You can save time when you use this book by understanding how the Step by Step series shows special instructions, keys to press, buttons to click, and so on.
Convention | Meaning |
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Microsoft Office Specialist | This icon indicates a topic that covers a Microsoft Office Specialist exam objective. |
New In Office 2003 | This icon indicates a new or greatly improved feature in Microsoft Office Word 2003. |
On the CD | This icon indicates a reference to the book's companion CD. |
BE SURE TO | These words are found at the beginning of paragraphs preceding or following step-by-step exercises. They point out items you should check or actions you should carry out either before beginning an exercise or after completing an exercise. |
USE OPEN | These words are found at the beginning of paragraphs preceding step-by-step exercises. They draw your attention to practice files that you’ll need to use in the exercise. |
CLOSE | This word is found at the beginning of paragraphs following step-by-step exercises. They give instructions for closing open files or programs before moving on to another topic. |
| Numbered steps guide you through hands-on exercises in each topic. |
| A bullet indicates an exercise that has only one step. |
Troubleshooting | These paragraphs show you how to fix a common problem that might prevent you from continuing with the exercise. |
Tip | These paragraphs provide a helpful hint or shortcut that makes working through a task easier. |
Important | These paragraphs point out information that you need to know to complete a procedure. |
Save | The first time you are told to click a button in an exercise, a picture of the button appears in the left margin. If the name of the button does not appear on the button itself, the name appears under the picture. |
[CTRL]+[HOME] | A plus sign (+) between two key names means that you must hold down the first key while you press the second key. For example, “press [CONTROL]+[HOME]” means "hold down the [CONTROL] key while you press the [HOME] key." |
Black bold characters | In steps, the names of program elements, such as buttons, commands, and dialog boxes, are shown in black bold characters. |
Blue bold characters | Anything you are supposed to type appears in blue bold characters. |
Blue italic characters | Terms that are explained in the glossary at the end of the book are shown in blue italic characters. |