PCs All-in-One For Dummies®, 5th Edition

Chapter 2. Using Word

In This Chapter

• Starting Word

• Changing views in Word

• Typing and editing text

• Using Find and Replace

• Creating tables

• Setting tabs and margins

• Formatting your document

• Printing in Word

• Building Web pages in Word

It's time to dive into Word (specifically, Word 2010), which is probably one of the top five most-used applications on the face of this planet. I first used Word when it was a character-based DOS program. (Yes, it's that old. And so am I.) Even then, it was easy to use and produced flawless printed pages — which, in my opinion, are the two all-important requirements for any word processor.

Word is now the cornerstone of most PC-based word processing; it's versatile enough to perform equally well for everything from a kid's homework to the most professional-looking yearly report. Therefore, this chapter starts with the basics — key shortcuts and the different views you can use in Word — and ends up delving into more advanced topics, such as collaborative features and Web page creation. If you're familiar with Word 2007, take heart: You'll be in calm waters, as the program hasn't changed much.

One note about this chapter (and the others in this Office minibook): As Popeye might say, "It ain't quite completes." A casual walk through any computer bookstore will convince you that a dozen 400-page books completely concentrate on Word (or Excel or PowerPoint or Access), so you don't find tons o' advanced features or tons o' complex tips in these 30-or-so pages. However, ...