Apply special effects to text with Microsoft Office Word
Added 31 Jul 2008
You want great documents that make an impact—and you've got less time than ever to get them done. If that sounds familiar, you've come to the right place. Microsoft Office offers many features for creating impressive documents. But, with so many choices, it can be hard to know where to begin.
This article will help you make the best choices for your documents. We'll look at three components of creating effective documents and give you timesaving tips to help you get your document done.
1. | Carefully choose your content. When you try to say everything, nothing will get noticed. Make choices and give your important content room to breathe. When a page or graphic is overcrowded, it's hard to make anything stand out. Being selective about what content to include is one of the best things you can do for your document. | ||||||
2. | Create your own set of styles. Styles provide consistency in your document. They also save time by letting you create design elements just once and reuse them every day.
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3. | Use PowerPoint and Excel for graphics and charts. Word is the ideal application for creating documents, no matter how simple or complex. However, you get more formatting tools for creating drawing objects in PowerPoint, and far more power and flexibility for creating charts in Excel. Once you create charts and graphics it's a snap to get them into your Word document. See the tips about using Paste Special and placing graphics that stay put in the Stay in Control of Your Documents section of this article.
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