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Word 2007 DIY: Insert a Footer with File Name & Path in Two Clicks

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

The title is not meant to be deceiving: Word 2007 doesn't come with this, but you can set it up yourself. Here are the directions to customize Word so you can have the "two-click insert for file name and path" that many folks feel is missing from Word 2007. Yes, ...

Word 2007 Practice: Create a Basic Form

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

These directions will give you the steps to add form fields (Content Controls) to a Word document. The final, filled-in document could be saved, printed or emailed. First, if you don't see a Developer tab, that needs to be turned on. Go to Office button, Word Options, and click the Popular ...

Word 2007 Practice: Converting Text into a Table

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Occasionally, you can run into text that is set up in tabbed columns, or with spaces between columns, or copied from a web page that would be easier to work with if it was set up as a table. Example 1: Convert Tabbed Text to a Table Start with a New, ...

Word 2007 Practice: Insert a Small Table into a Page of Text

Monday, April 21st, 2008

This exercise will let you practice some table techniques; resizing a table, merging cells, rotating text, applying a table format, turning on text wrapping for a table, and centering the table on a page. The premise of the example is an organization that has a one-page promotional handout that includes ...

Word 2007 Practice: Create a Data Table and Do a Mail Merge, Part 2 of 2

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

This will show you how to take the data table you save in Part 1 of this project and merge that data onto mailing labels. One problem with labels is that people tend to generate the label layout, and then type many pages of mailing address on the labels. That ...

Word 2007 Practice: Create a Data Table and Mail Merge, Part 1 of 2

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

See Table Basics in Word 2007 to review table terminology and to see more detailed directions on inserting a table. For the first part of this project, you will insert a table and type a few rows of mailing-list type information into it. You will also see how to insert and ...

Word 2007 Practice: Using Borders with Headings

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A quick way to add a little graphic enhancement to a heading (or title) in a document is to add a bottom border to it. As with all Word projects, it will work best if you type up your text first, and then apply any formatting (like borders). Creating the Practice Word ...

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 ...

Word 2007 Practice: How to Make One Page Out of Many Landscape

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

In a long Word document you might need to have one or more pages that are a different orientation. Typically, most print documents are created in a portrait orientation. Being able to make one or more pages landscape allows you to insert something like a large table or chart that ...