Cut and paste, search and replace, format and print, or delete and destroy to your heart's content with the latest upgrade to Word, Microsoft's powerful word processing software for Windows 95. Whether you're writing everyday office documents, formatting mail-merge letters, composing fancy brochures and newsletters, or creating content for the World Wide Web, Dan Gookin's humorous, insightful guide to all things Word safely steers you through the ins and outs of the wondrous ways that Word works.
Word 97 For Windows For Dummies is the fun and easy way to create great-looking documents in Word (and to find out what to do when bad things happen). This book features sound advice and step-by-step details on everything from Word basics to advanced features (such as including graphics, tables, and charts in your documents and using Word's integrated wizards to make formatting, printing, and other cool Word stuff as easy as point-and-click).
Plus, be sure to check out Dan's Top Ten Lists for Word 97, including ten cool tricks, ten features you don't use (but paid for anyway), ten shortcut keys worth remembering, and the ten commandments of Word.
This guide offers advice on all aspects of using Word 97 for Windows. Among the topics covered is the basic functions, searching through texts and formatting pages.
'Packed with time-saving tips, tricks, and shortcuts
Features quick fixes for common problems
Get up and running fast — and start creating professional-quality documents Word 97 comes loaded with all kinds of cool features — and this friendly guide shows you how to make the most of them. From basic editing and formatting to fancy stuff like mail merge and desktop publishing, Dan Gookin's humorous, easy-to-understand style makes it simple to become a Word whiz.
Discover how to: Create, save, and print documents Edit and format like a pro Take advantage of templates and wizards Insert tables and graphics Work with revision marks and outlines Save time with Dan's cool tricks
The Dummies Way™Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun
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Plus, be sure to check out Dan's Top Ten Lists for Word 97, including ten cool tricks, ten features you don't use (but paid for anyway), ten shortcut keys worth remembering, and the ten commandments of Word.
'Dan Gookin is the author of many bestselling For Dummies?? books, including Buying a Computer For Dummies?? and the first-ever book in the series, DOS For Dummies??.'
'Introduction.
PART I: Your Basic Word.
Chapter 1: The Word Hokey Pokey.
Chapter 2: The Keyboard Is Your Friend.
Chapter 3: Getting Around Your Document.
Chapter 4: Deleting Text (Or The Art of Un-writing).
Chapter 5: Finding and Replacing.
Chapter 6: Text Blocks, Engine Blocks, Writers\' Blocks.
Chapter 7: Spelling and Grammer Made Easily.
Chapter 8: Saving Your Stuff.
Chapter 9: The Printer, the Paper, the Document Maker.
PART II: Formatting (Or Making Your Prose Look Less Ugly).
Chapter 10: Formatting Characters.
Chapter 11: Formatting Sentences and Paragraphs.
Chapter 12: Setting Tabs and Margins.
Chapter 13: Formatting Pages and Documents.
Chapter 14: Tables and Columns.
Chapter 15: Formatting with Style.
Chapter 16: Templates and Wizards.
Chapter 17: Some Automatic Formatting Tricks.
PART III: Working with Documents.
Chapter 18: More Than a File — a Document.
Chapter 19: Importing and Exporting Documents.
Chapter 20: Managing Files.
Chapter 21: Mail Merge (Or Form Letters to Fool Everyone).
PART IV: Working with Graphics.
Chapter 22: Putting Purty Pictures into Your Documents.
Chapter 23: Cute Li\'l Programs for Doing Cute Li\'l Things.
Chapter 24: Your Basic Desktop Publishing Stuff.
PART V: Strange Things Living Under the Hood.
Chapter 25: Your Annoying Little Assistant.
Chapter 26: Extra Special Typing Tricks.
Chapter 27: Let\'s Work This Out Together.
Chapter 28: Organizing Your Thots.
Chapter 29: Word for the World Wide Web.
PART VI: Help Me, Mr. Wizard!
Chapter 30: Face to Face with the Interface.
Chapter 31: Learning to Love Your Printer.
Chapter 32: Help Me! I\'m Stuck!
PART VII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 33: The Ten Commandments of Word.
Chapter 34: Ten Cool Tricks.
Chapter 35: Ten Weird Things You Probably Don\'t Know About.
Chapter 36: Ten Features You Don\'t Use but Paid For Anyway.
Chapter 37: Ten Shortcut Keys Worth Remembering.
Chapter 38: Ten Things Worth Remembering.
Index.
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