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Word 2007: Getting Graphics Files from a Document

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If you wanted to save the graphics out of a pre-2007 version of Word, you would have had to copy and paste each one to a graphics program and then save each as a file. In the Word 2007 xml document format, the graphics are actually saved as separate parts of ...

Office 2007: How to Set the Default Format for a Shape or Text Box

Monday, August 11th, 2008

This is for those Word, Excel or PowerPoint users who find that they repeatedly make the same formatting changes to the Shapes (Insert tab, Illustrations group, Shapes) or the Text Boxes (Insert tab, Text group, Text Box) they use. These are the steps to change the default format for either ...

Word 2007: Use Key Controls to Precisely Move Graphics

Monday, July 28th, 2008

These work in many programs, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and are worth trying in any program where you need additional control in positioning graphic elements in a project. The "extra" keys are usually going to be Ctrl, Alt or Shift, so if you don't remember which one to use, don't ...

Word 2007 Practice: Poster Project Available for Download

Monday, April 7th, 2008

There is a PDF download available, Learning to Use Word 2007 - Poster Project. It was written for users that are new to Word 2007 or those that haven't used formatting and graphics very much. It is 12 pages long, with clear directions and images to work from. It walks you ...

New Insert Picture Option in Word 2007

Monday, February 18th, 2008

If you used the Insert, Picture command in older versions of Word at all, you know about changing the text wrapping from Inline to something that allowed you to move your picture on the page. Word 2007 comes with an option that allows you to choose the default for how ...