Who can attend?

• Anyone who uses Microsoft Word as a base platform for making a living

Overview

• Why are keyboard shortcuts so important for productivity?
• Windows shortcuts
  • The Ribbon: tabs and icons
  • Files and Dialog Boxes
    • Windows file management system: opening, saving, and printing documents
    • Viewing your desktop
    • Opening common dialog boxes
    • Switching between panes and windows
    • Navigating dialog boxes
    • Closing documents, windows, and dialog boxes
  • A few other useful Windows shortcuts
• Microsoft Word shortcuts
  • Viewing Word documents
  • Key combinations used in navigation and formatting in Word
  • Navigation and formatting in Word
  • Field codes, content controls
  • Editing-related shortcuts in Word
  • Table shortcuts
    • Navigation and selection in tables
    • Other actions in tables
• Select Microsoft Edge web browser shortcuts

Takeaways/downloads

• PDF of essential Windows and Word shortcuts (with useful comments for every shortcut) arranged as discussed (download)
• A simple and practical plan for learning these shortcuts
• Some exercises to test your understanding of Word shortcuts, indicating how these are to be used in a work-a-day world (download from The Art of Copyediting website after the webinar)
• Answer keys to the exercises (download from The Art of Copyediting website after the webinar)
• Additional productivity recommendation: pointer for learning typing for free at your own pace

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