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                                                                                 Table of contents from the Instructor's Guide

Section 1: Creating Forms and Using Macros ............................................................................. 1

Lesson 1.1: Creating Forms ................................................................................................................... 2

Using the Developer Tab ................................................................................................................................... 2

Creating a Form................................................................................................................................................. 5

Inserting Controls .............................................................................................................................................. 7

Modifying Control Properties .............................................................................................................................. 9

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 12

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................. 19

Lesson 1.2: Finishing Forms ................................................................................................................ 20

Grouping Controls ........................................................................................................................................... 20

Protecting a Form ............................................................................................................................................ 21

Testing a Form ................................................................................................................................................. 23

Distributing a Form ......................................................................................................................................... 24

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 25

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................. 30

Lesson 1.3: Advanced Forms Tasks .................................................................................................... 31

Using Legacy Controls ..................................................................................................................................... 31

Using ActiveX Controls .................................................................................................................................... 33

Assigning Help to a Form Field ......................................................................................................................... 35

Using Multiple Sections .................................................................................................................................... 36

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 40

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................. 48

Lesson 1.4: Macros ............................................................................................................................... 49

Setting Macro Security ..................................................................................................................................... 49

Recording a Macro .......................................................................................................................................... 51

Running a Macro ............................................................................................................................................. 54

Editing a Macro’s Code Using the Visual Basic Editor ..................................................................................... 55

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 57

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................. 64

Lesson 1.5: Advanced Macro Tasks .................................................................................................... 65

Copying a Macro from a Template .................................................................................................................... 65

Assigning a Macro to a Keystroke ..................................................................................................................... 68

Assigning a Macro to a Quick Access Toolbar Button ....................................................................................... 72

About Macro Names ......................................................................................................................................... 73

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 74

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................. 79

Section 1: Case Study ........................................................................................................................... 80

Section 1: Review Questions ................................................................................................................ 81

Section 2: Managing Documents ................................................................................................ 83

Lesson 2.1: Using Comments ............................................................................................................... 84

Getting Ready ................................................................................................................................................... 85

Inserting Comments ......................................................................................................................................... 87

Editing Comments ............................................................................................................................................ 88

Navigating Through Comments ......................................................................................................................... 88

Deleting Comments .......................................................................................................................................... 89

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 90

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................. 95

Lesson 2.2: Tracking Changes ............................................................................................................. 96

Tracking Changes ............................................................................................................................................ 96

Reviewing Changes .......................................................................................................................................... 98

Using the Reviewing Pane ............................................................................................................................... 99

Changing the Changes that You See ................................................................................................................ 101

Setting Options for Tracking Changes ............................................................................................................. 103

Finishing Your Document ............................................................................................................................... 105

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 107

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 115

Lesson 2.3: Working with Multiple Versions of Documents .......................................................... 116

Comparing Documents................................................................................................................................... 116

Combining Documents ................................................................................................................................... 119

Showing the Source Documents ....................................................................................................................... 121

Protecting Documents .................................................................................................................................... 122

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 126

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 131

Lesson 2.4: Creating an Outline ........................................................................................................ 132

Using Outline View ........................................................................................................................................ 132

Using the Outlining Tab ................................................................................................................................. 133

Creating an Outline ....................................................................................................................................... 134

Expanding and Collapsing Headings ............................................................................................................... 136

Promoting and Demoting Headings ................................................................................................................. 137

Moving Headings ........................................................................................................................................... 138

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 140

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 145

Section 2: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 146

Section 2: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 147

Section 3: Working with References ......................................................................................... 149

Lesson 3.1: Creating a Table of Contents ......................................................................................... 150

The ABCs of TOCs ......................................................................................................................................... 151

Marking Text Using Heading Styles ................................................................................................................. 152

Marking Text Using Outline Levels ................................................................................................................. 152

Marking Text Using the References Tab .......................................................................................................... 153

Inserting a Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 154

Updating a Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 156

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 158

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 163

Lesson 3.2: Creating References within a Document ...................................................................... 164

Adding Footnotes and Endnotes to a Document .............................................................................................. 164

Navigating and Editing Footnotes and Endnotes ............................................................................................. 165

Using Bookmarks ........................................................................................................................................... 166

Using Cross-References ................................................................................................................................. 168

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 171

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 176

Lesson 3.3: Creating a Bibliography ................................................................................................. 177

Inserting Citations .......................................................................................................................................... 177

Managing Sources .......................................................................................................................................... 180

Choosing a Style............................................................................................................................................. 180

Inserting a Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 182

Updating a Bibliography................................................................................................................................ 183

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 184

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 190

Lesson 3.4: Creating Other Reference Pages ................................................................................... 191

Marking Index Entries.................................................................................................................................... 191

Creating and Updating an Index ...................................................................................................................... 193

Creating and Updating a Table of Figures ...................................................................................................... 195

Creating and Updating a Table of Authorities ................................................................................................. 197

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 199

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 209

Lesson 3.5: Creating References to Other Documents .................................................................... 210

Linking to Another Document .......................................................................................................................... 210

Creating and Working with a Master Document ............................................................................................. 211

Creating and Working with Sub-Documents .................................................................................................... 213

Other Master and Subdocument Tasks ............................................................................................................. 218

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 220

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 225

Section 3: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 226

Section 3: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 227

Section 4: Expert Topics ............................................................................................................ 229

Lesson 4.1: Working with SharePoint Server .................................................................................. 230

What is SharePoint? ........................................................................................................................................ 230

System Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 231

Creating a Workspace ..................................................................................................................................... 231

Accessing a Workspace ................................................................................................................................... 235

Publishing to a Workspace ............................................................................................................................... 235

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 239

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 243

Lesson 4.2: Publishing to Other Places ............................................................................................. 244

Publishing to Document Management Servers ................................................................................................ 244

Creating a Blog Post ...................................................................................................................................... 245

Using Blogging Tools ..................................................................................................................................... 246

Publishing a Blog ........................................................................................................................................... 247

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 250

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 255

Lesson 4.3: Working with XML ........................................................................................................ 256

An XML Primer .............................................................................................................................................. 256

About the New XML File Type ......................................................................................................................... 258

Opening the XML Structure Task Pane ............................................................................................................ 259

Applying an XML Schema to a Document........................................................................................................ 261

The Power of XML ......................................................................................................................................... 264

Using the Schema Library ............................................................................................................................... 270

Creating a Custom Smart Tag .......................................................................................................................... 272

Step-By-Step ................................................................................................................................................... 281

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 288

Section 4: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 289

Section 4: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 290

Index ......................................................................................................................................... 292