Introduction 1(6)
About This Book
1(1)
How to Use This Book
2(1)
Foolish Assumptions
3(1)
How This Book is Organized
3(2)
PART I Your Introduction to Word
4(1)
PART II Your Basic Word
4(1)
PART III Formatting
4(1)
PART IV Spruce Up a Dull Document
4(1)
PART V Even More Word
4(1)
PART VI The Part of Tens
5(1)
What's Not Here
5(1)
Icons Used in This Book
5(1)
Where to Go from Here
6(1)
Part I Your Introduction to Word
7(24)
Chapter 1 Hello, Word!
9(12)
Getting Word Started
9(4)
The good, yet unimaginative, way to start Word
10(1)
The better way to start Word
11(1)
The best way to start Word
11(1)
Start Word by opening a document
12(1)
Looking at Word
13(5)
Around the Word window
14(2)
The blank place where you write
16(1)
The mouse pointer in Word
17(1)
Ending Your Word Processing Day
18(3)
To quit Word
18(1)
Quit what you're doing without quitting Word
19(1)
Set Word aside
20(1)
Chapter 2 The Typing Chapter
21(10)
Behold the PC Keyboard!
21(2)
The Old Hunt-and-Peck
23(4)
Follow the blinking cursor
24(1)
When to whack the spacebar
24(1)
Backup and erase keys
25(1)
When to press that Enter key
26(1)
Stuff That Happens While You Type
27(4)
The left end of the status bar
27(1)
Between the pages
27(1)
Spots and clutter in your text
28(1)
Strange underlines and colored text
29(2)
Part II Your Basic Word
31(86)
Chapter 3 To and Fro in a Document
33(8)
Scroll Through a Document
33(3)
Using the vertical scroll bar
34(1)
Using the horizontal scroll bar
35(1)
Scrolling your document with the mouse
35(1)
Move the Insertion Pointer
36(2)
Commanding the insertion pointer with the mouse
36(1)
Moving in small increments (basic arrow keys)
36(1)
Moving from beginning to end
37(1)
The Browse Buttons
38(1)
Get Back to Where You Once Edited
39(1)
Go to Wherever with the Go To Command
39(2)
Chapter 4 Text Editing
41(8)
Remove Text You Don't Want
41(4)
Deleting single characters
42(1)
Deleting a word
42(1)
Deleting more than a word
43(2)
Split and Join Paragraphs
45(1)
Making two paragraphs from one
45(1)
Making one paragraph from two
45(1)
The Soft and Hard Returns
46(1)
Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste
47(2)
Redo, the Undo-Undo command
47(1)
Redo, the Repeat Typing command
48(1)
Chapter 5 Search for This, Replace It with That
49(14)
Text Happily Found
49(10)
Using the Find command
50(2)
Using the traditional Find command
52(1)
Finding more than text
53(2)
Finding stuff you can't type in
55(2)
Finding formatting
57(2)
Replace Found Text and Stuff
59(4)
Replacing it all at once
61(1)
Finding and replacing formatting
61(2)
Chapter 6 Blocks o'Text
63(14)
Understanding Blocks
63(2)
Selecting Blocks of Text
65(5)
Using the keyboard to select text
65(1)
Marking a block with the mouse
66(2)
Using the F8 key to mark a block
68(1)
Blocking the whole dang-doodle document
69(1)
Deselecting a Block
70(1)
Manipulating Blocks of Text
70(4)
Copying a block
70(1)
Moving a Block
71(1)
Setting the pasted text format
72(1)
Copying or moving a block with the mouse
73(1)
Collecting and Pasting
74(3)
Looking at the Clipboard pane
74(1)
Pasting from the Clipboard pane
75(1)
Cleansing the Clipboard pane
75(2)
Chapter 7 Spell It Write
77(12)
Hue Right Grate
77(1)
Check Your Spelling
78(4)
Dealing with on-the-fly spell checking
78(1)
Dealing with words incorrectly flagged as being misspelled
79(1)
Undoing the Ignore All command
80(1)
Removing words from the custom dictionary
81(1)
AutoCorrect Your Common Typos
82(2)
Understanding AutoCorrect
82(1)
Creating your own AutoCorrect entries
83(1)
Undoing an AutoCorrect correction
84(1)
Grammar Be Good
84(1)
All-at-Once Document Proofing
85(1)
Control Word's Proofing Options
86(3)
Changing spell-check and grammar settings
87(1)
Perusing AutoCorrect options
87(2)
Chapter 8 Documents and Such
89(14)
What is a File?
89(1)
A New Document
90(2)
Save Your Stuff!
92(4)
Saving a document the first time
92(2)
Dealing with document-save errors
94(1)
Saving or updating a document
95(1)
Forgetting to save before you quit
95(1)
Open a Document
96(4)
Using the Open command
96(2)
Opening a document icon
98(1)
Accessing recently opened files
98(1)
Opening more than one document at a time
99(1)
Opening one document inside another
99(1)
Close a Document
100(1)
Recover a Draft
101(2)
Chapter 9 Publish Your Document
103(14)
Your Document on Paper
103(9)
Preparing the printer
104(1)
Previewing a document
105(1)
Printing the whole document
106(2)
Printing a specific page
108(1)
Printing a range of pages
108(1)
Printing a block
109(1)
Printing more than one copy of something
109(1)
Choosing another printer
110(1)
Canceling a print job
110(2)
Electronic Publishing
112(5)
Preparing a document for sharing
112(1)
Sending a Word document by e-mail
113(1)
Saving a Word document in a sharable format
114(1)
Saving a Word document as a PDF
115(2)
Part III Formatting
117(102)
Chapter 10 Character Formatting
119(12)
How to Format Characters
119(1)
Basic Character Formatting
120(4)
Changing the font
121(1)
Applying character formats
122(2)
Using less-common character attributes
124(1)
Text Transcending Teeny to Titanic
124(2)
Understanding points
124(1)
Setting the text size
125(1)
Nudging text size
126(1)
More Colorful Characters
126(1)
Text Formatting with the Font Dialog Box
127(2)
Changing Text Case
129(1)
Removing Character Formatting
130(1)
Chapter 11 Paragraph Formatting
131(14)
How to Format a Paragraph
131(1)
Where the Paragraph Formatting Commands Lurk
132(2)
Paragraph Justification and Alignment
134(1)
Line up on the left!
134(1)
Everyone center!
134(1)
Line up on the right!
135(1)
Line up on both sides!
135(1)
Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs
135(4)
Setting the line spacing
136(1)
Setting specific line spacing options
137(1)
Making space between paragraphs
138(1)
Paragraph Indentation
139(2)
Indenting the first line of a paragraph
139(1)
Making a hanging indent (an outdent)
140(1)
Indenting a whole paragraph
140(1)
Who Died and Made This Thing Ruler?
141(4)
Chapter 12 Tab Formatting
145(16)
Once Upon a Tab
145(2)
The Standard Left Tab Stop
147(4)
Creating a basic tabbed list
148(1)
Creating a two-tab paragraph thing
149(2)
The Center Tab Stop
151(1)
The Right Tab Stop
152(2)
Making a right-stop, left-stop list
152(1)
Building a two-column right stop list
153(1)
The Decimal Tab
154(1)
The Bar Tab
155(1)
The Tabs Dialog Box
156(3)
Setting a tab in the Tabs dialog box
157(1)
Setting leader tabs
158(1)
Tab Stop, Be Gone!
159(2)
Chapter 13 Page Formatting
161(12)
Describe That Page
161(6)
Setting page size
162(1)
Setting orientation (landscape or portrait)
163(1)
Configuring the page margins
164(1)
Using the Page Setup dialog box
165(2)
Page Numbering
167(2)
Adding an automatic page number
167(1)
Starting off with a different page number
168(1)
Numbering with roman numerals
169(1)
Removing page numbers
169(1)
New Pages from Nowhere
169(2)
Starting on a new page
170(1)
Inserting a whole, blank page
170(1)
Page Froufrou
171(2)
Coloring pages
171(1)
Adding a watermark
172(1)
Chapter 14 Document Formatting
173(12)
The Oft Misunderstood Yet Useful Concept of Sections
173(4)
Understanding sections
174(1)
Creating a section
175(1)
Using a section
176(1)
Deleting a section break
176(1)
Add a Cover Page (Sneaky and Quick)
177(1)
Headers and Footers
178(7)
Adding a header or footer
178(1)
Editing a header or footer
179(2)
Making odd and even headers or footers
181(1)
Removing the header and footer from the first page
182(1)
Working with headers and footers in document sections
183(1)
Removing a header or footer
184(1)
Chapter 15 Word Formatting Styles
185(14)
The Big Style Overview
185(7)
Understanding style types
186(1)
Finding the styles in Word
187(1)
Using a style
188(1)
Understanding heading styles
189(1)
Determining which style you're using
190(1)
Switching to another style set
191(1)
Unapplying a style
191(1)
Make Your Own Styles
192(7)
Creating a style based on text you've already formatted
192(2)
Creating a style from scratch
194(1)
Modifying a style
194(1)
Giving your style a shortcut key
195(1)
Customizing the Quick Style Gallery
196(1)
Deleting a style
197(2)
Chapter 16 Fun with Themes and Template Formatting
199(10)
The Theme of Things
199(3)
Applying a document theme
200(1)
Modifying or creating a theme
201(1)
Create Instant Documents by Using Templates
202(7)
Starting a new document by using a template
203(1)
Creating a template based on a document you already have
204(1)
Making a new template from scratch
205(1)
Modifying a template
205(1)
Attaching a template to a document
206(1)
Borrowing an existing document as a template
207(2)
Chapter 17 Sundry Formatting
209(10)
Weird and Fun Text Attributes
209(2)
Automatic Formatting
211(4)
Enjoying automagical text
211(1)
Paragraph formatting tricks
212(2)
Undoing an AutoFormat
214(1)
Disabling the @#$%&! AutoFormat
214(1)
Center a Page, Top to Bottom
215(1)
Steal This Format!
216(3)
Part IV Spruce Up a Dull Document
219(62)
Chapter 18 Lines and Colors
221(8)
The Basics of Lines and Colors
221(3)
Using the Border command button
222(1)
Summoning the Borders and Shading dialog box
223(1)
Using the Shading command button
223(1)
Lines, Borders, and Boxes
224(4)
Putting a line above a heading
224(1)
Boxing text or paragraphs
224(1)
Boxing a title
225(1)
Making rules
225(1)
Drawing a fat, thick line
226(1)
Putting a border around a page of text
226(1)
Removing borders
227(1)
Background Colors and Shading
228(1)
Chapter 19 Able Tables
229(12)
Suddenly There's a Table in Your Document
229(4)
Working with tables in Word
230(1)
Creating an instant table
231(1)
Making a table "this" big
231(1)
Drawing a table
232(1)
Text in Tables
233(3)
Putting text into a table
234(1)
Selecting text in a table
234(1)
Converting text into a table
235(1)
Turning a table back into plain text
235(1)
Table Formatting
236(5)
Manipulating a table with the mouse
236(1)
Adjusting the table
237(1)
Designing a table
238(1)
Deleting a table
239(2)
Chapter 20 Columns of Text
241(8)
All about Columns
241(3)
Making more than three columns
243(1)
Mixing column formats
244(1)
Adjusting the columns in the Columns dialog box
244(1)
The End of the Column
244(5)
Giving up and going back to one column
245(1)
Ending multiple columns in the middle of a document
245(1)
Using a column break
246(3)
Chapter 21 Lots of Lists
249(8)
Lists with Bullets and Numbers
249(3)
Making a bulleted list
249(1)
Numbering a list
250(1)
Creating a multilevel numbered list
251(1)
Numbering lines on a page
251(1)
Lists of Document Contents
252(3)
Creating a table of contents
252(1)
Building an index
253(2)
Footnotes and Endnotes
255(2)
Chapter 22 Here Come the Graphics
257(14)
Graphical Goobers in Your Text
258(7)
Plopping down a picture
258(1)
Inserting clip art
259(1)
Slapping down a shape
260(1)
Saving time with SmartArt
261(1)
Choosing a chart
262(1)
Adding some WordArt
262(1)
Taking a screenshot
263(1)
Adding a caption
263(1)
Deleting an image or artwork
264(1)
Images in and around Your Text
265(2)
Wrapping text around an image
265(1)
Moving an image hither and thither
266(1)
Image Editing
267(4)
Resizing an image
267(1)
Cropping an image
268(1)
Rotating an image
269(1)
Changing an image's appearance
269(1)
Arranging multiple images
270(1)
Chapter 23 Even More Things to Insert in Your Document
271(10)
Characters Fun and Funky
271(3)
Nonbreaking spaces and hyphens
272(1)
Typing characters such as U, C, and N
272(1)
Inserting special characters and symbols
273(1)
Spice Up Your Document with a Text Box
274(1)
A Vast Depth of Fields
275(4)
Placing a field in a document
275(3)
Playing with fields
278(1)
The Date and Time
279(2)
Sticking the current date or time into a document
279(1)
Typing date-and time keyboard shortcuts
280(1)
Using the PrintDate field
280(1)
Part V Even More Word
281(66)
Chapter 24 Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats
283(8)
Multiple Document Mania
283(4)
Opening several documents at once
284(1)
Switching between multiple documents
284(1)
Viewing more than one document at a time
285(1)
Comparing two documents side by side
285(1)
Viewing the same document in multiple windows
286(1)
Using the old split-screen trick
286(1)
Many, Many Document Types
287(4)
Understanding document formats
287(1)
Opening a non-Word document
288(1)
Saving a document in another file format
289(1)
Converting an older Word document
290(1)
Chapter 25 Word for Writers
291(14)
Organize Your Thoughts
291(2)
Entering Outline view
292(1)
Putting Topics in the Outline
293(4)
Demoting a topic (creating subtopics)
294(1)
Promoting a topic
295(1)
Adding a text topic
295(1)
Rearranging topics
296(1)
Expanding and contracting topics
296(1)
Printing an outline
297(1)
Large Document Organization
297(3)
Setting up for a large document
297(2)
Creating a master document
299(1)
Splitting a document
300(1)
Improve Your Word Power
300(2)
Finding the best word
301(1)
Using the Research task pane
302(1)
Dan's Writing Tips
302(3)
Writing for writers
303(1)
Making every word count
303(1)
Avoiding writer's block
304(1)
Chapter 26 Let's Work This Out
305(10)
Comments on Your Text
305(4)
Adding a comment
305(2)
Hiding comments
307(1)
Reviewing comments
307(1)
Printing comments (or not)
308(1)
Deleting comments
308(1)
Whip Out the Yellow Highlighter
309(1)
Look What They've Done to My Text, Ma
310(5)
Comparing two versions of the same document
310(2)
Tracking changes as you make them
312(1)
Reviewing changes
312(3)
Chapter 27 Mail Merge Mania
315(16)
About Mail Merge
315(3)
Understanding Word's mail merge terminology
316(1)
Reviewing the mail merge process
317(1)
The Main Document
318(3)
Creating a mail merge letter
318(1)
Creating mail merge e-mail messages
319(1)
Creating mail merge envelopes
320(1)
Creating a mail merge directory
321(1)
The Recipient List
321(5)
Creating a recipient list
321(3)
Using an already created recipient list
324(1)
Grabbing a recipient list from Outlook
325(1)
Editing a recipient list
326(1)
Fold in the Fields
326(1)
Mail Merge Ho!
327(4)
Previewing the merged documents
328(1)
Merging to a new set of documents
329(1)
Merging to the printer
329(1)
Merging to e-mail
330(1)
Chapter 28 Labels of Love
331(8)
The Label Thing
331(1)
Here's a Sheet of Identical Labels
332(1)
Print That Address List
333(2)
A Label Trick with Graphics
335(4)
Chapter 29 A More Custom Word
339(8)
My, What Big Text You Have!
339(2)
Working the Status Bar Zoom control
340(1)
Using the Zoom commands
340(1)
A Better Status Bar
341(1)
Word's Changing Interface
342(5)
Finding the Quick Access toolbar
342(1)
Customizing the Quick Access toolbar
343(2)
Adding stuff to the Ribbon
345(2)
Part VI The Part of Tens
347(24)
Chapter 30 The Ten Commandments of Word
349(4)
Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work
349(1)
Thou Shalt Not Use More Than One Space
350(1)
Thou Shalt Not Press Enter at the End of Each Line
350(1)
Thou Shalt Not Neglect Thy Keyboard
350(1)
Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages
351(1)
Thou Shalt Not Use the Enter Key to Start a New Page
351(1)
Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command
351(1)
Honor Thy Printer
351(1)
Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee
352(1)
Neglecteth Not Windows
352(1)
Chapter 31 Ten Cool Tricks
353(8)
Automatic Save with AutoRecover
353(1)
Keyboard Power!
354(1)
Build Your Own Fractions
355(1)
Electronic Bookmarks
355(1)
Lock Your Document
356(1)
The Drop Cap
356(1)
Map Your Document
357(1)
Add an Envelope to Your Letter
358(1)
Sort Your Text
358(1)
Text That Doesn't Print
359(2)
Chapter 32 Ten Bizarre Things
361(6)
Equations
361(1)
Math
362(1)
Make a Macro
362(1)
The Developer Tab
363(1)
Hyphenation
364(1)
Document Properties
364(1)
Cross-References
364(1)
Smart Tags
365(1)
Click-and-Type
365(1)
Word and the Internet
366(1)
Chapter 33 Ten Avuncular Suggestions
367(4)
Keep Printer Paper, Toner, and Supplies Handy
367(1)
Get Some References
368(1)
Keep Your Computer Files Organized
368(1)
Add the Junk Later
368(1)
Back Up Your Work
369(1)
Use AutoCorrect
369(1)
Use Those Keyboard Shortcuts
369(1)
Try New Things
369(1)
Let Word Do the Work
370(1)
Don't Take It All Too Seriously
370(1)
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