Welcome toLife After Word

2003

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While Microsoft has made some noticeable changes to their latest release of Office, we hope that with the assistance of this guide your transition will not be too intimidating.

WHAT’S NEW• Word 2007 presents a new user-

interface which is quite different than previous versions of Word.

• In this lecture will provide you with some basic information about the new look and features available in Word 2007 in order to help you get started.

Ten or more useful features in Word

2007

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Quick Tour

• Office Button• Tabs• Ribbons• Groups• Commands• Quick Access

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The Ribbon - Upon launching Word 2007 for the first time the most noticeable change is likely Microsoft’s replacement of the traditional toolbars and menus with the Ribbon. The Ribbon presents you with a panel of commands which are organized into a set of tabs (known as the Tab Bar). Each task-oriented tab presents groupings of tasks and their associated subtasks..

The Microsoft Office Button - The Microsoft Office Button has replaced the File menu in earlier versions of Word. By clicking on this button, you are presented with the commands previously found in the File menu of Word 2003, including New, Open, Save, Save As, Print and Close. In addition, some of these commands include an expandable menu to provide additional options.

command or display a menu of commands.

Contextual tab tools enable you to work with an object that you select on the page, such as a table, picture, or drawing. When you click the object, the pertinent set of contextual tabs appear in an accent color next to the standard tabs.

Mini Toolbar – The Mini Toolbar pops up whenever text is selected. This new feature provides easy access to the most commonly used formatting commands in Word. The toolbar will also appear when you right-click on a selection of text. Initially, the toolbar is semitransparent to allow you a nearly unobstructed view of the text beneath, and becomes opaque when the mouse pointer moves over it.

ScreenTips are small windows that display descriptive text when you rest the pointer on a command or control.

The Status bar appears at the very bottom of your window and provides such information as the current page and the number of words in your document. You can change what displays on the Status bar by right-clicking on the Status bar and selecting the options you want from the Customize Status Bar menu. You click a menu item to select it. You click it again to

deselect it. A check mark next to an item means it is selected.

Quick Access

Quick Access Toolbar - The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar which contains shortcuts for commonly used tools. You have the ability to add and remove the toolbar buttons based on your personal preferences.

Live Previews

• Quickly see formatting changes before you apply them

• Can be confusing if you aren’t aware of this feature

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File Format (Open XML)

• The Microsoft Office suite applications now use a new file format as the default file format.

• Documents created in Word 2007 will use a file extension of .docx (compared to .doc in previous versions).

• Based on XML, this format uses the ZIP file container, which is compressed and up to 75% smaller than previous Office file formats. Additionally, Word 2007 is able

• Improved recovery of damaged files

What happened to Times New Roman?Use Word 2003 styles in Word 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click New.

2. Double-click on Blank document to create a new document.

3. On the Home tab, locate the Styles group, and then click Change Styles.

4. Then go to Style Set. 5. Click on Word 2003 Quick

Style set. 6. The gallery of Quick Styles

will change to reflect the new Quick Style set.

7. If you want to use Word 2003 font, then on the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles.

8. Then point to Fonts. 9. Click on Office Classic.

Add these steps to make 2003 a default

10. On the Home tab, locate the Styles group, then click Change Styles.

11. Then click Set as Default.

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Source: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/12/11/switch-and-change-back-to-office-2003-default-font-and-style-set-in-office-word-2007/

Press Alt key to see shortcuts

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Slider bar for zooming in and out

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Bibliography Management

• Add a new citation and source to a document

• Find a source • Edit a citation

placeholder • Create a

bibliography

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Word count

• Always available• Lower left-hand

corner

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Compare two versions of same document

• Review > Compare > Compare two versions

• Look at two versions of same document side by side

• Merge changes from several authors into one file

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Save as PDF

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