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Microsoft 365 Word Tips and Tricks

By : Heather Ackmann, Bill Kulterman
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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
14
Section 3: Help! Word Is Being Strange! Troubleshooting Common Problems

Customizing the header and footer

When working with a table of contents in Microsoft Word and if folks decide they want to customize something such as page numbers, navigating to the header and footer area is the last place most people will think to look. So, naturally, many get confused here. Working with Word's automatic table of contents feature is not the most intuitive feature or process if you are not accustomed to working with Microsoft Word documents and features.

If you have used one of Microsoft Word's automatic table of contents (like I have), content such as the names of chapters and the page numbers will be pulled from your document headings (see Chapter 8, Saving Time and Ensuring Consistency with Styles) and automatically be updated when you click the Update Table button:

Figure 7.14 – Update Table button

So, if you want to change the appearance of something such as page numbers, knowing where to go to format them isn&apos...