With HTML5, you can make your websites run smoothly on almost all browsers and incorporate video tools, dynamic drawings, geolocation, offline web apps, drag-and-drop, and more. HTML5: The Missing Manual gets you started with your first HTML5-powered site in the very first chapter and shows you how to use HTML5 with JavaScript, CSS, and other familiar tools. Find out how to make HTML5 work properly from the start and avoid common pitfalls. Bestselling author Matthew MacDonald shows you not only how HTML5 works but also how to best use its new features to create an effective web experience for your visitors.

Office 2013

by Nancy Conner and Matthew MacDonald

Published 1 January 2013
Microsoft Office is the most widely used productivity software in the world, but most people just know the basics. This helpful guide gets you started with the programs in Office 2013, and provides lots of power-user tips and tricks when you're ready for more. You'll learn about Office's new templates and themes, touchscreen features, and other advances, including Excel's Quick Analysis tool. The important stuff you need to know: Create professional-looking documents. Use Word to craft reports, newsletters, and brochures for the Web and desktop. Stay organized. Set up Outlook to track your email, contacts, appointments, and tasks. Work faster with Excel. Determine the best way to present your data with the new Quick Analysis tool. Make inspiring presentations. Build PowerPoint slideshows with video and audio clips, charts and graphs, and animations. Share your Access database. Design a custom database and let other people view it in their web browsers. Get to know the whole suite. Use other handy Office tools: Publisher, OneNote, and a full range of Office Web Apps. Create and share documents in the cloud. Upload and work with your Office files in Microsoft's SkyDrive.