1. Microsoft Word 2007
(first lecture)
Lecture 8
Zikria Mian

2. Creating a new File
• Text typing
• Word wrap
• Inserting and overtyping
• Making new paragraph

3. Creating file from Template
• A blank file also follows a basic template
• Other basic templates include
– Letters, Resumes, Fax, Reports etc.
• Working with templates
– Graphics placeholders
– Labels for text
– Gray field placeholders

4. Saving and File formats
• Open format
– XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
– ZIP format
• .docx .dotx .dotm and .docm
• .doc
• Other formats
• Backward compatibility
• MS office compatibility pack

5. Navigation tips
• Mouse clicks
– Triple click
– Ctrl + click
– Multi selecting
– Shift + click
• Keyboard shortcuts
– Ctrl + S
– Ctrl + F
– Ctrl + C
– Ctrl + V
– Ctrl + X
– F1

6. Views
• Draft view (default)
• Print layout
• Full screen reading
• Web layout
• Outline

7. Character/font formatting
• Direct formatting
• Style formatting
• Formatting techniques
– Stream method
– Selection method
– Whole-word method
– Format painter
• Clear formatting

8. Formatting (continued)
• Font group
– Font
– Size
– Highlight colour
– Text colour
– Shading
– language

9. summary
• Blank and template files
• Saving a file
• Shortcut keys
• Layouts
• Character formatting
– Style and direct

10. summary
• Blank and template files
• Saving a file
• Shortcut keys
• Layouts
• Character formatting
– Style and direct