Includes index.

Welcome to a new world. Taking your first steps with Word ; Diving into document creation ; Working smarter, not harder, in Word ; Zapping Word's top annoyances -- Working with document style and content. Font/character formatting ; Paragraph formatting ; Using styles to create a great looking document ; Cutting, copying, and pasting using the clipboard ; Find, replace, and go to -- Improving document content and consistency. Reviewing a document with language tools ; Cleaning up with autocorrect and autoformat ; Getting smart with text: building blocks, quick parts, actions (tags), and more -- Illustrating your story with graphics. Building tables, charts, and SmartArt to show data and process ; Adding pictures and WordArt to highlight information ; Adding drop caps, text boxes, shapes, symbols, and equations -- Improving document setup and look. Setting up the document with sections, headers/footers, and columns ; Changing other page features ; Saving time with templates, themes, and master documents -- Enhancing documents with reference features. Enhancing navigation with bookmarks, hyperlinks, and cross references ; Identifying the contents and terms in your document: TOCs, captions, and indexing ; Documenting your sources -- Making documents work for you. Data documents and mail merge ; Automating document content with fields ; Creating custom forms -- Publishing, collaboration, and the Cloud. Sharing and publishing documents ; Managing document security, comments, and tracked changes ; Collaborating in the Cloud with SkyDrive ; Integration of other Office applications -- Power and customization. Keyboard customization ; Customizing the quick access toolbar and ribbon ; Word options and settings ; Macros: recording, editing, and using them -- Appendix. Command-line switches for controlling Word startup.

Offers a comprehensive review of Word 2013, with information on such topics as formatting, using Office Clipboard, using language tools, adding pictures, using mail merge, publishing files as PDF, and using macros.