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Word 2007 for starters : the missing manual

Fast-paced and easy to read, this concise book teaches you the basics of Word 2007 so you can start using the program right away. Not only will you learn how to work with Word's most useful features to create documents, format and edit text, share the results and more, you'll also discover how to go beyond basic documents to handle graphics, create page layouts, and use forms and tables. The new Word is radically different from previous versions, but with this convenient book, you can breeze through the new user interface and its timesaving features in no time with:Clear explanationsStep-by-st
eBook, English, ©2007
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O'Reilly, Sebastopol, Calif., ©2007
1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9780596528300, 9780596515362, 9781491909584, 0596528302, 0596515367, 1491909587
123904715
Table of Contents; The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; What Word Does; The New Word; About This Book; About the Outline; About These Arrows; The Very Basics; About MissingManuals.com; Safari® Enabled; Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents; Launching Word; Creating a New Document; Creating a New Blank Document; Creating a New Document from an Existing Document; Creating a New Document from a Template; Opening an Existing Document; Your Different Document View Views. Document Views: Five Ways to Look at Your ManuscriptShow and Hide Window Tools; Zooming Your View In and Out; Zooming by percentage; Zooming relative to page or text; Changing page view from the ribbon; The Window Group: Doing the Splits; Viewing multiple windows; Saving and Closing Documents; The Many Ways to Save Documents; Saving by keyboard shortcut; Saving by menu command; Saving with a new name; Entering and Editing Text; Typing in Word; Click and Type for Quick Formatting; Selecting Text; Selecting with the Mouse; Selecting with the Keyboard; Extending a Selection. Selecting Multiple Chunks of Text in Different PlacesMoving Around Your Document; Keyboarding Around Your Document; Using the Scroll Bars; Browsing by Headings and Other Objects; Browsing by Bookmark; Creating bookmarks; Jumping to bookmarks; Deleting bookmarks; Cutting, Copying, and Pasting; Editing with the Ribbon; Editing with Keyboard Shortcuts; Editing with the Mouse; Moving Text Between Two Documents; Viewing and Pasting Clippings; Finding and Replacing Text; Saving Keystrokes with Quick Parts; Formatting Text, Paragraphs, and Headings; Formatting Basics; Formatting Characters. Formatting with the Ribbon or the Font Dialog BoxFormatting with the Mini Toolbar; Formatting with Keyboard Shortcuts; Changing Capitalization; Small caps for headers; Formatting Paragraphs; Aligning Text; Indenting Paragraphs; Spacing Between Paragraphs; Spacing Between Lines; Inserting Page Breaks and Line Breaks; Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists; Bulleted paragraphs; Customizing bullets; Numbered paragraphs; Multilevel lists; Setting Tabs; How Tab Stops Work; Viewing Tab Marks in Your Text; Deleting and Editing Tabs; Types of Tabs; Tab Leaders; Using Word's Rulers. Managing Tab Settings with the RulerSetting tab stops; Adjusting and removing tab stops with the ruler; Setting Margins with the Ruler; Adjusting Paragraph Indents with the Ruler; Fast Formatting with Format Painter; Formatting with Styles; Applying Quick Styles; Modifying Styles; Managing Style Sets; Creating Your Own Style Set; Setting Up the Document: Margins, Page Breaks, and More; Choosing Paper Size and Layout; Changing Paper Size; Customizing paper size and source; Setting Paper Orientation; Setting Document Margins; Selecting Preset Margins; Setting Custom Margins
Includes index
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