MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007

The following guide provides a clear overview of Microsoft Word 2007, with the most relevant background, details, and practical takeaways.

Microsoft Word 2007 Overview

Create a new document Word 2007

� Click on Microsoft Office Button MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � � Click on Microsoft Office Button and select New. and select New.

� Or press Ctrl + N.

Note: When you click on Microsoft Office Button and select New, you have many choices about the type of document you can create. If you want to start from a blank document, select Blank. If you want to start from a sample document, you can browse the selection on the left, see the options in the middle of the screen and preview the selection on the right side of the screen.

Open an existing document

MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � Figure 1: Create a new document from Templates (2) Figure 1: Create a new document from Templates

� Click Microsoft Office Button and select Open.

� Or press Ctrl + O.

� If you have recently used documents, you can click on Microsoft Office Button and select the document name in the Recent Documents section.

MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � Figure 2: Open an existing document (3) Figure 2: Open an existing document

Save a document

� Click on Microsoft Office Button and Select Save or Save As (if you send documents to someone who doesn't use Office 2007, you need to click the Office button and select Save As, then select Word 97-2003 Document), or

� Press Ctrl + S, or

� Select the Save icon on the Quick Access Toolbar.

MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � Figure 3: Save the document (4) Figure 3: Save the document

Rename the document

Renaming a Word document, you can do the following:

� Click on the Office Button and find the file you want to rename.

� Right-click the document name and select Rename from the shortcut menu.

� Enter a new name for the file and press the ENTER key.

MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � Figure 4: Rename the document (5) Figure 4: Rename the document

Work on multiple documents

Some documents can be opened at the same time if you import or edit multiple documents. All opened documents will be listed in the View tab on the Ribbon, when you click Switch Windows, the current document has a tick on the left of the file name. Select another opened document to view it.

MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � Figure 5: Working with multiple documents (6) Figure 5: Working with multiple documents

Document Viewer There are many ways to view documents in Word.

� Print Layout: This is the way to view documents like when a document is printed. It includes all tables, content, graphs and photos.

� Full Screen Reading: This is how to view the full length of the document. A good way to view two pages at once.

� Web Layout: This is how to view documents as documents on a web browser.

� Outline: This is a type of document contour in the form of dots at the beginning of a LINE.

� Draft: This view does not display images or layouts, only displays content.

To view a document in various formats, click the document view icons at the bottom right of the screen MS Word - Lesson 2: Working with Documents: Microsoft Word 2007 � To view a document in various formats, click the document , or: