Archive for the 'Word 07' Category

Where’s That Feature: Word

Microsoft has an interactive web site that shows you where a feature in Microsoft Word 2003 can be found in Microsoft Word 2007.  Just click on a toolbar button or menu item and the site shows you where that feature can be found in the new version.

Recent Documents

Here’s how to control your recent documents list in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

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Customizing AutoCorrect

If you type one particular sentence or phrase over and over and want to make your life more pleasant AutoCorrect is one way to do it.  Sure, you can set it up so that it fixes your odd typos (for instance, if you type “fshi” every time instead of “fish”) but you can also make is so that every time you type in “CTLT” it autocorrects to “The Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.”

Customizing Autocorrect

Page Numbering in Word

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Here’s a quick tip on how to prevent the page number from showing up on the first page of a document.

Change Default Word Font and Paragraph Styles

Feeling nostalgic?

Here’s how you can change your default font to Times New Roman or whatever you’d like.  You can also change your paragraph settings and a few other things if you’d like.

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Unprotect Word Documents

Word is like Prego, the good stuff is in there, but it’s going to take a little while to find until you get use to the new interface.  Until then here’s a quick tip on how to find where to turn off password protection.

Unprotect Word Documents

10+ tips for boosting your Word 2007 productivity | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

10+ tips for boosting your Word 2007 productivity | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

We’ve put together a collection of tips from our Office Suite newsletter that will help them acclimate to Word’s new functionality and show them how to perform their everyday tasks using Word 2007 tools and techniques. You can download the collection as a PDF or follow the links below to read the tips individually.

MS Word’s Team Blog

If you want to get tips and tricks straight from the horse’s mouth than this is the place to do it. The very people responsible for writing the code behind Word 07 have a blog where the give you advice on how to use it. The site is searchable and each post is tagged with keywords to make browsing by subject easier.

SmartArt Graphics

SmartArt graphics add color, shape, and emphasis to your text and data, and they’re a snap to use. You can easily try out a variety of SmartArt graphics to see which one works best for getting your point across.

This is a souped up version of WordArt which allows animation and has a number of applications. This demonstration is available as video or text.

The Ribbon

When you open Microsoft Office Word 2007 for the first time, you’ll notice that it looks very different. That’s because it’s been redesigned to make your work easier, faster, and more efficient

Microsoft has text or video demonstrations of Word 2007 available. These demonstrations explore the new “ribbon” interface and explain its perceived benefits.