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If you’re dealing with a particularly lengthy document in Word 2010, you can create a table of contents to help readers sift through it. You can do this in several ways, and each method gives you a tremendous amount of control. Heading Styles You can create a terrific-looking table of contents by applying various heading styles to the text. Click on the Home tab, and you have several heading styles at your fingertips. Simply select the text you want to appear in your table of contents and click on the heading style you desire. To access the extra heading styles, click on the arrow to expand the gallery. References Tab You can also create a table of contents using the References tab. Select the part of your document where you want to apply the table of contents. Click on Table of Contents in the References tab and select the style you want. To specify more options, click Insert Table of Contents and follow the prompts in the dialogue box. Table of Contents ...

Considered by many to be the ultimate in word processing programs, Microsoft Word offers a vast array of features and options to get your documents looking just right. First-time users of Word will be happy to note that they can jump right in to Word 2010 without worrying about being behind, as this incarnation of the program is easier than ever to use. One of the most useful things about Word is the ability to apply a template. As with almost all MS Office 2010 programs, you can search for and apply a template with the greatest of ease. Start by clicking on the File tab, then click on Available Templates. From there, you’ll see a list of possibilities that will include Sample Templates, Recent Templates, and even Office.com Templates. If you want to make a new document, you can do that by following the prompts: To create a new document, click on File. After that, click on Available Templates and click on Blank Document and click Create. This will open up a brand new Word...

A table is made up of several cells. These cells can be formatted in order to improve the readability of data. Cells of a table created in Microsoft Word can be merged, split and shaded. You can put borders around the cells, change their height and width and change the alignment of text contained within the cells.  In this tutorial, you will learn how to format cells of a MS Word table. Task Download the MS Word file titled “Formatting Table Cells” . The document has the following table displaying the marks obtained by three students : Perform following tasks on this table: The three columns below “Marks Obtained” are actually its sub-columns. Hence, the “Marks Obtained” column should span the three sub columns. To do this, merge the “Marks Obtained” cell with the two cells at its right and centre the text in the merged cell. There is a blank cell below the cell containing “Student”. Merge this cell with the “Student” cell and centre the text vertical...

Tables are required in documents for presenting data and other information in an organized and easily comprehensible manner. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create, modify and delete a table in MS Word. Task Start a new MS Word document and do the following: 1. Create an 5x8 table (i.e. a table with 5 columns and 8 rows) and enter numbers from 1 to 40 as shown below: 2. Delete the last row and last column of the table to make it a 4x7 table. 3. Insert a new row below the third row. 4. Insert a new column to the left of the second column. 5. Split the table into a 5x3 table and a 5x5 table. 6. Delete the 5x3 table. Step-by-step Instructions Start a new document by clicking the MS Word icon on the Windows Task Bar or the Windows start menu. Task-1: Creating a Table Click ‘Insert’ tab. Click the ‘Table’ button. A drop-down menu will open showing a table grid and a few other options (see Figure 1). To create an 8x5 table, two alterna...

You create a document in Microsoft Word on your computer where it remains in electronic form i.e. soft form. More often than not, you will need to make a hard copy of the document by printing it on paper – for instance, when you wish to send an application for leave to your employer. If you have a printer attached to your computer, MS Word will print the document for you the way you wish. In this tutorial, you will learn how to print a MS Word document. Task Download the practice document titled “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” from the About Tutorials page. Print this document as indicated below: Print two copies of the entire document. Place the cursor anywhere in the document and print the current page. Print pages 3 and 4 of the document. Print the last paragraph on page 2. Step-by-step Instructions Download the practice document and open it in MS Word 2010. Task-1: Printing the Entire Document Figure 1: Backstage View of MS Word 2010 1....