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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 14: Fixing Frustrating Numbers and Bullet Lists

We have already learned a great deal about lists earlier in this book. In this chapter, we aim to examine how lists can become problematic by looking at a few examples of common problems and how to resolve them.

We will start by looking at what can happen when copying a list from another source, such as Google Docs. Often, the source document may contain formatting that is not contained in the receiving document. This can cause issues with formatting, and we will explore some possible solutions to this.

Styles in Word documents may also be a cause of formatting issues. In this chapter, we will look at how formatting and styles can clash to cause issues with lists. We will also discuss how user error can be a contributing factor.

List styles can provide the solution to most list formatting problems. We will learn how to define a new list style. We will explore the formatting options and create a new list style that...