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    Intermediate Word: Word Essentials, #2
    Intermediate Word: Word Essentials, #2
    Intermediate Word: Word Essentials, #2
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    Intermediate Word: Word Essentials, #2

    By M.L. Humphrey

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    Microsoft Word is a great program for writing basic reports and papers. But it can do so much more than that.

     

    In this guide you'll learn how to insert tables or images into your document, create custom styles, insert footnotes and endnotes, customize your document footers and headers, and use section and page breaks to create more sophisticated documents.

     

    You'll also learn how to use track changes to collaborate with others as well as a few other tips and tricks to make Word an even more powerful tool.

     

    If you've mastered the basics of Word and are ready to take it to the next level, this is the guide for you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM.L. Humphrey
    Release dateDec 19, 2017
    ISBN9781386884057
    Intermediate Word: Word Essentials, #2
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    M.L. Humphrey

    Hi there Sci Fi fans, my name is Maurice Humphrey. I am a Vermont native, husband, father, grandfather, well over 60, Navy veteran, retired IBM engineer, retired printer repairman, Graduated: Goddard Jr. College, VT Technical College, and Trinity College. Over the years I've written technical articles, taught technical classes, and presented at technical conventions. I've been reading science fiction for over 50 years now. First books were "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Jules Verne and "The Stars Are Ours" by Andre Norton. I've read and collected many great stories, and a considerable amount of junk ones as well. I'd say by now that I probably have a good idea of what I consider a good story.

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      Intermediate Word - M.L. Humphrey

      Basic Terminology

      Below are some basic terms that I’ll use throughout this guide. I want to make sure that you’re familiar with them before we start.

      Tab

      I refer to the menu choices at the top of the screen (File, Home, Insert, Design, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View, Developer) as tabs. If you click on one you’ll see that the way it’s highlighted sort of looks like an old-time filing system.

      Each tab you select will show you different options. For example, in the image above, I have the Home tab selected and you can do various tasks such as cut/copy/paste, format paint, change the font, change the formatting of a paragraph, apply a style to your text, find/replace words in your document, or select the text in your document. Other tabs give other options.

      Click

      If I tell you to click on something, that means to use your mouse (or trackpad) to move the arrow on the screen over to a specific location and left-click or right-click on the option. (See the next definition for the difference between left-click and right-click).

      If you left-click, this selects the item. If you right-click, this generally creates a dropdown list of options to choose from. If I don't tell you which to do, left- or right-click, then left-click.

      Left-click/Right-click

      If you look at your mouse or your trackpad, you generally have two flat buttons to press. One is on the left side, one is on the right. If I say left-click that means to press down on the button on the left. If I say right-click that means press down on the button on the right.

      Now, as I sadly learned when I had to upgrade computers and ended up with an HP Envy, not all track pads have the left- and right-hand buttons. In that case, you’ll basically want to press on either the bottom left-hand side of the track pad or the bottom right-hand side of the trackpad. Since you’re working blind it may take a little trial and error to get the option you want working. (Or is that just me?)

      Select or Highlight

      If I tell you to select text, that means to left-click at the end of the text you want to select, hold that left-click, and move your cursor to the other end of the text you want to select.

      Another option is to use the Shift key. Go to one end of the text you want to select. Hold down the shift key and use the arrow keys to move to the other end of the text you want to select. If you arrow up or down, that will select an entire row at a time.

      With both methods, which side of the text you start on doesn’t matter. You can start at the end and go to the beginning or start at the beginning and go to the end. Just start at one end or the other of the text you want to select.

      The text you’ve selected will then be highlighted in gray.

      If you need to select text that isn’t touching you can do this by selecting your first section of text and then holding down the Ctrl key and selecting your second section of text using your mouse. (You can’t arrow to the second section of text or you’ll lose your already selected text.)

      Dropdown Menu

      If you right-click in a Word document, you will see what I’m going to refer to as a dropdown menu. (Sometimes it will actually drop upward if you’re towards the bottom of the document.)

      A dropdown menu provides you a list of choices to select from.

      There are also dropdown menus available for some of the options listed under the tabs at the top of the screen. For example, if you go to the Home tab, you’ll see small arrows below or next to some of the options, like the numbered list option in the paragraph section. If you click on those arrows, you’ll see that there are multiple choices you can choose from listed on a dropdown menu.

      Expansion Arrows

      I don’t know the official word for these, but you’ll also notice at the bottom right corner of most of the sections in each tab that there are little arrows. If you hold your mouse over the arrow it lets you bring up a more detailed set of options, usually through a dialogue box (which we’ll discuss next).

      In the Home tab, for example, there are expansion arrows for Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, and Styles. Holding your mouse over the arrow will give a brief description of what clicking on the expansion arrow will do.

      Dialogue Box

      Dialogue boxes are pop-up boxes that cover specialized settings. As just mentioned, if you click on an expansion arrow, it will often open a dialogue box that contains more choices than are visible in that section. When you right-click in a Word document and choose Font, Paragraph, or Hyperlink that also opens dialogue boxes.

      Dialogue boxes allow the most granular level of control over an option. For example, the Paragraph Dialogue Box has more options available than in the Paragraph section of the Home tab.

      (This may not apply to you, but be aware that if you have more than one Word document open and open a dialogue box in one of those documents, you may not be able to move to the other documents you have open until you close the dialogue box.)

      Scroll Bar

      This is more useful in Excel than in Word, but on the right-hand side of the screen you should see a scroll bar. You can either click in the space above or below the bar to move up or down a small amount or you can left-click on the bar, hold the left-click, and drag the bar up or down to move through the document more quickly. You can also use the arrows at the top and the bottom of the bar to move up and down through your document. (The scroll bar isn’t always visible in Word. If you don’t see it, move your mouse over to the side of the screen and it should appear.)

      In general, you shouldn’t see a scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, but it is possible. This would happen if you ever change the zoom level of your document to the point that you’re not seeing the entire width of the document in a single screen. (Not something I recommend when working with normal documents.)

      Arrow

      If I ever tell you to arrow to the left or right or up or down, that just means use your arrow keys. This will move your cursor to the left one space, to the right one space, up one line, or down one line. If you’re at the end of a line and arrow to the right, it will take you to the beginning of the next line. If you’re at the beginning of a line and arrow to the left, it will take you to the end of the last line.

      Cursor

      There are two possible meanings for cursor. One is the one I just used. In your Word document, you will see that there is a blinking line. This indicates where you are in the document. If you type text, each letter will appear where the cursor was at the time you typed it. The cursor will move (at least in the U.S. and I’d assume most European versions) to the right as you type. This version of the cursor should be visible at all times unless you have text selected.

      The other type of cursor is the one that’s tied to the movement of your mouse or trackpad. When you’re typing, it will not be visible. But stop typing and move your mouse or trackpad, and you’ll see it. If the cursor is positioned over your

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