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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

Chapter 15: Stuck Like Glue – Word's Deceptively Simple Paste Options

Copying and pasting in a word processing program is one of the first things beginner students do in class—not only is it a seemingly simple thing to learn and to practice, but it is so darn useful. We reuse content all the time, and for quick on-the-spot decisions, copying and pasting chunks of content is an easy solution.

It's so popular that these commands get the most prime real estate in the Microsoft Word user interface—that is, they are in the very first group on the very first tab on the ribbon:

Figure 15.1 – Word's Clipboard group

This group, named the Clipboard group, does a bit more than simply copy and paste what you've selected though. In fact, the vast majority of users I've talked to don't at all realize what Word or other Microsoft Office programs can do when copying and pasting information. So, when problems do...