Microsoft Word 2007 is a word processing software package developed by Microsoft Corporation a family of office suites and productivity software for Windows. You can use it to type letters, reports, and other documents. It gives you the ability to use your computer for desktop publishing. This tutorial teaches Microsoft Word 2007 basics quick. Although this tutorial was created for the computer novice, because Microsoft Word 2007 is so different from previous versions of Microsoft Word, even experienced users may find it useful.
To get started first familiarize yourself with the new set up of Microsoft Word 2007. You will notice it does not have the regular menu system anymore. It now has tabs and buttons.
1) Office button, 2) Quick Access Toolbar, 3) Tabs, and 4) Ribbon.
1. The Office button which is similar to the File menu in Microsoft Word 2003. This is also
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| Office Button 2007 |
where you can customize your Quick Access Toolbar.
A. Start new project, Open a Project, Save,
Print, etc.
B. This shows recent documents and is a quick
way to open a recent project.
C. This opens the Word Options window where
You can change settings and customize your
Quick Access Toolbar.
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| When Clicking Word Options |
2. The Quick Access Toolbar. With this tool bar one can set it up to fit his/her needs. To do so just click the arrow at the end of this bar and select which items best suit your needs. They will be placed in the order they are selected. Again to customize this Quick Access Toolbar go to the office button and select Word Options. Click customize on the left and you can search for any buttons that suit your needs. A shortcut to customize this bar is to right click in the Tabs bar and select Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
3. The Tabs Bar. Tabs are similar to the menu system of Microsoft Word 2003 instead of having dropdown menus Microsoft Word 2007 created the Tab and Ribbon system. When you select a tab it will display the Ribbon associated with that tab. Here everything has been changed into button form.
4. The Ribbon. The tabs display a Ribbon. In this Ribbon there are many buttons that are grouped into categories such as Clipboard, Font, and Paragraph.
It will help if you take a couple minutes to look through all the tabs and Ribbons to learn the layout and to remember where to find buttons you will need when working on your projects and papers. Another new feature is the preview feature.
If you scroll your mouse over one of the Styles in the Home tab it will show in your paper what it will look like before clicking the style.
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| The Ribbon Word 2007 |
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| Style Group |
Now the categories in each Ribbon may have a button at the end of its bar. If you click this button it will expand into a window and show more options. For example the Font category will expand into a window where it will have all the settings for the font and character spacing.
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| Word 2007 Flyout |
If you would rather have the Ribbon hidden then you can right click in the tabs bar and select Minimize the Ribbon. This will minimize the Ribbon until you click a Tab.
Last is the bottom of the screen where you will have the page, words, proofing, view, and zoom. If you click on the proofing button it will find the first error in document. It will only do one at a time. To correct the entire document select spelling and grammar from either the review Tab or from the Quick Access Toolbar. (F7)
The View buttons and Zoom controls are at the bottom right of the screen.
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