Microsoft Word
Customizing MS-Office 2010 Quick Access Toolbars
The Quick Access Toolbar has been a part of MS Office since the 2003 version, but it has come to the forefront since the introduction of MS Office 2007 and more prominently with MS Office 2010. The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar that houses the common commands – Save, Undo and Redo. Faithful to its name and function, the Quick Access Toolbar is there at the same spot irrespective of the Ribbon tab you are working on.
You can enhance your productivity with two quick and easy changes to the Quick Access Toolbar...
How to Make a Newsletter using MS Word
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Word 2010 Using Mail Merge
Mail merge is a useful tool that will allow you to easily produce multiple letters, labels, envelopes, name tags and more using information stored in a list, database, or spreadsheet. In this lesson, you will learn how to use the mail merge wizard to create a data source and a form letter, and explore other wizard features.
Word 2010 Using a Template
A template is a pre-designed document that you can use to create documents quickly without having to think about formatting. With a template, many of the big document design decisions such as margin size, font style and size, and spacing are predetermined. In this lesson, you will learn how to create a new document with a template and insert text into it.
Word 2010 SmartArt Graphics
SmartArt allows you to visually communicate information rather than simply using text. Illustrations can really enhance your document, and SmartArt makes using graphics especially easy. In this lesson, you will learn how to insert a SmartArt graphic, modify the color and effects, and change the organization of the graphic.
Word 2010 Working with Tables
A table is a grid of cells arranged in rows and columns. Tables can be customized and are useful for various tasks such as presenting text information and numerical data.
In this lesson, you will learn how to convert text to a table, apply table styles, format tables, and create blank tables.
Word 2010 Reviewing Documents
Suppose someone asks you to proofread a report for them. If you have a hard copy of the report, you might use a red pen to cross out sentences, mark misspellings, or add comments in the margins. However, you could also do all of these things in Word using the Track Changes and Comments features.
When you've finished reviewing the document, the other person can choose to automatically Accept all of your changes, or decide whether to Accept or Reject each change one-by-one.
In this lesson, you'll learn how to Track Changes, add Comments, and Compare two versions of a document.
Word 2010 Working with Headers and Footers
You can make your document look professional and polished by utilizing the header and footer sections. The header is a section of the document that appears in the top margin, while the footer is a section of the document that appears in the bottom margin. Headers and footers generally contain information such as page number, date, document name, etc.
In this lesson, you will learn how to insert and edit headers and footers.
Word 2010 Styles and Themes
Styles and themes are powerful tools in Word that can help you easily create professional looking documents. A style is a predefined combination of font style, color, and size of text that can be applied to selected text. A theme is a set of formatting choices that can be applied to an entire document and includes theme colors, fonts, and effects.
In this lesson you will learn how to apply, modify and create a style, use style sets, apply a document theme, and create a custom theme.
Word 2010 Formatting Pictures
Once you've added pictures to your documents, you can format them in various ways. The picture tools in Word 2010 make it easy to incorporate images into your documents and modify those images in interesting ways.
In this lesson, you will learn how to change the picture style and shape, add a border, crop and compress pictures, add artistic effects, and more.
Word 2010 Inserting Clip Art and Pictures
Images are a great way to liven up a document, and Word offers a couple of ways of inserting images. There are built-in Clip Art images for just about every topic, so you may be able to find a perfect Clip Art image for your document. If you have a more specific image in mind, you can insert a picture from a file.
In this lesson, you will learn how to search for and insert Clip Art, how to insert an image from a file, and how to change the text wrapping settings for your images.
Word 2010 Text Boxes and WordArt
You may want to insert a text box into your document to draw attention to specific text or to have the ability to easily move text around within a document. Text boxes are basically treated the same as shapes, so you can add the same types of effects to them, and you can even change their shape. If you want, you can format the text inside the text box as WordArt, allowing you to apply 3-D effects and transformations to the text itself.
In this lesson, you will learn how to insert a text box and format it in various ways including resizing and moving it, and changing the text box shape, color, and outline. You will also learn how to create and format WordArt.
Word 2010 Working with Shapes
You can add a variety of shapes to your document including arrows, callouts, squares, stars, flowchart shapes and more. Want to set your name and address apart from the rest of your resume? Use a line. Need to create a diagram showing a timeline or process? Use the flowchart shapes. While you may not need shapes in every document you create, they can add visual appeal and clarity.
In this lesson you will learn how to insert a shape and format it by changing its fill color, outline color, shape style, and shadow effects. Additionally, you will learn how to apply 3-D effects to shapes.
Word 2010 Working with Hyperlinks
Whenever you use the Web, you are using hyperlinks to navigate from one web page to another. Sometimes, a hyperlink will link to a different section of the same page. If you want to include a web address or email address in your Word document, you can format it as a hyperlink for a person to click on.
In this lesson, you will learn the basics of working with hyperlinks, including how to insert and remove them in your Word document.
Word 2010 Working with Columns
Columns are used in many types of documents, but are most commonly used in newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and newsletters. In this lesson you will learn how to insert columns into a document and create column breaks.
Word 2010 Adding Breaks
Word has several different types of breaks that you can add to your document to change the layout and pagination. Each type of break serves a different purpose and will affect the document in different ways. Page breaks move text to a new page before reaching the end of a page, while section breaks create a barrier between parts of the document for formatting purposes. Column breaks split text in columns at a specific point. In this lesson, you'll learn how to insert and delete breaks.
Word 2010 Working with Lists
Bulleted and numbered lists can be used in your documents to format, arrange and emphasize text. In this lesson, you will learn how to modify existing bullets, insert new bulleted and numbered lists, select symbols as bullets, and format multilevel lists.
Word 2010 Line and Paragraph Spacing
An important part of creating effective documents lies in the document design. When designing your document and making formatting decisions, you will need to know how to modify the spacing. In this lesson, you will learn how to modify the line and paragraph spacing in various ways.
Word 2010 Using Indents and Tabs
In this lesson, you will learn how to use the tab selector and the horizontal ruler to set tabs and indents, and how to use the Increase and Decrease Indent commands.
Word 2010 Printing
Once you've completed your document, you may want to print it. This lesson covers the tasks in the Print pane along with the Quick Print feature.