Chapter 8. Other Word Features

Many people—perhaps most—only use Word for traditional word-processing tasks, such as writing letters, memos, and an occasional report. However, Word also has a host of ancillary features and capabilities that you may occasionally find useful. In this chapter, you’ll learn to do the following:

  1. Use the Contact toolbar to add contact information from your Office Address Book to Word documents

  2. Select a report cover page from the Elements Gallery

  3. Create labels and print envelopes

  4. Use the Mail Merge Manager to create merge documents, such as personalized form letters

  5. Summarize documents and record important data as document properties

Using the Contact Toolbar

Using the Contact toolbar, you can quickly add name, address, and ...

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