Archive for the ‘Screen Parts & Views’ Category
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Paragraph marks are part of the hidden formatting symbols that make up a Word file. Being familiar with them can be valuable in two ways:
Troubleshooting problems with a document.
A basic understanding of them will give you greater control over the formatting and layout of your documents.
To see the paragraph ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
The one thing that new users to Word 2007 complain about is how long it took them to figure out where to go to do the basic stuff, like starting a new document, saving or printing. This is an exercise to bring those basic commands into your sight, rather than ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
When text is selected in Word 2007, a Mini toolbar will appear on screen if you hover your mouse over the selection. It holds common formatting commands, plus the Format Painter and Styles. The Mini toolbar cannot be changed, so if there is additional formatting you would like to access ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
The 2007 location for Zoom is now in the View tab or the lower right-corner of the Office 2007 window. New or notable features are:
Zoom slider for adjusting amount of zoom.
Clicking the Zoom% next to the Zoom slider opens a dialog box for more zoom options. Most of those options ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Add the commands you use frequently to this toolbar. Since the Ribbon can't be customized, this is the only place to gather your frequently used commands. The techniques to do this are the same in all the MS Office programs that have it.
Some of the basic commands can be added ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Key Tips = Alt
What were once Keyboard Shortcuts in the MS Office programs are now Key Tips. If you're used to using the basic Ctrl+P, Ctrl+S, etc., they are going to work the same in 2007. What's been added is more convenient use of the Alt key to access the ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
The major difference between Office 2007 and earlier versions is the changes to toolbars and menus. Word 2007 now has:
Ribbon – area below the title bar and above the ruler, which consists of:
Tabs – holds Groups, such as Home, Insert, Page Layout, References.
Groups – labeled areas that contain related commands; ...
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