What's New in Microsoft Word 2002?

You'll notice some changes as soon as you start Microsoft Word 2002. For example, the toolbars and menus have a new look. But the features that are new and improved in this version of Word go beyond just changes in appearance. Some changes won't be apparent to you until you start using the program.

The following table lists the new and improved features that you might be interested in as well as the lessons and topics in which those features are covered.

New or Improved Feature

What Does This Feature Help You Do?

Lesson

Topic

Mail Merge task pane

Easily merge documents with a data source.

Creating Form Letters and Labels

Preparing Data for a Form Letter

Password protection

Password-protect a document.

Creating Forms and Templates

Modifying and Using a Form Document

Styles and Formatting task pane

Quickly create and apply styles and formatting to text.

Creating Forms and Templates

Using Styles and Templates

Display for Review list and Show list

Display changes in a document by reviewer.

Collaborating with Others

Tracking Changes in a Document

Reviewing toolbar

Track changes in a document more easily.

Collaborating with Others

Tracking Changes in a Document

Revision balloons

Insert and change comments.

Collaborating with Others

Tracking Changes in a Document

Compare and merge documents

Merge comments and revisions from multiple reviewers.

Collaborating with Others

Comparing and Merging Documents

Multiuser editing

Have multiple users edit a document simultaneously, and merge changes later.

Collaborating with Others

Comparing and Merging Documents

Filtered Web Page and Web Archive

Save a multipage Web site as a single file.

Collaborating with Others

Creating a Web Document Containing Links

Link bars in Web documents

Provide navigation from your Web page to other Web pages.

Collaborating with Others

Adding a Link Bar to a Web Document

Digital signatures

Apply a digital signature to files to confirm that they have not been altered.

Collaborating with Others

Attaching a Digital Signature