Microsoft Word is the application of choice for print documents. Word 97 has many great tools and shortcuts that make it easy to use. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Damienne Fitzpatrick will guide you through the use of these tools and will soon have you easily creating your own documents. She begins with the fundamentals, focusing on the interface of Word. She then guides you step-by-step through the creation of your first document. If you already have a basic knowledge of Word 97, feel free to skip ahead to more complicated topics, such as creating custom styles for your document, using mail merge, including graphics and charts. To get started, simply click one of the topics below.
Fundamentals
Play Me First Lets Get Started Application Interface Document Interface Create Documents Open Documents Save Print Preview Page Setup Print Close & Exit Your First Document
Create Text Selecting Text Cut, Copy & Paste Drag and Drop Undo Redo Repeat Navigating a Document Different Views Zoom Control Handy Editing Tools
Auto Correct Spelling Custom Dictionaries Thesaurus Spike Find & Replace Word Count Auto Text
Text & Formats
Fonts & Characters
Sizes & Styles
Special Effects
Change Case
Drop Caps & Frames
Format Painter
Hyphens & Dashes
High-lighter
Paragraph Formats
Alignment
Line Spacing
Paragraph Spacing
Indentation
Hanging Indents
Bullets
Numbered Paragraph
Borders and Shading
Tabs, Tables & Calculations
Why Use Tabs?
Simple Tabs
Advanced Tabs
Create a Table
Convert Text to Table
Control Rows & Columns
Merge Cells
Table Headings
Format Text & Boarders
Calculations 1
Calculations 2
Sort
Equation Editor
Document Layout
Margins
Headers and Footers
Odd, Even & First Pages
Page & Section Breaks
Section Headers & Footers
Page Numbering
Footnotes
Landscape & Portrait Combination
Multiple Columns
Styles
Word 97s Own Styles
The Style Gallery
Modify Style
Create & Apply Custom Styles
Paragraph Styles
Copy Styles to Other Documents
Autoformat
Long Documents
Create an Outline
Work within an Outline
Create a Master Document
Work with Master Document
Insert Comments
Go To...
Insert File
Track Changes
Bookmarks
Graphics
Table of Contents
Index
Auto Summarize
Mail Merge, Envelops & Labels
Mail Merge Overview
Create a Main Document
Create a Data Source
Insert Data
Merge & Print
Sort & Filter
Ask & Fill In
If Then Else
Miscellaneous Instructions
Envelopes & Labels
Graphics
Insert a Graphic
Position, Resize & Crop
Text Wrap
Create a Graphic
Shapes & Fills
Lines, Color, Style & Arrows
Layer & Group
Align & Distribute
Flip and Rotate
Text Boxes
Watermarks
Word Art