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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.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Your Introduction to Word 5
Chapter 1: Hello, Word 7
Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21
Part 2: Your Basic Word 33
Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 35
Chapter 4: Text Editing 43
Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 51
Chapter 6: Blocks o' Text 61
Chapter 7: Spell It Write 73
Chapter 8: Documents New, Saved, and Opened 87
Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 99
Part 3: Fun with Formatting 111
Chapter 10: Character Formatting 113
Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 125
Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 139
Chapter 13: Page Formatting 155
Chapter 14: Section Formatting 169
Chapter 15: Style Formatting 183
Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting 197
Chapter 17: Random Drawer Formatting 207
Part 4: Spruce Up a Dull Document 217
Chapter 18: They're Called Borders 219
Chapter 19: Able Tables 227
Chapter 20: Columns of Text 239
Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 247
Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 257
Chapter 23: Insert Tab Insanity 271
Part 5: The Rest of Word 281
Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 283
Chapter 25: Word for Writers 291
Chapter 26: Let's Work This Out 303
Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 313
Chapter 28: Labels and Envelopes 329
Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 337
Part 6: The Part of Tens 345
Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 347
Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 351
Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 361
Chapter 33: Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation 367
Index 373
About the author
Dan Gookin wrote the first-ever For Dummies book back in 1991. He has authored a number of bestsellers, and his books have been published in 32 languages and have more than 11 million copies in print.
