Contents at a Glance Book I: Common Office Tasks Book II: Word 2013 Book III: Excel 2013 Book IV: PowerPoint 2013 Book V: OneNote 2013 Book VI: Outlook 2013 Book VII: Access 2013 Book VIII: Working with Charts and Graphics Book IX: Office 2013: One Step Beyond Book X: File Sharing and Collaborating Chapter 1: Office Nuts and Bolts Chapter 1 is where you get your feet wet with Office 2013. Walk right to the shore and sink your toes in the water. Don’t worry; I won’t push you from behind . In this chapter, you meet the Office applications and discover speed techniques for opening applications and files. I show you around the Ribbon , Quick Access toolbar, and other Office landmarks. I also show you how to open files, save files, and clamp a password on a file. A Survey of Office Applications Office 2013, sometimes called the Microsoft Office Suite, is a collection of computer applications. Why is it called Office? I think because the people who invented it wanted to make software for completing tasks that need doing in a typical office. When you hear someone talk about “Office” or “Office software,” they’re talking about several different applications. Table 1-1 describes the Office applications.