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    Word or Publisher: Choose the Best Tool for the Job

    Dec 2007

    For many, Microsoft Office Word is the air that one breathes. One uses word processing programs to accomplish nearly every task one performs on a computer, from letters and memos to longer...

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    Command-Line Switches for Microsoft Office Word 2007

    Dec 2007

    To modify how Microsoft Office Word 2007 starts on a one-time basis, one can add switches to the Microsoft Windows Run command (Start menu). If one plans to use a modified startup method...

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    Tips on Customizing Word 2007

    Dec 2007

    If one uses Microsoft Office Word 2007 only occasionally, one might be perfectly happy with the default environment options and behind-the-scenes settings. However, if the user creates a lot of...

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    Save a File

    Dec 2007

    When the user saves a file, he or she can save it to a folder on the hard disk drive, a network location, disk, DVD, CD, the desktop, flash drive, or another storage location. The user must...

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    Introduction to New File Name Extensions and Open XML Formats

    Dec 2007

    The 2007 Microsoft Office system introduces a new file format that is based on XML. It is called Open XML Formats and applies to Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, and...

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    Organize Quick File Access by Using the My Places Bar

    Dec 2007

    The user likely has one or more folders where he or she store files of certain types, and one often need to find or store files in these folders. The user can use the My Places bar to quickly go...

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    Select Multiple Files

    Dec 2007

    One can perform an action (such as copying, moving, or deleting) on more than one file at a time, as long as all of the files are located in the same folder. Remember that some tasks, including...

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    Open a File

    Dec 2007

    When the user opens a file in Microsoft Office, he or she has several options for how the file opens. The user can open the original file for editing, open a copy, or open the file as read-only,...

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    Copy a File

    Dec 2007

    Copying a file creates a duplicate of that file in another place. The other place can be a network location, disk, CD, the desktop, or other storage location. If one is copying files from or to...

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    Move a File

    Dec 2007

    When one moves a file, one actually copies it to a new location and deletes it from the original location. The new copy might be put on the original disk or network location or on a separate one....

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    Create a Connection to a Shared Network Folder

    Dec 2007

    If the user frequently accesses a shared network folder, he or she can use the Map Network Wizard to create a connection to that folder and to assign a drive letter (for example, Y: or Z:) to the...

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    Customize the List of Recently Used Files

    Dec 2007

    Many Microsoft Office programs display the last few files the user opened in that program. The user can use the links on this list to quickly access files. This feature is turned on by default,...

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    Set Tab Stops

    Dec 2007

    Tab stops are often used to create easy-to-format documents - but the document layout options in Microsoft Office Word 2007 can do the work. For example, one can easily create a table of contents...

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    Apply Themes to Word 2007 Documents

    Dec 2007

    One of the key design objectives in the new look and feel of Word 2007 is to provide users with easy-to-use tools for creating professional, high-quality documents. Themes constitute a big step...

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    Apply, Customize, and Save a Document Theme in Word or Excel

    Dec 2007

    One can quickly and easily format an entire document to give it a professional and modern look by applying a document theme. A document theme is a set of formatting choices that include a set of...

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    Preview Formats, Fonts, and Styles Before You Apply Them

    Dec 2007

    The user can quickly see how formatting options like fonts and Quick Styles will look in place before the user commit to them, by using the Live Preview feature that is included in several...

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    Change the Default Theme

    Dec 2007

    A theme is a quick and easy way to give a professional and modern look to an entire 2007 Microsoft Office system document. A document theme is a set of formatting choices that include a set of...

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    Insert Headers and Footers

    Dec 2007

    Headers and footers are areas in the top, bottom, and side margins of each page in a document. One can insert or change text or graphics in headers and footers. For example, one can add page...

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    Master Headers and Footers in Long Word 2007 Documents

    Dec 2007

    Adding text to the header (top) and footer (bottom) areas in a Word document serves a number of purposes, but headers and footers are used primarily to repeat information at the top or bottom of...

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    Create a Bulleted or Numbered List

    Dec 2007

    The user can quickly add bullets or numbers to existing lines of text, or Word can automatically create lists as one types. By default, if one starts a paragraph with an asterisk or a number, Word...

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    Make a Checklist in Word

    Dec 2007

    If one just needs a checklist that the user can print, one can make a list where each item has a check box that one can check off on paper. The user can also create a list of check boxes and check...

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    Record or Run a Macro

    Dec 2007

    In Microsoft Office Word 2007, one can automate frequently used tasks by creating and running macros. A macro is a series of commands and instructions that the user groups together as a single...

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    Use Mail Merge to Create and Print Letters and Other Documents

    Dec 2007

    One uses mail merge when one wants to create a set of documents, such as a form letter that is sent to many customers or a sheet of address labels. Each letter or label has the same kind of...

    Provided by Microsoft

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    Use Mail Merge to Send Personalized e-Mail Messages to Your e-Mail Address List

    Dec 2007

    When one wants to send personalized e-mail to recipients in the address list, one can use mail merge to create the e-mail messages. Each message has the same kind of information, yet the content...

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    Import Data Into Office Publisher, Visio, or Word by Using the Data Connection Wizard

    Dec 2007

    There is a world of data outside of the Microsoft Office Publisher, Visio, or Word program that one can use inside each program. But how does the user import the data and secure it? It is all...

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    Create and Print Envelopes for a Mass Mailing

    Dec 2007

    When one wants to use envelopes to send a mass mailing to the address list, one can use mail merge to create a batch of envelopes. Each envelope contains an address from the list. The mail merge...

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    Create and Print Labels for a Mass Mailing

    Dec 2007

    When the user want to use address labels to send a mass mailing to the address list, one can use mail merge to create a sheet of address labels. Each label contains an address from the list. The...

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    Insert a Section Break

    Dec 2007

    One can use section breaks to change the layout or formatting of a page or pages in one's document. For example, one can lay out part of a single-column page as two columns. One can separate the...

    Provided by Microsoft

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    Change the Layout or Formatting in One Section of Your Document

    Dec 2007

    The user can use section breaks to change the layout or formatting of a page or pages in his or her document. For example, he or she can lay out part of a single-column page as two columns. One...

    Provided by Microsoft

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    Insert Page Numbers

    Dec 2007

    If the document has multiple pages, one can display the page number on each page. In most documents, page numbers appear in either the header or the footer of each page. Microsoft Office Word 2007...

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    Create and Print a Single Envelope

    Dec 2007

    If the user wants to include the return address on the envelope, the user can set this up before he or she starts working on the envelope. When the user has set up the envelope the way he or she...

    Provided by Microsoft

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    Create and Print Labels for a Single Item or Address

    Dec 2007

    This information applies to creating an individual label or a sheet of identical labels. For example, one can print a single label for a mailing address, file folder, or CD case, or one can create...

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    View Additional Information and Hidden Content That Has Been Signed

    Dec 2007

    When one digitally signs a Microsoft Office document, the digital signature applies to the contents of the document, including the information in the contents of a document that might not be...

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    Remove Hidden Data and Personal Information From Office Documents

    Dec 2007

    Before the user shares an important document with colleagues or clients, one probably takes the precaution of proofreading or reviewing the contents of the document to ensure that everything is...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Protect Your Documents in Word 2007

    Dec 2007

    The world has changed since Microsoft Office 2003 was released several years ago. Today working with teammates across the country or around the globe is common. People check e-mail from sidewalk...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Create a Table of Contents

    Dec 2007

    The user creates a table of contents by choosing the heading styles - for example, Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 - that one wants to include in the table of contents. Microsoft Office Word...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Insert or Delete a Footnote or an Endnote

    Dec 2007

    Footnotes and endnotes are used in printed documents to explain, comment on, or provide references for text in a document. One might use footnotes for detailed comments and endnotes for citation...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Add or Delete Captions

    Dec 2007

    One can add captions to figures, equations, or other objects. One can also use those captions to create a table of the captioned items for example, a table of figures or a table of equations. If...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Create a Bibliography

    Dec 2007

    A bibliography is a list of sources, usually placed at the end of a document that one consulted or cited in creating the document. In Microsoft Office Word 2007, one can automatically generate a...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Create an Index

    Dec 2007

    An index lists the terms and topics that are discussed in a document, along with the pages that they appear on. To create an index, the user marks the index entries by providing the name of the...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Change the Default Theme

    Dec 2007

    A theme is a quick and easy way to give a professional and modern look to an entire 2007 Microsoft Office system document. A document theme is a set of formatting choices that include a set of...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Insert Headers and Footers

    Dec 2007

    Headers and footers are areas in the top, bottom, and side margins of each page in a document. One can insert or change text or graphics in headers and footers. For example, one can add page...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Master Headers and Footers in Long Word 2007 Documents

    Dec 2007

    Adding text to the header (top) and footer (bottom) areas in a Word document serves a number of purposes, but headers and footers are used primarily to repeat information at the top or bottom of...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create a Bulleted or Numbered List

    Dec 2007

    The user can quickly add bullets or numbers to existing lines of text, or Word can automatically create lists as one types. By default, if one starts a paragraph with an asterisk or a number, Word...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Make a Checklist in Word

    Dec 2007

    If one just needs a checklist that the user can print, one can make a list where each item has a check box that one can check off on paper. The user can also create a list of check boxes and check...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Record or Run a Macro

    Dec 2007

    In Microsoft Office Word 2007, one can automate frequently used tasks by creating and running macros. A macro is a series of commands and instructions that the user groups together as a single...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Use Mail Merge to Create and Print Letters and Other Documents

    Dec 2007

    One uses mail merge when one wants to create a set of documents, such as a form letter that is sent to many customers or a sheet of address labels. Each letter or label has the same kind of...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Use Mail Merge to Send Personalized e-Mail Messages to Your e-Mail Address List

    Dec 2007

    When one wants to send personalized e-mail to recipients in the address list, one can use mail merge to create the e-mail messages. Each message has the same kind of information, yet the content...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Import Data Into Office Publisher, Visio, or Word by Using the Data Connection Wizard

    Dec 2007

    There is a world of data outside of the Microsoft Office Publisher, Visio, or Word program that one can use inside each program. But how does the user import the data and secure it? It is all...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create and Print Envelopes for a Mass Mailing

    Dec 2007

    When one wants to use envelopes to send a mass mailing to the address list, one can use mail merge to create a batch of envelopes. Each envelope contains an address from the list. The mail merge...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create and Print Labels for a Mass Mailing

    Dec 2007

    When the user want to use address labels to send a mass mailing to the address list, one can use mail merge to create a sheet of address labels. Each label contains an address from the list. The...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Insert a Section Break

    Dec 2007

    One can use section breaks to change the layout or formatting of a page or pages in one's document. For example, one can lay out part of a single-column page as two columns. One can separate the...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Change the Layout or Formatting in One Section of Your Document

    Dec 2007

    The user can use section breaks to change the layout or formatting of a page or pages in his or her document. For example, he or she can lay out part of a single-column page as two columns. One...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Insert Page Numbers

    Dec 2007

    If the document has multiple pages, one can display the page number on each page. In most documents, page numbers appear in either the header or the footer of each page. Microsoft Office Word 2007...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create and Print a Single Envelope

    Dec 2007

    If the user wants to include the return address on the envelope, the user can set this up before he or she starts working on the envelope. When the user has set up the envelope the way he or she...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create and Print Labels for a Single Item or Address

    Dec 2007

    This information applies to creating an individual label or a sheet of identical labels. For example, one can print a single label for a mailing address, file folder, or CD case, or one can create...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    View Additional Information and Hidden Content That Has Been Signed

    Dec 2007

    When one digitally signs a Microsoft Office document, the digital signature applies to the contents of the document, including the information in the contents of a document that might not be...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Remove Hidden Data and Personal Information From Office Documents

    Dec 2007

    Before the user shares an important document with colleagues or clients, one probably takes the precaution of proofreading or reviewing the contents of the document to ensure that everything is...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Protect Your Documents in Word 2007

    Dec 2007

    The world has changed since Microsoft Office 2003 was released several years ago. Today working with teammates across the country or around the globe is common. People check e-mail from sidewalk...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create a Table of Contents

    Dec 2007

    The user creates a table of contents by choosing the heading styles - for example, Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 - that one wants to include in the table of contents. Microsoft Office Word...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Insert or Delete a Footnote or an Endnote

    Dec 2007

    Footnotes and endnotes are used in printed documents to explain, comment on, or provide references for text in a document. One might use footnotes for detailed comments and endnotes for citation...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Add or Delete Captions

    Dec 2007

    One can add captions to figures, equations, or other objects. One can also use those captions to create a table of the captioned items for example, a table of figures or a table of equations. If...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create a Bibliography

    Dec 2007

    A bibliography is a list of sources, usually placed at the end of a document that one consulted or cited in creating the document. In Microsoft Office Word 2007, one can automatically generate a...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create an Index

    Dec 2007

    An index lists the terms and topics that are discussed in a document, along with the pages that they appear on. To create an index, the user marks the index entries by providing the name of the...

    Provided by Microsoft

  • /research-library/microsoft

    White Papers

    Create a Table of Authorities

    Dec 2007

    A table of authorities lists the references in a legal document, along with the numbers of the pages the references appear on. To create a table of authorities, one marks citations and Microsoft...

    Provided by Microsoft

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    Insert or Delete a Comment

    Dec 2007

    One can insert a comment inside balloons that appear in the document margins. One can also hide comments from view. If one doesn't want comments to appear in the document during a review, one must...

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    Review Tracked Changes and Comments

    Dec 2007

    To prevent the user from inadvertently distributing documents that contain tracked changes and comments, Word displays tracked changes and comments by default. Final Showing Markup is the default...

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    Print a Document With Tracked Changes

    Dec 2007

    Microsoft Office Word provides several options for printing documents with tracked changes. One can also hide the tracked changes for printing. Before one prints the document, switch to Print...

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    Get Rid of Tracked Changes, Once and for All

    Dec 2007

    The user receives a document in an e-mail message from the colleague. It would make a good starting point for a document that one wants to work on, so one saves it under a new name and tailor it...

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    Roadmap to Word 2007 Training

    Dec 2007

    With rich audio and visual components and interactive, hands-on practice sessions, training courses are a great way to become faster, smarter, and more effective at creating and refining...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Introduction to Word 2007

    Dec 2007

    This paper is a brief introduction to the entirely new structure of Microsoft Office Word 2007. The user will find that the features in Word 2007 look different from those of earlier versions and...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    What's New in Word for Students, Teachers, and Professors

    Dec 2007

    Microsoft Office Word has long been the word processing program commonly used in offices around the world. But students, teachers, and professors produce documents, too. For anyone writing a paper...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    A Visual Introduction to the 2007 Office Release

    Dec 2007

    Much of the 2007 Office release has been built on an entirely new structure, and one will find that some of its features look different from those of earlier versions and work quite a bit...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    9 Ways to Get Ready for the New 2007 Office Release User Interface

    Dec 2007

    From the moment one launches any of the applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, one will notice a dramatic difference. The entire user interface has been redesigned to be more intuitive,...

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    9 Ways to Get Ready for Word 2007

    Dec 2007

    Microsoft Office Word 2007 is a sophisticated word processing program that helps the user quickly and efficiently author and format all the business and personal documents one is ever likely to...

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  • /research-library/microsoft

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    Choose Text Encoding When You Open and Save Files

    Dec 2007

    Typically, one can share text files without worrying about the underlying details of how the text is stored. However, if the user shares text files with people who work in other languages,...

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    Brand a Document With a Watermark or Background

    Dec 2007

    One can add text watermarks, such as Draft or Confidential, to the document. Microsoft Office Word 2007 provides galleries of ready-made watermarks, or one can create the own custom watermark,...

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    Decorate Documents or Pictures With Borders

    Dec 2007

    In Microsoft Office Word 2007, borders can add interest and emphasis to various parts of the document. The user can add borders to pages, text, tables and table cells, graphic objects, and...

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    Present Data in a Chart or Graph

    Dec 2007

    Office Word 2007 includes many different types of charts and graphs that one can use to inform the audience about inventory levels, organizational changes, sales figures, and much more. Charts are...

    Provided by Microsoft

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    Select Text

    Dec 2007

    In Microsoft Office Word 2007, one can select text or items in a table by using the mouse or the keyboard. One can also select text or items that are in different places. For example, the user can...

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