Word 2016 For Professionals For Dummies

The most comprehensive guide to Microsoft Word 2016

If you're a professional who uses Word, but aren't aware of its many features or get confused about how they work best, Word 2016 For Professionals For Dummies answers all your burning questions about the world's number-one word processing software. Offering in-depth coverage of topics you won't find in Word 2016 For Dummies, this guide focuses on the professional's needs, giving you all you need to know not only do your job well, but to do it even better.

As Microsoft continues to hone Word with each new release, new features are added beyond basic word processing. From using Word to create blog posts to importing data from Excel to expertly flowing text around objects, it covers the gamut of Word's more advanced capabilities--including those you probably don't know exist. Whether you're looking to use Word to build a master document, collaborate and share, publish an ebook, or anything in between, the thorough, step-by-step guidance in Word 2016 For Professionals For Dummies makes it easier.

• Discover neat Word editing tips and tricks to create complex documents

• Share documents and collaborate with others

• Format text, paragraphs, and pages like never before

• Add Excel charts and graphics to Word documents

• Create an ebook

Essential reading for the Word power user who wants to be more productive and efficient at work, this handy guide gives you the boost to take your skills to the next level.

Autorentext

Dan Gookin has been writing about technology for over 150 titles years. He's written more than 130 books, including the original For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, which soon became the world's fastest-selling computer book. Other top sellers include PCs For Dummies, Laptops For Dummies, and Android Phones For Dummies. Visit Dan at www.wambooli.com.

Zusammenfassung
The most comprehensive guide to Microsoft Word 2016 If you're a professional who uses Word, but aren't aware of its many features or get confused about how they work best, Word 2016 For Professionals For Dummies answers all your burning questions about the world's number-one word processing software. Offering in-depth coverage of topics you won't find in Word 2016 For Dummies, this guide focuses on the professional's needs, giving you all you need to know not only do your job well, but to do it even better. As Microsoft continues to hone Word with each new release, new features are added beyond basic word processing. From using Word to create blog posts to importing data from Excel to expertly flowing text around objects, it covers the gamut of Word's more advanced capabilitiesincluding those you probably don't know exist. Whether you're looking to use Word to build a master document, collaborate and share, publish an ebook, or anything in between, the thorough, step-by-step guidance in Word 2016 For Professionals For Dummies makes it easier.

• Discover neat Word editing tips and tricks to create complex documents
• Share documents and collaborate with others
• Format text, paragraphs, and pages like never before
• Add Excel charts and graphics to Word documents
• Create an ebook Essential reading for the Word power user who wants to be more productive and efficient at work, this handy guide gives you the boost to take your skills to the next level.

Inhalt
Introduction 1

About This Book 1

How to Use This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 4

Beyond the Book 5

Where to Go from Here 5

Part 1: Fancy Formatting and Froufrou 7

Chapter 1: Font Fun 9

A Knowledge of Fonts 9

Describing text 10

Understanding text attributes 12

Selecting the proper typeface 14

Font Control 15

Exploring the Font group 15

Using the Font dialog box 16

Choosing fonts with a theme 17

Changing the default font 18

Typography Control 19

Changing text scale 19

Setting character spacing 20

Adding kerning and ligatures 21

Adjusting text position 22

Text Effects Strange and Wonderful 23

Accessing the Format Text Effects pane 24

Changing text fill 25

Setting a text outline 26

Adding a text shadow 28

Configuring text reflection and glow 29

Creating hidden text 29

Find and Replace Text Formatting 31

Chapter 2: Paragraph Layout 35

A Typical Paragraph 35

Understanding paragraph formatting 36

Finding paragraph control in Word 38

Working with the Ruler 39

Pure Paragraph Formatting 40

Using justification 41

Working with paragraph indents 42

Setting a first-line indent 43

Creating a hanging indent 44

Increasing space before or after a paragraph 45

Adjusting line spacing 46

Adding some shade 48

Hyphenation 49

Adding a manual hyphen 50

Automatically hyphenating text 51

Inserting an unbreakable hyphen 52

Of Widows and Orphans 52

Chapter 3: Tabs and Lists 55

The Whole Tab Thing 56

Understanding tab stops 56

Setting tab stops on the Ruler 58

Using the Tabs dialog box 60

Viewing tab characters 62

Tab Cookbook 62

Building a hanging-indent list 63

Building a double-tab hanging-indent list 64

Creating a tabbed list 65

Setting a Center tab stop 66

Building a left-justified, right-justified list 66

Building a back-to-back list 68

Lining up values with a decimal tab 69

Creating a leader tab list 70

Adding a leader tab to an existing tab stop 72

Building fill-in-the-blanks underlines 72

Finding an excuse to use the Bar tab 74

Numbered Lists 75

Numbering paragraphs 75

Adjusting numbering indents 76

Skipping paragraph numbers 77

Restarting numbered paragraphs 78

Numbering paragraphs starting at a specific value 79

Creating custom paragraph numbers 79

Bulleted Lists 80

The Multilevel List 81

Chapter 4: Custom Tables 85

Let's Build a Table 85

Creating a table the original way 86

Inserting a fresh, new table 88

Converting tabs to a table 89

Drawing a table 90

Adding a quick table 91

Table Editing 92

Filling the table 92

Selecting stuff in a table 93

Inserting rows or columns 94

Merging and splitting cells 95

Setting the table size 97

Adjusting row and column size 97

Make the Table Less Obnoxious 99

Adding a table heading 99

Aligning text 99

Setting text direction 100

Setting gridlines 101

Applying instant table formats 101

Some Table Tricks 102

Sorting a table 102

Splitting a table between two pages 104

Applying table math 105

Adios, Table 106

Removing a cell 106 Deleting rows or colu...