Chapter 10

Creating Personal Documents with Microsoft Word

In This Chapter

arrow Using templates to create documents

arrow Editing and formatting text and paragraphs

arrow Applying styles

arrow Checking your work with proofing tools

arrow Creating and modifying tables

arrow Inserting and formatting pictures

arrow Discovering the benefits of desktop publishing software

Microsoft Word is the most popular of the Office applications because nearly everyone needs to create text documents of one type or another. With Word, you can create everything from brochures to school research papers to family holiday letters.

In this lesson, I explain how to create, edit, format, and share simple documents. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have a good grasp of the entire process of document creation, from start to finish, including how to ...

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