Microsoft 365 Word For Dummies

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
	About This Book
	How to Use This Book
	Foolish Assumptions
	Icons Used in This Book
	Where to Go from Here
Part 1 I’ll Take Word for $100
	Chapter 1 Word Origins
		Word of the Day
			Starting Word, the program
			Starting Word, the online version
			Opening a document to start Word
		Your First Word
			Working the Word Start screen
			Beholding Word’s main screen
			Navigating the ribbon
			Showing and hiding the ribbon
			Using Word on a touchscreen
			Changing the document view
			Viewing a document vertically or side-to-side
			Making the document appear larger or smaller
		Last Word
			Quitting Word
			Closing a document without quitting Word
			Setting Word aside
	Chapter 2 The Typing Chapter
		The New Hunt-and-Peck
			Using the PC keyboard
			Working the touch 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 Moving Around a Document
		Scroll the Document
			Working the vertical scroll bar
			Using the horizontal scroll bar
			Scrolling with the mouse wheel
		Move the Insertion Pointer
			Commanding the insertion pointer
			Moving the insertion pointer in small increments
			Moving from start 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
			Plucking out single characters
			Deleting a word
			Deleting more than a word
				Delete a line of text
				Delete a sentence
				Delete a paragraph
				Delete a page
				Delete an odd-size chunk of text
		Paragraph Playtime
			Setting hard and soft returns
			Splitting a paragraph
			Joining two paragraphs
		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
				Find case-sensitive text
				Find a whole word
				Find word variations
				Search this way or that
			Finding stuff you can’t type
				Find special characters
				Find formatting
		The Replace Part
			Replacing text
			Replacing formatting
	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
				Drag over text to select it
				Click the mouse to select text
				Select text with the old poke-and-point
			Using the F8 key to mark a block
			Blocking the whole dang-doodle document
			Deselecting a block
		Block Manipulation
			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
			Creating 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
			Editing the custom dictionary
			Disabling automatic proofing
			Hiding all proofing errors in a document
			Dealing with Word’s refusal to spell-check
	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 dang doodle 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
			Setting 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
			Viewing the invisible tab characters
			Seeing tab stops on the ruler
			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, Begone!
	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
		A Document Sliced into Sections
			Reviewing section types
			Creating a new 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
				Type text
				Add a page number
				Add the date and time
			Working with multiple headers and footers
				Odd and even headers and footers
				No header or footer on the first page
				Headers, footers, and sections
			Removing a header or a footer
	Chapter 15 Style Formatting
		The Big Style Review
			Locating styles in Word
			Applying a style
			Identifying 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
			Building a template from an existing document
			Modifying a template
		The Theme of Things
			Applying a document theme
			Modifying or creating a theme
	Chapter 17 Everything Drawer Formatting
		Weird and Fun Text Effects
		Steal This Format!
		Automatic Formatting
			Enjoying automagical text
				Smart quotes
				Real fractions
				Hyperlinks
				Ordinals
				Em dashes
			Formatting tricks for paragraphs
				Numbered lists
				Borders (lines)
			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
		Set a Table in Your Document
			Working with tables in Word
			Creating a table
				The quick way to create a table
				The right-brain way to create a table
				The left-brain way to create a table
				Convert tab-formatted text into a table
				The “I can’t do anything — please help” approach to 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 two-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 from a file
			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 a paragraph
		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
				Page numbers
				Total number of pages
				Word count
				Document filename
			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 Famous Last Words
	Chapter 24 Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats
		Multiple Document Mania
			Viewing multiple documents
			Showing a single document in multiple windows
			Using the old split-screen trick
		Other Document Types
			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
		Humongous Documents
			Stitching together chapter documents
			Splitting a document
		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
			Perusing comments
			Dealing with a comment
			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
			Viewing revision marks (and comments)
			Reviewing changes
			Printing revisions (and comments)
		Remote Collaboration
	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
				Create the new recipient list
				Edit the fields
				Add the recipient data
			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
		Add More Features with Add-Ins
	Chapter 30 Meet Your Copilot
		Write Me Something
			Finding your Copilot
			Drafting with Copilot
		Help from That AI Brain
Part 6 The Part of Tens
	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
		Disable the Mini Toolbar
		Select Text by Letter
		Disable Click-and-Type
		Set Paste Options
		Disable AutoFormat Features (×4)
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