Word+2007

After completing this course you will be able to:
 * What’s New in Word 2007? **
 * Work with the Ribbon — the new feature that makes Word easier than ever before.
 * Find every day, common commands you need to do your job.
 * Use the new file format for Word in the way that's best for you.


 * The Ribbon**

Tabs –Home, Insert, Page Layout, Reference, Mailings, Review, View, Certain tabs appear only when you need them Double click the active tab to hide the ribbon. Double click the active tab to bring back the groups. In the Paragraph group you have the ever-popular bulleted lists, numbered lists, and multilevel lists. You've also got your indentation and alignment commands here as well. You work with styles on the **Home** tab, in the **Styles** group: 1 - Quick Styles are ready-made, professional styles, quick and easy to apply; and they have a new look with this version of Word. The most frequently used Quick Styles will appear directly on the Ribbon. 2 - Click the button to see several more ready to use Quick Styles. 3 - Click the Dialog Box Launcher to open the **Styles** pane. This pane holds custom-made styles you might have made yourself in a previous version of Word, and it's where you go to create new or amend existing style To use the Format Painter, place the cursor in the text whose format you want to copy and then click the **Format Painter** button. If you have more than one place to paint your formatting, make sure you //double-click// the **Format Painter** to get it to stay on. Then select the text that you want to paint on the new format. Insert Pictures, Tables, Word Art, Clipart, Hyperlinks, Headers & Footers ** Zoom tools are also available in the View tab. Before printing, use the commands in the Page Layout tab. Note the difference between clicking on **Print** and using the **right arrow** command. The new Word document file format is based on the new Office Open XML Formats (XML is short for Extensible Markup Language). Don't worry, you don't have to understand XML; it's all behind the scenes. Just keep in mind that the new XML-based format: · Helps make your documents safer by separating files that contain scripts or macros, making it easier to identify and block unwanted code or macros. · Helps make your document file sizes smaller · Helps make your documents less susceptible to damage The new file format also gives you the ability to use features that are available only in Word 2007. One example of such a feature is the new SmartArt Graphics. Word opens older documents in compatibility mode which appears at the top of the file. The features that cannot be used in the older versions will be turned off or modified to appear like the older versions. The Help is accessed by clicking on the blue question mark in the upper right hand corner of the program (directly under the close “X”) This will open up the help dialog box where you can search by topics listed. It may be easier to open up the table of contents and find what you are looking for that way!
 * Groups & Commands **
 * Dialog Box Launcher **
 * Quick Access Toolbar ** – Default tools of Save, Undo and Repeat. You can add and delete commands to fit your needs
 * Mini Toolbar ** – appears after text is selected (or right click)
 * Microsoft office button ** – Like the previous “File” menu
 * Bullets, Numbers and More **
 * What about Styles? **
 * Format Painter ** - quick way of duplicating formatting from one section of text to another
 * Zoom **
 * Check spelling and grammar **
 * Are you ready to print? **
 * Use Microsoft Office Button to Print **
 * Where are the “Options” from the “Tools” menu? **
 * Why Change? XML **
 * Why the change? New features **
 * How do I know I am using the new format? **
 * There’s more than one file type. **
 * ** File extension ** || ** What it's used for ** ||
 * .docx || A standard Word document with no macros or code ||
 * .dotx || A Word template with no macros or code ||
 * .docm || A Word document that could contain macros or code ||
 * .dotm || A Word template that could contain macros or code ||
 * What about documents I already have? **
 * Converting to the new format **
 * Sharing documents between versions by saving with an older format **
 * Help in Word 2007 **