MicrosoftWord2007Tutorial

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OpenMicrosoftWord2007
Doubleclickon
theICONon
desktop

START
PROGRAMS
MicrosoftOffice2007
MicrosoftWord2007

OR

Savingyour

Document
Tosaveyour
document,simplyclick
ontheMS2007logoin
thetoplefthandcorner
[]andthemenubar
thatyouseeonyour
rightherewilldropdown
givingyouvarious
options,includingsaving.

SavingyourDocumentcontd
WhenyousaveadocumentinMSWord2007,itautomaticallysaveswith
.docx asitsextension.
However,youcanalsosaveyourdocumentsothatitsreadablebyearlier
versionsofMSWord(97 2003)bysimplyselectingWord972003
Document(*.doc) whenchoosingwhatfiletypetosaveas(pleaseseethe
screenshotbelow)
ForA1,pleasesaveyourdocumentsas.doc andnot.docx

GettingHelpinMSWord2007
TogethelpinWord
2007,lookforthehelp
icon[]inthetop
righthandcornerofthe
screenandclickonit.
Youwillbepresented
withawindowthat
looksliketheonehere
ontheright.

MSWord2007isorganizedintotabbed
menubars,liketheoneyouseehereat
thetopofthescreen.
Bydefault,MSWord2007startsyouoff
intheHometabwhenyoufirstopenthe
program.

Home

Fromhereyoucanchangethesize[],
colour[],font[],style[],
andjustificationoftext[].Aswell,
youcanalsoaddhighlighting[],shading
andborders[]toyourtext,and/orputit
intoabulleted[]ornumbered[]list.
Therearemanymoreoptions,soexploreandfindoutwhats
available!And,ifyoudontknowwhatsomethingis,justhover
themouseovertofindout!

Textboxes
Atextboxcanbeplacedanywhereonthepage,
givingyoumuchmorecontrolofhowyour
documentwilllook(thisisespeciallyusefulfor
puttingtextaroundapicture)
Toinsertatextbox,gototheinsert tabandclick
onthetextboxbutton
Dragmousepointeroveranareatocreate
textbox
Youcanentertextintoatextboxandcontrolits
formatting(alignment,font,etc).Youcanadd
formattedtexttoalmostalldrawingobjects
Textboxescanberemovedandresizedexactly
likeeveryotherdrawingobjectinWord

 WordArtallowsyouto
addinterestingtext
effectsintoyour
documents(asabove)
ToinsertWordArt,goto
theinsert tab,clickon
WordArtandselecta
design.
Onceyouveselecteda
designyoulike,enter
yourtextandclickok.

CIS

Shapes

Toinsertarrows,
callouts,andother
shapesgototheinsert
tab,clickontheShapes
buttonandselectthe
shapethatyouwantto
insert.
Note,shapesarenot the
samethingassymbols!

Callouts
Acalloutissimilartohowadialogueisshownina
comicbook
Toinsertacallout,clickonShapesfromtheinsert
tabandfindthetypeofcalloutyoudliketoinsert
Next,dragaboxovertheareayouwantthecallout
toappearinandtypesometextintothecallout

3DShapes
Tocreatea3Dshape,
firstinsertanashape
fromtheinsert tab
Whenyouhavedone
that,youwillbe
broughttoaformat tab
foryourshapethatyou
canthenusetochange
yourshapeintoa3D
shape.

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Symbolscanbeinserted
fromtheinsert taband
includethingslikethe
greek alphabet,
mathematicalnotation,
etc
Also,ifyouclickonmore
symbols youwillgeta
chartliketheoneonthe
rightwithmany,many
symbols

Columns
Toinsertcolumnsintoyour
document,gotothePage
Layouttab,selectColumns,
thenselectthenumberof
columnsyoudliketosplityour
documentinto.
Or,ifyoudontwantyour
wholedocumentbrokenup
intocolumns,youcanhighlight
somespecifictextthatyoud
liketobreakintocolumnsand
thenselectthenumberof
columns.

Columns(contd)
Or,youcanchooseMore
columns andadialoguebox
suchasthisonewillpopup
givingmorecontroloverthe
columns.
Fromhereyoucanchange:
thenumberofcolumns
Whetherornotthereisaline
betweencolumns
Thewidth&spacingbetween
columns
Howlongyouwantthecolumnsto
last,asinawholedocument,or
justasection

UsingTables
Toinsertatable,goto
theinsert tabandlook
fortheTablebutton
Youcanspecifythe
rowsandcolumns
eitherbytypingthemin
orbydrawingthetable.

TableFormatting

Tablesaremadeupofrows andcolumns
Columns/rowsareresizedbydraggingitsborder
Acell isoneelement(box)inthetable
Eachcellcanhavedifferentcolours,sizes,etc
Row,columnandcellpropertiescanbechanged
byrightclickingor
throughtheTable
Beats
SCISSORS
PAPER
ROCK
menuoption
NO
SCISSORS
NO
YES
PAPER

NO

NO

YES

ROCK

YES

NO

NO

CrossReferencing
InMSWord2007,crossreferencing
canprovideadirectlinktoafigure,
table,equationandmore.
Toinsertacrossreference,gotothe
References tabandclickonCross
Reference.
Next,selectthetypeofreferenceto
add(apagenumber,paragraph,
etc)andwhatyourereferringto(a
heading,anumbererd item,a
footnote,anendnote,etc).
Note,thelocationofthecursorin
yourdocumentisthelocationwhere
thecrossreferencewillbeinserted.

Styles
Stylesarepredefinedsettingsfont,size,colour,etc fortext.
Forexample,
Normal defaultstyleinMSWord2007is11pt,Calibri
font,blacktext.
Heading1 is14pt,Cambriafont,navybluetext
Also,ifyoudontlikethewayaparticularstylelooks,you
canchangeitsimplybyrightclickingonitandselecting
Modify

InsertingATableofContents
Toinsertatableofcontents,
youfirstneedheadings(recall
fromthelastslide,headings
arestylesappliedtotextand
arenottobeconfusedwitha
header,whichisaspecial
sectionatthetopofyour
document).
Next,fromthereferences tab,
clickonTableofContentsand
insertanappropriatetableor
choosetheInsertTableof
Contents option.

InsertingPictures
Picturescanbeinsertedinanumberofways.
Forexample:
Youcansimplycutandpasteyourimageintoyour
document
Fromtheinsert tabyoucaninsertclipart
Fromtheinsert tabyoucaninsertapicturefrom
afileonyourcomputer

Captions
Toinsertacaptionforan
image:
Youcanrightclickonthe
imageandchoosethe
insertcaption option
OrselectInsertCaption
fromthereferences tab

InsertingATableofFigures
Insertingatableoffiguresisverysimilarto
insertingatableofcontents,exceptinsteadof
listingheadings,atableoffigureslists
captions.
ToinsertaTableofFigures,gotothe
ReferencestabandselectInsertTableof
Figures.

SectionBreak,PageBreak,Whatthe?
SectionBreaksaredifferent thanstandard
pagebreaks
Standardpagebreakssimplyinsertanewpage
Sectionbreaksmaydothis,butdontnecessarily
doso

Instead,aSectionisaninvisibledivision
withinyourdocument

WhatAreSectionsUsedFor?
Sectionsareprimarilyusedforformatting
Ifyouwanttheformattingtoapplyacrossanentire
document,thenyoudontneedsections
But,ifyouwanttochangethewaypagenumbers
aredisplayed(forexample),thenyouneedtouse
sectionbreaks
Section1maycontaintheTableofContents,withnopage
numbers;whileSection2,containstheTableofContents
andTableofFigureswithRomanNumeralPagenumbers;
andSection3containstherestofthedocumentwitha
regulargoodoldnumberset(1,2,3..)

Typesofsectionbreaks
Sectionbreakskeeptheformattingelementslike
margins,pageorientationorsequenceofpage
numbers(moreonthistofollow)
Nextpage insertsasectionbreakandstartsthenew
sectiononthenextpage.
Continuous insertsasectionbreakandstartsthe
newsectiononthesamepage.
Oddpage orEvenpage insertsasectionbreakand
startsthenewsectiononthenextoddnumberedor
evennumberedpage.
Todoasectionbreaks,clickonInsert andBreak

UsingSectionBreaks
So,SectionBreaksareusedtodivideyour
documentupintodifferentformattingsections
Asanexample,thefirstsectionmighthaveroman
numeralpagenumberingandthesecondsection
mighthaveregularpagenumbering(ornopage
numberingatall).
Inparticular,theNextPage sectionbreakisveryuseful
inthispurposesinceitstartsthenextsectionatthetop
ofthefollowingpage.

UsingSectionBreaks(contd)
Toinsertasection
break,gotothe
PageLayouttab.
Whenyouclickon
Breaks youwillbe
presentedwithalist
ofbreaks.

Note,thelocationofthecursorin
yourdocumentisthelocation
wherethesectionbreakwillbe
insertedsobeaware!

HeaderandFooter
Headersandfootersaretypicallyusedinprinteddocuments
thatincludetextlikepagenumbers,date,etc
Headersareprintedinthetopmarginandfootersare
printedinthebottommargin.
FromtheInsert tab,clickoneitherHeaderorFooterand
youwillbepromptedwiththetypeofheaderyoudliketo
workwith.Chooseanyoftheappropriatestyles,orsimply
clickonEditHeader orEditFooter,andyouwillbegiven
anewmenubarwithheaderorfooterspecificoptions.

ABitMoreonHeadersandFooters
Tomanuallysettheheaderorfooterofthecurrent
sectiontosomethingdifferentthantheprevious
sectionyouneedtogotothatsection,clickon
headerorfooterfromtheinsert tabandthenmake
surethatLinktoPrevious isdeselected.

PageNumbers
Toaddpagenumberstoa
document,dothe
following:
Ifyouwouldliketohave
differentstylesofpage
numbers,firstuseasection
breakandthenclickonthe
sectionyouwanttoinsert
pagenumbersinto.
Onceyouarereadytoputin
thepagenumbersselect
PageNumber fromthe
insert tab,thenyouwillbe
givensomemoreoptions

PageNumbers(contd)
Ifyouwanttoformat
yourpagenumbers,
select,FormatPage
Numbers,otherwise,
selectwhereyoudlike
toinsertthepage
numbersintoand
proceed.
Change this option if you wish to
start again from 1. Select start at
and give a page number to begin
counting from (1 is usually your
best choice).

This lets you change the number style (i.e.

Roman Numerals, Letters, etc)

TheMostImportantFeature
SPELLCHECK!
MSWord2007providesyouwithmanytools
forspellingandgrammarandthesecanbe
foundintheReview tab!
ItsimportanttonotethoughthatevenifWord
catchesallyourspellingmistakesitmaymiss
badgrammar proofreadityourself,too!
(eg:Youriscar insteadofYourcaris)

FinalNotes
Practise,Practise,Practise!!!
Ifyouhaveanyproblemspostintheforum