Word For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Write on with Microsoft Word! If you create professional-looking documents on a regular basis, you require a mighty word processor that offers all the power and capabilities to create them. Enter Microsoft Word! Pair it with Word For Dummies to hone all your word-processing skills. The book is filled with useful tips and suggestions that allow you to get the most out of Word, as well as helpful information on the latest features. It also shows you how to customize and configure Word for your optimal workflow. Get details on the new Word interface; tools to quickly edit and format your documents; methods to organize your text with tables; techniques to insert charts, photos, and other graphics for visual interest; ways to automate routine document creation tasks; and how best to collaborate, share, and exchange documents with co-workers. Use Windows tools to quickly access Word and optimize your productivity Seamlessly integrate Word with other Office applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel) Employ document formatting features to create a clean layout and text presentation Exchange comments with co-workers using @mention notifications Customize the Word interface, including the dark mode feature Have a friendly, useful guide on Microsoft Word on hand when you need it With Word For Dummies by your side, you can once again make working with Word a pleasure. Soon, you'll be creating picture-, letter- and word-perfect documents. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction About This Book How to Use This Book Foolish Assumptions What’s Not Here Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part 1 Your Introduction to Word Chapter 1 Hello, Word! Start Your Word Day Starting Word the program Starting Word online Opening a document to start Word Behold the Word Program Working the Word Start screen Examining Word’s main screen Working the Ribbon Showing and hiding the Ribbon Working with Word on a tablet Changing the document view Making text look larger or smaller End Your Word Day Quitting Word Closing a document without quitting Word Setting Word aside Chapter 2 The Typing Chapter Input Devices Galore Using the PC keyboard Working an onscreen keyboard Understanding the mouse pointer Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts Following the insertion pointer Whacking the spacebar Backing up and erasing Pressing the Enter key Stuff That Happens While You Type Using text predictions Watching the status bar Observing page breaks Working collapsible headers Dealing with spots and clutter in the text Understanding colorful underlines Part 2 Your Basic Word Chapter 3 To and Fro in a Document Document Scrolling Working the vertical scroll bar Using the horizontal scroll bar Using the mouse wheel to scroll Move the Insertion Pointer Commanding the insertion pointer Moving in small increments Moving from beginning to end Return to the Previous Edit Go to Wherever with the Go To Command Chapter 4 Text Editing Remove Text You Don’t Want Deleting single characters Deleting a word Deleting more than a word Split and Join Paragraphs Making two paragraphs from one Making one paragraph from two Soft and Hard Returns Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste Undoing the Undo command with Redo Using the Repeat command Chapter 5 Search for This, Replace It with That Text Happily Found Finding a tidbit o’ text Scouring your document with Advanced Find Finding stuff you can’t type Replace Found Text Chapter 6 Blocks o’ Text Meet Mr. Block Mark a Block of Text Using the keyboard to select text Marking a block with the mouse Using the F8 key to mark a block Blocking the whole dang-doodle document Deselecting a block Manipulate a Block of Text Copying a block Moving a block Setting the pasted text format Using the mouse to copy or move a block Viewing the Clipboard Chapter 7 Spell It Write Check Your Spelling Fixing a misspelled word Dealing with incorrectly flagged words AutoCorrect in Action Undoing an AutoCorrect correction Adding a new AutoCorrect entry Adjusting AutoCorrect settings Grammar Be Good All-at-Once Document Proofing Reviewing all those errors Rechecking a document Document Proofing Settings Customizing the custom dictionary Disabling automatic proofing Curtailing grammar checking Hiding all proofing errors in a document Chapter 8 Documents New, Saved, and Opened Some Terms to Get Out of the Way Behold! A New Document Save Your Stuff! Saving a document for the first time Dealing with document-save errors Saving or updating a document Saving automatically on OneDrive Forgetting to save before you quit Open a Document Using the Open command Opening one document inside another Recover a Draft Chapter 9 Publish Your Document Your Document on Paper Previewing before printing Printing the entire document Printing a specific page Printing a range of pages Printing on both sides of the page Printing odd- and even-numbered pages Printing a block Printing more than one copy of something Choosing another printer Canceling a print job Electronically Publishing Your Document Preparing a document for publishing Making a PDF Exporting your document Part 3 Fun with Formatting Chapter 10 Character Formatting Text Formatting Techniques Basic Text Formats Selecting a font Applying character formats Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic Setting the text size Nudging text size More Colorful Text Coloring the text Shading the background Change Text Case Clear Character Formatting Behold the Font Dialog Box Chapter 11 Paragraph Formatting Paragraph Formatting Rules and Regulations Formatting a paragraph Locating the paragraph formatting commands Justification and Alignment Line up on the left! Everyone center! Line up on the right! Line up on both sides! Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs Setting the line spacing Making space between paragraphs Paragraph Indentation Madness Indenting the first line of a paragraph Making a hanging indent (an outdent) Indenting a whole paragraph Using the ruler to adjust indents Chapter 12 Tab Formatting Once Upon a Tab Seeing tab characters Seeing tab stops Using the ruler to set tab stops Using the Tabs dialog box to set tabs The Standard Left Tab Stop Creating a basic tabbed list Creating a 2-tab paragraph-thing The Center Tab Stop The Right Tab Stop Making a right-stop, left-stop list Building a 2-column right-stop list The Decimal Tab The Bar Tab Fearless Leader Tabs Tab Stop, Be Gone! Chapter 13 Page Formatting Describe That Page Setting page size Changing orientation (landscape or portrait) Setting the page margins Using the Page Setup dialog box Page Numbering Adding an automatic page number Starting with a different page number Numbering with Roman numerals Removing page numbers New Pages from Nowhere Starting text on a new page Inserting a blank page Page Background Froufrou Coloring pages Printing colored pages Adding a watermark Chapter 14 Section Formatting Slice a Document into Sections Creating a section Using sections Removing a section break That First Page Adding a cover page Inserting a cover page manually Headers and Footers Using a preset header or footer Creating a custom header or footer Working with multiple headers and footers Removing a header or a footer Chapter 15 Style Formatting The Big Style Overview Finding the styles Using a style Discovering the current style Removing style formatting Make Your Own Styles Creating a style Using the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box Modifying a style Assigning a shortcut key to a style Deleting a style Style Tips and Tricks Changing the Normal style Creating heading styles Customizing the Style Gallery Chapter 16 Template and Themes Formatting Instant Documents with Templates Using a template to start a new document Changing a document’s attached template Templates of Your Own Creating a template based on a document you already have Making a new template from scratch Modifying a template The Theme of Things Applying a document theme Modifying or creating a theme Chapter 17 Random Drawer Formatting Weird and Fun Text Effects Steal This Format! Automatic Formatting Enjoying automagical text Formatting tricks for paragraphs Undoing an AutoFormat Center a Page, Top to Bottom Part 4 Spruce Up a Dull Document Chapter 18 They’re Called Borders The Basics of Borders Putting borders around a paragraph Boxing multiple paragraphs Removing borders The Borders and Shading Dialog Box Creating a fancy title Boxing text Applying a page border Stick a thick line between paragraphs Chapter 19 Able Tables Put a Table in Your Document Working with tables in Word Creating a table Converting a table to text Deleting a table Text in Tables Typing text in a table Selecting in a table Aligning text in a cell Table Modification Adding or removing rows or columns Adjusting row and column size Merging cells Splitting cells Making the table pretty Adding a table caption Chapter 20 Columns of Text All about Columns Making 2-column text Building a trifold brochure Giving up on columns Column Tricks Changing column formats Placing a column break Chapter 21 Lots of Lists Lists with Bullets and Numbers Making a bulleted list Numbering a list Creating a multilevel numbered list Numbering lines on a page Document Content Lists Creating a table of contents Building an index Select index entries Place the index in the document Adding a list of figures Footnotes and Endnotes Chapter 22 Here Come the Graphics Graphical Goobers in the Text Copying and pasting an image Plopping down a picture Slapping down a shape Sticking things into a shape Using WordArt Image Layout Wrapping text around an image Floating an image Keeping an image with text Image Editing Resizing an image Cropping an image Rotating an image Changing an image’s appearance Image Arrangement Moving an image hither and thither Aligning graphics Shuffling images front or back Grouping images Chapter 23 Insert Tab Insanity Characters Foreign and Funky Nonbreaking spaces and hyphens Typing characters such as Ü, Ç, and Ñ Inserting special characters and symbols Spice Up a Document with a Text Box Fun with Fields Understanding fields Adding some useful fields Updating a field Changing a field Viewing a field’s raw data Deleting fields The Date and Time Adding the current date or time Using the PrintDate field Part 5 The Rest of Word Chapter 24 Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats Multiple Document Mania Arranging open document windows Comparing two documents side by side Viewing one document in multiple windows Using the old split-screen trick Many, Many Document Types Understanding document formats Opening a non-Word document Updating an older Word document Chapter 25 Word for Writers Organize Your Thoughts Entering Outline view Typing topics in the outline Rearranging topics Demoting and promoting topics Expanding and collapsing topics Adding a text topic Printing an outline Large Documents Stitching together chapter documents Splitting a document Avoiding the master document feature Dan’s Writing Tips Choosing the best word Counting every word Writing for writers Chapter 26 Let’s Work This Out Comments on Your Text Adding a comment Replying to a comment Showing or hiding comments Perusing comments one at a time Printing comments (or not) Deleting comments The Yellow Highlighter Look What They’ve Done to My Text, Ma Comparing two versions of a document Tracking changes as they’re made Reviewing changes Collaborate on the Internet Sharing a document Checking updates Chapter 27 Mail Merge Mania About Mail Merge Understanding Word’s mail merge jargon Reviewing the mail merge process Using the Mail Merge Wizard I. The Main Document Creating a mail merge form letter Creating mail merge email messages Creating mail merge envelopes II. The Recipient List Building a new recipient list Using an already-created recipient list Grabbing a recipient list from Outlook Editing a recipient list III. Fold In the Fields IV. Preview the Merged Documents V. Mail Merge, Ho! Merging to a new set of documents Merging to the printer Merging to email Chapter 28 Labels and Envelopes Labels Everywhere Printing sheets of identical labels Printing an address list Instant Envelope Chapter 29 A More Custom Word A Better Status Bar The Quick Access Toolbar Adding buttons to the Quick Access toolbar Editing the Quick Access toolbar Removing items from the Quick Access toolbar Customize the Ribbon Part 6 The Part of Tens Chapter 30 The Ten Commandments of Word Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command Honor Thy Printer Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee Neglecteth Not Windows Chapter 31 Ten Cool Tricks Side-to-Side Page Movement Automatic Save with AutoRecover Accelerate the Ribbon Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts Build Your Own Fractions Electronic Bookmarks Lock Your Document The Drop Cap Map Your Document Sort Your Text Chapter 32 Ten Bizarre Things Equations Video in Your Document Hidden Text The Developer Tab Hyphenation Document Properties Document Version History Collect-and-Paste Click-and-Type Translations Chapter 33 Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation Bye-Bye, Start Screen Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes Turn Off the Mini Toolbar Select Text by Letter Disable Click-and-Type Paste Plain Text Only Disable AutoFormat Features (×4) Index EULA **Write on with Microsoft Word!**If you create professional-looking documents on a regular basis, you require a mighty word processor that offers all the power and capabilities to create them. Enter Microsoft Word! Pair it with __Word For Dummies__ to hone all your word-processing skills. The book is filled with useful tips and suggestions that allow you to get the most out of Word, as well as helpful information on the latest features. It also shows you how to customize and configure Word for your optimal workflow. * Use Windows tools to quickly access Word and optimize your productivity * Seamlessly integrate Word with other Office applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel) * Employ document formatting features to create a clean layout and text presentation * Exchange comments with co-workers using @mention notifications * Customize the Word interface, including the dark mode feature * Have a friendly, useful guide on Microsoft Word on hand when you need it With __Word For Dummies__ by your side, you can once again make working with Word a pleasure. Soon, you'll be creating picture-, letter- and word-perfect documents. Whether You've Used Older Versions Of This Popular Program Or Have Never Processed A Single Word, This Hands-on Guide Gets You Going With The Latest Version Of Microsoft Word. In No Time, You'll Begin Editing, Formatting, Proofing, And Dressing Up Your Word Documents Like A Pro. In This Leading Book About The World’s Number One Word Processing Application, Dan Gookin Talks About Using Microsoft Word In Friendly, Easy-to-follow Terms. Focusing On The Needs Of The Beginning Word User, It Provides Everything You Need To Know About Word―without Any Painful Jargon. Inside: Discover Useful Keyboard Shortcuts Create And Edit Text With Ease Apply Fancy Formatting Build Your Own Templates Mix In Graphics And Tables Juggle Multiple Documents Review Edits And Add Comments Master The Art Of Mail Merge