Some Tips for Using Word 2007

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You can put a watermark in by going to page layout and choose to customize it.

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You will need to double click on the bullet to get to that part of the menu where you can change the way it looks.

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A lot of the main things to do can be found by right clicking on the windows logo in the upper left corner of the document.

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Right clicking on things appears to bring up the correct menu bar to make changes.

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It is in the review mode that you will be able to see the rulers and word count, as well as the thesaurus and the spellchecker.

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When in the home view you can change the fonts, add bullets , find the format painter and much of the normal activities found in 2003.

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View is where you go if you want to split windows, show more than 1 page and change the view in which you see the document.

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In the reference menu you will find a place where you can add bibliography’s and work cited.

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The help menu appears in the upper right corner in a tinny tiny little?

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http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC100664431033&ns=WINWORD&lcid=1033 will help you get up to speed in 2007.

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There is a lot of help if you just take the time to look for it although it is not always in an easy to find location.

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There are new fonts to look at and they have change the size of the fonts as well as the line spacing so you need to check that out.

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You also have quick access to more graphics and things if you are connected to the internet.

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They have not added more art work to the borders they seem to have left that alone.

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Changing margins is much easier and you have some preset ones that you can just click on to select.

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You need to go to view to have your ruler show up.

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Page layout is where you can go to find page colors and change for adding watermarks, page borders as well as page color.

Page Sponsor: Mr. Mark Richter
Author:   Mrs. Beth Schwartz
Updated: July, 2009