Microsoft Word 2013 (MOS)

Taking Your First Steps with Word

• Welcome to a New Word
• Starting Word
• Using the Word Start Screen
• Touring the Word Screen
• Exploring the File Tab
• Undoing and Redoing Actions
• Getting Help
• Exiting Word
• Summary

Diving Into Document Creation

• Creating a First Document
• Creating a Blank File
• Creating a File from a Template
• Opening an Existing File
• Saving and File Formats
• Working with PDF Files in Word
• Understanding and Viewing XPS Files
• Deciding Which Format to Use for Output
• HTML Overview
• Compatibility with Previous Versions of Word
• Navigation and Selection Tips and Tricks
• Choosing the Right Word View for the Task at Hand
• Printing a Document
• Managing Document Security
• Summary

Working Smarter, Not Harder, in Word

• Achieving Attractive Documents with Styles
• Constructing Documents Faster with Outlining
• Cleaning Up Content with AutoCorrect
• Using Math AutoCorrect
• Adding and Reviewing Properties
• Power User Techniques
• Summary

Zapping Word's Top Annoyances

• Dealing with Graphics Annoyances
• Overcoming Editing Annoyances
• Tackling View Annoyances
• Dealing with Online versus Local Help Content
• Activation Blues
• Automatic Annoyances
• Summary

Font/Character Formatting

• Working with Document Style and Content
• Reviewing the Ways You Can Format Text in Word
• Formatting Characters Directly or with Styles
• Applying Character Formatting
• Summary

Paragraph Formatting

• Choosing Between Styles and Paragraph Formatting
• Finding Paragraph Formatting Tools
• Structuring Text with Paragraph Formatting
• Setting Off Text with Paragraph Decoration
• Summary

Using Styles to Create a Great Looking Document

• Using the Styles Group to Apply Styles
• Modifying and Creating Styles
• Changing the Whole Document via Style Sets
• Managing Styles
• Style Inspector
• Summary

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Using the Clipboard

• Understanding the Office Clipboard
• Adding and Moving Document Content with Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Managing Pasting Options
• Using the Clipboard Pane
• Summary

Find, Replace, and Go To

• Searching with the Navigation Pane
• Starting an Advanced Find from the Ribbon
• Replacing Text via the Ribbon
• Using Search Codes
• Options for Special Find and Replace Actions
• Finding and Replacing Formatting
• Jumping to a Document Location with Go To (Ctrl+G)
• Summary

Getting Smart with Text: Building Blocks, Quick Parts, Actions (Tags), and More

• Using Quick Parts and Building Blocks
• Using AutoComplete with AutoText Gallery Entries
• Clearing Building Block Formatting
• Building Blocks: Need to Know
• Using Building Blocks with the AutoText Field
• Inserting Objects and Files
• Inserting Text from Files
• Pasting, Dragging, and Dropping Content into a Document
• Summary

Building Tables, Charts, and SmartArt to Show Data and Process

• Illustrating Your Story with Graphics
• Getting a Quick Start with Quick Tables
• Table Basics
• Working with Table Layout and Design
• Inserting SmartArt
• Using the Selection Pane
• Summary

Adding Pictures and WordArt to Highlight Information

• Inserting Pictures from a File
• Adding an Online Picture
• Pasting or Snapping a Picture
• Manipulating Inserted Pictures (and Other Graphics)
• Creating WordArt
• Arranging Pictures and Other Objects
• Summary

Adding Text Boxes, Shapes, Symbols

• Why Use Text Boxes?
• Inserting a Text Box
• Inserting a Shape
• Adding a Basic Symbol
• Inserting a Symbol from the Symbol Dialog Box
• Summary

Setting Up the Document with Sections, Headers/Footers, and Columns

• Changing Basic Page Setup
• Section Formatting
• Headers and Footers Overview
• Header and Footer Navigation and Design
• Adding Header and Footer Material
• Considering the Need for Columns
• Changing the Number of Columns
• Special Column Formatting
• Formatting the Page Background
• Adding a Watermark
• Removing Watermarks and Page Backgrounds
• Summary

Saving Time with Templates and Themes

• Creating Your Own Templates
• Working More Effectively with Themes
• Building on an Existing Foundation with Master Documents
• Summary

Enhancing Navigation with Bookmarks, Hyperlinks

• Enhancing Documents
• Working with Bookmarks
• Hyperlinks
• Summary

Captions

• Captions and Tables of Captioned Items
• Summary

Documenting Your Sources

• Footnotes and Endnotes Basics
• Working with Footnote and Endnote Styling
• Separators and Continuation
• Making a Bibliography
• Identifying the Sources for Your Bibliography
• Editing Citations
• Compiling the Citations into a Bibliography
• Summary

Automating Document Content with Fields

• And Field Codes Are ...?
• Mastering Field Basics
• Using the Field Dialog Box to Insert a Field
• Categories
• Summary

Keyboard Customization

• Power and Customization
• Understanding Customization Boundaries
• Viewing and Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts with the Cloverleaf Method
• Choosing the Storage Location for Keyboard Shortcuts
• Multi-Stroke Key Assignment
• Customizing Keystrokes through Word Options
• Other Methods for Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts
• Summary

Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon

• The QAT?
• Changing the Buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar
• The Customize Quick Access Toolbar Dialog Box
• Making Changes to the Ribbon
• Importing and Exporting Ribbon Customizations
• Summary

Word Options and Settings

• Opening Word Options
• General
• Display (and Printing)
• Save
• Advanced
• Summary

Macros: Recording, Editing, and Using Them

• Displaying Macro Tools and Creating a Macro
• Managing Macros
• Understanding More about Macro Security
• Macro Storage
• Summary

Appendix A

Appendix B

• Video Tutorials