MS Word
Formatting and LayoutMS Word - Formatting and Layout
Formatting and Layout
NORMAL.DOT AND DEFAULT SETTINGS
Change the Default Font in Normal.dot
Change the Default Layout in Normal.dot
Change the Default Margins
DIRECT FORMATTING
Control Formatting When You Paste
Bring Spaced-out Pasted Text Down to Earth
Copy Intricate Formatting Instantly
Apply Sets of Formatting Instantly
Change Capitalized Text to Small Caps
Replace Spaced Indents with Real Indents
Reveal Formatting and Codes
Adjust the Conversion from WordPerfect
Embed Fonts in Documents You Send to Others
Make Word Display All Your Fonts
Turn Off Automatic Style Updating
Stop Word from Changing the Language
NUMBERING
Correct Automatic Numbering in Numbered Lists
Watch Out for Revision Marks Wrecking Numbered Lists
Fix "Page X of Y" Numbering
Tame Word's List Indentation
Make Outline Numbering Work
Create Custom Outline Numbering
STYLES
Get Started with Styles
Remove Formatting with Default Paragraph Font/Clear Formatting
Bypass the Styles and Formatting Task Pane
Make the Style Drop-Down List Show the Styles You Want
Quickly Change One Style to Another
Stop a Style Change in One Document from Affecting Other Documents
Redefine the Normal Style
Control the Style When You Paste
Make the Pasted Text Take the Destination's Style
Watch Out When Formatting Starts to "Slip"
Avoid Layout Changes on Different Computers
INSERTING AND POSITIONING GRAPHICS
Control the Size Of a Pasted Graphic
Make Your Pictures Look Right
Crop Pictures Outside Word
Get Rid of the Drawing Canvas
Rotate Text to the Angle You Want
Wrap Text Around a Picture
Make Graphics Visible in Print Layout View
Display Object Anchors
Position the Graphic Relative to the Page
Lock the Anchor When the Graphic is in Place
Create a Watermark
Position Lines Where You Need Them
HYPERLINKS
Stop Word from Automatically Inserting Hyperlinks
See Where a Hyperlink Will Really Take You
Bring Hyperlinks to Heel
TABS
Stop Word From Turning Tabs into Indents
Use Tabs Effectively
Align Numbers with Decimal Tabs
Convert Tabs and Spaces to Just Tabs
HEADERS, FOOTERS, AND SPECIAL LAYOUT
Create Different Headers on Different Pages
Create a Header from a Heading Paragraph
Divide a Page into Multiple Pages
Your first order of business is to sort out Normal.dot. If the default font, view, and margins aren't to your liking in Normal.dot, they won't be in any documents based on it eitherwhich means all documents that you don't specifically base on another template.
The second half of the tutorial grapples with placing graphics where you want them (and making sure they don't get deleted by accident), controlling Word's enthusiasm for creating hyperlinks, using tabs correctly, and creating complex headers and footers.