My Office Sway (includes Content Update Program)

If want to learn how to use Microsoft Sway, My Office Sway is your must-have companion. This friendly, quick, full-color, 100% practical tutorial walks you through various tasks for building your own multimedia web presentations-even if you have no design skills.

If you're ready to start creating your own Sways on your computer, tablet, or phone, My Office Sway is ready to help.

In addition, this book is part of Que's Content Update Program. As Microsoft updates features of Sway, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match the updates to the software.

Every task is presented step-by-step, using carefully annotated, colorful screenshots, all numbered so there's no chance of getting lost or confused. Everything's clearly organized in modular, self-contained chapters designed to help you get started quickly. Throughout, the book is packed with helpful tips, lists, and quick solutions to the problems you're most likely to encounter.

Auteur

Patrice-Anne Rutledge is a business technology author and journalist who writes about business applications, social media, and small business technology. In addition to her current book on Sway, she is also the author of numerous other books on Microsoft applications, including Easy Office 2016, Easy Office 2013, Office 2013 All-In-One Absolute Beginner's Guide, PowerPoint 2013 Absolute Beginner's Guide, and Using PowerPoint 2010, all from Pearson. She can be reached through her website at www.patricerutledge.com.

Contenu

Prologue

What Is Sway?

What You Can Create with Sway

Content You Can Include in a Sway

Enhance Your Sway with Customizable Styles

Chapter 1 Getting Started with Office Sway

Creating a Sway Account

Create a Sway Account

Finding Your Way Around Sway

Explore Sample Sways

Navigate Sway

Get Help

Provide Feedback

Creating a New Sway

Create a New Sway from Scratch

Create a New Sway by Importing Content

Signing In and Out

Sign In to Sway

Sign Out of Sway

Chapter 2 Planning and Creating a Sway

Planning Your Sway Storyline

Working with Navigational Layouts

Apply a New Layout

Adding Content with Cards

Insert Content Using the Insert Content Icon

Add Content Using the All Cards Pane

Working with Title Cards and Heading Cards

Modify the Title Card

Add a Heading Card

Apply a Background

Adding Other Content Cards

Add a Text Card

Add a Picture Card

Add a Video Card

Add a Tweet Card

Formatting Text and Pictures

Emphasize or Accent Text

Create a Bulleted List

Create a Numbered List

Add a Link

Specify Focus Points on a Picture

Specify Picture and Video Showcase Options

Chapter 3 Working with Group Cards

Creating Group Cards

Add an Automatic Card

Add a Stack Card

Add a Comparison Card

Add a Slideshow Card

Add a Grid Card

Managing Group Cards

Collapse a Group

Change the Group Type

Modify Content in a Group

Ungroup a Group

Delete a Group

Chapter 4 Embedding Content in a Sway

Understanding the Sway Embed Process

Sway Supported Sites

Three-Step Process for Embedding Content

Understand Embed Codes

Embedding Content Using the E