Dan Gookin - Word For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Microsoft Word For Dummies

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1. Chapter 6
2. Chapter 22
3. Chapter 23

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 7
7. Chapter 8
8. Chapter 9
9. Chapter 10
10. Chapter 11
11. Chapter 12
12. Chapter 13
13. Chapter 14
14. Chapter 15
15. Chapter 16
16. Chapter 17
17. Chapter 18
18. Chapter 19
19. Chapter 20
20. Chapter 21
21. Chapter 22
22. Chapter 23
23. Chapter 24
24. Chapter 25
25. Chapter 26
26. Chapter 27
27. Chapter 28
28. Chapter 29
29. Chapter 31
30. Chapter 33

The only thing standing between you and your writing is your word processor. Yeah, I know: Its supposed to be helpful. Well, it tries. Computers can do only so much. But you, as a smart person, are capable of so much more, which is why Im guessing you opened this book.

Welcome to Word For Dummies, which removes the pain from using Microsofts greatest and most confusing word processing software ever! This book is your friendly, informative, and entertaining guide to getting the most from Word.

Be warned: Im not out to force you to love Word. This book wont make you enjoy the program. Use it, yes. Tolerate it, of course. The only promise Im offering is to ease the pain that most people feel from using Microsoft Word. Along the way, I kick Word in the butt, and I hope you enjoy reading about it.

I dont intend for you to read this book from cover to cover. Its not a novel, and if it were, it would be a political space opera with an antihero and a princess fighting corrupt elected officials who are in cahoots with an evil intergalactic urban renewal development corporation. The ending would be extremely satisfying.

This book is a reference. Each chapter covers a specific topic or task you can accomplish by using Word. Within each chapter, you find self-contained sections, each of which describes how to perform a specific task or get something done. Here are some sample topics you encounter in this book:

• Moving a block
• Check your spelling
• Save your stuff!
• Text-formatting techniques
• Working with tables in Word
• Plopping down a picture
• Mail merge, ho!

I give you no codes to memorize, no secret incantations, no tricks, no presentations to sleep through, and no wall charts. Instead, each section explains a topic as though its the first thing you read in this book. Nothing is assumed, and everything is cross-referenced. Technical terms and topics, when they come up, are neatly shoved to the side, where you can easily avoid reading them. The idea here isnt for you to master anything. This books philosophy is to help you look it up, figure it out, and get back to work.

You hold in your hands an active book. The topics between this book's yellow-and-black covers are all geared toward getting things done in Word. All you need to do is find the topic that interests you and then read.

Word uses the mouse and keyboard to get things done, but mostly the keyboard.

I use the word click to describe the action of clicking the mouses main (left) button.

This is a keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+P. Press and hold down the Ctrl (Control) key and type the letter P, just as you would press Shift+P to create a capital P.

Sometimes, you must press more than two keys at the same time, such as Ctrl+Shift+T. Press Ctrl and Shift together and then press the T key. Release all three keys.