- Dan Gookin's For Dummies guides to Word have consistently led the pack, selling more than 1.7 million copies in previous editions
- The author's irreverent sense of humor and crystal-clear prose make getting up to speed on Word a snap
- Thoroughly updated to cover Word's new interface, new file format options, and new collaboration and connectivity features
- An essential resource for everyone who wants to hit the ground running with Word 2007 and make the most of all the new features
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Part I: Hello, Word! 9
Chapter 1: Word Hokey-Pokey 11
Chapter 2: Making Friends with the Keyboard 25
Chapter 3: A Quick Guide to Word (For the Impatient) 35
Part II: Word Processing Basics 45
Chapter 4: Moving Around a Document Hither, Thither, and Yon 47
Chapter 5: Editing Text 55
Chapter 6: Find and Replace 65
Chapter 7: Text Blocks, Stumbling Blocks, Writer’s Blocks 79
Chapter 8: Proofing Your Document (Spelling and Grammar) 95
Chapter 9: Documents and Files 111
Chapter 10: The Printer, the Paper, the Document Maker 125
Part III: Formatting 137
Chapter 11: Formatting Text 139
Chapter 12: Formatting Paragraphs 153
Chapter 13: Setting Tabs 167
Chapter 14: Formatting Pages 183
Chapter 15: Formatting Documents 197
Chapter 16: The Styles of Word 211
Chapter 17: Themes and Templates 227
Chapter 18: Misc. Formatting Stuff 239
Part IV: Making Your Document All Fancy-Schmancy 251
Chapter 19: Borders, Boxes, and Background Color 253
Chapter 20: Turning the Tables 261
Chapter 21: Carousing with Columns 273
Chapter 22: I Love Lists 279
Chapter 23: Going Graphical 289
Chapter 24: Stick This in Your Document 301
Part V: What Else Is Left? 309
Chapter 25: Multiple Documents, Multiple Windows, Multiple Formats, Multiple Madness 311
Chapter 26: Other Ways of Viewing a Document 321
Chapter 27: Working This Out Together 331
Chapter 28: Merrily We Mail Merge 339
Chapter 29: Labels of Love 351
Chapter 30: Customizing Word 357
Part VI: The Part of Tens 365
Chapter 31: The Ten Commandments of Word 367
Chapter 32: Ten Cool Tricks 371
Chapter 33: Ten Odd Things 379
Chapter 34: Ten Avuncular Suggestions 385
Index 389
About the Author :
Dan Gookin started the whole Dummies phenomenon with DOS For Dummies in 1991. He's the author of numerous bestsellers with more than 11 million copies in print.
