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This section of the book deals with the special content required in certain types of documents. Something many documents need is a well-designed cover page, and in Microsoft Office Word 2007 you’ll find a wide selection of predesigned cover pages that you can use as is or customize to better coordinate with your needs.
It’s a common practice to number heading levels—and often individual lines—in scientific or legal documents for convenience when the documents are being reviewed, and it’s a snap to do in Word. We’ll talk about inserting equations, using text boxes to create sidebars and pull quotes, and creating watermarks. If your document needs footnotes or endnotes, Word not only numbers them automatically but updates the numbers for you if you add or delete a note, and even figures out their exact placement on the page. We’ll also discuss adding citations, creating a table of contents, and finalizing your document.
And then there’s the mail merge feature—a great time-saver when you need to send the same information to a few individuals or to a large group of people. You provide a main document and a data source, and Word combines, or merges, the information into a new, personalized document.
First impressions count! A well-designed cover page can provide the incentive that makes your readers want to see what’s inside your document.
On the Insert tab, click the Cover Page button, and, in the gallery that appears click the cover page you want.
Switch to Print Layout view if you aren’t already in that view, press Ctrl+Home to move to the beginning of your document, click in an area that needs to be completed, and type the required information. Repeat for all the other areas that need to be completed.
If you’re not happy with the design of the cover page, do any of the following:On the Insert tab, click Cover Page, and choose another design.
On the Page Layout tab, click Themes, and choose a different theme.
Add a picture, a drawing, fields, text, or other items to customize the page.
On the Insert tab, click Cover Page, and choose Remove Current Cover Page to delete the cover page.
