6. Requisite Word: Essential Features

Word processing might not seem like the most exciting task to perform on your computer; however, Word 2010 can make the document creation process much more productive and creative. In this chapter we take a look at the Word application window and the basic features and tools of this powerful word processor provides.

We will cover your options for creating new Word documents and look at ways to navigate the Word application window and your documents. We will also look at document formatting including working with font and paragraph formatting. We will also work with tabs, margins and page orientation settings.

Introducing Word 2010

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