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Hate Word? Change it

Frustrated by how Word is laid out? Can’t find your most frequently-used commands when you need them? Features not working how you’d like? Chances are, if you know where to look, you can change it.

The 4 Fastest Formatting Fixes I Know

Hands down, the biggest complaint I get is that Microsoft Word seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to formatting. People swear they did nothing more than breathe on their document, and things went completely wonky!Of course, without actually standing over their shoulder and watching them work, it’s really impossible for…

Keeping Word Commands at Your Fingertips

Tired of searching for frequently-used Microsoft Word features? Sick of clicking multiple times through dialog boxes to set tabs, etc.? Here are three ways to put any Microsoft Word feature or command within easy, one-click reach.

Opening Microsoft Word Documents

The basics of opening and editing a Microsoft Word document.

Module 1

The Interface

Lesson 1

Introduction to Microsoft Word’s Ribbon Interface

Lesson 2

Microsoft Word’s Backstage View

Lesson 3

The Quick Access Toolbar

Lesson 4

How to hide (and unhide) the Microsoft Office Ribbon

Module 2

Navigation and Views

Lesson 1

Navigating with your mouse and keyboard

Lesson 2

Changing Views and Zoom

Module 3

Creating, Saving, Opening and Editing Documents

Lesson 1

Creating New Microsoft Word Documents

Lesson 2

Creating a Word Document from a Template

Lesson 3

Saving Your New Microsoft Word Document

Lesson 4

Opening Microsoft Word Documents

Lesson 5

Typing and Editing 101

Lesson 6

Inserting Special Characters and Symbols

Lesson 7

Copying and Moving Text

Module 4

Basic Formatting

Lesson 1

Character Formatting Basics

Lesson 2

Paragraph Justification and Line Spacing

Lesson 3

Paragraph Indentation and Tabs

Lesson 4

Automatic Paragraph Numbering Basics

Lesson 5

Keeping Text Together on a Single Page (a.k.a. Block Protect)

Lesson 6

Page Setup - Size, Orientation & Margins

Lesson 7

Intro to Headers and Footers

Lesson 8

Watermarks

Lesson 9

Styles 101: Using and Modifying Styles

Lesson 10

Styles 101: Adding Your Own Styles

Module 5

Tables and Columns

Lesson 1

Creating and Editing Tables

Lesson 2

Using Table Tools for More Advanced Formatting

Lesson 3

Sorting Tables and Converting Tables to Text (and vice-versa)

Lesson 4

Inserting and Formatting Columns

Module 6

Printing and Publishing

Lesson 1

Checking Spelling and Grammar

Lesson 2

Using Document Inspector to Delete Metadata

Lesson 3

Printing Your Document

Lesson 4

PDF-ing Your Document

Lesson 5

Printing envelopes

Lesson 6

Formatting and printing labels

Module 7

Legal-Specific Features

Lesson 1

Table of Authorities: Marking Your First Citation

Lesson 2

Table of Authorities: Marking Second and Subsequent Citations

Lesson 3

Table of Authorities: Deciphering TOA Markup

Lesson 4

Table of Authorities: Defining and Inserting your TOA

Lesson 5

Table of Authorities: Before you print/publish

Lesson 6

Table of Authorities: Modifying TOA Styles

Lesson 7

Table of Authorities: Common Problems and Solutions

Lesson 8

Table of Contents: Defining a TOC based on Styles

Lesson 9

Table of Contents: Manually marking TOC entries

Lesson 10

Table of Contents: Inserting the TOC in your document

Lesson 11

Table of Contents: Modifying Your Table of Contents

Lesson 12

Using Sections to control page numbering, headers & footers