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Table of Contents
Getting Started ............................................................................................................ 3
Word Environment.................................................................................................. 3
Office Button and Ribbons ..................................................................................... 4
Start a New Document ........................................................................................... 5
Entering and Editing Text ....................................................................................... 5
Save a Document ................................................................................................... 7
Saving Files for Office 2003 Users ......................................................................... 7
Open an Existing Document ................................................................................... 8
Close a Document .................................................................................................. 8
Print a Document ................................................................................................... 8
Margins ........................................................................................................................ 9
Ruler....................................................................................................................... 9
Paragraph Format Options ........................................................................................ 10
Alignment ............................................................................................................. 11
First Line Indent ................................................................................................... 11
Hanging Indent ..................................................................................................... 11
Change the Font ........................................................................................................ 12
Default Font .......................................................................................................... 12
Format Painter ..................................................................................................... 12
Styles ......................................................................................................................... 13
Apply Styles from the Home tab ........................................................................... 13
Keep lines of a paragraph together ........................................................................... 15
Keep a heading with its first paragraph ................................................................ 15
Widows and Orphans ........................................................................................... 15
Breaks ....................................................................................................................... 16
Headers and Footers ................................................................................................. 17
Insert Page Numbers ................................................................................................. 18
Insert Todays Date.................................................................................................... 18
Insert a Table ............................................................................................................. 19
Insert an Image .......................................................................................................... 19
Word 2007 Options .................................................................................................... 20
Word Keyboard Shortcuts.......................................................................................... 23

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Getting
g Started
To start Worrd, do one of
T
o the follow
wing:
 Click oncce on the sh
hortcut on the
t Quick Launch
L
toolbar.
 Double click
c
on a sh
hortcut icon
n on your de
esktop.
 Go to Sta
art > Progra
ams > Microsoft Office
e > Microso
oft Office Word
W
2007
 Double click
c
on a Word
W
docum
ment on you
ur desktop or
o in a folde
er on your computer.
c

W
Word
En
nvironme
ent
If you
u are new to
t the Office
e 2007 environment, here
h
is what Word 200
07 looks like
e:
Qu
uick Access
To
oolbar

Tittle Bar

tabs

Office
O
B
Button

Help
on
butto

Ribb
bon

group

dia
alog
lau
unchers

Scroll Ba
ar
Rulers

Status
S
Bar

Zoom
Z
S
Slider

In
nstead of a menu with commandss and toolbars with buttons, you now
n
have a ribbon wh
here
buttons and commands
s are group
ped under ta
abs. Some groups willl include a dialog
d
launccher
button in its lower right corner to bring
b
up add
ditional options. Anoth
her new fea
ature is the Mini
T
Toolbar
whicch appears nearby wh
hen you place your mo
ouse over selected texxt (see page
e 12).
Take a few minutes
T
m
and find the Title
T
Bar, Qu
uick Accesss Toolbar, Office
O
Butto
on, Help bu
utton,
R
Rulers,
Ribb
bon, Home tab, Font group, Parag
graph dialo
og launcherr, Status Ba
ar, Zoom Slider.
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Office
Bu
utton an
nd Ribbo
ons
The Office
e Button in the upper left corner contains
c
se
everal comm
mands form
merly
found und
der a File menu
m
in earlier versions of Office. When you
u need to op
pen,
these
save, or print
p
a file, clicking
c
on the Office Button
B
is on
ne way to accomplish
a
tasks.
The Office
e Button wiill also display a list off recently sa
aved docum
ments on th
he right
hand side
e until you click
c
on one
e of certain commandss from the list. Once yo
ou
select a command,
c
a
additional
o
options
might appear on
o the right side.

Home tab conttains Clipboard, Font, Para

agraph, Styles, and Editing
g groups

nsert tab yo
ou can insert page
p
breaks, tables, illustrrations, links, header or foo
oter, today's date,
d
symbol, etc.
In

Page Layout tab

t change theme, marg
gins, orientatio
on (portrait vss. landscape);; insert a page
e border; form
mat paragraph
h

R
References
ta
ab insert tab
ble of contentss, footnote, endnote, citatio
on, caption, in
ndex; mark en
ntry for index

View tab cha

ange to Outlin
ne or Draft vie
ew, display the Ruler or Do
ocument Map, change the Zoom, arrang
ge windows

You can add

Y
d frequently
y used commands to your
y
Quick Access To
oolbar.
R
Refer
to the handout diistributed att the Transitioning to Office
O
2007
7 workshop for more details:
oit.wvu.edu/training/classma
at/office/tra
ansition_offiice2007_ha
andout.pdf
oit.wvu.edu/training/online/o
office2007/q
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Start a New Document

1. Click on the Office Button in the upper left corner and select New from the list of commands.

2. Choose Blank document or some other template from the list of possible choices.
3. Click on the Create button.

Entering and Editing Text

Type: When you start a new document, your cursor will appear in the upper left corner of the
blank page. Just start typing!
Word wrap will take care of the ends of lines for you, based on your margins and
indentation settings.

Insert Text: Position the cursor where you need to insert a word or letter using your mouse or
the arrow keys on your keyboard. By default, your keyboard is in insert mode and any
new characters you type will be inserted.
Delete Text: Use the Backspace key to erase backwards one character from the cursor.
Use the Delete key to erase the character to the right of the cursor.
Select Text: Click and drag the mouse over text to select it. You can also double click on a word
to select that word or triple click to select the current paragraph. Press Ctrl A to select
the entire document.

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Copy:
Once
e you have selected so
ome text, yo
ou can use the Copy button
b
on th
he
Clipbo
oard group under the Home tab, or press Ctrl C, or rig
ght click and
d
choosse Copy fro
om the shorrtcut menu. After you have
h
copied
d the text to
o
the clipboard, move to whe
ere you wan
nt the copie
ed text to ap
ppear and
paste
e it in using the big Passte button or
o Ctrl V or right click and
a choose
e
Paste
e.
M
Move:
You can
c select text
t
and the
en cut (Ctrl X) and passte it as desscribed in th
he
Copy operation listed above. Alternatively, you ca
an select te
ext, click on
n it
again
n, and then while holding down yo
our left mou
use button, drag it to a new
location in the do
ocument an
nd release the mouse to drop it. While
W
you are
a
dragg
ging the tex
xt, your curssor has a sm
mall box atttached to itt.
U
Undo:
To un
ndo the lastt thing you did, click on the Undo
o button
on the
e Quick Access Toolbar or presss Ctrl Z.
R
Redo:
To re
edo the last thing you un-did,
u
clickk on the Re
edo button.
It can
n change its
s shape dep
pending on whether yo
ou have performed an
n "undo".
F
Find
and Re
eplace: You can repla
ace words throughout your
y
docum
ment with th
he Replace
comm
mand found under the Editing gro
oup on the Home
H
tab.
Click on the Morre button to
o get more options.
o

S
buttton allows you to seekk for and re
eplace speccial symbolss such as ta
abs, em
The Special
dashe
es, paragra
aph marks, section bre
eaks, etc.

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Save a Document
1. Click on the Office Button in the upper left corner and select Save from the list of commands.

2. Select a folder to hold the file and give the file a name.
3. Click on the Save button.

Saving Files for Office 2003 Users

By default, newly created Microsoft Word 2007 files will be saved in a new XML-based file
format with the extension .docx; this new file format cannot be read by older versions of Word
unless that person successfully installs a free compatibility pack available at microsoft.com. If
you need to share documents with someone who is using an older version of Word, you might
want to use the Save As command to save the file in the older Word 97-20003 file format.

To Create a Word 97-2003 Format Document

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Click on the Office Button.

Click on Save As.
Select Word 97-2003 Document.
Choose a folder location and give the file a name.
Click on the Save button.

Change the Default File Format for Saving

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Click on the Office Button.

Click on Word Options button at bottom of dialog
Choose Save from the list on the left
Change the value for Save files in this format to Word 97-2003 Document.
Click on the OK button.

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Open an Existing Document

1. Click on the Office Button in the upper left corner and select Open.

2. Look in the My Documents folder or on your Desktop or in other folders until you
find the file you wish to open.
3. Click once on the file name then click on the Open button
-orDouble click on the file name.

Close a Document
Click on the Office Button in the upper left corner and select Close.
-or- Press Ctrl W
-or- Click on the X in the upper right corner of the title bar
-orAdd the Close button to your Quick Access toolbar and use it.

If you havent saved your most recent typing or editing changes, you will be prompted to do so.
Click on Yes to save your document while you are closing it.

Print a Document
Click on the Office Button in the upper left corner and select Print.
-or- Press Ctrl P
-orAdd the Print button to your Quick Access toolbar and use it.

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Margin
ns
Use the Pag
U
ge Layout tab,
t
click on
n the Margins button, and then choose
c
from
m a selectio
on of
predefined margins
m
or set
s your ow
wn custom margins.
m

You can also

Y
o click the dialog
d
launccher button
n in the botttom right co
orner of the
e Page Setu
up group
under the Pa
age Layoutt tab to open a dialog box
b that willl allow you to change the Margin
ns,
O
Orientation,
Paper Size
e and Sourcce, and Layyout. If you want these
e new marg
gins to be th
he
default for ne
ew docume
ents that yo
ou create, click
c
on the Default buttton in the lower left co
orner of
th
he dialog bo
ox.

R
Ruler
A alternativve method for
An
f setting margins
m
and indentatio
on is to use
e the ruler.
1. Make
e sure you are
a in Print Layout view
w: View tab
b > Print La
ayout.
2. If you
u cannot see a ruler, go to the Vie
ew tab and check Rule
er.

3. You might
m
need to drag the
e Indent butttons out off the way firrst. Drag the square att the
bottom
m to the rig
ght and drag
g the little house
h
butto
on on the fa
ar right a little to the lefft.

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4. Positiion your cursor over th

he division between lig
ght and darrk; your
curso
or will chang
ge into a do
ouble-heade
ed arrow.
5. Drag it to the leftt or right to change the
e margin fo
or the docum
ment.
c do the same
s
thing to the ruler on the leftt for top and bottom margins.
m
You can
You can dra
Y
ag the inden
nt buttons to
o change th
he paragrap
ph indentattion for a se
elected para
agraph.
S
Select
the pa
aragraph(s) first. Then
n:
Drag the left indent square to bring
b
the en
ntire paragrraph to the right.
Drag the upside hou
use to the right
r
to have
e a first line
e indent for the paragrraph
Drag the house buttton on top of
o the squa
are to the rig
ght for a ha
anging indent.
Drag the house buttton on the far
f right side to the leftt to shorten
n the line length for the
e paragraph
h.

P
Paragr
aph Fo
ormat Option
ns
You can use
Y
e the ruler to set first line indent or
o
hanging inde
ent. As an alternative
a
to the rulerr
te
echniques or
o to specify
y other form
matting options,
click the diallog launche
er of a Para
agraph grou
up to
in
nvoke the Paragraph
P
dialog
d
box.

<< diialog launcher

P
Paragraph
gro
oup under th
he Home tab

P
Paragraph
gro
oup under th
he Page Layo
out tab

You can set the alignm

Y
ment, change the inden
ntation
of a paragra
aph, and sett the line sp
pacing. Use
e
S
Spacing
Beffore or Spacing After to control sp
pacing
between parragraphs as
s an alterna
ative to usin
ng two
p
.
hard returnss between paragraphs
F more do
For
ocument forrmatting opttions, look under the Page
P
Layout tab.

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Alignme
nt
There are fo
T
our buttons in the Para
agraph group on the Home
H
tab th
hat
are specifica
ally for align
nment. Oncce you have
e highlighte
ed the
w
to worrk with, clickk on the ap
ppropriate
paragraph(ss) that you want
button (left, center,
c
righ
ht, full justifyy).

F
First
Line
e Indentt
A first line in
ndent is whe
ere the firstt line of the paragraph is indented
d (e.g. 5 sp
paces or half inch).
1. To acccomplish th
his, go to th
he Home ta
ab and clickk on the Paragraph dialog launch
her.

2. Click on the Inde

ents and Spacing
S
tab
b if it is not on top.
3. In the
e Indentatio
on section, click
c
on the
e down trian
ngle under Special;
S
the cu
urrent value
e is probably set to (n
none).
4. Selecct First Line
e and speccify how far you want th
he first line indented.
T
This
paragra
aph format will stay in effect for th
he rest of yo
our paragra
aphs.

H
Hanging
Indent
A hanging in
ndent is where the firstt line of the
e paragraph
h touches th
he
le
eft margin but
b subsequ
uent lines are
a indented
d. You mayy choose to
create hanging indents for a list off referencess at the end
d of your
document orr for a gloss
sary.
1. To acccomplish th
his, go to th
he Home ta
ab and clickk on the Paragraph dialog launch
her.

2. Click on the Inde

ents and Spacing
S
tab
b if it is not on top.
3. In the
e Indentatio
on section, click
c
on the
e down trian
ngle under Special.
S
4. Selecct Hanging and speciffy how far you
y want the
e subseque
ent lines ind
dented.
This paragra
T
aph format will stay in effect for th
he rest of yo
our entries. If you havve already tyyped in
yo
our list of re
eferences, select all off the entriess and then apply this formatting.
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Change the Font

Font Group under the Home tab: To change the appearance of existing text, select it with your
mouse; then use the font tools found under the Home tab. You can change the font family, the
text size, text color, apply bold formatting or italics, etc. There is also a Clear Formatting button.

Mini-toolbar: Another option is that if you select text and then hover your mouse over the
selected text, a very dim mini-toolbar will appear. As your mouse cursor gets closer to it, it
becomes more visible. You can select any of the text formatting tools off the floating toolbar.

Font Dialog: In addition to using the formatting

tools to modify text appearance, you can bring up
the Font dialog: Home tab > Font dialog button.
In this dialog, you can change several attributes
at one time. You can change the font itself, text
size, its underline and font style, and its color.
You can add special effects such as
strikethrough, shadow, or superscript.

Default Font
You can make a font your default font for all new
documents by clicking on the Default button in the lower left corner of the Font dialog. Word will
ask you to confirm the current font choice for your normal document template.

Format Painter
You can use the Format Painter tool found under the Home tab or the mini-toolbar to apply
font characteristics to additional text:
1. Select text and make your formatting changes
2. Make sure the text is still selected
3. Click on the Format Painter tool (double click if you want to use it several times in a row)
4. Click on a word or select text to change its appearance to that of the previously selected text
5. If you double clicked on the tool, click on it once to turn it off or press the escape key.

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Styles
A style is a set of formatting instructions that control the appearance of your text. You identify
this unique set of instructions by giving it a style name. Any text can be altered quickly,
consistently, and easily by using the style that you have identified. Styles can be very handy if
you need to modify your formatting later and heading styles can be used to generate an
automatic table of contents.
Styles are collections of character and paragraph formatting decisions that you make and then
save using names that are meaningful to you. Although you aren't always aware of it, any time
that you are using Word, you are using styles.

Apply Styles from the Home tab

1. Place the insertion point in the paragraph that you want to format or select several
paragraphs.
2. Select a style from the Styles group on the Home tab.
click this to see another row

Click on the down triangle to see another row of choices

More button

Click on the More button to see additional choices including Clear Formatting

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Modify Existing Heading Styles

If your style guide dictates a different appearance for the heading
text, here are the steps to customize the heading style:
1. Go to the Home tab
2. Right click on a heading style in the Styles group
3. Choose Modify from the shortcut menu

4. Make changes to the font, font size, style, color, alignment, line spacing.
Click on the Format button to get to dialog boxes to change more formatting.

5. Click on OK to save your changes to the style. By default, these changes will apply only
to this document.

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Keep lines of a paragraph together

1. Select the paragraphs.
2. On the Home menu, click Paragraph, and then
click the Line and Page Breaks tab.
3. Select the Keep lines together check box.

Keep a heading with

its first paragraph
1. Select the paragraph you want to keep with the
next on a page. This is usually used when you have text you want to act as a heading and
you dont want it to be separated from its first paragraph. If you use Words built-in heading
styles, this option is already in effect.
2. On the Home menu, click Paragraph, and then click on the Line and Page Breaks tab.
3. Select the Keep with next check box.

Widows and Orphans

In documents, an orphan is a heading or first line of a paragraph as the last line on a page and
a widow is the last line of a paragraph alone at the top of the next page. Some style guides
discourage allowing paragraphs to split so that orphans or widows are created.
1. Select the desired text (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl A for whole document)
2. Click on the Paragraph dialog launcher from the Home menu.
3. Click on the Line and Page Breaks tab
4. Put a check mark in front of Widow/Orphan control
This will move a line at the bottom of a page to the top of the next page as needed.

before "Widow/Orphan" control

one line at top of next page

after "Widow/Orphan Control" is checked

line from previous page joins the lonely line

before "Widow/Orphan" control

first line of paragraph at bottom of page

after "Widow/Orphan Control" is checked

that lonely line jumps to top of next page

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Breaks
To add a line or page break to the document, select the Page Layout tab and click on Breaks.
Then choose the type of break youd like to insert in your document from the list that drops down.
Page Break: choose Page from the top of this list for a
forced break between pages.
Column Break: used to force text to the top of the next
column when you have set up your document or
section with columns.
Next Page Section Break: if you want some pages to
have a different orientation, different
header/footers, a different style of page numbers,
or different margins, you will have to insert a
section break.
Continuous Section Break: useful for having a portion
of a page with columns or different margins.
Even or Odd Page Section Break: avoid these unless
you know what youre doing. They are meant for
those documents where the new chapter must
start on an odd or even page. These should not be
used at all in WVU theses and dissertations.
Line Break: To insert a line break instead of a paragraph
break, press Shift Enter. This is useful when you
want to break a document heading or block of text
in a specific location.
Note: If you delete a section break, the previous section
will inherit the characteristics of the former second
section (formatting will flow backwards)
Another way to insert a simple page break is to choose Page Break from the Pages group on
the Insert tab or press Ctrl Enter.

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Header
rs and Foote
ers
Sometimes you
S
y want more
m
than ju
ust a page number
n
at the
t top or bottom
b
of yo
our pages. You can
create a running title orr a running footer that will print on
n each page.
T create orr work with your heade
To
er or footer,, go to the Insert
I
tab and
a select Header
H
or Footer.
F

You can
n select a Built-In style
e from the menu
m
that app
pears.

You can
n enter text by clicking Edit Heade
er or
Edit Foo
oter from the below the
e list of built-in
styles an
nd typing in
n the dotted
d box that appears.
a

To inssert text such as the tiitle or the author

a
name
e: QuickPa
arts > Docu
ument Prop
perty.
To inssert text such as the fiilename or AutoText: QuickParts
Q
s > Field
To inssert a page
e number, click
c
on the Page Num
mber button
n.
To ch
hange page
e number ap
ppearance,, click on th
he Page Number butto
on and choo
ose
Format Page Nu
umbers.
c include the total nu
umber of pa
ages.
You can
You can
c insert th
he current date
d
or time
e or an ima
age into the header or footer.
You can
c switch between
b
ed
diting the he
eader and the
t footer.
You can
c go to a previous or next sectiions heade
er or footer.
Quickk trick: once
e a header or footer exxists, you can double click
c
in thatt area to sta
art
editing it. You ca
an double click
c
back in
n the body or
o press Essc to return to the docu
ument.

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Insert Page Numbers

1. Go to the Insert tab and select Page Number
2. Select a position for the page numbers or select Format Page Numbers.
3. You can choose a number format (Letters, Roman Numerals, etc.) and the page you want
the numbers to begin.

An alternative technique for page numbers is to place them in a header or footer.

Insert Todays Date

1. Go to the Insert tab and select Date and Time from the Text group.

2. You can choose the format of the

date or time that you want to insert.
3. Put a check mark next to Update
automatically if you always want the
date on the document to be the date
the document was opened.
4. Click on OK.

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Insert a Table
1. Go to the Insert tab and click on Table.

2. Either select the number of rows and columns with your mouse then click.
-orClick on Insert Table and enter the number of rows and columns in the dialog.

Insert an Image
1. Go to the Insert tab and click on Picture

2. Look in your folders until you find the image you wish to insert.
3. Double click on it or click once then on the Insert button.
When you click on an inserted picture, you will have an additional ribbon:
Picture Tools > Format that you can use to modify the image (brightness, contrast, crop, etc)

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Word 2007 Options

Office Button > Word Options button > choose a category on left > choose responses > OK

Popular Options control interface for working with Word

Display Options control page display, visibility of formatting marks, printing options

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Proofing Options AutoCorrect, spell check

Save Options default file format, autorecover, embedding fonts

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Advanced Options selecting text, overtype, default paragraph style, copy & paste formatting

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Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Bold = Ctrl B
Center a paragraph = Ctrl E
Copy = Ctrl C
Cut = Ctrl X
Exit = Alt F4
Find = Ctrl F
Go to a certain page = Ctrl G

(or F5)

Go to beginning of line = Home

Go to beginning of document = Ctrl Home
Go to end of line = End
Go to bottom of last page = Ctrl End
Hanging Indent = Ctrl T
Help = F1
Italicize = Ctrl I
Open = Ctrl O
Paste = Ctrl V
Print = Ctrl P
Print Preview = Ctrl F2
Replace = Ctrl H
Right Align paragraph = Ctrl R
Save = Ctrl S
Save As = F12
Select word = double click on it
Select paragraph = triple click in it
Select All text in document = Ctrl A
Spell Check = F7
Undo = Ctrl Z
View Paragraph Formatting = Shift F1
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