Word 2013 in easy steps

by Scott Basham

Overview

Word 2013 in easy steps shows you how to quickly get to grips with the new features of Microsoft's latest version of this popular word processing application. Word has been brought up-to-date with a new, sleeker look. There are new templates and design tools and new ways to share and work with others. Word 2013 is much more functional on tablets and other touch screen devices and file sharing and cloud storage gives you consistent access to information from virtually any device.

In the clear and concise In Easy Steps style, it covers all that you need to know to get more from your new word processor. This includes features covering; viewing and editing text on Tablet PCs, using Word directly on the web, adding photos and videos to jazz up your documents and collaborating with others to work on a document.

Word 2013 in easy steps uses detailed images and easy-to-follow instructions to get you up to speed with Word, whether you are just upgrading from a previous version or are a new user. Packed with invaluable tips and shortcuts, this guide offers the best return on your investment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840785739
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date:	07/30/2013
Series:	In Easy Steps
Edition description:	2013 Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Scott Basham has worked as an author (of In Easy Steps books), training consultant and software developer for 16 years. His experience of business training spans most of this time, and includes running a training department for a global software publisher. He has written and delivered both standard and customized courses for many clients including IBM, Sony, Compaq, Hewlett Packard and Deutsche Bank. Many of these are run on-site: mostly in the U.S. but also in Europe, Africa and the Far East. His time as a College and Universitylecturer has given him experience with a variety of training levels and requirements, as well as different styles and approaches to training.

Table of Contents

1 Finding your way around 7

Introduction 8

Starting Word 2013 9

The main screen 12

The Ribbon 13

The Mini Toolbar 15

The Quick Access Toolbar 16

The Status bar 18

Getting help 19

Text editing 20

Selecting text 21

Working with files 24

Click and type 26

Basic navigation 27

2 Basic editing 29

The Clipboard 30

The Spike 33

The Format Painter 35

Formatting characters 36

Formatting paragraphs 41

Styles 46

3 Editing in more depth 51

The Styles panel 52

Paragraph-level styles 53

Linked styles 54

Mixing styles in a paragraph 56

Using style sets 57

The Ruler 58

Tabulation 59

Editing controls 63

Advanced text effects 68

Equations and symbols 70

4 Structured documents 71

The Pages tools 72

Tables and illustrations 74

The Links tools 75

Headers and footers 78

The Text tools 80

Tables 88

Themes 96

Page Setup 99

Breaks 100

Sections 101

Page design 104

5 Pictures and graphics 107

Pictures 108

Online pictures 114

Shapes 119

Layout options 120

Controlling layout 123

Video 124

SmartArt 125

Charts 127

Screenshots 128

6 Document views 129

Read Mode 130

Accessing the other views 133

Gridlines 136

The Navigation pane 137

The Document Inspector 140

7 Files and setting 141

Info 142

Save to local file 143

Recently-used files 144

Opening local files 145

Opening other file formats 146

Opening PDF files 147

Printing 149

Using templates 150

Options 153

8 Sharing features 155

Roaming documents 156

Working together 164

Email 168

Present Online 169

Blogging 172

9 References and mailing 175

Table of Contents 176

Footnotes and endnotes 180

Captions 184

Tables of figures 185

Indexing 186

Envelopes and labels 188

Mail Merge 190

10 Tools for reviewing 191

Spelling and grammar 192

Translation 194

Thesaurus 195

Comments 196

Ink 200

Tracking 203

Protecting a document 207

Index 211