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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
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Section 3: Help! Word Is Being Strange! Troubleshooting Common Problems

Chapter 9: Working Faster with Automation

When people think of how to automate Word documents, they typically think of macros (a set of grouped commands and instructions run together as a single command) or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code. Both have a few disadvantages. For one, they are a bit more complicated to write, especially VBA. And two, not all end users can open macro-enabled files at work. Because these types of files have the potential to be embedded with malicious code (or even potentially damaging human errors), some companies and IT departments have simply chosen to disable all macros and code contained within these types of files. So, even if you have successfully written a perfect macro-enabled, fully automated Word document or template for someone to use, they may not be able to utilize the automation within because their company has locked down those types of files for security reasons.

So, this chapter thinks a bit outside the box and focuses on preparation...