Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Word 2003 in 24 Hours

Hour 12. Handy Editing Techniques

If you type only an occasional short document, you won't have much need for the features discussed in this hour. If, however, you generate a substantial number of documents, the shortcuts you learn here soon become an essential part of your repertoire . As an added benefit, facile use of these features is a surefire way to impress your co-workers or family members .

The highlights of this hour include

• Correcting text automatically

• Inserting standard blocks of text

• Finding and replacing text

• Inserting the date and other fields, symbols, and footnotes and endnotes

• Sorting lists

• Creating macros

• Creating keyboard shortcuts