From the course: Cert Prep: Word 2016 Microsoft Office Specialist (77-725)
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Insert text from a file or external source
From the course: Cert Prep: Word 2016 Microsoft Office Specialist (77-725)
Insert text from a file or external source
- [Instructor] Inserting text from another Office document is an easy way to combine text from one or more documents without having to retype the text, or do a copy and paste to get the data into your new document. On the Word 2016 MOS exam, you will likely be asked to insert or import data into your document. Now we have two ways of doing that. You can insert as an object, the new text, and embed it in the document. Or you can embed it and link it back to the data source file. We'll also look at how you can insert text into your document, and we'll see how it comes in unformatted. I want to make sure that you understand that process. I have the 02_02 Exercise File open so let's get started. Here's our document about the Landon Hotel, and I see a placeholder that says Insert History.docx here. Now during your exam, this is what you're going to see. You'll see a placeholder. It's going to tell you what to insert right there, and what you're going to do is highlight that placeholder…
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Create a new blank document and a new document from a template5m 34s
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Insert text from a file or external source6m 2s
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Modify page setup4m 46s
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Apply document themes and background elements6m 36s
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Apply style and style sets5m 56s
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Insert hyperlinks and bookmarks4m 59s
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Use the Navigation pane3m 48s
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Customize Word options6m 52s
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Add and edit document properties5m 19s
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Inspect a document4m 11s
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✓ Challenge: Create a document2m 33s
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✓ Solution: Create a document12m 41s
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