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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)
1
Section 1: Working More Efficiently, Together or Alone with Word
6
Section 2: Making Sense of Formatting Short and Long Documents
14
Section 3: Help! Word Is Being Strange! Troubleshooting Common Problems

Paste options

To begin, whenever you paste something into Word, you may have already noticed this little button appear just below the text you pasted:

Figure 15.2 – Paste Options button

Then, after you continue typing, that button will disappear, never to appear again. If you happened to click on that button, however, you will notice a series of options related to how your text or whatever object you have copied is pasted:

Figure 15.3 – Paste Options icons

The problem for many users is that the options displayed are icons that are hard to decipher at first. To figure out what each icon means, users must hover their mouse over each icon, wait, and then read the tip text that appears briefly above their mouse.

Important Note

If these Paste Options buttons do not appear when you paste text into Word, go to your File menu, click on Options, and click on the Advanced tab. In the Cut, Copy, and Paste section, make sure...