Microsoft Word 2016 Step By Step

2016·32.17 MB·English

by  Joan Lambert

Microsoft
Word 2016
Step by Step
Joan Lambert
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Contents
Introduction
Who this book is for
The Step by Step approach
Download the practice files
Ebook edition
Get support and give feedback
Errata and support
We want to hear from you
Stay in touch
Part 1: Get started with Word 2016
1 Word 2016 basics
Start Word
Work in the Word user interface
Sidebar: About Office
Identify app window elements
Sidebar: Tell me what you want to do
Work with the ribbon and status bar
Sidebar: Adapt procedure steps
Manage Office and app settings
Sidebar: Microsoft account options
Skills review
Practice tasks
2 Create and manage documents
Create documents
Open and move around in documents
Open existing documents
Sidebar: Open documents in Protected view
Sidebar: Edit PDF files in Word
Move around in documents
Display different views of documents
Display and edit file properties
Save and close documents
Manually save documents
Sidebar: Save files to OneDrive
Automatically save documents
Save documents in other formats
Sidebar: Maintain compatibility with earlier versions of Word
Close documents
Skills review
Practice tasks
3 Enter and edit text
Enter and import text
Sidebar: Import text from multiple documents
Move, copy, and delete text
Sidebar: Paste options
Find and replace text
Use reference and research tools
Sidebar: Install Office tools
Sidebar: Display document statistics
Skills review
Practice tasks
Part 2: Create professional documents
4 Modify the structure and appearance of text
Apply paragraph formatting
Configure alignment
Configure vertical spacing
Configure indents
Sidebar: Configure paragraph borders and shading
Structure content manually
Apply character formatting
Sidebar: Character formatting and case considerations
Create and modify lists
Sidebar: Format text as you type
Apply built-in styles to text
Apply styles
Manage outline levels
Change the document theme
Skills review
Practice tasks
5 Organize information in columns and tables
Present information in columns
Create tabbed lists
Present information in tables
Sidebar: Insert an Excel spreadsheet
Sidebar: Other table layout options
Format tables
Sidebar: Quick Tables
Skills review
Practice tasks
6 Add simple graphic elements
Insert, move, and resize pictures
Sidebar: Graphic formats
Edit and format pictures
Sidebar: Add video content to documents
Insert screen clippings
Draw and modify shapes
Draw and add text to shapes
Sidebar: Use the drawing canvas to draw shapes
Sidebar: Locate additional formatting commands
Move and modify shapes
Format shapes
Sidebar: Insert symbols
Add WordArt text
Skills review
Sidebar: Format the first letter of a paragraph as a drop cap
Practice tasks
Part 3: Enhance document content
7 Insert and modify diagrams
Create diagrams
Modify diagrams
Create picture diagrams
Skills review
Practice tasks
8 Insert and modify charts
Create charts
Modify charts
Manage chart data
Modify the display of chart elements
Sidebar: Pie charts
Format charts
Skills review
Sidebar: Custom chart templates
Practice tasks
9 Add visual elements
Format the page background
Insert a background watermark
Insert headers, footers, and page numbers
Insert preformatted document parts
Sidebar: Insert and link custom text boxes
Build equations
Sidebar: The Equation Options dialog box
Skills review
Sidebar: Set mathematical AutoCorrect options
Practice tasks
10 Organize and arrange content
Reorganize document outlines
Manage content in the Navigation pane
Manage content in Outline view
Arrange objects on a page
Use tables to control page layout
Skills review
Practice tasks
Part 4: Review and finalize documents
11 Collaborate on documents
Mark up documents
Insert comments
Track changes
Display and review document markup
Display markup
Review and respond to comments
Review and process tracked changes
Sidebar: Remember to check for errors
Compare and merge documents
Compare and combine separate copies of a document
Compare separate versions of a document
Control content changes