1. INSERT A SYMBOL Determine the Symbol to insert Determine the Symbol to insert Computer don’t just work with letters and numbers. In the global economy in which we live, computers must be able to support a wide array of special characters. Open or create the document that requires a special character symbol. Click where you want to insert the symbol. Request a symbol Request a symbol On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, click Symbol. Word displays a list of symbols. Display Additional Symbols Display Additional Symbols If the symbol that you want to insert is not in the list, click More Symbols.

2. INSERT A SYMBOL Insert a Symbol from additional symbols Insert a Symbol from additional symbols In the Font box, click the font that you want, click the symbol that you want to insert, and then click Insert. Display Additional Symbol Sets Display Additional Symbol Sets If you don’t see a symbol you want ot insert as you scroll through the symbol Dialog box, Click the down arrow to display the Subset drop-down list. You’ll find geometric shapes, mathematical symbols, and other kind of symbol groups from which to choose. Insert a Special Character Insert a Special Character If you click on the symbol dialog box’s special characters tab, you’ll see a list of symbols and their keyboard shortcuts. Instead Instead of opening and then selecting from the symbol dialog box, you can use shortcut keys. Also assign new shortcuts. For example: Alt+Ctrl+C For example: Alt+Ctrl+C for copyright symbol. for copyright symbol.

3. Count the word in your document As you write, you’ll sometimes need to know statistics about your document. How many words are there? How many letters? How many pages? For example Writers for newspapers and magazines often have word limit. Word provides these kind of statistics for you and updates the counts as you write. Word continuously updates the count for the following: words, pages, paragraphs, lines, characters. Get Page and Word Counts Get Page and Word Counts Word Status Bar updates to show you the number of pages and words that your document contains. Get a Selection Word Count Get a Selection Word Count When text is selected, word status bar shows both the selected text’s word count and document’s word count. For example 26/1,946 mean selected text contains 26 words and your entire document contains 1,946 words.

4. Count the word in your document Include Text Boxes, Footnotes, and Endnotes Word’s doesn’t always include your document’s text boxes, footnotes, and end notes in the typical word count. You can choose? 1. In status bar double click on words and check or uncheck the check box. 2. Click on Review tab  proffing group  Click Word Count  check or uncheck the option Get Page, Word, Character, Paragraph, and line counts On word count dialog box you can see, no of pages, no of words, characters, paragraphs, lines. Tip: you can show / hide word count option on ms word status bar by right click on status bar and check / uncheck word count option.

5. Use of Drop Caps Drop Cap: Drop Cap: a large stating letter or word, sometimes twice the size of the other letter of the same paragraph, that provides a visual starting point for paragraphs of text. Such in news paper or in a research papers. Determine a Drop Cap Character Determine a Drop Cap Character Select the letter in your document that you want to convert to a drop cap letter. Usually, this will be the first character in your document’s text ( not the title or heading). Select the letter in your document that you want to convert to a drop cap letter. Usually, this will be the first character in your document’s text ( not the title or heading). If you select an entire word or phrase, word converts all that selected text to a drop cap. If you select an entire word or phrase, word converts all that selected text to a drop cap. Request the Drop Cap Request the Drop Cap Click Insert Ribbon Tab  then from Text group click on drop cap button. It display the drop down menu that contain options (such as none, dropped, in-margin, drop cap options) Insert the Drop Cap Insert the Drop Cap Select dropped or in – margin to insert the drop cap Use None option to remove the drop cap Adjust the Drop Cap Size By dragging the drop letter you can also adjust the size of dropped letter. Modify the Drop Cap Settings Click on drop cap options….Word display the Drop Cap dialog box. Where you can specify * Drop Cap Font * Lines to Drop * Distance from the Drop Cap to the rest of the text

6. Use of auto correct Auto correct: word’s capability to make adjustments and corrections as you type. Request the auto correct Click office button and select word options then select proofing. Adjust the auto correct options Click the auto correct options button to display the auto correct dialog box. Scroll to see the replacements Scroll down the list to see all the replacements that word will make on your behalf. For example if you type beleiv word replace it with believe. Delete an entry If you want word stop making one of the replacements, select that entry in the list and click the delete button on the right side of the dialog box. Type new value To add your own auto correct entries, click the replace text box and type your value there. Type a replacement Type the value you want to replace the other one with in the WITH text box and click add button that appears on the right side of the dialog box. Type an Exception: type exception you don’t like to correct. Example: abbreviations

8. Add a Water Mark Water Mark: Water Mark: text or a graphics image that appears behind text. Enter Print Layout View Enter Print Layout View From view tab in Document View group click on Print layout. From view tab in Document View group click on Print layout. Request a Supplied Water Mark Request a Supplied Water Mark Select page layout tab on the ribbon  click on water mark button Apply the Water mark Apply the Water mark Select (click) a water mark (already exist in water mark gallery). The water mark will appear in document background. Remove a Watermark Select page layout tab on the ribbon  click on remove water mark Add a Customized text / graphics Watermark Select page layout tab on the ribbon  click on custom water mark Choose a text/picture for watermark and apply it. Tip: Save Selection to water mark gallery (make your own for future use)

9. About Header and Footer Header Text that appears at the top of every page in a section or document. Footer Text that appears at the bottom of every page in a section or document. Fields Placeholders in your documents that office fills in with actual values, such as page numbers, the time, and the date, page count, author etc. Request a Header Go to insert tab  then from header and footer group click on header chose from built in or create your own. Customize the header Customize your header as your requirement by placing title, date etc. Apply your header Click on close button on the ribbon (on insert tab in close group) or just double click in the document body area. Request a Footer Insert a footer in much the same way as a header.

10. About Header and Footer Select and Edit the Footer Select the footer and customize it (edit fields). And put page numbers as you need. For typing in body section just click on close button on the ribbon (on insert tab in close group) or double click in body section anywhere. Build you own Design a header / footer in your document area. Select it Then goes to insert tab  header / footer group and click on header / footer and from drop down menu select save selection to header gallery for header and save selection to footer gallery for footer. After that your designed header/footer comes in built in header/footer gallery and you can use it.

11. Add a footnote or an endnote Footnotes Notes at the bottom of a page referenced by numbers somewhere on the page. Endnotes Notes at the end of a document referenced by numbers somewhere with in the body of the document. Determine the location Click inside (click in front of word) your document where you want footnote or end note. Request a footnote Go to reference tab  then from footnote group click on insert foot note.

12. Add a footnote or an endnote Type the footnote And type your note. Insert another footnote Same as previous selection location (what word to be defined) and insert another footnote. Insert a endnote Select location click on insert endnote from footnote group and type your text. Convert a foot note to end note and end note to a footnote.Select a footnote at the end of page and right click and select convert to end note. for endnote to foot note select end note from the end of document. Then right click and click on convert to foot note.