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- Undo and Redo – now on the menu bar - Navigation – turn on to see the pages in your document in a side bar
 * 1. Toolbar**



- Document Elements – insert decorative cover pages, table of contents, headers, footers, & bibliographies - Quick Tables – insert colored tables - Charts –insert charts in all forms - Smart Art Graphics – insert a variety of list, process, cycle, hierarchy, relationship, matrix, or pyramid graphics. - Word Art – insert a variety of word art options
 * 2. Elements Gallery**



- Formatting palette - if you select an image you will get image tools, if you select text your will get text tools - Object Palette – can add shapes, clip art, symbols, and pictures in your iPhoto - Citations – insert into document, click on plus sign to add citation - Scrapbook – store multiple text items or images – ex. Logo - Reference Tools – type a word and look it up in the Thesaurus, Dictionary, Bilingual Dictionary, Translation, or Web Search.
 * 3. Toolbox**

- use your mouse - use the scroll bar - use the arrows - the double arrows let you scroll through pages - the button between the double arrows let you scroll between table, graphic, heading, etc.
 * 4. Scrolling**

- defaults to Print Layout View - notebook layout - you can record audio in notebook layout
 * 5.View**

- drag and highlighting - click once in the margin to highlight the line - click twice in the margin to highlight the paragraph - hold down Command to highlight different parts of the document
 * 6. Selecting Text**

- Insert to Watermark – you can insert text or an image - go to Insert to Watermark – you can choose to insert a picture or text. - you can change how much of the page is filled by your watermark, Auto fills most of the page. - your watermark will print
 * 7. Watermark**

- Format to Background - To print the background you need to change your Preferences. See Question 5.
 * 8. Background Picture**

- Create a spreadsheet with your label information - Open Word - Go to Tools to Mail Merge - In the Mail Merge window choose Create New - choose Labels - choose your label size - Select Recipient List - Get List - Open Data Source - Insert Merge Field - select the fields you want and space and return as to how you want them to appear on the label - Select Complete Merge - Merge to New Document
 * 9. Create Labels from an Excel Spreadsheet**

1. How do you change the chart information that you have inserted? - Control/Click on the chart and choose Edit Chart 2. How do you change the color of the tabs in notebook? - Control/Click on the tab and choose Section color. 3. Can you remove the white background from your graphic? - Click on your graphic, from the Formatting Palette, under the Picture tab – click on the icon next to Transparent Color. Your cursor becomes an arrow, click on the white color(or any other color) you want to remove. 4. Can you set your Word so that your images always come in as Tight? - Open Word – Click on Word in the top menu bar, go to Preferences. In the next window click on Edit. Go to the middle of the window, above the Grid Options button, to Insert paste pictures as: click on the drop down menu and choose Tight. 5. Can I print the Background I add to my document? -Yes, but you need to change your Preferences in Word. Go to Word and choose Preferences. Under Output and Sharing choose Print. Put a check in the box in front of Print background colors and images. This is under Options for current document only. This setting does stay for other documents opened in the future. 6. Can I print the lines in Notebook view? - No, these graphics are not a part of the document, they are just the view. 7. How do I type within a graphic? -Drag the graphic to your page. Select the graphic and choose the first tab of the formatting palette. Under Fill click on the small drop down arrow next to the paint bucket. Choose No Fill. Next choose Wrapping, click next to Style and choose Behind Text or In Front of Text, either one should work. Or you can insert a text box into the shape. 8. How do I move graphics in smaller increments? -Select the graphic. Hold down the Option key and use your keyboard arrows to move the graphic. If you want the grid turned off for moving many graphics go to View - Toolbars - Drawing - a drawing toolbar will appear. Click on the second icon that looks like a grid. Remove the check in front of To grid in Print Layout View. Click OK. 9. How do I rotate text for column headings in a table? - Select the text, Control/Click and choose 'Text Direction'. Then select the orientation you would like.
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