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1 A Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.
Using the Thesaurus A Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. Source: Dictionary.com

2 How to Use the Thesaurus
Once the Thesaurus is selected, it will bring up a window pane with suitable options. The user should then decide the best choice. The Thesaurus may also be selected by right clicking on the word.

3 Navigating to Specific Content
Ever felt like you are looking for a needle in a hay stack?

4 Find and Replace on the Home Ribbon

5 Find Browse document headings Browse document
Browse result from current search

6 Browse Button on the Vertical Scroll Bar

7 Wildcards A wildcard is a symbol that takes the place of an unknown character or set of characters. A question mark ? can be used to substitute for any individual character. Example: s?t Would find sit, sat, set or any word that started with s ended with t and had one letter in between. Source:

8 Wildcards On the other hand, an asterisk * can be used to substitute for any string of characters. Example: s*t would find sit, sat, soot, stilt, any word that began with s and ended with t no matter how many characters are in between.

9 Can be found on the Find dropdown menu.
Go To Option Can be found on the Find dropdown menu.

10 Advanced Find Functions

11 Inserting Date and Time
Checkbox makes it a field rather than static. What does this mean?

12 Select Insert Tab and Quick Parts
What is a field? When inserted as a field, the date and time will automatically update. Select Insert Tab and Quick Parts

13 A field changes to the current date when the document opens.
Static means the date will stay the same every time you open it.

14 Field Formatting Options

15 Alternative Method Date and Time can also be inserted using the Insert Date and Time buttons on the Header and Footer Ribbon


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