Microsoft Word 2007

Computers & Technology Word ® 2007 published by Barnes & Noble Bring your documents up to date. Word 2007 is the biggest upgrade to Microsoft’s time-tested word-processing software in more than a decade. Create dynamic documents effortlessly and effectively by learning to: Navigate Word 2007’s new interface quickly and easily• Create, format, and print Word documents and add tables, charts, and graphics• Ensure that your new Word documents are compatible with older versions• how to do it TM The Word 2007 Interface Microsoft Word® 2007 replaces the menus and toolbars of previous versions of Word with a more intuitive and easierto-use interface. The new interface has four main parts: Office button• Ribbon• Quick Access Toolbar• Help button• The Office Button The Office button is a round button with the Microsoft Office® insignia on it. Clicking it reveals commands that resided in the File menu in earlier versions of Word. The Ribbon The Ribbon is the core of the new Word interface. It replaces the drop-down menus and toolbars of previous versions of Word and organizes and displays the various functions that Word provides. It’s made up of tabs and groups: Tabs:• Tabs are the main organizational categories for Word functions. When you click on a tab, the functions within that tab appear on the Ribbon. Groups:• The commands displayed within each tab are further organized into groups. For instance, the Home tab has the groups Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing. Some groups also have a little square at their bottom right, called a launcher, that you press to launch a dialog box that provides more commands in the category that the group covers. Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar that spans the top of the Word window. It’s visible no matter which tab you’ve selected. Change the commands on the toolbar by using the menu that appears when you click on the down arrow to the right of the toolbar. The Help Button To access Word’s built-in help docs and support features, click the blue Help button at the top-right corner of the Ribbon, or press the F1 key on your keyboard. Keyboard Shortcuts in Word 2007 A keyboard shortcut is a combination of two or three key strokes that allows you to activate a command much quicker than you could by clicking with a mouse. Word 2007 preserves the keyboard shortcuts from older versions of Word, such as Ctrl+S to save and Ctrl+B to bold text. This guide lists the keyboard shortcuts associated with any command it covers, but Word 2007 has literally hundreds more esoteric keyboard shortcuts that this guide does not cover. For a list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Word 2007, see the Quamut guide to Word 2007 Keyboard Shortcuts, available in Barnes and Noble bookstores and online at www. quamut. com. How to Customize Keyboard Shortcuts You can create new shortcuts or modify existing shortcuts: On the Office button menu, click the Word Options tab1. at the bottom. In the Word Options dialog box, click Customize. 2. Click the Customize. . . button next to the words3. “Keyboard shortcuts“ in the Customize dialog box. The dialog box for creating or modifying keyboard shortcuts will open. After writing in the new or modified shortcut, click4. Assign before closing the dialog box. How to Control Word Using the Keyboard In addition to keyboard shortcuts, Word 2007 provides a way for you to use the program without touching a mouse at all. To use this feature, press the Alt key. Little letters and numbers will appear next to the various commands on the screen. Hit the appropriate key (or keys) to use the command. For instance, to get to the Ribbon’s Home tab, you’d type Alt+H. Once there, a new set of letters and numbers appear that mark the Home tab commands. Press those keys to enact those commands. Hit the Alt key again to make the shortcut numbers and letters disappear. Traditional keyboard shortcuts and Alt-key commands may sometimes overlap. For instance, you can save a file using Ctrl+S or Alt+F, S. How to Create New Documents and Open Existing Documents To work on a file in Word, you first must create or open it. How to Create New Files in Word There are three main ways to create a document in Word: From a blank document• From a template• From an existing document• How to Create a Blank Document Click the Office Button and select New (or Ctrl+N). 1. The2. New Document dialog box opens. Select Blank Document. Click Create, at the bottom of the dialog box. 3. How to Create a Document from a Template Word 2007 comes with a wide variety of predesigned, professional-looking templates. Load up a template that fits your needs, and you can type right into it. Click the Office button and select New (Ctrl+N). 1. The New Document dialog box opens. On the left side2. of the dialog box there’s a list of template categories. ribbon help button quick access toolbar Office button tabs launcher group