Microsoft Word Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

✍ Scribed by Lambert, Joan;

• Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 656
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The quick way to learn Microsoft Word 365 and Word 2021 for Windows!

This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Word. Jump in wherever you need answers― brisk lessons and detailed screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step.

Create great-looking, well-organized, accessible documents to enhance communication
Use headings, bookmarks, and footnotes for more intuitive access to knowledge
Present complex information in diagrams and charts
Illustrate concepts by using professional stock images, 3D models, icons, and screen clippings
Collaborate with other Word and Word for the web users to create and edit documents in real time, tracking changes for review and automatically saving file versions
Enforce security and privacy in electronic documents
Quickly build tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies
Generate personalized emails, letters, labels, envelopes, directories, and catalogs from various data sources
Supercharge efficiency with custom styles, themes, templates, and building blocks
Look up just the tasks and lessons you need

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the author
Introduction
Who this book is for
The Step by Step approach
Features and conventions
Download the practice files
E-book edition
Get support and give feedback
Pearson’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Part 1: Get started with Microsoft Word
1. Word basics
Start Word
Work in the Word user interface
Manage Microsoft 365 app settings
Get help and provide feedback
Key points
Practice tasks
2. Create and manage documents
Create documents
Open and move around in documents
Display different views of documents
Display and edit file properties
Save and close documents
Key points
Practice tasks
3. Enter and edit text
Enter and import text
Select, move, copy, and delete text
Find and replace text
Use reference and research tools
Key points
Practice tasks
Part 2: Create professional documents
4. Modify the structure and appearance of text
Apply paragraph formatting
Structure content manually
Apply character formatting
Create and modify lists
Apply built-in styles to text
Change the document theme
Key points
Practice tasks
5. Organize information in columns and tables
Present information in columns
Create tabbed lists
Present information in tables
Format tables
Key points
Practice tasks
6. Add simple graphic elements
Insert, move, and resize pictures
Edit and format pictures
Provide additional information about pictures
Insert screen clippings
Insert and format icons
Draw and modify shapes
Build equations
Key points
Practice tasks
Part 3: Enhance document content
7. Insert and modify diagrams and 3D models
Create diagrams
Modify diagrams
Create picture diagrams
Insert and modify 3D models
Key points
Practice tasks
8. Insert and modify charts
Create charts
Modify charts
Format charts
Key points
Practice tasks
9. Format document elements
Format the page background
Insert a background watermark
Insert headers, footers, and page numbers
Insert preformatted document parts
Key points
Practice tasks
10. Organize and arrange content
Reorganize document outlines
Arrange objects on a page
Use tables to control page layout
Key points
Practice tasks
Part 4: Review and finalize documents
11. Collaborate on documents
Mark up documents
Display and review document markup
Compare and combine documents
Control content changes
Coauthor documents
Key points
Practice tasks
12. Finalize and distribute documents
Locate and correct text errors
Preview and adjust page layout
Control what appears on each page
Prepare documents for electronic distribution
Print and send documents
Key points
Practice tasks
Part 5: Use advanced Word functions
13. Reference content and content sources
Insert bookmarks and cross-references
Display document information in fields
Insert and modify footnotes and endnotes
Create and modify tables of contents
Create and modify indexes
Cite sources and compile bibliographies
Key points
Practice tasks
14. Merge data with documents and labels
Understand the mail merge process
Start the mail merge process
Choose and refine the data source
Insert merge fields
Preview and complete the merge
Create individual envelopes and labels
Key points
Practice tasks
15. Create custom document elements
Create and modify styles
Create and manage custom themes
Create and attach templates
Create custom building blocks
Key points
Practice tasks
16. Customize options and the user interface
Change default Word options
Display and customize the Quick Access Toolbar
Customize the ribbon
Manage add-ins and security options
Key points
Practice tasks
Appendix: Keyboard shortcuts
Glossary
Index