Tip: If you want to count part of a document rather than the whole, Word can count the footnotes or endnotes that refer to the selected text. You can also select multiple sections of text to count at a time, and the sections do not have to be next to each other.

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1. Click on Format | Bullets and Numbering
2. A dialog box will appear. This box allows you to select which symbols you would like to use.
3. By choosing any format except None, the Customize button will be enabled.
4. Click Customize and you will be able to select the font, size, character or a picture to use.
5. Use the Picture button to search for the right symbol for your document.
6. Click OK

You now have a personalized outline that has not been used by anyone else.

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Microsoft Word Basics: How to Use Autocorrect with Acronyms

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To add the Work menu to the menu bar or a toolbar:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
2. In the Categories box, click Built-in Menus.
3. Click Work in the Commands box and drag it to the menu bar or displayed toolbar.

With the Work menu in place, you can add any open Word document to your list. Here are the options:
• To add the current document to the Work menu, on the Work menu, click Add to Work Menu.
• To open a document on the Work menu, on the Work menu, click the document you want to open.
• To remove a document from the Work menu:
Press CTRL+ALT+- (dash key). Your cursor will look like a large, bold underscore.
On the Work menu, click the document you want to remove.

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If you want to edit or add to a document that you’ve saved previously, you can open it by clicking the File menu and selecting Open. The Open dialog box appears listing Word documents. If you’re not sure where the document is located, click the Tools button and select Search. This feature allows you to locate a file if you know the file name, specific text in the document, or the date it was created or last modified. Word lists documents that meet the search criteria you specify.

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For subsequent saves, click the File menu and select Save. The file is saved automatically to the location you selected previously. When you save a document, it remains open on your screen so that you can continue working. Word can protect your work by saving a temporary copy of a document periodically as you work. To set up this option, click the Tools menu and select Options…; then select the Save tab. Click on the AutoRecover info every: field and then specify a time for how often you’d like this to occur. You still must use the Save command on the File menu to save the document normally when you finish working on it. To close a document when you’re finished with it, click the File menu and select Close. If you have a document that you’ve already saved, but want to save it under a different name or in a different format, click the File menu and select Save As. This allows you to choose a new name, directory, or format to save the document as.

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Word also checks the grammar of the document as it checks the spelling. As with spelling errors, suggestions are provided for different sentence wording or corrections for sentences Word thinks are grammatically incorrect.

While typing a document, misspelled words will be underlined in red and grammatical errors will be underlined in green. To turn the spelling and/or grammar functions off, click the Tools menu and select Options. Click the Spelling & Grammar tab and uncheck Check spelling as you type and/or Check grammar as you type.

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1. Select the paragraph you want to indent.
2. If you don’t see the horizontal ruler, click Ruler on the View menu.
3. On the horizontal ruler, drag the First Line Indent marker to the position where you want the text to start.

Tip: For more precision in setting a first-line indent, you can select options on the Indents and Spacing tab (Format menu, Paragraph command). In the Special list under Indentation, click First line, and then set the other options you want.

Increase or decrease the left indent of a paragraph

1. Select the paragraph you want to change.
2. On the Formatting toolbar, click Increase Indent or Decrease Indent.
3. The paragraph indent is increased/decreased by one tab stop each time the icon is selected. If you want to change the position of the indent, you can first set a different tab stop.

Change the right indent of a paragraph

1. Select the paragraph you want to change.
2. If you don’t see the horizontal ruler, click Ruler on the View menu.
3. On the horizontal ruler, drag the Right Indent marker to the position where you want the text to end.

Set an indent by using the Tab key

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
2. Under Automatically as you type, be sure the Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces check box is checked.
3. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.
4. To set indents on a paragraph, press the TAB key.

• To indent the first line of a paragraph, click in front of the line.
• To indent an entire paragraph, click in front of any line but the first line.

Note: To remove the indent, press BACKSPACE before moving the insertion point. You can also click Undo on the Edit menu.

Create a hanging indent

1. Select the paragraph in which you want to create a hanging indent.
2. If you don’t see the horizontal ruler, click Ruler on the View menu.
3. On the horizontal ruler, drag the Hanging Indent marker to the position at which you want the indent to start.

Tip: For more precision in setting a hanging indent, use the Indents and Spacing tab (Format menu, Paragraph command). In the Special list under Indentation, select Hanging. In the By box, set the amount of space for the hanging indent.

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To set precise measurements for tab stops, click the Format menu and select Tabs…. The Tabs dialog box appears. In the Tab Stop Position field: type the position for a new tab. Under the Alignment section, select the alignment for text typed at the tab stop. Under the Leader section, select the leader character you want, and then click Set. Set as many tab stops with alignments and leaders as you like. After all tabs are set, click OK. The ruler can also be used to set tabs. To add a new tab, click once on the ruler where you want the new tab setting to be. Setting tabs will eliminate all the default tabs to that point. You can move an existing tab by clicking and holding on the tab symbol while dragging it to the new location. A tab can be removed by dragging it off the ruler.

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To make adjustments to the formatting in your Word document:

1. Click on the Format menu and select Reveal Formatting.
2. Select the text whose formatting you want to review. The formatting information appears in the Reveal Formatting task pane.
3. You have several formatting options:

• To change any formatting properties, such as the font, click the hyperlinked text in the task pane, and then change any options you want in the dialog box that appears.
• To determine the formatting source, such as whether the formatting comes from a style, select the Distinguish style source check box.
• To show formatting marks, such as paragraph marks and tabs, select the Show all formatting marks check box.
• To format a text selection so it matches the text that surrounds it, select the text. Point to the Selected text box, click the arrow, and then click Apply Formatting of Surrounding Text.
• To view a feature-by-feature comparison of your text selection with another block of text, select the Compare to another section check box and then select another block of text.

Note: It’s easy to select all text with the same formatting in your document using the Styles and Formatting task pane. This can be helpful for viewing the text, changing its formatting, or deleting it. To select all text with the same formatting, open the Styles and Formatting task pane, and then, in your document, click a word that’s formatted like the text you want to select. (The formatting description appears under Formatting of selected text in the Styles and Formatting task pane.) In the Styles and Formatting task pane, click Select All.

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