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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)
1
Section 1: Working More Efficiently, Together or Alone with Word
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Section 2: Making Sense of Formatting Short and Long Documents
14
Section 3: Help! Word Is Being Strange! Troubleshooting Common Problems

The Word Clipboard

Many users who are new to Word have no idea that once they've copied something in Word, Word tracks and remembers what was copied for a short while. In fact, if you want to reuse something you've copied recently, you can do so from a feature within Word called the Clipboard.

You can open the Clipboard from your Home tab by clicking on the tiny arrow in the lower right-hand corner of the Clipboard group:

Figure 15.16 – Clipboard button

Clicking that button will open the Clipboard pane to the left of your screen:

Figure 15.17 – Clipboard pane

This pane will display everything you have copied, including text and pictures, and allow you to quickly insert and reuse any copied content again. At the very bottom of the pane, you'll find options for displaying the Clipboard and copying status:

Figure 15.18 – Clipboard Options menu

You can choose to turn on or...