Word 2010: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Top Ten Tips

• Selecting text for formatting
• Mastering the Navigation pane
• Using the Reveal Formatting pane
• Clearing formatting
• Adjusting paragraph spacing
• Setting tabs using the ruler
• Inserting horizontal lines
• Using AutoCorrect to create abbreviations
• Working with the text wrap features
• Setting defaults for new documents

2. File Management Techniques

• Opening recent files
• Changing the AutoRecover settings
• Changing the default saving location

3. Keyboard Shortcuts

• Using KeyTips to select Ribbon commands
• Using keyboard shortcuts and function keys

4. Navigation Shortcuts

• Splitting the screen
• Navigating with Browse by Object
• Using the Go To tab in the Find and Replace dialog

5. Creating Content

• Inserting random boilerplate text
• Selecting paste options
• Inserting today's date
• Using Click and Type
• Using Overtype mode
• Cutting to the Spike
• Using advanced Find and Replace techniques
• Editing the dictionary
• Refining grammar options

6. Font Formatting

• Marking inconsistent formatting
• Applying theme colors vs. standard colors
• Hiding text
• Inserting symbols and special characters
• Working with AutoFormat
• Typing symbols with AutoCorrect
• Inserting nonbreaking spaces
• Inserting diacritical marks
• Creating drop caps
• Inserting and removing hyperlinks
• Refining OpenType text features
• Replicating font formatting

7. Page Layout

• Adding first-line indents
• Controlling line and page breaks
• Mastering columns
• Inserting line numbering
• Vertically centering a cover page

8. Style Power

• Modifying a heading style to include a page break
• Using multi-level numbering in heading styles
• Saving style modifications for future use
• Assigning a keyboard shortcut to a style

9. Tables

• Adding captions to tables, figures, and charts
• Using advanced table features

10. Graphics

• Using a drawing canvas
• Creating transparent colors and removing backgrounds
• Editing clip art
• Cropping a picture with a shape
• Aligning, distributing, and grouping graphics
• Compressing images

11. Integrating with Other Office Applications

• Inserting text from a file
• Linking Excel objects

12. Long Document Tricks

• Setting up odd and even pages
• Formatting page numbering for different document sections
• Inserting bookmarks
• Inserting cross-references
• Customizing a table of contents
• Creating citations and a bibliography
• Using a style reference in a header
• Mastering Outline view

13. Publishing Techniques

• Saving ink and paper when printing
• Printing a booklet
• Printing document metadata
• Updating fields before printing
• Embedding fonts in the file

Conclusion

• Goodbye