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More than any other, this book offers systematic, real-world guidance for
experienced Word users, based upon the types of print and electronic documents
you actually create, and the productivity challenges you actually face.
It goes far beyond the basics, offering hundreds of advanced tips and techniques
for maximizing productivity, automating short and long documents, using
Word's powerful Web content creation capabilities, and much more. It also
includes practical coverage of Word's latest features for collaboration
and XML-based integration with other software and processes. Special
Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2003 reflects the insights of one
of the world's most experienced and best-selling Word authors, offering
objective guidance on both troubleshooting and the feature "gotchas" that
Microsoft doesn't publicize.
The accompanying CD includes a FREE copy of Woodys Office Power Pack
(WOPR) the #1 enhancement to Office. This software sells for $49.99 but
you get it here for free with no obligations attached! Additional content
and updates will be available at the author's Web site, www.billcamarda.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Who Should Read This Book? How This Book
Is Organized. How This Book Is Designed. What's on the Companion Web Site.
Conventions Used in This Book.
I. WORD BASICS: GET PRODUCTIVE FAST.
1. What's New in Microsoft Office Word
2003.
Discovering Microsoft's Key Word 2003
Enhancements. Research Tools. Review and Collaboration Improvements. Document
Security with Information Rights Management (IRM). Productivity Improvements.
XML Support.
2. Navigating Word.
Quick Tour of the “Cockpit”. Using Find,
Replace, and Go To. Getting Help. Activating Word or Office. Troubleshooting.
3. Essential Document Creation and
Management Techniques.
Creating New Documents. Using the New
Document Task Pane. Basic Editing. Saving Your Documents. Using Word's
Program and File Recovery Features. Retrieving Your Documents. Finding
the File You're Seeking. Switching Among Files You've Opened. Troubleshooting.
4. Quick and Effective Formatting Techniques.
Understanding the Basics of Direct Formatting.
Introducing Font Formatting. Working with Paragraph Formatting. Controlling
How Paragraphs Break Between Pages. Using Bullets and Numbered Lists. Comparing,
Selecting, and Copying Formatted Text. Using On-the-Fly Format Checking.
Troubleshooting.
5. Controlling Page Features.
Using Word's Page Setup Features. Using
Headers and Footers. Working with Multiple Columns. Using Borders and Shading.
Troubleshooting.
6. Printing and Faxing in Word.
Printing the Entire Document. Specifying
What to Print. Other Useful Print Settings. Creating a Print File from
Which You Can Print Later. Printing Envelopes in Word. Using E-Postage
with Word. Printing Labels. Printing Many Files at the Same Time. Using
Print Preview. Sending a Fax from Word. Troubleshooting.
7. Using Word's Speech Control, Dictation,
and Handwriting Features.
Understanding Word's Speech Features.
Preparing for Speech Recognition. Training Word to Understand Speech. Issuing
Voice Commands to Word. Dictating to Word. Creating Multiple Speech Profiles.
Using Word's Handwriting Features. Using Additional Ink Features on the
Tablet PC. Troubleshooting.
II. BUILDING SLICKER DOCUMENTS FASTER.
8. Making the Most of Word's Proofing
and Research Tools.
Using Automatic Spelling and Grammar Checking.
Disabling or Hiding Automatic Spelling and Grammar Checking. Checking Spelling
Through the Spelling and Grammar Dialog Box. Controlling Spelling Settings.
Creating Custom Dictionaries for Custom Needs. Spell Checking Text in Foreign
Languages. A Closer Look at the Grammar Checker. Using the Word Thesaurus.
Using Word's Built-In Language Translation Tools. Working with Additional
Research Services. Counting a Document's Words, Pages, Lines, and Characters.
Displaying Readability Statistics. Controlling Hyphenation. Troubleshooting.
9. Automating Your Documents.
AutoCorrect: Smarter Than Ever. AutoText:
The Complete Boilerplate Resource. AutoFormatting: The Fastest Way to Format.
Working with AutoSummarize. Working with Smart Tags. Troubleshooting.
10. Streamlining Your Formatting with
Styles.
Why Styles Are So Valuable. What Styles
Are and How They Work. Understanding and Using Word's Default Styles. Creating
Styles. Changing Styles. Managing Styles. Troubleshooting.
11. Templates, Wizards, and Add-Ins.
What Templates Are and How They Work.
Using Word's Built-In Template Library. Using Templates from Microsoft
Office Online. The Normal Template: Crucial to All Documents. Creating
a New Template. Understanding Global Templates. Understanding the Relationship
Between Styles and Templates. Attaching Templates to Documents and Email
Messages. Linking CSS Style Sheets to Web Pages. Using Themes to Change
the Styles in Your Template. Previewing New Templates with Style Gallery.
Moving Elements Among Templates. Managing Templates to Minimize Your Work.
Using Workgroup Templates. Storing Templates on a Web Server. Using Word
Wizards. Understanding Word Add-Ins. Troubleshooting.
12. Structuring and Organizing Information
with Tables.
Understanding What Word Tables Can Do.
Word's Multiple Approaches to Creating a Table. Editing in a Table. Changing
a Table's Structure or Formatting. Adding Table Borders and Shading. Controlling
Table Breaks and Table Headers. Using Table Styles. Working with Table
Properties. Converting Text to Tables. Calculating with Tables. Sorting
the Contents of Tables. Troubleshooting.
III. THE VISUAL WORD: MAKING DOCUMENTS LOOK GREAT.
13. Getting Images into Your Documents.
Opportunities to Use Graphics Effectively.
Inserting a Photo or Another Image You've Created. Finding and Inserting
Images Through the Clip Art Task Pane. Working with Microsoft Clip Organizer.
Finding Other Sources of Images. Editing Images to Serve Your Needs. Minimizing
Graphics File Size by Compressing Pictures. Adding Alternative Text to
Your Image. Using WordArt. Working with Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Troubleshooting.
14. Using Word's Quick and Easy Drawing
Tools.
Understanding How Word Drawings Work.
Drawing Lines and Other Basic Shapes. AutoShapes: Word's Library of Predrawn
Shapes. Controlling Colors. Adding Depth to Your Graphics. Editing Objects
in a Word Drawing. Troubleshooting.
15. Visualizing Your Message with Graphs,
Diagrams, and Org Charts.
Understanding Graphs and Charts. Creating
Data to Be Graphed. Choosing Among Word's Extensive Selection of Charts.
Working with Chart Options. Formatting Chart Elements. Creating a Chart
from Scratch. Creating and Using Custom Chart Types. Using Trendlines.
Using Error Bars. Revising Charts Automatically. About Word's Organization
Chart Feature. Changing Organization Chart Layouts. About Word's Business
Diagrams Capabilities. Troubleshooting.
16. Word Desktop Publishing.
Word 2003: Almost a Full-Fledged Desktop
Publishing Program. When to Use WordAnd When Not To. Planning Your Document.
Quick and Easy Brochures with the Brochure Template. Using Publication
Layouts from Microsoft Office Online. Using Drop Caps. Inserting Symbols
and Special Characters. Using Text Boxes. Troubleshooting.
IV. Industrial-STRENGTH DOCUMENT PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.
17. Using Mail Merge Effectively.
An Overview of Word's Mail Merge. Starting
a Mail Merge with the Mail Merge Wizard Task Pane. Working with the Mail
Merge Toolbar. Selecting a Starting Document. Selecting Recipients. Preparing
the Content of Your Main Document. Printing or Delivering Your Merged Documents.
Customizing Merged Documents with Word Fields. Troubleshooting.
18. Outlining: Practical Techniques
for Organizing Any Document.
The Benefits of Outlining. The Role of
Heading Styles and Outline Levels in Outlining. Creating a New Outline.
Understanding Outline View. Controlling Your Outline View. Applying Outline
Levels to Specific Text. Printing Your Outline. Using Word's Automatic
Outline Numbering. Using List Styles. Troubleshooting.
19. Master Documents: Control and Share
Even the Largest Documents.
The Advantages of Master Documents. Creating
Master Documents and Subdocuments. Working with Master Document and Subdocument
Files. Style Behavior in Master Documents and Subdocuments. Reorganizing
a Master Document. Creating a Table of Contents, an Index, or Cross-References
for a Master Document. Printing Master Documents and Subdocuments. Working
with Others on the Same Master Document. Inserting Files Rather Than Using
Master Documents. Using Insert File to Insert Part of a Document. Troubleshooting.
20. Tables of Contents, Figures, Authorities,
and Captions.
Tables of Contents. Introducing Tables
of Figures and Captions. Introducing Citations. Troubleshooting.
21. Building More Effective Indexes.
How Word Indexes Work. Creating a New
Index Entry. Compiling Your Index. Building Indexes from Multiple Documents.
Automating Indexing with Index AutoMark Files. Placing More Than One Index
in a Document. Troubleshooting.
22. Using Footnotes, Bookmarks, and
Cross-References.
Using Footnotes and Endnotes. Using Bookmarks.
Working with Cross-References. Troubleshooting.
23. Automating Your Documents with
Field Codes.
Understanding Fields. Fields That Might
Already Be in Your Document. Viewing Fields. Inserting a Field Using the
Field Dialog Box. Placing Fields Directly into a Document. Updating Your
Fields. Shortcuts for Working with Fields. Finding and Replacing Field
Contents. A Closer Look at Field Instructions. A Closer Look at Field Formatting.
Nesting Fields. Troubleshooting.
V. WORD, THE INTERNET, AND XML.
24. Using Word to Develop Web Content.
Web Page Development: Word's Strengths
and Weaknesses. Creating and Saving a Web Page in Word. Viewing HTML Source
Code. Adding Content to Web Pages in Word. Building Multi-Column Layouts
with Tables. Using Frames. Using Nonstandard Fonts. Using Web Scripting.
Troubleshooting.
25. Using Word to Develop XML Content
and Use XML Applications.
An Overview of XML. Scenarios and Applications
for Using XML in Word. Working with XML Schemas. Setting XML Options. Using
the XML Structure Task Pane. Saving to XML. Working with XML Solutions.
Publishing Content to the Web via XSLT Transformations. The Limits of Word's
XML Support. Troubleshooting.
VI. THE CORPORATE WORD.
26. Managing Document Collaboration
and Revisions.
An Overview of Word's Team Writing Tools.
Introducing Word's Reviewing Interface. Working with Comments. Working
with Track Changes. Limiting the Changes Reviewers Can Make in Your Document.
Printing Documents with Markup. Keeping Track of Changes Among Multiple
Documents. Resolving Proposed Changes. Using Word's Versioning Feature.
Streamlining the Review Process with Microsoft Outlook. Troubleshooting.
27. Online Document Collaboration Using
SharePoint Team Services.
What Is SharePoint? Creating a SharePoint
Team Site. Using the Shared Workspace Task Pane to Work with Your Site.
Creating and Saving Documents for a SharePoint Team Site. Sharing Documents
Using SharePoint Team Services. Searching and Categorizing Documents Using
SharePoint Portal Server. Subscribing to Discussions and Documents. Troubleshooting.
28. Creating Forms.
Word's Forms Capabilities: An Overview.
Understanding the Workflow Associated with Building and Distributing Word
Forms. Building the Skeleton of Your Form. Adding Interactivity with Form
Fields. Advanced Form Field Features. Converting Electronic Forms to Printed
Forms. Protecting an Entire Form with Editing Restrictions. Filling In
Online Forms. Saving Only the Data in a Form. Printing Only the Data in
Forms. Troubleshooting.
29. Leveraging Microsoft Office 2003's
Power from Word.
Word and Office: Tightly Integrated into
a Single System. Integrating Excel and Word. Working with Access and Word.
Using PowerPoint with Word. Using Outlook with Word. Using Microsoft Equation
Editor 3.1. Using Microsoft Office Document Imaging. Troubleshooting.
30. Using Word as an Email Editor.
Creating Email Using Microsoft Word. Establishing
Settings for Your Message. Creating File Attachments. Controlling Message
Priority and Other Options. Sending Your Message. Setting Formatting Defaults
for All Your Mail Messages. Troubleshooting.
31. Customizing Word.
Deciding Which Word Features to Customize.
Controlling How Word Starts. Customizing Toolbars and Menus. Organizing
Entire Toolbars or Menus. Changing the Appearance of Toolbar Buttons and
Menu Items. Creating Toolbar Buttons or Menu Items That Insert Pictures
or Hyperlinks. Adding, Renaming, and Deleting Custom Toolbars and Menu
Bars. Restoring Default Settings to a Menu Bar or Toolbar. Adding a Keyboard
Shortcut to a Menu Item. Creating New Keyboard Shortcuts. Controlling Word's
Customization Options. Changing Word Options. Troubleshooting.
32. Recording and Running Visual Basic
Macros.
Macros: The Basics. Creating Macros That
Run Automatically. Running Your Macro. Moving Project Items Among Templates
and Documents. Running Word Commands: Word's 400+ Built-In, One-Step Macros.
Troubleshooting.
33. Word Document Privacy and Security
Options.
Understanding and Using Word 2003's Privacy
and Security Features. Using Permissions to Restrict Who May Use Your Documents.
Preventing and Controlling Word Viruses. Other Methods for Securing Documents.
Troubleshooting.
34. Managing Word More Effectively.
The Word 2003 File Format. Converting
from WordPerfect. Displaying Word 2003 Files on Computers Without Any Version
of Word. Batch File Conversions. Using Document Properties to Simplify
Document Management. Troubleshooting.
35. Using Word's Multilingual and Accessibility
Features.
An Overview of Language Support in Word,
Office, and Windows. Setting Up Windows for International Environments.
Word and Office Multilingual Features. Entering Asian Text with Input Method
Editors. Changing Proofing Languages During a Spell Check. Microsoft Office
Multilingual User Interface Pack. Changing Language Settings After You've
Installed the Office 2003 MUI Pack. Using Foreign Dates and Times in Your
Documents. Language File Organization in Microsoft Office. Unicode and
International Font Support in Word. Troubleshooting.
Appendix A. What's on Que's WOPR CD.
What Is WOPR?
Index.
About the Author
Bill Camarda has been writing about PCs and the computer industry for
15 years. His recent books include The Windows Sources Word 97 for Windows
SuperGuide and Inside 1-2-3 Release 5.
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