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WORKING WITH 2007 WORD Part 1

Developed October 2007 with lots of help from

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Word Basics

In this section, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a new document

• Create a folder for your document

• Save the document

• Cut, copy and paste

• Format words

• Apply text effects

• Format paragraphs

• Apply borders

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Create a new document

1. Start Microsoft Word 2007.

You should see a screen that looks like this:

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• In the blank document, type:

Fax Cover Sheet at the top of the page.

• Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

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• The document should look like this:

• TIP: Pressing the ENTER key should add two blank lines between the words Fax Cover Sheet and the blinking cursor.

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• Type:

• To: John Smith

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• Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

Type: From: Melissa Jones

• then press ENTER.

Type: Fax number: 888-555-1874

• then press ENTER.

Type: Date: January 1, 2008

• then press ENTER.

Type: Total number of pages: 5

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• The document should now look like this:

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Create a folder for your document

1. In the Title Bar, click the icon.

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TIP: If an icon isn't present in the Title Bar, click the drop-down arrow, then click its name.

2. When the Save As window appears, click New Folder.

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3. When the new folder appears, type:

Word Documents

Then press ENTER. 4. Click the button.

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Save the document

1. On the Menu Bar, click the icon.

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2. When the Save As window appears, double-click the Word Documents folder to open it.

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3. In the File Name box, type:

Fax Cover Sheet

4. Click the button.

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Cut, copy and paste1. Click at the beginning of the words

Fax number: 888-555-1874

2. Holding your mouse button down, drag over the words to highlight them.

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3. Make sure the Home tab is selected.

On the Menu Bar, click the icon.

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4. Click at the beginning of the last line on the page to place the cursor there.

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5. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

On the Menu Bar, click the icon.

Your document should now look like this:

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Copy text

1. On the Menu Bar, click Select, then Select All.

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2. Click the icon.

3. In the Title Bar, click the icon.

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You should see a new blank document:

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Paste text1. On the Menu Bar, click the icon.

All the text from the document Fax Cover Sheet should appear in the new document:

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2. Click the icon to save the new document.

3. Save the document as Fax Cover Sheet Copy in the Word Documents folder.

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4. Click the Office button.

When the menu appears,

click Fax Cover Sheet.

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This should return you to the original document:

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Format wordsChange font

1. Highlight the words Fax Cover Sheet.

2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font list.

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3. When the Font list appears, click Arial.

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• The text should look like this:

4. Click in white space on the page to

unhighlight the text.

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Using fonts• Fonts, or letter shapes, fall into two main categories: Serif and Sans

Serif.• Serif fonts have little "feet" at the bottom of letters, like Times New

Roman:

• Sans Serif fonts, like Arial, don't have "feet" at the bottom of letters:

• For the main text of a document, you may want to use a serif font. Their "feet" lead your eye across the page, and make long passages easier to read.

• You may want to use a sans serif font for headings. This makes a nice contrast:

• Sans Serif HeadingThe heading of this descriptive paragraph is in a sans serif font. See how it draws attention to this paragraph below it?

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Change font size

1. Highlight the words Fax Cover Sheet again. Then click the drop-down arrow next to the Font Size list.

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2. When the Font Size list appears, click 16.

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3. Click in white space

on the page to

deselect the text.

The words

Fax Cover Sheet

should now be larger:

4. Save the document.

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Change font style

1. Highlight the words Fax Cover Sheet, then click the icon.

The text should now be bold.

2. Click the icon again to un-bold the text.

The text should return to normal.

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3. Click the icon.

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The text should now look like this:

4. Click the icon again to un-italicize the text.

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5. Click the icon one more time.

6. Click in white space on the page to de- select the text.

The text should

look like this:

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Change font color

1. Highlight the words Fax Cover Sheet.

2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the icon.

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3. When the Font Color grid appears, click Aqua.

4. Deselect the text. The text should now be aqua-colored.

5. Save the document.

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Apply text effects

1. Highlight the words Fax Cover Sheet.

2. On the Menu bar, click the icon.

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3. When the menu appears, click UPPERCASE.

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4. Save the document. It should now look like this:

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Format paragraphs

Change paragraph alignment

1. Highlight the words FAX COVER SHEET, then click the icon.

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2. Press ENTER twice to start a new line and create a little space below the last line of text.

3. Type the phrase:

Here is the travel information yourequested. Please contact me if

you have any additional questions.

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4. Click the icon. The text FAX COVER SHEET should shift to the center of the page.

The document should now look like this:

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5. Click the icon again. The text should indent further:

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6. Click the icon.

The text should go back

to its previous indent:

7. Save the document.

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Change line spacing

1. Make sure the cursor is still in the paragraph that begins

Here is the travel...

Then on the Menu, click the icon.

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2. When the menu appears, click 2.0.

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The paragraph should now be double-spaced:

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Apply borders

1. Click the first line, FAX COVER SHEET, to place your cursor in it.

2. On the Menu bar, click the drop-down arrow beside the icon.

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When the menu appears, click

Borders and Shading.

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3.When the Borders and Shading window appears, make sure the Borders tab is on top. Then in the Style list, click the double line.

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4. In the Width list, click 1 1/2 pt.

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5. Click the button. The paragraph should now have a double-line border around it:

6. Save the document.

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