Word For Dummies

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’s put 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. What weird, wonderful, and wanted buttons could crowd that tab’s various groups — especially those items not covered elsewhere in this book.

Characters Foreign and Funky

The computer’s keyboard lets you type all 26 letters of the alphabet — plus numbers, a smattering of symbols, and punctuation thingies. Writers weave these characters into a tapestry of text heretofore unseen in literary history. As if ...