1. Intro to word 2007
More Basics

2. Getting Started launch Word Ctrl + O to open a file
navigate to your directory
go to comp_lit folder
double-click 02test

3. Selecting All
Ctrl + A to select all

4. Increase / Decrease Font Size
Ctrl + ] (right bracket) increases font size
Ctrl + [ (left bracket) decreases font size

5. Font Dialog Box Ctrl + D to access font dialog box type the letter “t”
double-click Times New Roman

6. Styles Ctrl + Home type: Word 2007 hit Enter highlight Word 2007
on Home Tab, in Styles group, hover over different styles to preview
choose Title style

7. Bullets and Numbers Bullets Numbers use for unordered lists
use for ordered lists

8. Adding Bullets Ctrl + End to go to end Enter for new paragraph Type:
“Red” then Enter
“Blue” then Enter
“Green”
Highlight three colors
Right-click selection
Click Bullets

10. Adding Numbers Ctrl + End to go to end
Enter three times for new paragraph
Right-click on last line
Click Numbering

11. Type: “Right on Wolf Rd.” then Enter “Right on North Ave.” then Enter
“Right on Railroad St.”

13. Increase / Decrease Indent
highlight three directions
click increase indent icon in paragraph group on Home tab on ribbon

14. Undo and Redo Undo Redo reverses previous commands
Ctrl + Z
Redo
reverses your reversal
Ctrl + Y

15. Undo and Redo hold down Ctrl hit Z key four times
reverses last four commands
hit Y key three times
redoes last three reversed commands

16. Paragraph Spacing
helps space out paragraphs without using blank lines

17. Space Before / After Paragraphs
Ctrl + A to select all
on Page Layout tab, in Paragraph group change spacing to:
Before: 0 pt
After: 6 pt

18. Line Spacing
used to increase readability and allow for comments from bosses or teachers

19. Change Line Spacing Ctrl + A to select all
Ctrl + 5 to change to 1.5 spacing
Ctrl + 1 to change to single spacing
Ctrl + 2 to change to double spacing

20. First-line Indentation
first line of paragraph is offset from rest of paragraph
usually .5 inches
helps identify beginning of new paragraph

21. Create a First Line Indent
position the cursor at beginning of first paragraph
hit the Tab key
repeat for paragraphs two and three

22. Indenting a Paragraph moves entire paragraph away from margin
used to make paragraph stand out from others
used for parenthetical quotations

23. Indent a Paragraph click in second paragraph
hit increase indent icon, in paragraph group, on Home tab, on Ribbon

24. Find and Replace
find or replace particular word or phrase in document

25. Find and Replace
in new paragraph, type the following: Monica is from Easton. She lives on the east side of town. Her daughter attends Eastern High School.
select entire phrase
choose Home tab
click Replace in Editing group
Find and Replace dialog box appears.

26. Find and Replace Find what: East Replace with: West Replace All
No. Do not check rest of document
Close dialog box

27. Align Paragraphs left align right align center justify Ctrl + L
Ctrl + R
center
Ctrl + E
justify

28. Hanging Indents
indents all lines in paragraph except first line

29. Hanging Indents highlight last paragraph launch paragraph dialog box
create special, hanging indent

30. Insert Clip Art on Insert tab choose Clip Art Search for: school bus
click picture to insert
change Text Wrapping to behind text
resize from corners only

31. Page Orientation Portrait Landscape height is larger than width
width is larger than height

32. Page Orientation go to Page Layout tab
switch orientation from portrait to landscape

33. Page Size if using different sized paper go to Page Layout tab
review the different sizes available
do not change size

34. Margins control the amount of “white space” around edges of documents
on Page Layout tab
click Margins icon
choose Narrow

35. Page Breaks
forces text to appear on new page
Ctrl + Enter

36. Page Breaks position cursor before “Bob has a large blue house.”
hold down Ctrl
press Enter
release Ctrl

37. Headers and Footers text that appears in the margin on all pages
can be different on first page
header
at top
footer
at bottom

38. Headers on Insert tab click Header choose blank
Ctrl + R to right align
type your name
page down to Footer

39. Footer with Page Number
Ctrl + E to center
click Page Number icon
current position, plain number
close header and footer

40. Printing
Ctrl + P to see print dialog box
choose proper printer