Word Quick Tips
33mGeneral2022-09-27
Authors

Garrick Chow
Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning
Course details
Do you just need a quick answer to an immediate “How do I …?” problem in Microsoft Word? LinkedIn Staff Instructor Garrick Chow provides on-the-spot solutions for the most common questions in Word. Garrick covers using the Quick Parts feature to save and insert large blocks of text. He shows you how to use placeholder text, find the word count, use the built-in Resume Assistant, and other text-related tasks. Garrick goes over adding page numbers and watermarks, inserting headers and footers, drawing a table, and more. He demonstrates how to use pages and sections, then dives into view options like viewing multiple pages at once, customizing the Quick Access Toolbar, and so on. Garrick discusses saving to OneDrive and using Word Online, as well as inserting and deleting comments in Word. Plus Garrick shows you how to coauthor and coedit Word documents.
Skills covered
Word ProcessingMicrosoft WordQuick TipsBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Pick up some valuable skills in Word
1. Working with Text
- 02 - Add commonly used text automatically
- 03 - Use placeholder text
- 04 - Find the word count in a Word document
- 05 - Properly add space between paragraphs
- 06 - Insert a word count into your document
- 07 - Use nonprinting characters as a layout guide
- 08 - Translate text in a Word document
- 09 - Use Resume Assistant
2. Page Formatting
- 10 - Add page numbers
- 11 - Start page numbering later in a document
- 12 - Add a watermark
- 13 - Insert a header or footer in Word
3. Content Formatting
- 14 - Copy formatting from one item to another
- 15 - Draw a table
- 16 - Format text in a table
- 17 - Convert text to table and table to text
- 18 - Format pictures
4. Pages and Sections
- 19 - Use portrait and landscape pages in a document
- 20 - Delete a page in Word
- 21 - Add page and section breaks in Word
- 22 - Use section breaks to control column layouts
5. View Options
- 23 - View two parts of a document
- 24 - View multiple pages at once in Word
- 25 - Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
6. Working and Collaborating Online
- 26 - Save to OneDrive and use Word Online
- 27 - Insert and delete comments in Word
- 28 - Coauthor a Word document
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