1. Welcome to
Life After Word 2003

2. While Microsoft has
made some
noticeable changes
to their latest
release of Office,
we hope that with
the assistance of
this guide your
transition will not
be too intimidating.
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3. WHAT’S NEW
• Word 2007 presents a new user-
interface which is quite different than
previous versions of Word.
• In this lecture will provide you with
some basic information about the new
look and features available in Word
2007 in order to help you get started.

4. Ten or more useful
features in Word 2007
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6. Quick Tour
• Office Button
• Tabs
• Ribbons
• Groups
• Commands
• Quick Access
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7. The Ribbon - Upon launching Word 2007 for the first time
the most noticeable change is likely Microsoft’s replacement of the
traditional toolbars and menus with the Ribbon. The Ribbon
presents you with a panel of commands which are organized into
a set of tabs (known as the Tab Bar). Each task-oriented tab
presents groupings of tasks and their associated subtasks..

8. The Microsoft Office Button - The Microsoft Office
Button has replaced the File menu in earlier versions of Word. By
clicking on this button, you are presented with the commands
previously found in the File menu of Word 2003, including New,
Open, Save, Save As, Print and Close. In addition, some of these
commands include an expandable menu to provide additional
options.

9. command or display a menu
of commands.

10. Contextual tab tools enable you to work with an
object that you select on the page, such as a table,
picture, or drawing. When you click the object, the
pertinent set of contextual tabs appear in an accent
color next to the standard tabs.

11. Mini Toolbar – The Mini Toolbar pops up whenever text is
selected. This new feature provides easy access to the most
commonly used formatting commands in Word. The toolbar will
also appear when you right-click on a selection of text. Initially, the
toolbar is semitransparent to allow you a nearly unobstructed view
of the text beneath, and becomes opaque when the mouse pointer
moves over it.

12. ScreenTips are small windows that display
descriptive text when you rest the pointer on a
command or control.

13. The Status bar appears at the very bottom of your window and
provides such information as the current page and the number of words
in your document. You can change what displays on the Status bar by
right-clicking on the Status bar and selecting the options you want from
the Customize Status Bar menu. You click a menu item to select it. You
click it again to deselect it. A check mark next to an item means it is
selected.

14. Quick Access
Quick Access Toolbar - The Quick Access
Toolbar is a customizable toolbar which contains
shortcuts for commonly used tools. You have the
ability to add and remove the toolbar buttons based
on your personal preferences.

15. Live Previews
• Quickly see formatting changes before you apply
them
• Can be confusing if you aren’t aware of this
feature
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16. File Format (Open XML)
• The Microsoft Office suite applications now
use a new file format as the default file
format.
• Documents created in Word 2007 will use a
file extension of .docx (compared to .doc in
previous versions).
• Based on XML, this format uses the ZIP file
container, which is compressed and up to
75% smaller than previous Office file
formats. Additionally, Word 2007 is able
• Improved recovery of damaged files

17. What happened to Times New Roman?
Add these steps to make 2003 a
Use Word 2003 styles in Word 2007 default
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , 10. On the Home tab, locate the
and then click New. Styles group, then click Change
2. Double-click on Blank document Styles.
to create a new document. 11. Then click Set as Default.
3. On the Home tab, locate the
Styles group, and then click
Change Styles.
4. Then go to Style Set.
5. Click on Word 2003 Quick Style
set.
6. The gallery of Quick Styles will
change to reflect the new Quick
Style set.
7. If you want to use Word 2003 Source:
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Styles group, click Change in-office-word-2007/
Styles.

18. Press Alt key to see shortcuts
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19. Slider bar for zooming in and
out
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20. Bibliography Management
• Add a new citation
and source to a
document
• Find a source
• Edit a citation
placeholder
• Create a
bibliography
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21. Word count
• Always available
• Lower left-hand corner
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22. Compare two versions of same
document
• Review > Compare >
Compare two versions
• Look at two versions of
same document side
by side
• Merge changes from
several authors into
one file
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23. Save as PDF
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