Chapter 6. Setting Up Your Layout with Page Backgrounds and Columns

WHETHER you ever had to create documents on a Smith-Corona typewriter—or worse, a typesetting system!—or you started using word processing on the PC, chances are that you take some of the benefits of electronic documents for granted. When you open a new file, you can just begin typing, letting the ideas flow as they will. The basic function of the program lays out the text for you and, later, reformats it according to your wishes as you choose bullet lists, numbered lists, and columns to display your text.

This chapter takes a closer look at some of the ...

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