Word Quick Tips

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.

Concepts

Introduction

Pick up some valuable skills in Word

Working with Text

Add commonly used text automatically
Use placeholder text
Find the word count in a Word document
Properly add space between paragraphs
Insert a word count into your document
Use nonprinting characters as a layout guide
Translate text in a Word document
Use Resume Assistant

Page Formatting

Add page numbers
Start page numbering later in a document
Add a watermark
Insert a header or footer in Word

Content Formatting

Copy formatting from one item to another
Draw a table
Format text in a table
Convert text to table and table to text
Format pictures

Pages and Sections

Use portrait and landscape pages in a document
Delete a page in Word
Add page and section breaks in Word
Use section breaks to control column layouts

View Options

View two parts of a document
View multiple pages at once in Word
Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

Working and Collaborating Online

Save to OneDrive and use Word Online
Insert and delete comments in Word
Coauthor a Word document