Chapter 23
Insert Tab Insanity
IN THIS CHAPTER
Typing nonbreaking spaces and hyphens
Inserting foreign language characters
Getting at special symbols
Breaking up text with a text box
Creating dynamic text with fields
Inserting the date and time into the text
Aside from formatting, everything from text to graphics that finds its way into a Word document is inserted. This approach makes me curious why the magicians at Microsoft sought to dedicate a tab on the ribbon to the topic of Insert. The weird and wonderful buttons that crowd this tab’s various groups are covered in this chapter.
Characters Foreign and Funky
The computer’s keyboard provides all letters of the alphabet, numbers, a smattering of symbols, and punctuation thingies. Writers weave these characters into a tapestry of text heretofore unseen in literary history. As if this feat weren’t enough, you can sprinkle even more ...
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