"Special characters" include the many accents that occur in languages other than English, as well as copyright signs, trademark signs and so on. You must have the Character Map accessory installed...
Acute accents occur in Asian and European languages that are written in the Roman alphabet. Acute accent marks occur over a vowel. The letter "e" with an acute accent looks like this: é.
Grave accents occur in European and Asian languages that are written in the Roman alphabet. The grave accent is used over a vowel. The letter "E" with a grave accent looks like this: È.
A circumflex is a special character used with a vowel. For example, the letter "E" with a circumflex looks like this: Ê. Circumflex accents are used in European and Asian languages written in the...
An umlaut is used in Asian and European languages that are written in the Roman alphabet. An umlaut appears over a vowel to indicate a vowel change. The letter "A" with an umlaut looks like this: Ä.
A tilde is the little character that looks like this: ~. When used with a letter (such as "n"), it looks like this: ñ.
You can use any Web image, or the whole page, as your computer's background picture. You see it, you like it, it's your wallpaper.
You can display nonprinting characters, such as spaces, tabs, and paragraph marks, in Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh). These characters allow you to see if...
You can easily create new styles for your documents in Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh) to give your documents distinctive looks and make them easier to read....
You can apply a style, or a set of formatting rules, to a word, character, or entire paragraph in Microsoft Word 97 and 2000 (for the PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh).
If you want to include a specific style or several styles in all of your Word documents, you need to change the Normal template. These instructions work for Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for...
You can change the background color in a Microsoft Word 97 and 2000 (for PC) and 98 (for Macintosh) document if you don't want the default white background. This feature is available only in...
The Zoom feature in Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh) provides a way for you to shrink or enlarge the document you are working on for viewing purposes. You can...
You can format text in Microsoft Word 97 and 2000 (for PC) and 98 (for Macintosh) by changing fonts, font size, and font style (bold, italics, underline, etc.). Text formatting lets you add a...
You can change the fonts in your Microsoft Word 97 and 2000 (for PC) and 98 (for Macintosh) documents in two ways. You may want to use one font for headlines and subheads and another font for the...
In Microsoft Word 97 and 2000 (for PC) and 98 (for Macintosh), you can center text on the page, align it with the left or right margin, or justify it (so both left and right margins are even)....
To save time, you can assign shortcut keys to complex functions or to functions you perform often in Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh).
You can use the Letter Wizard in Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh) to help you write a letter quickly. Word provides two ways to access the Letter Wizard, which...
You can "track" the changes you make to a Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 (for PC) and Word 98 (for Macintosh) document by setting the Track Changes preferences, then turning on the feature. When...
Okay, you've used the tracked changes feature, but now you want to get rid of all those marks! Here's how to do that for a Microsoft Word 97 or Word 2000 (for PC) or Word 98 (for Macintosh) document.
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