Word for Mac 2011 Help

Customer support and troubleshooting for Office 2011 for Mac ends October, 2017. To get all the latest features, upgrade to Office 2016 for Mac. Make a one-time purchase, or buy an Office 365 subscription and stay up to date.

Create and format documents

Title	Description
Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles	Learn the differences between templates, themes and styles.
Change or remove a theme	Use predesigned Office themes to apply a coordinated set of fonts, colors, and visual effects to your documents.
Customize styles in Word for Mac	Learn how to use built-in styles that make it easy to format characters, paragraphs, or multiple pages in just a few clicks.
Copy formatting	Use the Format Painter to quickly copy formatting from one section of text to another.

Add lists, tables, pictures, and other objects

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Create a bulleted or numbered list	Use bullets or numbering to make lists easier to read.
Insert a table	Insert a table in a document.
Insert pictures in Office for Mac	Add a picture or clip art to a document from the Media Browser and other locations.
Add or edit a SmartArt graphic	Use a SmartArt graphic to visually represent information to help you more effectively communicate your message.
Create a chart	Create charts to illustrate data graphically.

Go beyond a basic document

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Record audio notes	Use notebook layout view to capture text or audio notes for your meeting or class.
Create and print mailing labels by using Mail Merge	Use the Mail Merge Manager to create mailing labels.
Create a table of contents	Add a table of contents to give longer documents a more professional look and make them easier to read.
Add or change sources, citations, and bibliographies	Automatically generate a bibliography from sources for the citations in the document.
Add or change footnotes or endnotes	Use footnotes and endnotes to explain, comment on, or provide references for text in a document.
Create or edit an index	Learn how to create an index.

Share and collaborate

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Use tracked changes	Use the Track Changes feature to view and respond to the changes and comments that you and other authors add to a document.
Compare and merge two versions of a document	See the differences between two versions of the same document.
Sharing documents with other versions of Office	Become familiar with the different formats that you can use to share documents with other Office users.
Password protect a document	Learn to use passwords to prevent unauthorized users from opening or changing a document.
Simultaneously edit a document with other authors	Learn how to collaborate on OneDrive or SharePoint documents.

Explore other useful resources

Title	Description
Interactive: Can't find it in Office for Mac 2011?	Use this visual, interactive guide to find where Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac commands are located in Word 2011
Keyboard shortcuts in Word for Mac	See the full list of keyboard shortcuts, organized into logical categories.
Customize the ribbon and toolbars	Rearrange, show, and hide tabs on the ribbon.
Known issues in Word 2011	See a list of known issues as well as potential workarounds.