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    Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer: 2Nd Edition
    Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer: 2Nd Edition
    Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer: 2Nd Edition
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    Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer: 2Nd Edition

    By Mark Riddle

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    Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer provides easy to follow step by step instructions.
    Chapter one provides some useful facts about your computer. This Chapter describes such things as how to operate your mouse; how to modify your screen saver and printer settings; options for printing files; how to use different functions of the calculator; playing and storing music; using Snipping Tool to capture images; determining amount of Radom Access Memory (RAM) is on your computer; determining your computer name; how to use Microsoft Excel to keep track of financial transactions.

    Chapter two discusses how to use Microsoft File Explorer. I refer to File Explorer as the electronic filing cabinet. This chapter provides a description of the drives in your computer; how to create top level and sub-folders in your C-Drive also known as the hard drive; how to find files in File Explorer; copying files from the C-Drive and changing properties on files.

    Chapter three is the real meat of this book. It provides detailed information on the most useful Microsoft Word functions. You will learn how to use pull down menus to include (Find, Replace, Tracking Changes, Accepting or Rejecting Changes, saving files, Print Preview, Printing, inserting Headers and Footers); additional topics on cover pages, inserting blank pages, inserting page breaks, inserting tables and inserting pictures; next you will learn how to adjust margins, adjust orientation, adjusting size of paper, inserting columns, inserting page and section breaks, how to vertical line numbers; an in depth discussion concerning interactive table of contents; other useful tools include inserting symbols, inserting footnotes, inserting text boxes, inserting other files into Word, how to use Format Painter, description of formatting fonts and how to insert splits in Word.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 8, 2021
    ISBN9781665543217
    Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer: 2Nd Edition
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    Mark Riddle

    Mark S. Riddle is a recently retired Government Civilian from United States Space Force (USSF) Space Operations Command (SpOC) where he served as Work Flow Manager for the largest SpOC division for the past seven years. Mark also served honorably in the United States Air Force for twenty-four years. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado Christian University in Computer Information Systems Management. Mark also earned his Master of Science degree from Webster University in Space Systems Operations Management. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife Norma.

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      Solving the Riddle of Microsoft and Your Computer - Mark Riddle

      © 2021 Mark Riddle. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

      transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse  11/02/2021

      ISBN: 978-1-6655-4320-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-6655-4319-4 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-6655-4321-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2021922309

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Contents

      1. Facts About Your Computer

      1.1 The Mouse.

      1.1.1 Left Mouse Functions.

      1.1.1.1 Selecting a Pull-down Menu.

      1.1.1.2 Highlighting Text.

      1.1.1.3 Activating Toolbar Functions.

      1.1.2 Right Mouse Functions.

      1.1.2.1 Viewing Different Types of Applications Simultaneously.

      1.2 Modifying Settings.

      1.2.1 Modifying Your Screen Saver.

      1.2.2 Printing Documents.

      1.2.2.1 Options for Printing Documents

      1.2.3 Accessories.

      1.2.3.1 The Calculator.

      1.2.3.2 Playing and Storing music on Your Computer.

      1.2.3.3 Using Paint to Create Outstanding Graphics.

      1.2.3.4 Using Snipping Tool to Capture Images.

      1.2.4 Other Good Information.

      1.2.4.1 Determining Amount of Random-Access Memory (RAM).

      1.2.4.2 Determining Computer Name.

      1.2.4.3 Using Microsoft Excel to Keep Track of Financial Transactions.

      2. The Electronic Filing Cabinet (Microsoft File Explorer)

      2.1 Description of Drives in Your Computer.

      2.1.1 The C-Drive or The Hard Drive.

      2.1.2 The CD ROM Drive is normally your CD-ROM.

      2.1.3 One-Drive.

      2.1.4 Portable Hard Drive.

      2.2 Creating Folders in File Explorer.

      2.2.1 Creating Top Level Folders on C-Drive.

      2.2.2 Creating Sub-Folders.

      2.2.3 Using Quick Access to Maintain Most Used Folders for easy access.

      2.3 Finding Files with File Explorer.

      2.4 Copying Files.

      2.4.1 Copying Files From C-Drive.

      2.4.2 Changing Properties on Files.

      3 Microsoft Word

      3.1 Routine Functions of Microsoft Word.

      3.1.1 Pull-down Menus.

      3.1.1.1 Find Function.

      3.1.1.2 Replace Function.

      3.1.1.3 Tracking Changes.

      3.1.1.4 Accepting or Rejecting

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