Word

When you use a computer program to create, edit, and format text documents, you are performing a task known as word processing. Part of the Microsoft Office 2013 suite of programs, Microsoft Word 2013 is one of the most sophisticated word-processing programs available. By using Word, it is easy to efficiently create a wide range of business and personal documents, from the simplest letter to the most complex report. Word includes many desktop publishing features that you can use to enhance the appearance of documents so that they are visually appealing and easy to read.
You can use Word to:

Accessibility

• ·         Customize keyboard shortcuts
• ·         Accessibility features in Word
• ·         Use the keyboard to work with ribbon programs
• ·         Accessibility Features in Microsoft Office 2010
• ·         Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word
• ·         What happened to speech recognition?
• ·         Accessibility Checker

Creating documents

·         Add a cover page

·         Apply themes to Word documents

·         Count the number of words in a document

·         Create a document

·         Quick Parts

Formatting

·         Add a heading

·         Add, change, or delete WordArt

·         Clear formatting

·         Add or remove text effects

·         Adjust the spaces between lines or paragraphs

Apply strikethrough formatting

·         Make text superscript or subscript

·         Set the default font

·         Apply, customize, and save a document theme in Word or Excel

Tracking changes and comments

·         Turn track changes on or off

·         Review tracked changes and comments

Tables of contents and other references

·         Create a bibliography

·         Create a table of contents

Saving and printing

·         Print on both sides of the paper (duplex printing) in Word

·         Save as PDF or XPS

·         Save a document in Word

·         Save an Office file as an earlier version

·         Preview and print a file

·         Save a file

Reading documents

·         Read documents in Word

·         Show or hide formatting marks

Spelling, grammar, and thesaurus

·         Check spelling and grammar

·         Use custom dictionaries to add words to the spelling checker

·         Look up words in the thesaurus

·         Look up words in the dictionary

Tables

·         Add or delete a table

Charts

·         Quick start: Add a chart to your document

·         When should I use a SmartArt graphic and when should I use a chart?

Equations

·         Write, insert, or change an equation

Pictures and Clip Art

·         Add, change, or delete shapes

·         Insert a picture or clip art

·         Add a drawing to a document

·         Change the color, transparency, or recolor a picture

·         Change the color, style, or weight of a line

·         Insert WordArt

·         Remove a picture background

·         Add, copy, or delete a text box

·         Apply an artistic effect to a picture

·         Change or remove a text box or shape border

·         Add a gradient fill to a shape

·         Add or change an effect for a picture

·         Crop a picture

·         Reduce the file size of a picture

·         Turn off picture compression

·         Insert a screenshot

Headers, footers, and page numbers

·         Add or remove headers, footers, and page numbers

Page breaks and section breaks

·         Insert a page break

·         Insert or delete a section break

SmartArt graphics

·         Change the style and width of lines connecting SmartArt shapes

·         Create an organization chart

·         Identify which program to use to create an organization chart

·         Learn more about SmartArt graphics

·         Rotate text in a SmartArt graphic

·         Add alternative text to a shape, picture, chart, table, SmartArt graphic, or other object

·         Change the SmartArt graphic shape fill or shape border

·         Keyboard shortcuts for working with shapes, text boxes, and WordArt

·         Keyboard shortcuts for SmartArt graphics

·         Descriptions of SmartArt graphics

·         Create a SmartArt graphic

·         Anything above marked with a red X will not appear in this SmartArt graphic and will not be saved message