INTRODUCTION 1 About This Book 1 How to Use This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Beyond the Book 5 Where to Go from Here 5 PART 1: FANCY FORMATTING AND FROUFROU 7 CHAPTER 1: Font Fun 9 A Knowledge of Fonts 9 Describing text 10 Understanding text attributes 12 Selecting the proper typeface 14 Font Control 15 Exploring the Font group 15 Using the Font dialog box 16 Choosing fonts with a theme 17 Changing the default font 18 Typography Control 19 Changing text scale 19 Setting character spacing 20 Adding kerning and ligatures 21 Adjusting text position 22 Text Effects Strange and Wonderful 23 Accessing the Format Text Effects pane 24 Changing text fill 25 Setting a text outline 26 Adding a text shadow 28 Configuring text reflection and glow 29 Creating hidden text 29 Find and Replace Text Formatting 31 CHAPTER 2: Paragraph Layout 35 A Typical Paragraph 35 Understanding paragraph formatting 36 Finding paragraph control in Word 38 Working with the Ruler 39 Pure Paragraph Formatting 40 Using justification 41 Working with paragraph indents 42 Setting a first-line indent 43 Creating a hanging indent 44 Increasing space before or after a paragraph 45 Adjusting line spacing 46 Adding some shade 48 Hyphenation 49 Adding a manual hyphen 50 Automatically hyphenating text 51 Inserting an unbreakable hyphen 52 Of Widows and Orphans 52 CHAPTER 3: Tabs and Lists 55 The Whole Tab Thing 56 Understanding tab stops 56 Setting tab stops on the Ruler 58 Using the Tabs dialog box 60 Viewing tab characters 62 Tab Cookbook 62 Building a hanging-indent list 63 Building a double-tab hanging-indent list 64 Creating a tabbed list 65 Setting a Center tab stop 66 Building a left-justified, right-justified list 66 Building a back-to-back list 68 Lining up values with a decimal tab 69 Creating a leader tab list 70 Adding a leader tab to an existing tab stop 72 Building fill-in-the-blanks underlines 72 Finding an excuse to use the Bar tab 74 Numbered Lists 75 Numbering paragraphs 75 Adjusting numbering indents 76 Skipping paragraph numbers 77 Restarting numbered paragraphs 78 Numbering paragraphs starting at a specific value 79 Creating custom paragraph numbers 79 Bulleted Lists 80 The Multilevel List 81 CHAPTER 4: Custom Tables 85 Let''s Build a Table 85 Creating a table the original way 86 Inserting a fresh, new table 88 Converting tabs to a table 89 Drawing a table 90 Adding a quick table 91 Table Editing 92 Filling the table 92 Selecting stuff in a table 93 Inserting rows or columns 94 Merging and splitting cells 95 Setting the table size 97 Adjusting row and column size 97 Make the Table Less Obnoxious 99 Adding a table heading 99 Aligning text 99 Setting text direction 100 Setting gridlines 101 Applying instant table formats 101 Some Table Tricks 102 Sorting a table 102 Splitting a table between two pages 104 Applying table math 105 Adios, Table 106 Removing a cell 106 Deleting rows or columns 107 Converting a table to text 107 Deleting a table''s text 108 Deleting a table 108 CHAPTER 5: Custom Columns 109 The Columns Philosophy 109 Understanding columns 110 Setting columns in Word 110 More than One Column 113 Creating 2-column text 113 Applying full justification 113 Adjusting the column gutter 114 Using a column break 115 Applying columns to part of a document 116 Triple Columns -- and More! 117 Building a triple-column page 117 Setting four or more columns 118 CHAPTER 6: Page Control 119 All about Page Formatting 119 Finding the page formatting commands 120 Choosing the paper size 121 Creating envelopes 123 Adding more than one page per sheet 124 Changing orientation 126 Setting the page margins 126 Behold! A New Page! 127 Adding a hard page break 128 Inserting a blank page 128 The Big Deal with Sections 130 Understanding sections 130 Creating a section break 131 Removing a section break 132 CHAPTER 7: Headers and Footers 133 Headers, Headings, Footers, Footings 134 Quick-Slap a Header or Footer 135 Your Very Own Headers and Footers 135 Creating a header 136 Switching between the header and footer 137 Typing text in a header 137 Adding page numbers 138 Placing objects in the header 140 Resetting the header position 140 Removing a header 141 When Headers and Footers Change 141 Working with headers in sections 142 Creating odd and even headers 143 Page Numbering Galore 144 Adding an instant page number 145 Restarting page numbering 146 Choosing another page number style 147 CHAPTER 8: Style Methods and Madness 151 The World of Styles 151 Understanding style types 152 Finding Word''s style commands 152 Applying a style 155 Unapplying a style 156 A New Style 157 Formatting text and then creating a style 157 Making a style from scratch 158 Modifying a style 160 Setting the next style 161 Creating a heading style 162 Style Management 164 Selecting instances of a style 164 Deleting a style 166 Stealing a style from another document 166 CHAPTER 9: The Tao of Templates 169 Template 101 169 Understanding templates 169 Starting a new document 170 Choosing an online template 172 Using one of your own templates 173 Make Your Own Template 173 Building a custom template 174 Modifying a template 178 Updating template documents 179 Template Management 181 Finding the templates 181 Reassigning templates 181 PART 2: GO GRAPHICAL 183 CHAPTER 10: Text and Graphics Layout 185 Where Text and Objects Meet 185 Finding things to insert into a document 186 Mixing text and objects 187 Layout Choices 188 Setting layout options 188 Using the Inline option 190 Wrapping text around an object 190 Editing the wrap points 191 Setting the image''s position 193 Floating an object in front of or behind text 194 Aligning objects on a page 195 CHAPTER 11: Drawing Objects 197 Shapes and Such 197 Inserting a drawing object 198 Drawing a freeform shape 199 Changing the object''s position 200 Resizing the shape 201 Rotating the shape 202 Setting the objects'' colors, line styles, and effects 203 Editing a shape 206 Shapes in Groups 208 Arranging shapes in front or behind 209 Aligning shapes 210 Grouping multiple shapes 213 Using the drawing canvas 214 Text and Graphics in Boxes 215 Inserting a text box 215 Converting a shape into a text box 216 Linking text boxes 217 Adding a picture to a shape 218 CHAPTER 12: Pictures and Illustrations 221 One Thousand Words 222 Adding an image 222 Copying and pasting an image 223 Adding an image from the web 224 Replacing an image 225 Removing a picture 225 Image Adjustment 225 Cropping an image 226 Removing the background 228 Making corrections 229 Adjusting the image''s color 230 Adding artistic effects 231 Restoring an image (removing effects) 231 Picture Frame Formatting 232 Selecting a picture style 232 Adding a border 233 Applying a frame effect 234 Caption That Picture 234 CHAPTER 13: Insert Objects Weird and Amazing 237 Objects Beyond Mere Mortal Text 237 Having fun with WordArt 238 Adding SmartArt 238 Inserting a whole ''nuther Word document 240 Summing up equations 240 Putting a video in your document 242 Where Word Meets Excel 242 Pasting part of an Excel worksheet into a document 243 Copying and linking a worksheet 245 Opening an Excel worksheet inside of Word 247 Whipping up a chart 248 PART 3: WORD AT WORK 253 CHAPTER 14: Beyond Routine Documents 255 Cover Pages 255 Selecting a preset cover page 256 Designing your own cover page 257 Resetting the page number 259 Centering a page from top to bottom 261 Using text boxes for titles 262 Word''s Phony Watermarks 264 Adding a watermark 265 Customizing the watermark 266 Removing the watermark 267 Printing background objects 268 Document Tricks 268 Writing a return address 268 Adding page color 269 Setting a page border 270 Putting the filename in a header or footer 272 Printing for three-ring binding 273 Setting document properties 274 Creating a digital signature object 276 CHAPTER 15: Different Document Types and Printer Control 279 Save Documents in Strange Formats 280 Understanding document f.