"Microsoft Word, or MS Word, is a word processor developed by Microsoft. Although Word is one of the office productivity applications included in the Microsoft Office suite, it can also be purchased as a standalone product. MS Word enables you to create, edit, and save professional documents, among other helpful features. Anyone who wants to get better at working with Word will be able to put their MS Word knowledge to use with this practical guide. The book takes a hands-on problem- and solution-based approach to implementation and provides associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you'll begin by exploring different versions of Microsoft Word and understand how these versions impact collaboration with others, along with exploring the features available. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to work more productively and efficiently, with others as well as by yourself, using Word's sharing and collaboration features and the new reading and accessibility features. By the end of this Microsoft Word book, you will be able to troubleshoot common issues that may arise when working with documents." --Amazon.com.

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Section 1: Working More Efficiently, Together or Alone with Word -- Chapter 1: There Is No One Word -- How to check your version -- On a PC -- On a Mac -- The different versions of Word -- Microsoft 365 Word -- Word 2019 -- Older versions -- Word for different devices -- Word for the Web and mobile -- Word on different operating systems -- Word on a Mac -- About this book -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Working with Others Remotely (Sharing and Collaboration) -- Introduction to cloud storage Saving Word documents to the cloud -- Saving to OneDrive -- Saving to SharePoint and Teams -- Sharing a Word document -- Accessing and sharing Word documents, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams -- SharePoint and Teams -- AutoSave -- AutoSave is always on, unless it's not -- Turning AutoSave off -- Retrieving unsaved documents -- When disaster strikes -- Changing AutoRecover settings -- Changing the AutoRecover interval -- Changing the AutoRecover location -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Reviewing Documents Remotely -- Using Track Changes -- Turning on Track Changes -- Commenting Changing the privacy settings in Word -- Replying to comments -- Resolving and reopening a comment -- Showing or hiding comments -- Reviewing and deleting comments -- Mentioning others in comments -- Viewing, comparing, and combining changes -- Comparing documents -- Comparing versions of the same document -- Comparing documents with tracked changes -- Combining documents -- Combining documents with tracked formatting changes -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Concentrating Better with Microsoft Word -- The Navigation pane -- Turning on the Navigation pane -- Jumping to a specific page Searching for a keyword -- Dictate -- What you will need before getting started -- Starting dictation -- Immersive Reader -- Using the Immersive Reader tool -- The reading view -- Switching to the reading view -- Getting out of the reading view -- Focus -- Turning on the Focus view -- Getting out of the Focus view -- Summary -- Section 2: Making Sense of Formatting Short and Long Documents -- Chapter 5: Working with Short Documents -- Starting from a template -- Browsing Microsoft Word templates -- Downloading a template in Microsoft Word -- Formatting essentials for templates Exploring a template -- Editing a template -- Editing the template's content controls -- Saving time with Quick Parts -- Exploring the Quick Parts gallery -- Creating your own custom Quick Part -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Lists and Characters -- Working with bulleted and numbered lists -- Creating a bulleted and numbered list -- Creating multilevel lists -- Applying a bullet -- Defining a bullet -- Applying numbering -- Defining a number format -- Applying a multilevel list -- Defining a new multilevel list -- Changing list indents -- Renumbering a list -- Viewing word and character counts