Word 2016: Advanced Tips and Tricks
1h 41mAdvanced2016-05-20
Authors

Nick Brazzi
LinkedIn Learning Staff Author
Course details
Improve your productivity and efficiency in Microsoft Word with these useful tips on some of the most overlooked features in Word 2016. See how to use Word Online, set defaults for new documents, and stay up to date with the frequent changes to Word. Author Nick Brazzi also delves into specialized text formatting and provides other helpful tips for working with nonprinting characters, revealing formatting, customizing the spell-check dictionary, password-protecting documents, and more.
Note: These tutorials apply to both the Windows and Mac versions of Word 2016.
Learning objectives
Recognize what the default font size option allows you to do.
Identify the best way to run updates for Word.
Recall where you should apply a drop cap for effect.
Name the option you should use if you need to count the spaces between words in a document.
Identify how to keep the spell-checker from becoming a nuisance while working on a document.
Explain when you should compress all of the pictures in your document.
Note: These tutorials apply to both the Windows and Mac versions of Word 2016.
Learning objectives
Recognize what the default font size option allows you to do.
Identify the best way to run updates for Word.
Recall where you should apply a drop cap for effect.
Name the option you should use if you need to count the spaces between words in a document.
Identify how to keep the spell-checker from becoming a nuisance while working on a document.
Explain when you should compress all of the pictures in your document.
Skills covered
Word ProcessingMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OfficeTips, Tricks, & TechniquesBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
Welcome
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Disable the start screen
1. Application and Document Defaults
- 03 - Set a default font for new documents
- 04 - Use Word Online
- 05 - Run updates
- 06 - Change the default save location
2. Adding and Formatting Text
- 07 - Use automatic text replacement
- 08 - Insert placeholder text
- 09 - Work with hyperlinks and autoformat options
- 10 - Maintain format during copy and paste
- 11 - Apply a drop cap
3. Using Tools
- 12 - Show nonprinting characters
- 13 - Select text
- 14 - View word and character count
- 15 - Customize your spell check dictionary
- 16 - Set the spell check language or disable
- 17 - Lock a document to restrict editing
- 18 - Compress pictures to decrease file size
Conclusion
- 19 - Next steps