Synopses & Reviews
Learn to:
- Create, customize, edit, and publish documents
- Share documents and collaborate with other users
- Add graphics and a creative format
- Take advantage of the latest features in Word 2013
This book makes Word 2013 easy to use and (almost) painless to master you have Dan's word on it
Whether you've used other versions of this popular program or never processed a single word, this friendly guide will get you going with Word 2013. You'll quickly get up to speed and begin editing, formatting, proofing, and dressing up your documents in no time. No matter what you need to do, Dan Gookin has the first and last word on Word 2013!
- Start smart learn where to start with Word, explore the screen, and see how Word works on a tablet
- Editing ecstasy tinker with text, delete or move text blocks, split paragraphs, and replace incorrect words
- Secrets of spell checker discover what it does and doesn't know, create a custom dictionary, and fix persistent typos
- Such characters customize font, size, and color for documents with character
- More formatting fun format multiple page elements, develop styles, and build distinctive templates
- Grab 'em with graphics add some creative flair to your documents with images and tables
- Team up use Word's collaboration tools to review, mark, and accept changes on another person's document
- Mail merge magic create personalized letters, e-mails, envelopes, labels, and directories
Open the book and find:
- Secrets of saving your stuff
- A word processor's seven basic tasks
- How (and when) to use mail merge
- Little-known keyboard shortcuts
- Why you can't always trust spell checker
- Tips for incorporating art into your documents
- How to make sense out of tabs and tab stops
- Ten unusual things to watch for in Word
Synopsis
What the book covers: In this leading book about the world's number-one word processing software, Dan Gookin talks about using Microsoft Word in friendly, human--and often irreverent--terms. He focuses on the needs of the beginning Word user. The book provides everything the beginning user needs to know about Word without painful jargon.
What's new in this edition: Word “X” For Dummies covers all the new and improved features found in the upcoming release of Microsoft Office Word “X”.
Synopsis
This bestselling guide to Microsoft Word is the first and last word on Word 2013It's a whole new Word, so jump right into this book and learn how to make the most of it. Bestselling For Dummies author Dan Gookin puts his usual fun and friendly candor back to work to show you how to navigate the new features of Word 2013. Completely in tune with the needs of the beginning user, Gookin explains how to use Word 2013 quickly and efficiently so that you can spend more time working on your projects and less time trying to figure it all out.
- Walks you through the capabilities of Word 2013 without weighing you down with unnecessary technical jargon
- Deciphers the user interface and shows you how to take advantage of the file formats
- Covers editing documents, working with text, using grammar and spelling tools, formatting, adding images and other design elements, and more
Get the word on the latest Word with Word 2013 For Dummies!
About the Author
Dan Gookin wrote the original For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, in 1991 and launched a phenomenon. Since then, his list of bestsellers continues to grow. There are more than 12 million copies of his books in print, translated into 32 languages. Dan welcomes visitors at his website, www.wambooli.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Word 2013 7
Chapter 1: Hello, Word! 9
Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21
Part II: Your Basic Word 31
Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 33
Chapter 4: Text Editing 41
Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 49
Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text 61
Chapter 7: Spell It Write 73
Chapter 8: Document Calisthenics: New, Open, Save, and Close 83
Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 95
Part III: Fun with Formatting 107
Chapter 10: Character Formatting 109
Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 121
Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 133
Chapter 13: Page Formatting 149
Chapter 14: Document Formatting 161
Chapter 15: Style Formatting 173
Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting 185
Chapter 17: Sundry Formatting 195
Part IV: Spruce Up a Dull Document 205
Chapter 18: Lines and Shading 207
Chapter 19: Able Tables 215
Chapter 20: Columns of Text 227
Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 233
Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 241
Chapter 23: Fun with the Insert Tab 255
Part V: The Rest of Word 265
Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 267
Chapter 25: Word for Writers 275
Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out 289
Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 299
Chapter 28: Labels of Love 315
Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 323
Part VI: The Part of Tens 331
Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 333
Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 337
Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 345
Chapter 33: Ten Avuncular Suggestions 351
Index 355