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  Special Symbols in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss the use of special symbols in Word 2010. Your keyboard may not have many characters available but you want to use those characters in your document; in such situations, you have the option to insert  Special Symbols  the way we will further understand in this chapter. To insert symbols that are occasionally used, follow the steps in this section. If you find yourself using a particular symbol frequently, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it. Insert Special Symbols Here is a simple procedure to apply zoom-in or zoom-out operation using the View tab − Step 1  − To insert a special symbol, bring your cursor at the place where you want to insert the symbol. Click the  Insert  tab. You will find two options under the symbol button  (a) Equation  and  (b) Symbols . Click either of these two options based on your requirement. You will further use equations while preparing mathematical or scientific or any similar document. Fo

  Zoom In-Out in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss how to zoom in and zoom out in Word 2010. Microsoft Word provides a functionality to apply zoom-in and zoom-out operations on a document. When we apply the zoom-in operation, it enlarges the size of text whereas applying the zoom-out operation reduces the size of text. A zoom operation just changes the size of the font on-screen without impacting any other attribute of the document. You can apply the zoom operation in various ways as explained in this chapter. Zoom-in & Zoom-out using view tab Here is the simple procedure to apply the zoom-in or the zoom-out operations using the View tab − Step 1  − Click the  View  tab and then click the  Zoom  button as shown below. Step 2  − When you click the  Zoom  button, a Zoom dialog box will appear as shown below. This will display the zoom options box to select a value to reduce or increase the size of the document on-screen. By default, it will be 100%; you can select 200% to in

  Spell Check in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss how to check spelling and grammar in Word 2010. Microsoft Word provides a decent Spelling and Grammar Checker which enables you to search for and correct all spelling and grammar mistakes in your document. Word is intelligent enough to identify misspelled or misused, as well as grammar errors and underlines them as follows. A red underline beneath spelling errors. A green underline beneath grammar errors. A blue line under correctly spelled but misused words. Check Spelling and Grammar using Review tab Here is the simple procedure to find out the spelling mistakes and fix them − Step 1  − Click the Review tab and then click the  Spelling & Grammar  button. Step 2  − A Spelling and Grammar dialog box will appear and will display the wrong spellings or errors in grammar. You will also get suggestions to correct as shown below − Now you have following options to fix the spelling mistakes − Ignore  − If you are willing to igno

  Find & Replace in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss the Find and Replace operation in Word 2010. While working on editing a document you come across a situation very frequently when you want to search a particular word in your document and many times you will be willing to replace this word with another word at a few or all the places throughout the document. Here, we will understand how to find a word or phrase in a word document and how to replace an existing word with any other word using simple steps. Find Command The  Find  command enables you to locate specific text in your document. Following are the steps to find a word  document  in the following screen − Step 1  − Let us work out on a sample text available in our Word document. Just type = rand()  and press Enter; the following screen will appear − Step 2  − Click the  Find option  in the  Editing group  on the Home tab or press  Ctrl + F  to launch the Navigation pane − Step 3  − Enter a word which you want to

  Copy & Paste in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss how to copy, cut and paste in Word 2010. In the previous chapter, we understood how we can select the desired text and move it to any other location in the same document or in any other document. This tutorial will teach you how to use copy, cut and paste techniques to duplicate a text leaving the original text intact or removing the original text completely. To use  copy and paste  or  cut and paste  operations, Word makes use of a temporary memory which is called the  clipboard . When you copy or cut a text, it stay on the clipboard temporarily and in the second step you can paste this content at the desired location. Copy & Paste Operation The  Copy  operation will just copy the content from its original place and create a duplicate copy of the content at the desired location without deleting the text from it's the original location. Following is the procedure to copy the content in word − Step 1  − Select a po

  Move Text in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss how to move text in Word 2010. At times, it is required to move a text from one location to another location in the same document or in any another document. You can move text from one location in a document to another by using the drag-and-drop technique with the help of mouse. This tutorial will teach you how to use the drag and drop technique to move text. Move within the same document Step 1  − Select a portion of the text using any of the text selection methods. Step 2  − Now take your mouse pointer over the selected text and hold the left button of the mouse and keep holding it while moving around the document. Step 3  − Take your mouse pointer to the place where you want to move the selected text and release the mouse button. You will see that the selected text is moved to the desired location. Move within different documents You can move the selected text from one document to another document. Following are some simple s