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Chapter: Chapter 2. Navigating Word 2003

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Quick Tour of the "Cockpit"
Using Find, Replace, and Go To
Getting Help
Activating Word or Office
Troubleshooting

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Microsoft Office Word 2003

Part I: Word Basics: Get Productive Fast

Chapter 1. What's New in Microsoft Office Word 2003

Discovering Microsoft's Key Word 2003 Enhancements

Research Tools

Review and Collaboration Improvements

Document Security with Information Rights Management (IRM)

Productivity Improvements

XML Support

Chapter 2. Navigating Word 2003

Quick Tour of the 'Cockpit'

Using Find, Replace, and Go To

Getting Help

Activating Word or Office

Troubleshooting

Chapter 3. Essential Document Creation and Management Techniques

Creating New Documents

Using the New Document Task Pane

Basic Editing

Saving Your Documents

Using Word's Program and File Recovery Features

Retrieving Your Documents

Finding the File You're Seeking

Switching Among Files You've Opened

Troubleshooting

Chapter 4. Quick and Effective Formatting Techniques

Understanding the Basics of Direct Formatting

Introducing Font Formatting

Working with Paragraph Formatting

Controlling How Paragraphs Break Between Pages

Using Bullets and Numbered Lists

Comparing, Selecting, and Copying Formatted Text

Using On-the-Fly Format Checking

Troubleshooting

Chapter 5. Controlling Page Features

Using Word's Page Setup Features

Using Headers and Footers

Working with Multiple Columns

Using Borders and Shading

Troubleshooting

Chapter 6. Printing and Faxing in Word

Printing the Entire Document

Specifying What to Print

Other Useful Print Settings

Creating a Print File from Which You Can Print Later

Printing Envelopes in Word

Using E-Postage with Word

Printing Labels

Printing Many Files at the Same Time

Using Print Preview

Sending a Fax from Word

Troubleshooting

Chapter 7. Using Word's Speech Control, Dictation, and Handwriting Features

Understanding Word's Speech Features

Preparing for Speech Recognition

Training Word to Understand Speech

Issuing Voice Commands to Word

Dictating to Word

Creating Multiple Speech Profiles

Using Word's Handwriting Features

Using Additional Ink Features on the Tablet PC

Troubleshooting

Part II: Building Slicker Documents Faster

Chapter 8. Making the Most of Word's Proofing and Research Tools

Using Automatic Spelling and Grammar Checking

Disabling or Hiding Automatic Spelling and Grammar Checking

Checking Spelling Through the Spelling and Grammar Dialog Box

Controlling Spelling Settings

Creating Custom Dictionaries for Custom Needs

Spell Checking Text in Foreign Languages

A Closer Look at the Grammar Checker

Using the Word Thesaurus

Using Word's Built-In Language Translation Tools

Working with Additional Research Services

Counting a Document's Words, Pages, Lines, and Characters

Displaying Readability Statistics

Controlling Hyphenation

Troubleshooting

Chapter 9. Automating Your Documents

AutoCorrect: Smarter Than Ever

AutoText: The Complete Boilerplate Resource

AutoFormatting: The Fastest Way to Format

Working with AutoSummarize

Working with Smart Tags

Troubleshooting

Chapter 10. Streamlining Your Formatting with Styles

Why Styles Are So Valuable

What Styles Are and How They Work

Understanding and Using Word's Default Styles

Chapter 11. Templates, Wizards, and Add-Ins

What Templates Are and How They Work

Using Word's Built-In Template Library

Using Templates from Microsoft Office Online

The Normal Template: Crucial to All Documents

Creating a New Template

Understanding Global Templates

Understanding the Relationship Between Styles and Templates

Attaching Templates to Documents and Email Messages

Linking CSS Style Sheets to Web Pages

Using Themes to Change the Styles in Your Template

Previewing New Templates with Style Gallery

Moving Elements Among Templates

Managing Templates to Minimize Your Work

Using Workgroup Templates

Storing Templates on a Web Server

Using Word Wizards

Understanding Word Add-Ins

Troubleshooting

Chapter 12. Structuring and Organizing Information with Tables

Understanding What Word Tables Can Do

Word's Multiple Approaches to Creating a Table

Editing in a Table

Changing a Table's Structure or Formatting

Adding Table Borders and Shading

Controlling Table Breaks and Table Headers

Using Table Styles

Working with Table Properties

Converting Text to Tables

Calculating with Tables

Sorting the Contents of Tables

Troubleshooting

Part III: The Visual Word: Making Documents Look Great

Chapter 13. Getting Images Into Your Documents

Opportunities to Use Graphics Effectively

Inserting a Photo or Another Image You've Created

Finding and Inserting Images Through the Clip Art Task Pane

Working with Microsoft Clip Organizer

Finding Other Sources of Images

Editing Images to Serve Your Needs

Minimizing Graphics File Size by Compressing Pictures

Adding Alternative Text to Your Image

Using WordArt

Working with Microsoft Office Picture Manager

Troubleshooting

Chapter 14. Using Word's Quick and Easy Drawing Tools

Understanding How Word Drawings Work

Drawing Lines and Other Basic Shapes

AutoShapes: Word's Library of Predrawn Shapes

Controlling Colors

Adding Depth to Your Graphics

Editing Objects in a Word Drawing

Troubleshooting

Chapter 15. Visualizing Your Message with Graphs, Diagrams, and Org Charts

Understanding Graphs and Charts

Creating Data to Be Graphed

Choosing Among Word's Extensive Selection of Charts

Working with Chart Options

Formatting Chart Elements

Creating a Chart from Scratch

Creating and Using Custom Chart Types

Using Trendlines

Using Error Bars

Revising Charts Automatically

About Word's Organization Chart Feature

Changing Organization Chart Layouts

About Word's Business Diagrams Capabilities

Troubleshooting

Chapter 16. Word Desktop Publishing

Word 2003: 'Almost' a Full-Fledged Desktop Publishing Program

When to Use Word?And When 'Not' To

Planning Your Document

Quick and Easy Brochures with the Brochure Template

Using Publication Layouts from Microsoft Office Online

Using Drop Caps

Inserting Symbols and Special Characters

Using Text Boxes

Troubleshooting

Part IV: Industrial-Strength Document Production Techniques

Chapter 17. Using Mail Merge Effectively

An Overview of Word's Mail Merge

Starting a Mail Merge with the Mail Merge Wizard Task Pane

Working with the Mail Merge Toolbar

Selecting a Starting Document

Selecting Recipients

Preparing the Content of Your Main Document

Printing or Delivering Your Merged Documents

Customizing Merged Documents with Word Fields

Troubleshooting

Chapter 18. Outlining: Practical Techniques for Organizing Any Document

The Benefits of Outlining

The Role of Heading Styles and Outline Levels in Outlining

Creating a New Outline

Understanding Outline View

Controlling Your Outline View

Applying Outline Levels to Specific Text

Printing Your Outline

Using Word's Automatic Outline Numbering

Using List Styles

Troubleshooting

Chapter 19. Master Documents: Control and Share Even the Largest Documents

The Advantages of Master Documents

Creating Master Documents and Subdocuments

Working with Master Document and Subdocument Files

Style Behavior in Master Documents and Subdocuments

Reorganizing a Master Document

Creating a Table of Contents, an Index, or Cross-References for a Master Document

Printing Master Documents and Subdocuments

Working with Others on the Same Master Document

Inserting Files Rather Than Using Master Documents

Using Insert File to Insert Part of a Document

Troubleshooting

Chapter 20. Tables of Contents, Figures, Authorities, and Captions

Tables of Contents

Introducing Tables of Figures and Captions

Introducing Citations

Troubleshooting

Chapter 21. Building More Effective Indexes

How Word Indexes Work

Creating a New Index Entry

COMPILING YOUR INDEX

Building Indexes from Multiple Documents

Automating Indexing with Index AutoMark Files

Placing More Than One Index in a Document

Troubleshooting

Chapter 22. Using Footnotes, Bookmarks, and Cross-References

Using Footnotes and Endnotes

Using Bookmarks

Working with Cross-References

Troubleshooting

Chapter 23. Automating Your Documents with Field Codes

Understanding Fields

Fields That Might Already Be in Your Document

Viewing Fields

Inserting a Field Using the Field Dialog Box

Available Categories

Available Tutorials

Chapter: Chapter 2. Navigating Word 2003