters ............................................................. 253

7.4

PRINTING THE FIELD TRIP NOTICE .............................................. 254

Step 6: Complete the Merge ................................................................. 254
A summary of the Microsoft Word 2013 Mail Merge features .............. 255

7.5

PREPARING MAILING LABELS ...................................................... 256

Deciding on the data for the mailing label ............................................ 256
Step 1: Select the document type .......................................................... 256
Step 2: Select the starting document ..................................................... 257
Step 3: Select recipients........................................................................ 258
Step 4: Arrange your labels .................................................................. 259
Step 5: Preview your labels .................................................................. 260
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Step 6: Complete the merge .................................................................. 261

7.6

PREPARING A NEW FORM LETTER USING AN EXISTING

DATABASE ........................................................................................ 261
Macros ................................................................................................. 262
Creating the macro ............................................................................... 263
Using the macro ................................................................................... 266
Renaming the Letter template and creating the form letter .................... 267
Pasting a chart into the letter................................................................. 268
LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 270
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 271
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 271

Lesson 8

MORE ON DATABASE USE............................................................ 272

Manipulating the Data in the Database
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 272

8.1

GETTING STARTED .......................................................................... 272

8.2

REVIEWING THE BASICS ................................................................ 275

Viewing the data in the database........................................................... 275
Adding a record to the database ............................................................ 276
Clearing a field in a record ................................................................... 277
Deleting (clearing) a record, or a set of records..................................... 277
Changing the data in a field .................................................................. 278

8.3

SEARCHING AND QUERYING A DATABASE ............................... 278

Finding a single record using data from a specific field ........................ 279
Finding two or more records based on data from a single field ............. 280
Filter by Selection ................................................................................ 281
Filter by Form ...................................................................................... 283
Searching based on criteria from more than one field ........................... 285

8.4

SORTING RECORDS ......................................................................... 287

Sorting on a single field ........................................................................ 288

8.5

CREATING REPORTS ....................................................................... 289

A word about the Access database reporting facility ............................. 289
Initial definition of the layout or report ................................................. 289

8.6

IMPROVING THE REPORT (MAKING CHANGES) ........................ 293

8.7

PRINTING REPORTS ......................................................................... 295

LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 295
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LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 296

SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 296
Lesson 9

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS .................................................. 298

Creating Slide Shows and related teaching materials
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 298

9.1

SOME INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS ABOUT

PRESENTATIONS .............................................................................. 299

9.2

PowerPoint AT WORK ....................................................................... 300

Different ways to view your presentation.............................................. 301
Features to look out for in the demonstration presentation .................... 303

9.3

BUILDING THE PRESENTATION .................................................... 307

Preparation of the outline ..................................................................... 307
Typing the outline entries ..................................................................... 309
Switching levels ................................................................................... 311
Adding pictures to the slides ................................................................. 313

9.4

ADDING BELLS AND WHISTLES TO THE PRESENTATION ....... 316

Setting timings for the slides and adding transitions.............................. 316
Choosing slide Design Themes ............................................................. 318
Choosing slide Color Schemes ............................................................. 320
Resizing the Screenbeans on each of the slides ..................................... 322
Making the Screenbean images transparent .......................................... 323
Checking out the presentation............................................................... 324

9.6

PRINTING PRESENTATION HANDOUTS ....................................... 325

LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 326
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 326
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 326

Lesson 10

POWERPOINT BEYOND THE BASICS .......................................... 328

Making interactive, non-linear slide shows and enhancing formatting
LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................... 328

10.1

ADDING ACTION BUTTONS AND HIDDEN SLIDES TO AN

EXISTING PRESENTATION ............................................................. 329
Action buttons ...................................................................................... 329
Copying the Action Buttons to the other slides ..................................... 333
Hidden slides........................................................................................ 336
Animation Schemes.............................................................................. 339

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10.2

INTERACTIVE POWERPOINT AT WORK ....................................... 341

Features to look out for in the demonstration presentation .................... 341
Action buttons and hyperlinks .............................................................. 343

10.3

BUILDING THE PRESENTATION .................................................... 343

Get to know the Quick Keyboard Shortcuts .......................................... 345
Question and feedback slides ................................................................ 346

10.4

MAKING THE PRESENTATION INTERACTIVE ............................ 349

Hyperlinking the answers to the appropriate slides ............................... 349
Creating Action Buttons ....................................................................... 352
Forcing the user to click on an Action button........................................ 354

10.5

FORMATTING YOUR PRESENTATION .......................................... 356

Selecting a Design Template ................................................................ 356
Replacing fonts .................................................................................... 357
Changing the color scheme ................................................................... 358
Tips on color choices for printing ......................................................... 361
Applying different Design Themes to certain slides in a show .............. 361
Applying customized backgrounds to the slides .................................... 362

10.6

INSERTING CLIP ART AND OTHER CONTENT ............................ 363

Inserting clip art ................................................................................... 363
Inserting (importing) other pictures or pictures of your own ................. 365
Inserting sound ..................................................................................... 366
Inserting videos or animations .............................................................. 369
Inserting an E-mail hyperlink ............................................................... 370

10.7

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT PRESENTATIONS .................. 371

LOOKING BACK ............................................................................... 371
LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 372
SKILL CONSOLIDATION ................................................................. 372

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