More new features in Word

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What's new

Everyday tasks

Improved table and list formatting Word now offers drag-and-drop copying of tables, custom table and list styles, and improved sorting. You can also format bullets or numbers differently than the text in a list.

Improved proofing tools Word improves the handling of proper names and working with custom dictionaries.

Enhanced AutoComplete The name of any person you send e-mail to in Microsoft Outlook will later be recognized in Microsoft Word and used as an AutoComplete suggestion.

Multi-selection You can select noncontiguous areas of a document, which makes it easy to format text in different places. You can also use the Find feature to select and format similar text.

More convenient word count By using the Word Count toolbar, you can check the current word count in a document without having to repeatedly open the Word Count dialog box.



Simplified mail merge Word takes advantage of the task pane to deliver a brand new way to connect to your data source and create form letters, mailing labels, envelopes, directories, and mass e-mail and fax distributions. The Mail Merge Wizard is easy to use, but still offers rich, advanced functionality.

Hiding white space In print layout view, you can quickly eliminate wasted space on the screen by hiding the white space at the top and bottom of a document.

Drawing Canvas The new Drawing Canvas helps you easily insert, position, layer, and resize drawing objects in your document.

Diagramming You can add a variety of diagrams using the diagramming tools on the Drawing toolbar.



Diagram (radial type)

Diagram toolbar

Drawing sizing handle

Drawing border

Improved watermarks You can easily select a picture, logo, or custom text to apply as the background for your printed document.



Security

New Security tab Security options such as password protection, file sharing options, digital signatures, and macro security are now conveniently collected on a single Security tab in the Options dialog box.

Protecting personal information You can now remove personal information from your document, such as file properties (Author, Manager, Company, and Last saved by) and names associated with comments or tracked changes.

Web documents and Web sites

Improved CSS support You can use Word to attach, remove, and manage cascading style sheets (CSS), which provide a convenient way to format several Web pages or a whole Web site. To change the format of the pages, you can make changes to the style sheet without having to edit each Web page.

Improved picture bullets Picture bullets now behave just like other bullets in Word. Different picture bullets can be used for different levels, enhancing their use in communicating information.



Filtered HTML To reduce the size of Web pages and e-mail messages in HTML format, you can save them in filtered HTML so that the tags used by Microsoft Office programs are removed. This feature is recommended for experienced Web authors who are concerned with the tags that appear in their HTML files.

Unlocking data

Smart tags Save time by using smart tags to perform actions in Word that you'd normally open other programs to do. For example, you can add a person's name and address from your document to a Microsoft Outlook contact folder by simply clicking a smart tag, and then selecting the action.



Smart Tag Actions button

Smart tag indicator

Streamlined data connection during a mail merge When performing a mail merge, you can seamlessly connect to your data source by using the Select Data Source dialog box.

Improved linking to Excel data When you link to data in a Microsoft Excel worksheet, you can use the Paste Options button to ensure that formatting changes you make to the object in your document are not lost when the object in the source file is updated.

Language-specific features

Translation Word offers basic bilingual dictionary and translation capability, as well as access to translation services on the World Wide Web.

Insertion of symbols and international characters Word now offers improved ways to add these types of characters to your document, either through the improved Symbol dialog box, or by using ALT+X keyboard shortcuts.

Support for additional character sets When used with Microsoft Windows 2000, Word now supports typing Thai, Hindi, Tamil, Georgian, Armenian, Vietnamese, Farsi, Urdu, and other complex languages.