Laurie Ulrich (Philadelphia, PA) is the author or co-author of more than 20 books on computer software, including Special Edition Using Excel 2000 (Que, 1999; 100,000 copies sold), Troubleshooting Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets (MS Press, 2000; 30,000 copies sold), and How to Do Everything with Office XP. In the past decade, she has trained over 10,000 people on Microsoft Office. In the early 1990s, Ulrich started her own firm, Limehat & Company, Inc., where she provides consulting and training for growing companies and nonprofits.

Part I: Office 2003 Common Elements 1: What's New in Office 2003 2: Common Office Features 3: Using Images in Documents, Worksheets, and Presentations Part II: Creating Documents with Word 4: Building a Basic Document 5: Proofing, Printing, and Saving Documents 6: Effective Document Formatting 7: Working with Long Documents 8: Structuring Documents with Tables 9: Creating Form Letters, Envelopes, and Labels with Mail Merge Part III: Crunching Numbers and Keeping Lists with Excel 10: Building and Formatting Worksheets 11: Working with Formulas and Functions 12: Building and Maintaining List Databases 13: Charting Excel Data 14: Printing and Publishing Worksheets Part IV: Creating Presentations with PowerPoint 15: Planning and Building a Presentation 16: Enhancing a Presentation with Graphics and Charts 17: Building an Effective Multimedia Slide Show Part V: Managing Data with Access 18: Getting Started with Access Databases 19: Simplifying Data Entry with Forms 20: Extracting Data with Queries 21: Documenting Your Data with Access Reports Part VI: Keeping in Touch and on Schedule with Outlook 22: Communicating with Email 23: Scheduling Tasks and Appointments 24: Building a Contacts List Part VII: Designing Web Pages with FrontPage 25: Planning a Website 26: Building a Website 27: Posting Pages to the Web