WordPerfect^® 9 for Windows^® For Dummies^®

by Margaret Levine Young; David C. Kay; Kathy Warfel; Jordan M. Young

• ISBN13: 9780764504273
• ISBN10: 0764504274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Get your documents started and get them finished the quick and easy way! Spare yourself hours of frustration trying to make WordPerfect 9 for Windows work for you. Pick up a copy of WordPerfect 9 For Windows For Dummies, and you'll be cranking your work out in no time.If you're new to WordPerfect, you get a thorough overview of its word processing basics, so you can quickly move forward to all the bells and whistles this program offers, such as tables, graphs, illustrations, and hyperlinks. If you're an old pro at using WordPerfect, discover the many brand-new Web publishing additions to Version 9, and use it to become a cybersorcerer, all from your home desktop. You'll even be able to complete work without typing after you discover the full capabilities of voice-activated Dragon Systems NaturallySpeaking.Give yourself the ...For Dummies edge and discover how professional your desktop documents can look. From planning layouts and visuals to using spell-check and grammar-check tools and customizing your toolbar, WordPerfect 9 For Windows For Dummies is your fast and friendly go-to guide for getting in and getting through all your word processing tasks.

Author Biography

About the Authors Margaret Levine Young is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen &#133;For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP> books including Corel<SUP>&#174;</SUP> WordPerfect<SUP>&#174;</SUP> 8 For Windows<SUP>&#174;</SUP> For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP>, The Internet For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP>, 6th Edition, and Unix<SUP>&#174;</SUP> For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP>, 4th Edition. David C. Kay, coauthor of Corel<SUP>&#174;</SUP> WordPerfect<SUP>&#174;</SUP> 8 For Windows<SUP>&#174;</SUP> For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP> and author Microsoft<SUP>&#174;</SUP> Works 4.5 For Windows<SUP>&#174;</SUP> For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP>, has been teaching and writing about software for over 20 years. Kathy Warfel has been teaching people how to use computers longer than she would care to admit, and is a contributing author of IDG Books Worldwide&#39;s The Internet For Windows<SUP>&#174;</SUP> 98 For Dummies<SUP>&#174;</SUP>. Jordan M. Young has spent 25 years in the computer industry as a software developer, consultant, author, and teacher.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: Introducing WordPerfect 9 for Windows	7	(108)
WordPerfect Basics	9	(18)
Using the Mouse and Keyboard	27	(24)
Cruising the Document	51	(10)
Fooling with Blocks of Text	61	(12)
Text Improvements	73	(22)
Yelling at Your Computer	95	(20)
Part II: Prettying Up Your Text	115	(94)
Crafting Captivating Characters	117	(14)
Sensational Sentences and Pretty Paragraphs	131	(22)
Perfect Pages and Dashing Documents	153	(22)
The WordPerfect Secret Decoder Ring	175	(16)
Documents with Style	191	(18)
Part III: Things You Can Do with Documents	209	(32)
On Paper at Last --- Printing Stuff	211	(14)
Juggling Documents	225	(16)
Part IV: Creating Documents That Don't Just Sit There	241	(122)
Boxing without the Gloves	243	(26)
Say It with Pictures	269	(20)
Creating Your Own Junk Mail	289	(20)
Recipes and Templates for Popular Documents	309	(28)
Spinning Web Pages	337	(26)
Part V: The Part of Tens	363	(34)
Ten Ways to Get WordPerfect to Do It Your Way	365	(14)
Ten Things Not to Panic About	379	(10)
Ten Really Good Suggestions	389	(4)
Ten Awesome Tricks	393	(4)
Index	397