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Word 2021 Basic - Student Guide

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This document is a “Word 2021 Basic” training guide from CustomGuide that introduces core Microsoft Word skills for beginners. It explains the Word interface, identifying key screen elements such as the Title Bar, Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, Tell Me search box, Status Bar, views, rulers, scroll bars, and zoom controls.<br /><br />The guide walks through essential file tasks: creating new documents (blank or from templates), opening existing files (including converting PDFs for editing), and saving work. It covers Save, Save As (new name/location), saving to different formats (DOCX, DOCM, DOC, PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT), and cloud features like AutoSave. It also explains AutoRecover, how to restore unsaved work after a crash, and how to adjust AutoRecover intervals in Options.<br /><br />Navigation and viewing topics include moving the insertion point with mouse/keyboard shortcuts, scrolling efficiently, and using the Navigation Pane to jump by headings or pages. It describes document views (Read Mode, Print Layout, Web Layout, Outline, Draft), zoom options, and showing/hiding formatting marks. Multi-document workflows are included: switching windows, viewing documents side by side with synchronous scrolling, and splitting the window to view two parts of the same document.<br /><br />The guide covers printing via File > Print, using print preview, selecting printers, and adjusting settings such as range, duplex, collate, orientation, margins, and pages per sheet. Sharing features are explained for OneDrive/SharePoint documents, including link permissions (view vs edit) and managing access after sharing.<br /><br />Additional modules introduce text editing fundamentals: selecting and replacing text, cut/copy/paste, undo/redo/repeat, spelling and grammar tools, word count and thesaurus, find/replace (including advanced options), inserting symbols, inserting text from other files, and customizing AutoCorrect.<br /><br />Formatting sections teach fonts, lists, alignment, borders/shading, spacing, Format Painter, indents (including first-line and hanging), tab stops, and replacing formatting. Page layout topics include margins, paper size/orientation, headers/footers, page numbers, columns, page/column breaks, and page background elements (watermarks, color, borders).

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