Special Text

Microsoft Word's Insert menu (Figure 1) includes a number of commands that you can use to insert special text into your documents:

Figure 1. The Insert menu.

• AutoText submenu commands enable you to create and insert AutoText entries, which are commonly used text snippets, such as your name or the closing of a letter.

• Field enables you to insert Word fields, which are pieces of information that change as necessary, such as the date, file size, or page number.

• Date and Time inserts a date or time field than can automatically update to reflect the current date or time.

• Page Numbers inserts a page number field on each page of the document. When viewed onscreen or printed, the field indicates the number of the page on which it appears.

• Symbol enables you to insert symbols and special characters such as bullets, smiley faces, and the registered trademark symbol (®).

• File enables you to insert another file into your document.

Tip

• I discuss other Insert menu commands throughout this book:

  • Break, in Chapter 4.

  • Comment, in Chapter 16.

  • Footnote, Caption, Cross-reference, Index and Tables, and Bookmark, in Chapter 11.

  • Watermark, in Chapter 5.

  • Picture submenu commands, Movie, and Text Box, in Chapter 10.

  • HTML Object submenu commands and Hyperlink, in Chapter 18.

  • Object, in Chapter 17.