Chapter 2

APPLIED
PRODUCTIVITY
TOOLS
Lesson 3
ADVANCED
WORD
PROCESSING
SKILLS
Productivity Tools
One of the most popular productivity
suited is the Microsoft Office developed
by Microsoft. This includes word
processing, electronic spreadsheet,
presentation software, and database, and
desktop publishing program.
Productivity Tools
These tools will help you create,
organize, and present information to an
audience for a more effective
communication.
These programs are also made available
to mobile devices which are also
downloadable from the web.
Check up
Cite some examples of activities where
you used the following MS Office
applications.
1. MS Word
2. MS Excel
3. MS Powerpoint
4. MS Publisher
5. MS Database
MS Word
One of the software of the Microsoft
Office 2013 suite. It offers a set of tools
that is advanced compared to its
previous versions. Along with its new
features are the advanced techniques
including hyperlinks, macros, and mail
merge.
Advanced
Techniques
USING MS WORD:

1. Hyperlink
2. Mail Merge and Label Generation
3. Integrating Images and External
Materials
Hyperlink
A link that will direct you to another page or
part of the same document. Hyperlinks can be
a word, a phrase, a symbol or image, a
different element in the document, another
hypertext document, a file or a script. It is
activated by clicking on the linked element
usually underlined and of a different color.
Hyperlink
MS Word creates a hyperlink when
you type the address of an existing
web page, such as
www.google.com, if the automatic
formatting of hyperlinks has not
been turned off.
Mail Merge
A useful tool that allows you to quickly
produce and send information,
newsletter, resumes, or brochures to
many people. It basically requires two
components: the document that contains
the message and the document or file
that generally contains the list of names
and addresses.
Mail Merge
When these two documents are
combined (merged) during the mail
merging, feed your printer with enough
paper until all mailers are printed out.
Each document includes the individual
names and addresses you need to send it
to.
Mail Merge
When these two documents are
combined (merged) during the mail
merging, feed your printer with enough
paper until all mailers are printed out.
Each document includes the individual
names and addresses you need to send it
to.
 Microsoft
Excel…
…Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet component of the Microsoft Office
Suite.
It is used primarily to enter, edit, format, sort, perform mathematical
computations, save, retrieve and print numeric data.
 Screen Components
The opening screen for
Microsoft Excel 2010 looks like this…
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FOR AN EFFECTIVE
PRESENTATION