Sample chapters
- Jun 24, 2015
- Office 365, one of the public cloud-based services offered by Microsoft, is a software as a service (SaaS) suite that includes not only the personal computer versions of Office, but also mobile versions and the server services needed to connect them. If you’re ready to learn more about Office 365, this chapter from Microsoft Public Cloud Services: Setting up your business in the cloud will give you a great overview.
Getting Started with the Kinect for Windows SDK
- Jul 15, 2012
- In this chapter from Start Here! Learn the Kinect API, learn how to get a Kinect sensor bar working with a Windows 7 computer and get a quick glimpse of its capabilities.
Getting Started with Windows Small Business Server 2011
- Jul 15, 2011
- This chapter from Windows Small Business Server 2011 Administrator's Pocket Consultant shows you how to use the Windows SBS console and perform post-installation tasks.
Getting to Know the Entity Framework
- Aug 15, 2013
- John Paul Mueller explains the Entity Framework elements, describes the files used to store Entity Framework information, and shows you how to create a simple Entity Framework example, in this chapter from Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework Step by Step.
Grouping, sorting, and filtering pivot data
- By Michael Alexander, Bill JelenApr 7, 2019
In this sample chapter from Microsoft Excel 2019 Pivot Table Data Crunching, you will review the PivotTable Fields list and then learn how to how to group, sort, and filter data.
Handling E-Mail Messages in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007
- Jan 3, 2007
- In this chapter from Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Step by Step, learn how to manage your e-mail messages, including viewing messages and attachments, replying to and forwarding messages, working with new mail notifications, creating a task or an appointment from a message, and printing messages.
- Aug 31, 2016
In this chapter from Programming Microsoft Azure Service Fabric, Haishi Bai presents what makes a great platform as a service (PaaS) and shares some of the key concepts of Service Fabric in preparation for service development.
How to Add Sound and Movement to PowerPoint Slides
- Dec 17, 2015
- This chapter from Microsoft Office 2016 Step by Step guides you through procedures related to animating text and pictures on slides, customizing animation effects, adding audio content to slides, adding video content to slides, and optimizing and compressing media.
How to Add Sound and Movies to Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
- Jun 29, 2010
- In this chapter from Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Step by Step, you’ll insert a sound clip and a sound file and make various adjustments to their settings. You’ll also insert two video files, edit one of them, and format them both.
How to Change the Appearance of a Workbook in Microsoft Excel 2016
- Oct 16, 2015
- This chapter from Microsoft Excel 2016 Step by Step guides you through procedures related to changing the appearance of data, applying existing formats to data, making numbers easier to read, changing data’s appearance based on its value, and adding images to worksheets.
How to Change Workbook Appearance in Microsoft Excel 2010
- Aug 25, 2010
- In this chapter from Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Step by Step, you'll learn how to change the appearance of data, apply existing formats to data, make numbers easier to read, change data's appearance based on its value, and add images to worksheets in Microsoft Excel 2010.
How to Combine Data from Multiple Sources in Microsoft Excel 2016
- Oct 16, 2015
- This chapter from Microsoft Excel 2016 Step by Step guides you through procedures related to using a workbook as a template for other workbooks, linking to data in other workbooks, and consolidating multiple sets of data into a single workbook.
How to Insert and Modify Diagrams in Microsoft Word 2010
- Jun 2, 2010
- In this chapter from Microsoft Word 2010 Step by Step, you’ll insert a diagram into a document and specify its size and position. Then you’ll change the diagram’s layout, visual style, and color theme. Finally, you’ll see how to use a diagram to arrange pictures in a document.
How to Install and Upgrade Windows 8
- Apr 15, 2013
- This chapter from Exam Ref 70-687: Configuring Windows 8 shows how to plan effectively for installing or migrating to Windows 8, how to install the operating system in a trouble-free manner, and how to migrate user files, settings, and programs to the new operating system.
How to Install, Configure, and Manage the Mailbox Role in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
- May 29, 2015
- This chapter from Exam Ref 70-341 Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (MCSE) shows you how to plan the mailbox role, configure and manage the mailbox role, deploy and manage high availability solutions for the mailbox role, monitor and troubleshoot the mailbox role, develop backup and recovery solutions for the mailbox role and public folders, create and configure mail-enabled objects, and manage mail-enabled object permissions.
How to Navigate Windows and Folders in Windows 7
- Sep 16, 2009
- In this chapter from Windows 7 Step by Step, you’ll first learn how to size, arrange, hide, and otherwise manage windows on your desktop. You’ll learn about the standard file storage structure Windows 7 uses, and about the types of files you’ll find on your Windows 7 computer. Then you’ll explore the Windows 7 file storage structure. You’ll also experiment with searching for files by using the different search methods that are available.
How to Schedule Meetings So They Are Convenient, Effective, and Fun
- Sep 26, 2011
- This chapter from Effective Time Management: Using Microsoft Outlook to Organize Your Work and Personal Life gives you tips on how to quickly and effectively prepare meetings with Outlook and Microsoft SharePoint, and exchange data and documents for review as a team to save you and your colleagues precious time and achieve better results.
How to Store and Retrieve Data in Microsoft Excel for the iPad
- Feb 6, 2015
- Excel provides a practical yet powerful way to store massive amounts of data. This chapter from Microsoft Office for iPad Step by Step guides you through procedures related to creating workbooks and worksheets, managing worksheets and worksheet elements, populating worksheets with text or numeric data, modifying worksheet structure, and formatting data for presentation. It also includes procedures for efficiently displaying, filtering, and sorting data to provide specific information and perspectives.
How to Use OneNote to Store Information in Digital Notebooks on Your iPad
- Feb 6, 2015
- This chapter from Microsoft Office for iPad Step by Step guides you through procedures related to creating and opening notebooks, adding sections to notebooks, adding pages to sections, adding content to pages, managing notebook content, and closing notebooks in OneNote.
- May 15, 2012
- This chapter from Inside Windows Debugging explains several debugging types and mechanisms in Windows and how they work at the system level.
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