Dan Gookin wrote the first- ever For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies. The author of several bestsellers, including Word 2016 Professionals For Dummies, Dan has written books that have been translated into 32 languages with more than 11 million copies in print.

• Introduction 1About This Book 1How to Use This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 3What’s Not Here 3Icons Used in This Book 4Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: Your Introduction to Word 5Chapter 1: Hello, Word! 7Start Your Word Day 7Behold the Word Program 9End Your Word Day 16Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21Input Devices Galore 21Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts 24Stuff That Happens While You Type 26Part 2: Your Basic Word 31Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 33Document Scrolling 33Move the Insertion Pointer 36Return to the Previous Edit 38Go to Wherever with the Go To Command 39Chapter 4: Text Editing 41Remove Text You Don’t Want 41Split and Join Paragraphs 45Soft and Hard Returns 46Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste 47Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 49Text Happily Found 49Replace Found Text 56Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text 59Meet Mr. Block 59Mark a Block of Text 61Manipulate a Block of Text 65Chapter 7: Spell It Write 71Check Your Spelling 71AutoCorrect in Action 74Grammar Be Good 77All-at-Once Document Proofing 78Document Proofing Settings 80Chapter 8: Documents New, Saved, and Opened 83Some Terms to Get Out of the Way 83Behold! A New Document 84Save Your Stuff! 85Open a Document 90Recover a Draft 94Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 95Your Document on Paper 95Electronically Publishing Your Document 104Part 3: Fun with Formatting 107Chapter 10: Character Formatting 109Text-Formatting Techniques 109Basic Text Formats 110Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic 114More Colorful Text 115Change Text Case 117Clear Character Formatting 118Behold the Font Dialog Box 118Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 121Paragraph-Formatting Rules and Regulations 121Justification and Alignment 124Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs 126Paragraph Indentation Madness 128Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 133Once Upon a Tab 133The Standard Left Tab Stop 138The Center Tab Stop 141The Right Tab Stop 142The Decimal Tab 145The Bar Tab 146Fearless Leader Tabs 147Tab Stop, Be Gone! 148Chapter 13: Page Formatting 149Describe That Page 149Page Numbering 155New Pages from Nowhere 158Page Background Froufrou 160Chapter 14: More Page Formatting 163Slice Your Document into Sections 163That First Page 167Headers and Footers 169Chapter 15: Style Formatting 177The Big Style Overview 177Make Your Own Styles 181Style Tips and Tricks 187Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting 191Instant Documents with Templates 191Templates of Your Own 195The Theme of Things 197Chapter 17: Random Drawer Formatting 201Weird and Fun Text Effects 201Steal This Format! 203Automatic Formatting 204Center a Page, Top to Bottom 208Part 4: Spruce Up a Dull Document 211Chapter 18: They’re Called Borders 213The Basics of Borders 214The Borders and Shading Dialog Box 216Stick a thick line between paragraphs 220Chapter 19: Able Tables 221Put a Table in Your Document 221Text in Tables 227Table Modification 229Chapter 20: Columns of Text 233All about Columns 233Column Termination 237Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 241Lists with Bullets and Numbers 241Document Content Lists 245Footnotes and Endnotes 248Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 251Graphical Goobers in the Text 251Image Layout 256Image Editing 258Image Arrangement 261Chapter 23: Insert Tab Insanity 265Characters Foreign and Funky 265Spice Up a Document with a Text Box 268Fun with Fields 269The Date and Time 273Part 5: The Rest of Word 275Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 277Multiple Document Mania 277Many, Many Document Types 281Chapter 25: Word for Writers 285Organize Your Thoughts 285Large Documents 291Dan’s Writing Tips 294Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out 297Comments on Your Text 297The Yellow Highlighter 301Look What They’ve Done to My Text, Ma 302Collaborate on the Internet 305Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 307About Mail Merge 307The Main Document 310The Recipient List 313Fold in the Fields 320Preview the Merged Documents 320Mail Merge, Ho! 321Chapter 28: Labels and Envelopes 325Labels Everywhere 325Instant Envelope 329Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 333A Better Status Bar 333The Quick Access Toolbar 335Customize the Ribbon 338Part 6: The Part of Tens 339Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 341Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work 342Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily 342Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key 342Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts 342Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages 343Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page 343Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command 343Honor Thy Printer 344Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee 344Neglecteth Not Windows 344Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 345Side-to-Side Page Movement 345Automatic Save with AutoRecover 346Accelerate the Ribbon 347Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts 348Build Your Own Fractions 348Electronic Bookmarks 349Lock Your Document 350The Drop Cap 350Map Your Document 351Sort Your Text 352Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 355Equations 355Video in Your Document 356Hidden Text 356The Developer Tab 357Hyphenation 357Document Properties 358Document Version History 358Collect-and-Paste 358Click-and-Type 359Translations 359Chapter 33: Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation 361Bye-Bye, Start Screen 362Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes 362Turn Off the Mini Toolbar 363Select Text by Letter 363Disable Click-and-Type 364Paste Plain Text Only 364Disable AutoFormat Features (×4) 365Index 367

Dan Gookin wrote the first- ever For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies. The author of several bestsellers, including Word 2016 Professionals For Dummies, Dan has written books that have been translated into 32 languages with more than 11 million copies in print.

• Introduction 1About This Book 1How to Use This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 3What’s Not Here 3Icons Used in This Book 4Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: Your Introduction to Word 5Chapter 1: Hello, Word! 7Start Your Word Day 7Behold the Word Program 9End Your Word Day 16Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21Input Devices Galore 21Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts 24Stuff That Happens While You Type 26Part 2: Your Basic Word 31Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 33Document Scrolling 33Move the Insertion Pointer 36Return to the Previous Edit 38Go to Wherever with the Go To Command 39Chapter 4: Text Editing 41Remove Text You Don’t Want 41Split and Join Paragraphs 45Soft and Hard Returns 46Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste 47Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 49Text Happily Found 49Replace Found Text 56Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text 59Meet Mr. Block 59Mark a Block of Text 61Manipulate a Block of Text 65Chapter 7: Spell It Write 71Check Your Spelling 71AutoCorrect in Action 74Grammar Be Good 77All-at-Once Document Proofing 78Document Proofing Settings 80Chapter 8: Documents New, Saved, and Opened 83Some Terms to Get Out of the Way 83Behold! A New Document 84Save Your Stuff! 85Open a Document 90Recover a Draft 94Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 95Your Document on Paper 95Electronically Publishing Your Document 104Part 3: Fun with Formatting 107Chapter 10: Character Formatting 109Text-Formatting Techniques 109Basic Text Formats 110Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic 114More Colorful Text 115Change Text Case 117Clear Character Formatting 118Behold the Font Dialog Box 118Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 121Paragraph-Formatting Rules and Regulations 121Justification and Alignment 124Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs 126Paragraph Indentation Madness 128Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 133Once Upon a Tab 133The Standard Left Tab Stop 138The Center Tab Stop 141The Right Tab Stop 142The Decimal Tab 145The Bar Tab 146Fearless Leader Tabs 147Tab Stop, Be Gone! 148Chapter 13: Page Formatting 149Describe That Page 149Page Numbering 155New Pages from Nowhere 158Page Background Froufrou 160Chapter 14: More Page Formatting 163Slice Your Document into Sections 163That First Page 167Headers and Footers 169Chapter 15: Style Formatting 177The Big Style Overview 177Make Your Own Styles 181Style Tips and Tricks 187Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting 191Instant Documents with Templates 191Templates of Your Own 195The Theme of Things 197Chapter 17: Random Drawer Formatting 201Weird and Fun Text Effects 201Steal This Format! 203Automatic Formatting 204Center a Page, Top to Bottom 208Part 4: Spruce Up a Dull Document 211Chapter 18: They’re Called Borders 213The Basics of Borders 214The Borders and Shading Dialog Box 216Stick a thick line between paragraphs 220Chapter 19: Able Tables 221Put a Table in Your Document 221Text in Tables 227Table Modification 229Chapter 20: Columns of Text 233All about Columns 233Column Termination 237Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 241Lists with Bullets and Numbers 241Document Content Lists 245Footnotes and Endnotes 248Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 251Graphical Goobers in the Text 251Image Layout 256Image Editing 258Image Arrangement 261Chapter 23: Insert Tab Insanity 265Characters Foreign and Funky 265Spice Up a Document with a Text Box 268Fun with Fields 269The Date and Time 273Part 5: The Rest of Word 275Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 277Multiple Document Mania 277Many, Many Document Types 281Chapter 25: Word for Writers 285Organize Your Thoughts 285Large Documents 291Dan’s Writing Tips 294Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out 297Comments on Your Text 297The Yellow Highlighter 301Look What They’ve Done to My Text, Ma 302Collaborate on the Internet 305Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 307About Mail Merge 307The Main Document 310The Recipient List 313Fold in the Fields 320Preview the Merged Documents 320Mail Merge, Ho! 321Chapter 28: Labels and Envelopes 325Labels Everywhere 325Instant Envelope 329Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 333A Better Status Bar 333The Quick Access Toolbar 335Customize the Ribbon 338Part 6: The Part of Tens 339Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 341Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work 342Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily 342Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key 342Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts 342Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages 343Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page 343Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command 343Honor Thy Printer 344Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee 344Neglecteth Not Windows 344Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 345Side-to-Side Page Movement 345Automatic Save with AutoRecover 346Accelerate the Ribbon 347Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts 348Build Your Own Fractions 348Electronic Bookmarks 349Lock Your Document 350The Drop Cap 350Map Your Document 351Sort Your Text 352Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 355Equations 355Video in Your Document 356Hidden Text 356The Developer Tab 357Hyphenation 357Document Properties 358Document Version History 358Collect-and-Paste 358Click-and-Type 359Translations 359Chapter 33: Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation 361Bye-Bye, Start Screen 362Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes 362Turn Off the Mini Toolbar 363Select Text by Letter 363Disable Click-and-Type 364Paste Plain Text Only 364Disable AutoFormat Features (×4) 365Index 367

Dan Gookin wrote the first- ever For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies. The author of several bestsellers, including Word 2016 Professionals For Dummies, Dan has written books that have been translated into 32 languages with more than 11 million copies in print.

• Introduction 1About This Book 1How to Use This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 3What’s Not Here 3Icons Used in This Book 4Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: Your Introduction to Word 5Chapter 1: Hello, Word! 7Start Your Word Day 7Behold the Word Program 9End Your Word Day 16Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21Input Devices Galore 21Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts 24Stuff That Happens While You Type 26Part 2: Your Basic Word 31Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 33Document Scrolling 33Move the Insertion Pointer 36Return to the Previous Edit 38Go to Wherever with the Go To Command 39Chapter 4: Text Editing 41Remove Text You Don’t Want 41Split and Join Paragraphs 45Soft and Hard Returns 46Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste 47Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 49Text Happily Found 49Replace Found Text 56Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text 59Meet Mr. Block 59Mark a Block of Text 61Manipulate a Block of Text 65Chapter 7: Spell It Write 71Check Your Spelling 71AutoCorrect in Action 74Grammar Be Good 77All-at-Once Document Proofing 78Document Proofing Settings 80Chapter 8: Documents New, Saved, and Opened 83Some Terms to Get Out of the Way 83Behold! A New Document 84Save Your Stuff! 85Open a Document 90Recover a Draft 94Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 95Your Document on Paper 95Electronically Publishing Your Document 104Part 3: Fun with Formatting 107Chapter 10: Character Formatting 109Text-Formatting Techniques 109Basic Text Formats 110Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic 114More Colorful Text 115Change Text Case 117Clear Character Formatting 118Behold the Font Dialog Box 118Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 121Paragraph-Formatting Rules and Regulations 121Justification and Alignment 124Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs 126Paragraph Indentation Madness 128Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 133Once Upon a Tab 133The Standard Left Tab Stop 138The Center Tab Stop 141The Right Tab Stop 142The Decimal Tab 145The Bar Tab 146Fearless Leader Tabs 147Tab Stop, Be Gone! 148Chapter 13: Page Formatting 149Describe That Page 149Page Numbering 155New Pages from Nowhere 158Page Background Froufrou 160Chapter 14: More Page Formatting 163Slice Your Document into Sections 163That First Page 167Headers and Footers 169Chapter 15: Style Formatting 177The Big Style Overview 177Make Your Own Styles 181Style Tips and Tricks 187Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting 191Instant Documents with Templates 191Templates of Your Own 195The Theme of Things 197Chapter 17: Random Drawer Formatting 201Weird and Fun Text Effects 201Steal This Format! 203Automatic Formatting 204Center a Page, Top to Bottom 208Part 4: Spruce Up a Dull Document 211Chapter 18: They’re Called Borders 213The Basics of Borders 214The Borders and Shading Dialog Box 216Stick a thick line between paragraphs 220Chapter 19: Able Tables 221Put a Table in Your Document 221Text in Tables 227Table Modification 229Chapter 20: Columns of Text 233All about Columns 233Column Termination 237Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 241Lists with Bullets and Numbers 241Document Content Lists 245Footnotes and Endnotes 248Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 251Graphical Goobers in the Text 251Image Layout 256Image Editing 258Image Arrangement 261Chapter 23: Insert Tab Insanity 265Characters Foreign and Funky 265Spice Up a Document with a Text Box 268Fun with Fields 269The Date and Time 273Part 5: The Rest of Word 275Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 277Multiple Document Mania 277Many, Many Document Types 281Chapter 25: Word for Writers 285Organize Your Thoughts 285Large Documents 291Dan’s Writing Tips 294Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out 297Comments on Your Text 297The Yellow Highlighter 301Look What They’ve Done to My Text, Ma 302Collaborate on the Internet 305Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 307About Mail Merge 307The Main Document 310The Recipient List 313Fold in the Fields 320Preview the Merged Documents 320Mail Merge, Ho! 321Chapter 28: Labels and Envelopes 325Labels Everywhere 325Instant Envelope 329Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 333A Better Status Bar 333The Quick Access Toolbar 335Customize the Ribbon 338Part 6: The Part of Tens 339Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 341Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work 342Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily 342Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key 342Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts 342Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages 343Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page 343Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command 343Honor Thy Printer 344Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee 344Neglecteth Not Windows 344Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 345Side-to-Side Page Movement 345Automatic Save with AutoRecover 346Accelerate the Ribbon 347Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts 348Build Your Own Fractions 348Electronic Bookmarks 349Lock Your Document 350The Drop Cap 350Map Your Document 351Sort Your Text 352Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 355Equations 355Video in Your Document 356Hidden Text 356The Developer Tab 357Hyphenation 357Document Properties 358Document Version History 358Collect-and-Paste 358Click-and-Type 359Translations 359Chapter 33: Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation 361Bye-Bye, Start Screen 362Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes 362Turn Off the Mini Toolbar 363Select Text by Letter 363Disable Click-and-Type 364Paste Plain Text Only 364Disable AutoFormat Features (×4) 365Index 367