Word 2007 in easy steps

This book is all you need to get up to speed with Microsoft Word 2007. A wide range of basic and advanced techniques are covered using clear, colorful, detailed illustrations. Each chapter takes you step by step through real-life examples, giving you the opportunity to learn a whole range of features along the way.

Topics covered include new controls such as the Ribbon, the Quick Access Toolbar, the Mini Toolbar, Command Tabs, Contextual Tabs and Galleries which have automatic preview behavior. You will learn how Building Blocks can give you a way of re-using standard parts of a document, allowing you to update automatically afterwards. Later chapters cover more advanced features including Blog publishing, the Document Inspector and the ability to compare changes using a screen divided into three panes. You will also see how it can be easy to work within a team using other tools such as Digital Signatures and options for enhanced file formats.

Whether you are completely new to Word, or already familiar with one of the previous versions, this guide is the quickest and most efficient way to get the best value out of Word 2007.

Scott Basham has worked as an author, training consultant and software developer for 16 years. His experience of business training spans most of this time, and includes running a training department for a global software publisher. He has written and delivered both standard and customised courses for many clients including IBM, Sony, Compaq, Hewlett Packard and Deutsche Bank. Many of these are run on-site: mostly in the U.S. but also in Europe, Africa and the Far East. His time as a College and University lecturer has given him experience with a variety of training levels and requirements, as well as different styles and approaches to training.

1. Finding Your Way Around
   • Introduction
   • Starting Word 2007
   • Activation
   • The Word 2007 Screen
   • The Office Button
   • The Ribbon
   • The Quick Access Toolbar
   • The Mini Toolbar
   • The Status Bar
   • Command Tabs
   • Contextual Tabs
   • Getting Help
   • Galleries
2. The Home Tab
   • Starting a New Document
   • Entering and Editing Text
   • Deleting Text with the Backspace Key
   • Deleting Text with the Delete Key
   • Selecting and Replacing Text
   • Click and Type
   • The Clipboard
   • Cut and Paste
   • Copy and Paste
   • The Spike
   • Undo and Redo
   • Find and Replace
3. Formatting Text
   • Selecting Text
   • Selecting Text with Similar Formatting
   • Selecting Hidden Characters
   • Character-Level Formatting
   • Formatting with the Mini Toolbar
   • Formatting with the Home Tab
   • The Font Dialog
   • Paragraph-Level Formatting
   • Alignment
   • Bulleted Lists
   • Numbered Lists
   • Customized Numbered Lists
   • Multilevel Lists
   • Quick Styles
   • Paragraph Styles
   • Character Styles
   • Creating a Style
   • Modifying a Style using the Dialog Box
   • Modifying a Style using Document Text
   • The Ruler
   • Tabulation
   • The Format Painter
   • Paragraph-Level Styles
   • Character-Level Styles
   • Linked Styles
   • Mixing Styles in a Paragraph
   • Reformatting the Entire Document
4. Working with a Document
   • Scrolling
   • Browsing
   • Zooming
   • Saving a Document
   • Opening a Document
   • Earlier Versions of Word
   • Finding Documents
   • Creating a New Document
   • Accessing Microsoft Office Online
   • New from Existing Document
5. Printing and Publishing
   • Printing
   • Accessing Print Preview
   • The Print Dialog
   • Publishing a Blog
   • Setting up a Blog Account
   • Posting to Your Blog
   • Converting to PDF
   • Installing the Add-in for PDF
   • Exporting to PDF
   • Exporting to XPS
6. The Insert Tab
   • Using Building Blocks
   • Adding a Cover Page
   • Creating your own Building Blocks
   • Using your own Building Blocks
   • Editing an Existing Building Block
   • Adding Pages
   • Pictures
   • Adding a Draw-Type Picture From a File on Disk
   • Clip Art
   • Shapes
   • Text Wrap
   • Applying Styles and Effects to Shapes
   • SmartArt
   • Charts
   • Tables
   • Hyperlinks and Bookmarks
   • Headers and Footers
   • Inserting a Date and Time
   • Formatting Page Numbers
   • Advanced Text Effects
   • Equations
   • Symbols
7. The Page Layout Tab
   • Themes
   • Colors and Fonts
   • Page Setup
   • Document Structure
   • Watermarks
   • Other Settings
   • Page Color
   • Rotating Objects
8. The References Tab
   • Table of Contents
   • Creating a Table of Contents
   • Customizing Your Table of Contents
   • Updating Your Table of Contents
   • Footnotes
   • Adding a Footnote
   • Adding Citations
   • Marking Citations
   • Bibliography
   • Captions
   • Adding a Caption to a Graphic Element
   • Table of Figures
   • Indexing
9. The Mailings Tab
   • Envelopes
   • Labels
   • Creating a New Document for your Labels
   • Mail Merge
   • Using the Mail Merge Wizard
10. The Review Tab
    • Spelling and Grammar Check
    • Thesaurus
    • Translation
    • Using ScreenTips for Translation
    • Research
    • Using an Encyclopedia
    • Comments
    • Tracking Changes
    • Accepting and Rejecting
    • Protecting a Document
11. The View Tab
    • Document Views
    • Full Screen Reading View
    • Web Layout View
    • Outline View
    • Draft View
    • Rulers and Gridlines
    • Defining Gridlines
    • The Ruler
    • Document Map
    • Thumbnails
    • Zoom
    • Using the Zoom Dialog
    • Using Multiple Windows
12. Advanced Features
    • The Document Inspector
    • Digital Signature
    • Viewing a Signature
    • Removing a Signature
    • File Formats
    • Customizing Preferences
    • Sharing Documents
    • Email and Fax
    • Special Characters
    • Text Boxes
    • Creating a Text Box
    • Flowing Text Between Boxes
    • Macros
    • Recording a Macro
    • Viewing and Editing Macros