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MS Word Environment 2007

Microsoft Word- (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. 

Parts of MS Word Windows

• Quick Access Toolbar

- customizable toolbar allows you to add frequently used commands.

• Office Menu-

- containing options, such as: open, save, and print.

• Command Group

- command buttons with a common purpose are clustered together. Each

ribbon contains several groups.

• Rulers

-gives you an idea of where you are on the page

• Title Bar

-customizable toolbar allows you to add frequently used commands.

• Command Tabs

      -control portions in order for a ribbon to be activated or displayed.

• Ribbon

- is the strip of buttons and icons located above the work area.

• Scroll Bars

- Allows you to view entire workbook by moving it up, down (vertical

scroll bar), left or right (horizontal scroll bar).

• Status Bar

-It provides information as the current page and the number words in your

documents.

• Document Views

- These four buttons allow you to change the way you view your document on the screen.

• Zoom

-Allows you to increase/decrease the amount of the document you see on the screen.

 *Creating a new document

Shortcut keys = Ctrl+N

*Saving a Document

Save – used to avoid losing any work due to unexpected power outages or program crashes.

Options in Saving

Office Button      Quick Access toolbar     

 Press CTRL S

 Cut  

 

• Removes the selection from the document and places it on the clipboard, which is a hidden holding area.
• Shortcut key is Ctrl+X 
   

 

Copy 

 

• Leaves the selection as is and places a copy of it on the clipboard.
• Shortcut key is Ctrl+C

After a CUT and COPY operation, you can then use PASTE to place the clipboards content at the insertion point location.

 

Using Paste Options

It includes the following choices:

• Keep Source Formatting
• Match Destination Formatting
• Keep Text Only
• Set Default Paste

Using the office clipboard

• Hold 24 selection

Working with Graphics

You can apply many special effects to pictures, such as picture styles, soft edges, reflection, and so on.

Inserting Pictures from Files

1. Click the insert tab.
2. Click the picture command
3. Locate the picture dialog box appears
4. Click insert button.
   
   

Setting Picture position and text Wrap 

By default, a picture is placed into a document as an inline image at the insertion point.

To change the text Wrap setting:

1. Click the picture
2. Click the Format tab.
3. Click the text Wrapping drop-down list
4. Click a wrapping.
   
   

Manually Positioning a Picture

1. Point the mouse over the picture
2. Wait until the mouse pointer changes into a move pointer.
3. Drag the picture to a location in the document.
    

Resizing and Cropping

Cropping

1. Click the picture
2. Click the format tab
3. Click crop
4. Drag a selection handles on the image inward to crop the image
5. Repeat on the other side as needed.
   
   

Inserting Clipart

1. Click the insert tab
2. Type a keyword on the search for box
3. Click Go
4. Click the image to place it into the document at the insertion point.

Creating WordArt

1. Click the insert tab
2. Click Word art
3. Click Word art.
   (edit Word art text dialog box appears)

4. Type your desired text in the Your Text Here portion of the dialog box.
5. Click OK.

Editing Word art Text

1. Click the Word art
2. Click the format tab
3. Click Edit text
4. Change text
5. Click OK

Changing Shape

1. Click the word art
2. Click Format tab
3. Click the change shape drop-down list
4. Click a shape.
   
   

Changing the color, Style, or weight of a line

1. Select the line that you want to change
2. To change multiple lines, select the first line, and the press and hold CTRL while selecting the other lines.
3. Under Drawing tools, on the Format tab, in the shape styles group, click the Quick style that you want.
4. To see more Quick Styles, click the more button.
5. If you do not see the Drawing Tools or Format tabs, make sure that a line is selected.

ANIMATION AND TRANSITION

Transition – are the special effects viewed and sounds heard when changing from one slide to another.

To apply transition to slides:

1. Click the slide in the Outline pane;

2. Click the Animation tab

3. Choose a Slide Transition.

ANIMATING OBJECTS IN THE SLIDE

To animate Objects:

1. Click an object.

2. Click the Animation tab

3. Click the Animate drop – down menu

                4. Choose an animation style.