Microsoft Word 2013: Beginner to Advanced

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Word 2013 opens to a landing page. This page enables you to open existing documents or create new documents. In this video you will learn how to navigate, zoom and select the view type that offers the best viewing experience for your document.

In this video you will learn how the Ribbon works and how to find and use the functions you need to perform all the functions you need in Word 2013.

Once you are familiar with the Word interface, you can begin creating Word documents.

As you type, Word will automatically check your spelling and grammar, and automatically correct certain typing errors. Learn how to use this feature to your advantage.

You may want to print the document. It's important to preview the document before printing it, in order to identify obvious formatting errors and to verify that all the elements are where you want them. Once you've verified the preview, you can choose from among several print options.

Now that you've begun to create a document, you want to save it so that you can work on it later. You also want to save a domument with another name, so that the original copy will remain unchanged.

In this topic, you'll use the Help feature in Word to find answers to your questions.

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Once you've created a Word document, you may find that some of the text in it isn't quite what you want, so you'll need to make some editing changes. Using appropriate navigation techniques will help you locate the text you want.

Once you've located and selected the text you're looking for, you might want to change it in some way. In this video you will learn how to use these basic commands and their keyboard shortcuts.

A common editing task involves replacing certain words or phrases.

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To help certain text elements stand out in your document, you can apply various formatting options, such as different font styles or highlighting.

You may want to change the alignment of text to help give it a cleaner appearance. Improperly aligned paragraphs can make a document look sloppy.

A list is a data grouping method in which the items in a group are displayed one after the other. Lists can have a single level or multiple levels and can use various styles of numbers or bullets.

Paragraph formatting options give you a great deal of control over paragraph layout. This will add variety and a professional look to your Word documents.

In addition to applying character formatting options and controlling paragraph layout, you can add borders and shading to portions of text.

Styles are simply sets of formatting elements that can be applied with a single action. You can use Word's predefined styles, or modify those styles to suit your needs.

It can be tedious to search through a long document to find and replace the formatting you want to change. Word gives you tools to easily manage the formatting in your documents.

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A table is a container that is used to organize text, numerical data, or graphics. A table can have specialized table formats, such as borders drawn around some or all of the cells, or shading in rows or columns.

As you work with tables, you may find that you want to make changes to the table structure, merge cells, resize cells, etc. Word provides several methods for adjusting the structure of your table so you can keep your data neat and well organized.

Once you've added a table to your document, you'll probably want to make adjustments to its appearance to complement the table to other formatting elements in the document.

You can take existing text and convert it to table form. Similarly, you can convert content in a table to text. These are useful options you can use to avoid manually re-entering your content into the desired format.

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You've created lists in order to improve the readability of certain types of information. You may find that you need to reorder the items, perhaps alphabetically or by some other criteria.

Renumbering a list lets you handle situations like adding new items to the list or you need to split it into two or more lists without having to retype the list, or cut and paste items into a new list.

In this video you will learn how to customize a list, which will help in presenting your information in a logical fashion.

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Ever wonder how to type the registered trademark character ®? It's not on the typical keyboard. Fortunately, Word provides convenient access to a large group of such symbols and special characters.

With Word, you can add pictures, illustrations, and clip art to draw your readers' attention and accentuate your message.

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In addition to adding borders and colors to paragraphs and tables, Word allows you to apply these elements to an entire page.

There are other background elements you can add that are very useful in identifying the type of document you're working on, or the type of information it contains like DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL.

Did you ever drop an unbound, multi-page document, and watch the pages scatter? As you put the pages back in order, you were probably thankful that each page was numbered. Learn how to add page numbers and other useful information in headers and footers.

Adjusting the overall page layout allows you to fine-tune the appearance of your document before it's printed. Defining page layout options helps harmonize the flow of text and graphics on the page.

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Before finalizing your document, you will want to ensure that it has no spelling or other writing errors. Rather than reading through the document yourself to find mistakes, Word can save you valuable time by doing the checking for you.

A thesaurus is a reference tool containing a collection of synonyms and antonyms.

Documents can be confusing to the reader application for people with visual and cognitive disabilities, if the layout doesn't meet the standard layout the reader expects.

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You might wish for an alternative to constantly typing out a long name that you use regularly, or clicking in several places simply to open a document. You can change the interface to streamline the tasks you perform frequently.

You can add commands you frequently use to the Quick Access Toolbar to save time when you carry out these tasks.

What if you need to send your document to a person who doesn't have Word 2013 installed, or who needs to view the document in another application altogether?

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