This is a four part series on the new features of Office 2013.
Word 2013 New Features
Dr. Sherri E. Ritter
Word 2013 1. Resume Reading
When you save a document, the next time you open that document you will receive a message on the right side of the screen asking if you want to pick up where you left off. If you do click the message and you will return to the last place you were before exiting the document.
2. Read View At the bottom right side of the screen you can zoom in on the page by clicking the + or – sign. The first sign is the read mode. This mode will allow you to read the document horizontally instead of the traditional scroll down method. The second icon is the standard edit mode. The third icon give you a webpage view. In the Read mode you can double tap on any image to enlarge. This will not mess up the original placement of the image in the document.
3. Add additional services Your version of Office is associated with your account. You can add additional accounts to your office. In this case you can go to the user account information (Top Right Hand corner of your window, click the drop down beside your name and choose account settings). On the account User Information page click Add a Service At the pop-up window put your service email and hit next.
Insert your password and you will default back to your Account page.
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On your account page you will notice additional services listed in your services. Click on Manage by your Facebook account. You will receive a permission screen to allow Microsoft to access Facebook.
Once you hit save you can access your Facebook pictures from Office 2013.
Now when you go to Insert> Online Pictures you will see Facebook listed. Insert> Illustrations> Online Pictures
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4. PDF to Word You can open a pdf document File> Open> Select Location and file You will
receive a pop-up asking to convert from PDF to Word. Select OK
You can now modify the PDF document and save it as a word file.
5. Compare documents View> Window> View Side by Side
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With this view you can see two documents at the same time. Synchronous Scrolling will automatically be enabled so both screens will scroll together.
6. Video Insert> Illustrations> Online Video When the video pop-up window appears put your search terms in the appropriate source window (In this case I was looking for a video of the president). I then hit search. A list of videos appeared. Select the appropriate video and click Insert
The video will appear where the cursor was located on the document page.
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7. Apps Insert> Apps> Apps for Office> See All> featured Apps The first time you use this app you will need to make sure you have logged onto Microsoft. There will be a log on option on the pop-up screen. If you are unable to log in on the popup you will need to go back to your account settings (File> Account). To get started you should check out the Featured Apps. Some will be free but other have a small fee associated.
Select a free app and click add. The app will appear on the right side of your word screen.
In this case I have chosen the Word Cloud App.
I have a series of words written on the word document. (The more often a word appears in the list the larger the word will appear in the art work.) Select the words Choose the cloud options like font, layout, etc. and click Create Word Cloud.
You can now copy and paste the word cloud into your document or save it as an image to insert at a later time.
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