The quick reference card helps users who are familiar with Microsoft Word to find common tasks in IBM Lotus Symphony.

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Documents
With IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ Documents, you can create simple or highly structured documents include
graphics, tables, charts, and spreadsheets. A number of features give you a fine degree of control over the
formatting of text, pages, sections of documents and entire documents. You can save the documents in a
variety of formats.
Table 1. Creating and editing documents Table 1. Creating and editing documents (continued)
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Microsoft Word Documents Microsoft Word Documents
To open a document, click Click . To create a new doc from Click File→New→From
. a template, click Template.
File→New, select the
To create a new Click template location, and
document, click . browse for the template.
To save a document, click
Click .
.
To print, click . Click .
.
To revise documents, click Click
Tools→Track Changes. Edit→Revisions→Show.
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2. Table 1. Creating and editing documents (continued) Table 3. Using lists, tables, and charts (continued)
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Microsoft Word Documents Microsoft Word Documents
To show or hide the task Click in the Sidebar To customize list formats, Click Layout →
pane, click View→Task and choose Float or click Format→Bullets and Numbering → Bullets and
Pane. Close, or click Numbering.. Numbering.
View→Properties Sidebar. To create a table, click
Click .
To spell check, click . Click .
.
To customize application Click File→Preferences. To convert text to tables, Click Table→Change Text
behavior, click click Table Convert→Text to Table.
Tools→Customize or to Table.
Tools→Options. To merge or split cells, Click or .
click or .
Table 2. Formatting documents To enter a formula, Click Click View→Formula
Lotus Symphony Table→Formula. Input Line.
Microsoft Word Documents To insert a column or row, Click or .
To change font click
Click , , or . Table→Insert→Columns or
appearance, click , , →Rows.
or .
To delete a column or
Click or .
To apply a style, select Select one from the Apply row, click
one from the Style list. Style list. Table→Delete→Columns or
. →Rows.
.
To add borders or Click Table→Table
To align text, click , , Click shading, click Properties.
, , , or
, or . Format→Borders and
. Shading.
To indent or outdent, click To sort a list or table, click Click Table→Sort..
Click or .
or . or .
To change spacing, click To create a chart, click
Click . Insert→Object and click Click .
.
Microsoft Excel Chart or
To apply other paragraph Select the format option in Microsoft Graph Chart.
formats, click the Paragraph Properties
To format a chart, Right-click the chart and
Format→Paragraph. Sidebar or click
double-click the chart. click Edit.
.
To copy formatting, click Click . Table 4. Managing document layout
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To add a note, click Click Create→Note. Microsoft Word Documents
Insert→Comment. To change page Click
orientation, click Layout→Properties→Page
Table 3. Using lists, tables, and charts File→Page Setup. Properties.
Lotus Symphony To create a header or Click
Microsoft Word Documents footer, click View→Header Layout→Properties→Page
and Footer. Properties.
To create a bulleted list, Click . To create customer Click Layout→Columns.
click . columns, click
To create a numbered list, Insert→Columns.
Click .
. To create a section, click Click Create→Section.
Insert→Break and choose
the section break type.
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3. Table 5. Inserting and formatting graphics Table 6. Shortcuts
Lotus Symphony To... Do this...
Microsoft Word Documents
Close a document
Click on the
To display the Drawing Click Create → Drawing
document’s tab.
Object.
toolbar, click .
View dynamic Help Press F1.
To create a text box, click Click . Customize the Help In the Help window, click
. search scope Search Scope and click
To draw a shape or line, New.
Click or any other
click a shape on the shape on the Drawing Create a PDF Select File→Export.
Drawing toolbar, or click toolbar. Search through
. Click , then type in
thumbnails of all open
the Find field.
To insert a graphic file, documents
click Insert→Picture→From Click . Move to any part of the Press F5 to open the
File. document by page, Navigator.
To insert from a graphic Click Create→Clip Art. section, or object
gallery, click Insert→ Open the Style List Press F11.
Picture→ClipArt.
Turn on numbering Press Ctrl + Shift +F12
To format a shape, click Click
Turn on bullets Press Shift + F12.
Format→AutoShape.
. Manage Instant Click Tools→Instant
Corrections settings Corrections.
To insert text as a graphic, Click .
click .
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