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• Microsoft Word 
  (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. The purpose of the MS Word is to allow the users to type and save documents. Similar to other word processors, it has helpful tools to make documents.
  
  
  Microsoft Word is 27 years old. According to Wikipedia, Microsoft Word was released upon an unsuspecting public on 25 October 1983. It's now up to version 14. Not that there have been 14 versions.
  
  
  What is the meaning of MS Word format?
  
  
  MS Word Format usually refers to documents created by Microsoft Word and saved in the DOC or DOCX format. MS Word format refers to the document formats developed and used chiefly by Microsoft Word software -- specifically the DOC and DOCX formats.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  What is the latest version of Word?
  Microsoft Word 2016 is the latest version of Word. Previous versions include Word 2013, Word 2010, Word 2007, and Word 2003. Word 2016 is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7.
  
  
  Also just have function of home and Insert tab in Microsoft  office 
  
  
  
  Image formatsWord can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art. No version of Microsoft Word has support for the common SVG vector image format.Templates[Several later versions of Word include the ability for users to create their own formatting templates, allowing them to define a file in which the title, heading, paragraph, and other element designs that are unique from the standard Word templates. Users can find how to do this under the Help section located near the top right corner (Word 2013 on Windows 8).WordArtMain article: WordArtAn example image created with WordArtWordArt enables drawing text in a Microsoft Word document such as a title, watermark, or other text, with graphical effects such as skewing, shadowing, rotating, stretching in a variety of shapes and colors and even including three-dimensional effects. Users can apply formatting effects such as shadow, bevel, glow, and reflection to their document text as easily as applying bold or underline. Users can also spell-check text that uses visual effects, and add text effects to paragraph styles.MacrosA Macro is a rule of pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence (often a sequence of characters) should be mapped to an output sequence according to defined process. Frequently used or repetitive sequences of keystrokes and mouse movements can be automated. Like other Microsoft Office documents, Word files can include advanced macros and even embedded programs. The language was originally WordBasic, but changed to Visual Basic for Applications as of Word 97.This extensive functionality can also be used to run and propagate viruses in documents. The tendency for people to exchange Word documents via email, USB flash drives, and floppy disks made this an especially attractive vector in 1999. A prominent example was the Melissa virus, but countless others have existed.These macro viruses were the only known cross-platform threats between Windows and Macintosh computers and they were the only infection vectors to affect any macOS system up until the advent of video codec trojans in 2007. Microsoft released patches for Word X and Word 2004 that effectively eliminated the macro problem on the Mac by 2006.Word's macro security setting, which regulates when macros may execute, can be adjusted by the user, but in the most recent versions of Word, is set to HIGH by default, generally reducing the risk from macro-based viruses, which have become uncommon.Layout issuesBefore Word 2010 (Word 14) for Windows, the program was unable to correctly handle ligatures defined in TrueType fonts. Those ligature glyphs with Unicode codepoints may be inserted manually, but are not recognized by Word for what they are, breaking spell checking, while custom ligatures present in the font are not accessible at all. Since Word 2010, the program now has advanced typesetting features which can be enabled: OpenType ligatures,[70] kerning, and hyphenation. Other layout deficiencies of Word include the inability to set crop marks thin spaces. Various third-party workaround utilities have been developed.In Word 2004 for Mac OS X, support of complex scripts was inferior even to Word 97,and Word 2004 does not support Apple Advanced Typography features like ligatures or glyph variants.Bullets and numberingMicrosoft Word supports bullet lists and numbered lists. It also features a numbering system that helps add correct numbers to pages, chapters, headers, footnotes, and entries of tables of content; these numbers automatically change to correct ones as new items are added or existing items are deleted. Bullets and numbering can be applied directly to paragraphs and convert them to lists. Word 97 through 2003, however, had problems adding correct numbers to numbered lists. In particular, a second irrelevant numbered list might have not started with number one, but instead resumed numbering after the last numbered list. Although Word 97 supported a hidden marker that said the list numbering must restart afterwards, the command to insert this marker (Restart Numbering command) was only added in Word 2003. However, if one cut the first item of the listed and pasted it as another item, e.g. fifth, the restart marker would have moved with it and the list would have restarted in the middle instead of at the top.Users can also create tables in Word. Depending on the version, Word can perform simple calculations. Formulae are supported as well.AutoSummarizeAutoSummarize highlights passages or phrases that it considers valuable. The amount of text to be retained can be specified by the user as a percentage of the current amount of text.According to Ron Fein of the Word 97 team, AutoSummarize cuts wordy copy to the bone by counting words and ranking sentences. First, AutoSummarize identifies the most common words in the document (barring "a" and "the" and the like) and assigns a "score" to each word - the more frequently a word is used, the higher the score. Then, it "averages" each sentence by adding the scores of its words and dividing the sum by the number of words in the sentence - the higher the average, the higher the rank of the sentence. "It's like the ratio of wheat to chaff," explains Fein.AutoSummarize was removed from Microsoft Word for Mac OS X 2011, although it was present in Word for Mac 2008. AutoSummarize was removed from the Office 2010 release version (14) as well.
  
  Password protection
  Main article: Microsoft Office password protection
  There are three password types that can be set in Microsoft Word:
  ·                     Password to open a document
  ·                     Password to modify a document
  ·                     Password restricting formatting and editing 

  Start a mail merge

  Start a mail merge. To do this, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running.

  Microsoft Word 2002

  On the Tools menu, click Letters and Mailings, and then click Mail Merge Wizard.

  Microsoft Office Word 2003

  On the Tools menu, click Letters and Mailings, and then click Mail Merge.

  Microsoft Office Word 2007

  On the Mailings tab, click Start Mail Merge, and then click Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard.

  Select document type

  1. In the Mail Merge task pane, click Letters. This will allow you to send letters to a group of people and personalize the results of the letter that each person receives.
  2. Click Next: Starting document.

  Select the starting document

  1. Click one of the following options:
     • Use the current document: Use the currently open document as your main document.
     • Start from a template: Select one of the ready-to-use mail merge templates.
     • Start from existing document: Open an existing document to use as your mail merge main document.
  2. In the Mail Merge task pane, click Next: Select recipients.

  Select recipients

  When you open or create a data source by using the Mail Merge Wizard, you are telling Word to use a specific set of variable information for your merge. Use one of the following methods to attach the main document to the data source.

  Method 1: Use an existing data source

  To use an existing data source, follow these steps:

  1. In the Mail Merge task pane, click Use an existing list.
  2. In the Use an existing list section, click Browse.
  3. In the Select Data Source dialog box, select the file that contains the variable information that you want to use, and then click Open.
     
     Note If the data source is not listed in the list of files, select the appropriate drive and folder. If necessary, select the appropriate option in the All Data Sources list. Select the file, and then click Open.
     
     Word displays the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box. You can sort and edit your data if you want to.
  4. Click OK to return to the main document.
  5. Save the main document. 
     
     When you save the main document at this point, you are also saving the data source and attaching the data source to the main document.
  6. Type the name that you want to give to your main document, and then click Save.

  Method 2: Use names from a Microsoft Outlook Contacts List

  To use an Outlook Contact List, follow these steps:

  1. In the Mail Merge task pane, click Next: Select recipients.
  2. Click Select from Outlook contacts.
  3. In the Select from Outlook contacts section, click Choose Contacts Folder.
  4. In the Select Contact List Folder dialog box, select the Outlook contacts folder that you want, and then click OK.
     
     Word displays the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box. You can sort and edit your data if you want.
  5. Click OK to return to the main document.

  Method 3: Create a database of names and addresses

  To create a new database, follow these steps:

  1. In the Mail Merge task pane, click Next: Select Recipients.
  2. Click Type a new list.
  3. Click Create.
     
     The New Address List dialog box appears. In this dialog box, enter the address information for each record. If there is no information for a particular field, leave the box blank. 
     
     By default, Word skips blank fields. Therefore, the merge is not affected if blank entries are in the data form. The set of information in each form makes up one data record.
  4. After you type the information for a record, click New Entry to move to the next record. 
     
     To delete a record, click Delete Entry. To search for a specific record, click Find Entry. To customize your list, click Customize. In the Customize Address List dialog box, you can add, delete, rename, and reorder the merge fields.
  5. In the New Address List dialog box, click OK. In the Save Address List dialog box, type the name that you want to give to your data source in the File name box, and then click Save.
  6. In the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box, make any changes that you want, and then click OK.
  7. Click Next: Write your letter to finish setting up your letter.
  8. Save the main document.
     
     When you save the main document at this point, you are also saving the data source and attaching the data source to the main document.
  9. Type the name that you want to give to your main document, and then click Save.

  To proceed to the next step, click Next: Write your letter.

  Write your letter

  In this step, you set up your main document.

  1. Type or add any text and graphics that you want to include in your letter.
  2. Add the field codes where you want the variable information to appear. In the Mail Merge task pane, you have four options:
     • Address block: Use this option to insert a formatted address.
     • Greeting line: Use this option to insert a formatted salutation.
     • Electronic postage: Use this option to insert electronic postage. 
       
       Note This option requires that you have a postage software program installed on your computer.
     • More items: Use this option to insert individual merge fields. When you click More Items, the Insert Merge Field dialog box appears. 
       
       Note Make sure that your cursor is where you want to insert the information from your data source before you click More Items. 
       
       In the Insert Merge Field dialog box, click the merge field that you want to use, and then click Insert. 
       
       Note You can insert all of your fields and then go back and add any spaces or punctuation. Alternatively, you can insert one field at a time, close the Insert Merge Fields dialog box, add any spaces or punctuation that you want, and then repeat this step for each additional merge field that you want to insert. You can also format (apply bold or italic formatting to) the merge fields, just like regular text.
  3. When you finish editing the main document, click Save or Save As on the File menu. 
     
     Note In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save or Save As. 
     
     Name the file, and then click Save. To proceed to the next step, click Next: Preview your letters.

  Preview your letters

  This step allows you to preview your merged data, one letter at a time. You can also make changes to your recipient list or personalize individual letters.
  
  To proceed to the next step, click Next: Complete the merge.

  Complete the merge

  This step merges the variable information with the form letter. You can output the merge result by using either of the following options:

  • Print: Select this option to send the merged document directly to the printer. You will not be able to view the document on your screen. 
    
    When you click Print, the Merge to Printer dialog box appears. In the Merge to Printer dialog box, you can choose which records to merge. When you click OK, the Print dialog box appears. Click Print to print the merge document.
  • Edit individual letters: Select this option to display the merged document on your screen. 
    
    When you click Edit individual letters, the Merge to New Document dialog box appears. In the Merge to New Document dialog box, you can choose which records to merge. When you click OK, the documents are merged to a new Word document. 
    
    To print the file, on the File menu, click Print. 
    
    Note In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Print.