Word 2019 For Dummies

Word 2019 For Dummies

by Dan Gookin
Released October 2018
Publisher(s): For Dummies
ISBN: 9781119514060

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Book description

The bestselling beginner’s guide to Microsoft Word 

Whether you've used older versions of this popular program or have never processed a single word, this hands-on guide gets you going with the latest version of Microsoft Word. In no time, you'll begin editing, formatting, proofing, and dressing up your Word documents like a pro.  

In this leading book about the world’s number one word processing application, Dan Gookin talks about using Microsoft Word in friendly, easy-to-follow terms. Focusing on the needs of the beginning Word user, it provides everything you need to know about Word—without any painful jargon.

  • Covers the new and improved features found in the latest version of Word
  • Create your own templates
  • Explains why you can’t always trust the spell checker
  • Offers little-known keyboard shortcuts

If you’re new to Word and want to spend more time on your actual work rather than figuring out how to make it work for you, this new edition of Word X For Dummies has you covered.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
    1. About This Book
    2. How to Use This Book
    3. Foolish Assumptions
    4. What’s Not Here
    5. Icons Used in This Book
    6. Where to Go from Here
  3. Part 1: Your Introduction to Word
    1. Chapter 1: Hello, Word!
      1. Start Your Word Day
      2. Behold the Word Program
      3. End Your Word Day
    2. Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter
      1. Input Devices Galore
      2. Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts
      3. Stuff That Happens While You Type
  4. Part 2: Your Basic Word
    1. Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document
      1. Document Scrolling
      2. Move the Insertion Pointer
      3. Return to the Previous Edit
      4. Go to Wherever with the Go To Command
    2. Chapter 4: Text Editing
      1. Remove Text You Don’t Want
      2. Split and Join Paragraphs
      3. Soft and Hard Returns
      4. Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste
    3. Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That
      1. Text Happily Found
      2. Replace Found Text
    4. Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text
      1. Meet Mr. Block
      2. Mark a Block of Text
      3. Manipulate a Block of Text
    5. Chapter 7: Spell It Write
      1. Check Your Spelling
      2. AutoCorrect in Action
      3. Grammar Be Good
      4. All-at-Once Document Proofing
      5. Document Proofing Settings
    6. Chapter 8: Documents New, Saved, and Opened
      1. Some Terms to Get Out of the Way
      2. Behold! A New Document
      3. Save Your Stuff!
      4. Open a Document
      5. Recover a Draft
    7. Chapter 9: Publish Your Document
      1. Your Document on Paper
      2. Electronically Publishing Your Document
  5. Part 3: Fun with Formatting
    1. Chapter 10: Character Formatting
      1. Text-Formatting Techniques
      2. Basic Text Formats
      3. Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic
      4. More Colorful Text
      5. Change Text Case
      6. Clear Character Formatting
      7. Behold the Font Dialog Box
    2. Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting
      1. Paragraph-Formatting Rules and Regulations
      2. Justification and Alignment
      3. Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs
      4. Paragraph Indentation Madness
    3. Chapter 12: Tab Formatting
      1. Once Upon a Tab
      2. The Standard Left Tab Stop
      3. The Center Tab Stop
      4. The Right Tab Stop
      5. The Decimal Tab
      6. The Bar Tab
      7. Fearless Leader Tabs
      8. Tab Stop, Be Gone!
    4. Chapter 13: Page Formatting
      1. Describe That Page
      2. Page Numbering
      3. New Pages from Nowhere
      4. Page Background Froufrou
    5. Chapter 14: More Page Formatting
      1. Slice Your Document into Sections
      2. That First Page
      3. Headers and Footers
    6. Chapter 15: Style Formatting
      1. The Big Style Overview
      2. Make Your Own Styles
      3. Style Tips and Tricks
    7. Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting
      1. Instant Documents with Templates
      2. Templates of Your Own
      3. The Theme of Things
    8. Chapter 17: Random Drawer Formatting
      1. Weird and Fun Text Effects
      2. Steal This Format!
      3. Automatic Formatting
      4. Center a Page, Top to Bottom
  6. Part 4: Spruce Up a Dull Document
    1. Chapter 18: They’re Called Borders
      1. The Basics of Borders
      2. The Borders and Shading Dialog Box
      3. Stick a thick line between paragraphs
    2. Chapter 19: Able Tables
      1. Put a Table in Your Document
      2. Text in Tables
      3. Table Modification
    3. Chapter 20: Columns of Text
      1. All about Columns
      2. Column Termination
    4. Chapter 21: Lots of Lists
      1. Lists with Bullets and Numbers
      2. Document Content Lists
      3. Footnotes and Endnotes
    5. Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics
      1. Graphical Goobers in the Text
      2. Image Layout
      3. Image Editing
      4. Image Arrangement
    6. Chapter 23: Insert Tab Insanity
      1. Characters Foreign and Funky
      2. Spice Up a Document with a Text Box
      3. Fun with Fields
      4. The Date and Time
  7. Part 5: The Rest of Word
    1. Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats
      1. Multiple Document Mania
      2. Many, Many Document Types
    2. Chapter 25: Word for Writers
      1. Organize Your Thoughts
      2. Large Documents
      3. Dan’s Writing Tips
    3. Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out
      1. Comments on Your Text
      2. The Yellow Highlighter
      3. Look What They've Done to My Text, Ma
      4. Collaborate on the Internet
    4. Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania
      1. About Mail Merge
      2. The Main Document
      3. The Recipient List
      4. Fold in the Fields
      5. Preview the Merged Documents
      6. Mail Merge, Ho!
    5. Chapter 28: Labels and Envelopes
      1. Labels Everywhere
      2. Instant Envelope
    6. Chapter 29: A More Custom Word
      1. A Better Status Bar
      2. The Quick Access Toolbar
      3. Customize the Ribbon
  8. Part 6: The Part of Tens
    1. Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word
      1. Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work
      2. Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily
      3. Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key
      4. Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts
      5. Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages
      6. Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page
      7. Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command
      8. Honor Thy Printer
      9. Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee
      10. Neglecteth Not Windows
    2. Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks
      1. Side-to-Side Page Movement
      2. Automatic Save with AutoRecover
      3. Accelerate the Ribbon
      4. Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts
      5. Build Your Own Fractions
      6. Electronic Bookmarks
      7. Lock Your Document
      8. The Drop Cap
      9. Map Your Document
      10. Sort Your Text
    3. Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things
      1. Equations
      2. Video in Your Document
      3. Hidden Text
      4. The Developer Tab
      5. Hyphenation
      6. Document Properties
      7. Document Version History
      8. Collect-and-Paste
      9. Click-and-Type
      10. Translations
    4. Chapter 33: Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation
      1. Bye-Bye, Start Screen
      2. Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes
      3. Turn Off the Mini Toolbar
      4. Select Text by Letter
      5. Disable Click-and-Type
      6. Paste Plain Text Only
      7. Disable AutoFormat Features (×4)
  9. Index
  10. About the Author
  11. Connect with Dummies
  12. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Word 2019 For Dummies
  • Author(s): Dan Gookin
  • Release date: October 2018
  • Publisher(s): For Dummies
  • ISBN: 9781119514060