Wouldn’t it be a waste to own a Porsche convertible and just drive it to the grocery store at 40 mph? If you have Word 2003, you actually have a high-performance word processing program that can do almost anything you tell it to. Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies helps you put the pedal to the metal and your fingers to the keys and cover a lot of territory fast. It includes information on: - The basics, such as editing, saving, and printing documents
- Time-savers, including creating keyboard shortcuts, using styles, and more
- Jazzing up your documents with borders, shading, shapes, charts, drawings, and clip art
- Handy desktop publishing tricks
- Whipping out letters, envelopes, return-address labels, and more
Written by Doug Lowe, author of more than 30 For Dummies books, Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies lets you go as far as you want. You can venture off and explore:
- Creating Web pages with Word, how to host a Web site, and more
- Using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to store and exchange information in a standardized way that’s accessible universally
- Outlining, indexing, creating a table of contents, and more
- Using Word’s Master Document to compile long documents such as your future bestseller, your unabridged collection of bad jokes, or whatever
- Using Word’s speech recognition so you can dictate text and issue menu commands by speaking
- Creating macros with VBA (Visual Basics for Applications)
A comprehensive index helps you find the information you want fast. So what are you waiting for? With Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies as your navigator, take Word 2003 out for a spin and see what this baby can do.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Book I: Word Basics 7
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Word 9
Chapter 2: Managing Your Documents 21
Chapter 3: Working with Templates 39
Chapter 4: Printing Your Documents 89
Chapter 5: Help! 95
Book II: Formatting Text 103
Chapter 1: Basic Text Formatting 105
Chapter 2: The Border Patrol and Other Shady Characters 131
Chapter 3: Working with Styles 141
Chapter 4: Page Setup and Section Formatting 163
Chapter 5: Column Formatting 179
Chapter 6: Using Tables 187
Chapter 7: Creating Lists 209
Chapter 8: Working with Footnotes and Endnotes 223
Book III: Editing Techniques 229
Chapter 1: Getting Around 231
Chapter 2: Basic Document Editing Techniques 241
Chapter 3: Finding and Replacing 253
Chapter 4: All About AutoCorrect and Its Siblings 263
Chapter 5: Proofing and Research Tools 281
Chapter 6: Track Changes and Other Collaboration Features 301
Book IV: Getting Graphic 317
Chapter 1: Inserting Pictures and Clip Art 319
Chapter 2: Drawing on Your Documents 335
Chapter 3: Fill Effects, Ghosts, Shadows, and Other Effects 361
Chapter 4: Working Graphically with Text 371
Chapter 5: Charts and Diagrams 387
Chapter 6: A Pocket Full of Desktop Publishing Tricks 405
Chapter 7: Move Over, Einstein (Creating Equations) 415
Book V: Web Publishing 425
Chapter 1: Going Online with Word 427
Chapter 2: Creating Web Pages with Word 439
Chapter 3: Basic Web Formatting Features 449
Chapter 4: Using Themes and Cascading Style Sheets 463
Chapter 5: Working with Frames 469
Chapter 6: Word and XML 479
Book VI: Advanced Document Features 487
Chapter 1: Working with Fields 489
Chapter 2: Form Follows Function (Setting Up and Using Forms) 505
Chapter 3: More about Outlining 521
Chapter 4: Mystical Master Documents 535
Chapter 5: So You Want to Make an Index, Eh? 547
Chapter 6: Creating a Table of Contents or Table of Figures 557
Chapter 7: Objection, Your Honor (Creating a Table of Authorities) 567
Book VII: Letters, Envelopes, and Labels 573
Chapter 1: Creating Letters and Envelopes 575
Chapter 2: Faxing and E-Mailing Documents 587
Chapter 3: Using the Mail Merge Wizard 593
Chapter 4: More Mail Merge Tricks 607
Book VIII: Customizing Word 619
Chapter 1: Opting for Options 621
Chapter 2: Customizing Toolbars, Menus, and Keyboard Shortcuts 643
Chapter 3: Using Voice and Handwriting Features 661
Book IX: Programming Word with VBA 669
Chapter 1: Recording and Using Macros 671
Chapter 2: Programming with VBA 683
Chapter 3: Working with Word’s Object Model 709
Chapter 4: Creating UserForms 731
Index 747
About the Author :
Doug Lowe has written a whole bunch of computer books, including more than 30 For Dummies books, such as Networking For Dummies, 6th Edition, PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies, Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and Microsoft Office 2002 For Dummies Quick Reference. He lives in that sunny All-American City, Fresno, California, where all the politicians are actors and all the actors think they’re politicians. He’s one of those obsessive-compulsive decorating nuts who creates computer-controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Christmas displays that can be seen from space. Maybe his next book should be Tacky Holiday Decorations For Dummies.
Doug Lowe has written a whole bunch of computer books, including more than 30 For Dummies books, such as Networking For Dummies, 6th Edition, PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies, Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and Microsoft Office 2002 For Dummies Quick Reference. He lives in that sunny All-American City, Fresno, California, where all the politicians are actors and all the actors think they’re politicians. He’s one of those obsessive-compulsive decorating nuts who creates computer-controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Christmas displays that can be seen from space. Maybe his next book should be Tacky Holiday Decorations For Dummies.
