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Introduction
Who Should Use this Book
About the Author
PART I--Use Everyday Word-Processing Techniques
CHAPTER 1--Get Acquainted with Word
Understand Word
Start Word 97
Understand the Word Workspace
Use Menus, Toolbars, and Keyboard
Shortcuts
Create and Save a Basic Letter
Find Help
Browsing the Help Contents
Screen
Useful Help Options
Browsing the Help Index
Using Full-Text Search
Searching with Office Assistant
Optimizing the Office Assistant
Finding Out About Screen Objects
Getting Help from the Microsoft
Web Site
CHAPTER 2--Navigate, Select, and Edit Text
Navigation and Selection Techniques
Edit Text
Cut, Copy, and Paste Text
Move Text
Move Multiple Text Entries with
Spike
Insert Text
Undo and Redo
CHAPTER 3--Format Text
Format Text
Choose a Font
Choose a Size
Choose a Style
Underline Text
Choose a Color
Choose Font Effects
Repeat Formatting
Repeat Formatting with Menu
Commands
Use Format Painter
Animate Text
Apply Shading and Borders
CHAPTER 4--Use Proofing Tools
Run Spell Check
Spell Checking a Flagged Word
Spell Checking an Entire
Document or a Selected Block of
Text
Setting Spell Check Options
Create and Edit a Custom
Dictionary
Share Custom Dictionaries
Grammar Check
Correcting a Single Grammar
Error
Grammar Checking an Entire
Document or a Selected Block of
Text
Setting Grammar Checking Options
Consult the Thesaurus
Find and Replace Text
Find Text
Replace Text
Use Search Options
Finding and Replacing Formatting
and Special Characters
Define and Modify AutoCorrect Entries
Replacing Text as You Type
Changing How Word Handles
Capitalization
Create and Insert AutoText
CHAPTER 5--Manage Files
Use the Open and Save As Dialog Boxes to
Your Best Advantage
Locate and Open Existing Files
Opening Recently Used Files
Opening Files Not Found in the
Most Recently Used List
Search for Files by Document
Text
Search for Files by Date
Modified
Advanced File Searches
Ways to View Files
Watch Out for Macro Viruses when
Opening Files
Create Folders
Protect Your Files with AutoRecover and
Backup Copies
Recover Unsaved Work with
AutoRecover
Protect Yourself from Deleted or
Corrupted Files with Automatic
Backups
Speed Up Saves with Fast Saves and
Background Saves
Change Document Names
Save Files in Different File Formats
View Document Properties
About Document Summary
Find a Document Using Summary
Information
Password Protect Your Document
PART II--Work with Paragraphs
CHAPTER 6--Control Paragraph Alignment and Text
Flow
About Alignment and Text Flow
Align Text Horizontally
Align Text Vertically
Set Indents
Indent Using the Ruler
Indent Using Menu Commands
Indent Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Work with Tabs
Create Custom Tab Stops
Set Tabs with Leaders
Move and Delete Custom Tab Stops
Set Line Spacing and Paragraph Spacing
Control Where Words, Sentences,
Paragraphs, Lines, and Pages Break
Insert Line Breaks
Use Hyphenation to Control Line
Breaks
Use Nonbreaking Spaces to
Control Line Breaks
Insert Page Breaks
Use Pagination Tools to Control
Page and Column Breaks
Keeping the First and Last Lines
with a Paragraph
Prevent a Page Break Within a
Paragraph
Keeping Multiple Paragraphs
Together
Forcing Page Breaks At Headings
CHAPTER 7--Work with Lists
Create a Numbered or Bulleted List
Edit a Numbered or Bulleted List
Use Multilevel Lists
Remove Numbers and Bullets
Change Number or Bullet Formatting
Sort Lists
CHAPTER 8--Format Using Styles
Use Styles for Consistency and
Efficiency
Assign Paragraph Styles
Assign Character Styles
View Style Names
Use Word's Default Styles
Create and Apply a New Style
Modify Styles
Apply Automatic Formatting
Change Templates with the Style
Gallery
How AutoFormat Works and How You
Can Help It Work Better
Controlling AutoFormat Options
PART III--Create Professional-Looking Documents
CHAPTER 9--Lay Out Pages and Sections
About Page and Section Formatting
Create and Remove Sections
Configure Page Setup
Set Margins
Control Paper Size and Orientation
About Headers and Footers
Create Alternating Headers and
Footers
Edit Headers and Footers
Use a Different Header or Footer
for the First Page
Add Page Numbering
Format Page Numbers
Modify Page Numbering for
Different Sections of a Document
Create an Unnumbered Title Page
Create Page Borders
Apply Shading to Online Pages
CHAPTER 10--Organizing Documents with Outlines,
Footnotes, and Endnotes
Generate Outlines
Creating Outlines from Scratch
Using Outline Views to Rearrange
Existing Text
Useful Keyboard Shortcuts in
Outline View
Add Footnotes and Endnotes
Edit Footnotes and Endnotes
Edit Note Separators
CHAPTER 11--Apply Columns
Use Newspaper Columns
Create Columns
Enter and Edit Text in Columns
Revise Column Structure
Delete and Move Columns
Balance Column Length
Keep Text Together in Columns
Add a Heading that Spans Columns
CHAPTER 12--Create, Modify, and Apply Templates
About Templates
About the Default Template--normal.dot
Protect Templates from Viruses
About Other Templates and Where to Find
Them
Where Templates Are Stored
Attach a Template to a Document
Choose a Template for a New
Document
Attach a Template to an Existing
Document
Use Global Templates
About Modifying and Creating Templates
Create a New Template
Create a Template from a Document
Modify an Existing Template
Update Documents with Template Changes
Use the Organizer to Copy, Delete, or
Rename Template Settings
PART IV--Print with Ease
CHAPTER 13--Use Advanced Printing Options, Print
Faxes, and Send Mail
About Printing in Word
Enable Background Printing
Modify Documents and Views in Print
Preview Mode
Select a Printer and Paper Source
Print Multiple Copies
Print Specified Pages or Portions of
Text
Print Document Properties or Document
Information
Print Envelopes
Print Labels
Cancel Print Jobs
Print to a Fax Program
Email a Document from Word
Change Print Defaults
PART V--Add Objects to Documents
CHAPTER 14--Use Tables to Organize Information
Insert Tables
Draw Tables
Format Tables
Apply Automatic Formatting
Select Table Components
Apply Manual Formatting
Apply Table Borders and Shading
Enter Data in Tables
Rotate Text
Sort Table Data
Convert Text to a Table
Convert a Table to Text
Delete and Insert Rows, Columns, and
Tables
Modify Tables
Change Column Width
Change Row Height
Merge and Split Cells
Split a Table
Use Headings
Perform Calculations in a Table
CHAPTER 15--Insert Graphics and Special
Characters
Add a Graphic Image
Insert Clip Art
Display Graphics
Crop and Resize Graphics
Delete, Move, and Copy Graphics
Wrap Text Around Graphics
About Special Characters and Symbols
Insert a Symbol
Insert a Special Character
Assign Shortcut Keystrokes to
Symbols
Apply a Watermark
Insert Objects to Be Used as
Watermarks
Format Objects as Watermarks
CHAPTER 16--Integrate Word Data with Other
Applications
About Data Integration
Copy and Paste
Insert Files into Word Documents
Importing and Exporting Files
Understanding Object Linking and
Embedding
Understanding Linking
Understanding Embedding
When Should You Paste, Insert, Link, or
Embed?
Link to an Object
Embed an Object
Creating and Embedding a New
Object
Integrate Excel Data
Import Excel Worksheets into a
Table
Embed a Blank Excel Worksheet
Integrate PowerPoint Data
Create a Presentation from a
Word Outline
Embed PowerPoint Slides
Link PowerPoint Slides
CHAPTER 17--Add Drawings and WordArt
Create a Drawing
Draw Lines and Boxes
Select Shapes from a Menu
Modify Lines and Objects
Change the Size of Lines and
Objects
Move Lines and Objects
Modify Line Attributes
Modify Fill Attributes
Rotate, Flip, Add Shadows, and
Order Objects
Order, Align, Group, and Layer
Objects
Add Text to Shapes
Edit Curves, Freeforms, and
Scribbles
Use 3-D Shapes and Effects
Insert a WordArt Object
Format and Edit WordArt Objects
CHAPTER 18--Add Interest with Charts
Create a Chart
Create a Chart with Microsoft
Graph 97
Create a Chart from a Table
Modify a Chart
Import Data into a Chart
Paste a Chart
Embed a Chart
PART VI--Create Special Purpose and Custom Documents
CHAPTER 19--Create Mail Merges, Catalogs, and
Lists
About Mail Merges and Databases
Merge Documents Using Variable Data
Create a Database
Add and Delete Records
Sort Records
Prepare the Main Document
Write a Form Letter
Create Mail Merge Labels
Create Mail Merge Envelopes
Select Data
Create Catalogs and Lists
CHAPTER 20--Manage Workgroup Documents
About Workgroups
Track Document Changes
Insert Comments
Route Documents
Create a Routing Slip
Edit the Routed Document
Highlight Text
Create Multiple Versions of a Document
CHAPTER 21--Design Custom Forms
Design Forms
Create a Printed Form
Create Online Forms
Insert Text
Insert Fields
Edit and Modify a Form
Protect Documents
Assign Passwords
Protect Forms
Fill In a Form
CHAPTER 22--Generate Internet and Intranet
Documents
Web and Internet Basics
Intranet Basics
Browse HTML Files
Create a Web Document
Formatting Differences
Use the Web Page Wizard
Create Links
Edit a Web Document
CHAPTER 23--Build Reference Documents
About Master Documents
Create a New Master Document
Create a Master Document from an
Existing Document
Edit and Modify Master Documents
Add an Existing Document to the
Master Document
Remove a Subdocument from the
Master Document
Create a Table of Contents
Generate a Table Using Styles
Mark Text for Table of Contents
Update and Delete a Table of
Contents
Create an Index
Mark Text for Index
Use a Concordance File
Add Index Cross-References
Modify or Delete Index Entries
Generate an Index
Update and Delete an Index
Incorporate Cross-References
Modify or Delete a
Cross-Reference
Use Bookmarks
Displaying Bookmarks
Deleting a Bookmark
PART VII--Automate and Customize
CHAPTER 24--Write Simple Macros
Understand Macros
Record a Macro
Test a Macro
Run a Macro
Edit a Macro
Copy, Rename, and Delete a Macro
Create a Template Containing Macros
CHAPTER 25--Real-World Solutions
Create and Send a Fax with the Fax
Wizard
Create a Resume with the Resume Wizard
Create a Newsletter with the Newsletter
Wizard
Create a Letterhead Template
Insert Graphics
Insert Time and Date Field
Create a Letter Using the Custom
Template
Create a Memo with Memo Wizard
Create Business Cards
Perform a Mail Merge
CHAPTER 26--Customize Word
Position Toolbars
Customize Toolbars
Add or Remove Buttons
Create a New Toolbar
Set Toolbar Options
Add Menu Commands
Change Shortcut Menus
Make Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts
Set Program Options and Defaults
Set View Preferences
Set General Options
Change Editing Options
Set Print Options
Choose How and Where to Save
Files
Specify Spelling and Grammar
Preferences
Adding User Information
Modify Page Setup Defaults
Set Default Fonts
Set Default Styles
Modify the Normal Template
Customize Office Assistant
Appendix A Glossary Index
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