Word 2010 for Dummies

Here's the last word on Word, from the master of plain-English explanations!

It's a whole new Word, so jump right into this book and learn how to make the most of it! Here's what you need to know, from firing up Word, understanding how to use the spell checker, and turning off features that drive you crazy to formatting documents, using templates, adding images, and saving your stuff. You can even find special tips for the writer in you.

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New to Word?-here's the stuff most books assume you already know, such as how to use the keyboard, mouse, and gizmos in the Word window

Watch your words-clean up errors, replace sections of text, use copy-and-paste, and work with text blocks

The grammar cop-make the most of the grammar and spell checkers

Make friends with formats-format characters, paragraphs, and pages to make your documents reader-friendly

Stylin'-create styles to give your documents character

The fancy stuff-work with borders, lines, and boxes; add tables; and build an index

Multitasking-manage multiple documents, convert documents from different versions of Word, or save documents in different file formats

Publish or perish-print your documents or prepare them for sharing electronically

Open the book and find:

What all the keys on the keyboard are for

How to use the Ribbon

Things to know about saving and naming files

How to recover a document you thought was lost

Tools for collaborating with others

Tips for taming mail merge

A whole chapter on Word's tools for writers

The ten commandments of Word