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Microsoft 365 Word Tips and Tricks

By : Heather Ackmann, Bill Kulterman
Book Image

Microsoft 365 Word Tips and Tricks

By: Heather Ackmann, Bill Kulterman

Overview of this book

If you’re proud of yourself for finally learning how to use keyboard shortcuts and the search function, but still skip a beat when asked to generate a table of contents, then this book is for you. Written by two experts who’ve been teaching the world about Word for decades, Microsoft 365 Word Tips and Tricks is a powerhouse of demystifying advice that will take you from Word user to Word master. This book takes you on a step-by-step journey through Word essentials with plenty of practical examples. With it, you'll explore different versions of Microsoft Word, its full functionality, and understand how these versions impact collaboration with others. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of working with the legendary text editor, including a whole chapter dedicated to concentrating better with the help of Word. Expert advice will fill your knowledge gaps and teach you how to work more productively and efficiently with text, images, styles, and even macros. By the end of this book, you will be able to make better documents faster and troubleshoot any Word-related problem that comes your way. And because of its clear and cohesive structure, you can easily come back to refresh your knowledge whenever you need it.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Section 1: Working More Efficiently, Together or Alone with Word
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Section 2: Making Sense of Formatting Short and Long Documents
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Section 3: Help! Word Is Being Strange! Troubleshooting Common Problems

Defining a new list style

Lists can be difficult to work with, and if you work with lists often, you should create list styles. This becomes even more important if you want to have a consistent list style for all your business documents. In this section, we will learn how to define a new list style.

If you want your lists to be anything other than the defaults, you should always use the Multilevel List option and create a custom list style. To define a list style, begin by clicking on the Multilevel List button. You will find it on the Home tab, in the Paragraph section of the Ribbon:

Figure 14.6 – The Multilevel List button

Once you click this button, the List Gallery area will appear. At the bottom, you will see Define New List Style…:

Figure 14.7 – The Define New List Style… option

Click on this and you will get the Define New List Style window:

Figure 14.8 – The Define...