Datasheet

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Part I: Getting Started with Office

The size of the scroll box (the blank rectangle you

drag in the scroll bar) indicates how much content

you can’t see at the moment. For example, in Figure

1-12, the scroll box occupies most of the scroll bar;

this means that there isn’t much undisplayed con-

tent. In a very large spreadsheet, the scroll box might

be very small.

You can also move around by using keyboard short-

cuts. As you gain experience with the applications,

you might find using keyboard shortcuts more con-

venient than using than the scroll bar. Chapter 4 lists

shortcuts for Word, Chapter 7 lists shortcuts for

Excel, and Chapter 14 lists shortcuts for PowerPoint.

Select Content

Selecting content is an essential skill for any Office application. Many

commands in Office applications apply to whatever text or graphics

you select. For example, to make some text bold, select it first, and

then click the Bold button. Figure 1-13 shows some selected text.

Selected text

Figure 1-13

To select text in Word or PowerPoint, you can either

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Drag the mouse pointer across it (holding down the

left mouse button)

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