Word 2010 For Dummies - by Dan Gookin (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Bestselling and quintessential For Dummies author Dan Gookin employs his usual fun and friendly candor while walking you through the spectrum of new features of Word 2010. Completely in tune with the needs of the beginning Word user, Gookin shows you how to use Word quickly and efficiently so that you can spend more time working on your projects and less time trying to figure out how to make Word perform the tasks you need it to do. This newest edition of Word For Dummies explains how to navigate the user interface and take advantages of file formats, and skips the unnecessary jargon.

• Unparalleled author Dan Gookin applies his beloved For Dummies writing style to introduce you to all the features and functions of Word 2010
• Escorts you through the capabilities of Word 2010 without weighing you down with unnecessary technical jargon
• Deciphers the user interface and shows you how to take advantage of the file formats

The word on the street is that Word 2010 For Dummies is a must-read!

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Work with all the newest Microsoft Word features
• Create and edit documents quickly and easily
• Share your work and collaborate with others
• Use mail merge, create labels, and send e-mails in Word

Here's the last word on Word, from the master of plain-English explanations!

It's a whole new Word, so jump right into this book and learn how to make the most of it! Here's what you need to know, from firing up Word, understanding how to use the spell checker, and turning off features that drive you crazy to formatting documents, using templates, adding images, and saving your stuff. You can even find special tips for the writer in you.

• New to Word? -- here's the stuff most books assume you already know, such as how to use the keyboard, mouse, and gizmos in the Word window
• Watch your words -- clean up errors, replace sections of text, use copy-and-paste, and work with text blocks
• The grammar cop -- make the most of the grammar and spell checkers
• Make friends with formats -- format characters, paragraphs, and pages to make your documents reader-friendly
• Stylin' -- create styles to give your documents character
• The fancy stuff -- work with borders, lines, and boxes; add tables; and build an index
• Multitasking -- manage multiple documents, convert documents from different versions of Word, or save documents in different file formats
• Publish or perish -- print your documents or prepare them for sharing electronically

Open the book and find:

• What all the keys on the keyboard are for
• How to use the Ribbon
• Things to know about saving and naming files
• How to recover a document you thought was lost
• Tools for collaborating with others
• Tips for taming mail merge
• A whole chapter on Word's tools for writers
• The ten commandments of Word

About the Author

Dan Gookin created the For Dummies format with the original book, DOS For Dummies, in 1991. With more than 11 million copies in print, his books have been translated into 32 languages. Recent titles include PCs For Dummies, Windows 7 Edition and Laptops For Dummies. Visit Dan at www.wambooli.com.