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Home » About » Administrative Offices » Technology HelpDesk » TechClips: How-to Videos » Create and Manage Documents and Files » Create and Manage Documents and Files - Windows » Word 2007 - Windows

Word 2007 Features

	The Ribbon New to Office 2007 is the Ribbon. The Ribbon replaces menus and tool bars and is designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task. Learn how to hide the Ribbon so that you have more room on the screen for your document.
	Using Word 2007 Push Pins Word lists the most recently accessed documents when you click on the Office Button. As additional documents are created or updated, documents can fall off the list of recently accessed documents. Learn how to use the Word Push Pins to keep documents in the list.

Basic Editing

	Change the Font Color, Size and Style Modify the style, size and color of text within your document. Also shows how to bold selected text.
	Using Cut, Copy and Paste Cut, Copy and Paste are easy tools to use to delete or move text and graphics within a Word document. Includes instructions for using the keyboard shortcuts.
	Add Page Numbers to Your Document Easily add page numbers to your Word 2007 document.
	Spell Check Your Word 2007 Document There are two ways to use spell checker to correct misspellings in your Word documents.
	Using the Indent Feature Learn how to use the Increase Indent and Decrease Indent buttons to indent text in a Word 2007 document.

Advanced Editing

	Divide Your Document into Columns Format an existing document to take if from a traditional document to one that features columns. Includes information on using advance column features.
	Inserting Page Breaks A page break can be inserted within a document to move items below it to a new page.
	Format Painter To repeat the same formatting style used in one part of a document to another part of a document, you can use the Format Painter tool.
	Headers and Footers Inserting Headers and Footers into a document allows you to provide consistent information on each page of a document either at the top (Header) or bottom (Footer) of the document.
	Using Find and Replace Use the Find feature in Word to find certain text within the document. The Replace feature can be used to find certain text and change it to something else.
	Reading Highlight Feature The Reading Highlight feature of Word finds all occurrences of a word and then highlights them in the selected highlight color.
	Moving Text Within a Word Document Move text from one location to another location within a Word document.
	Wrap Text Around an Image Including clipart, pictures, and other images in your Word document is a great way to draw attention to things. Learn how to wrap the text of a document around an image.

Printing

	Printing a Word 2007 Document Learn how to print an entire document to the default printer.
	Print Selected Text of a Document Select a portion of text and then print only that text.
	Print Only Selected Pages of a Document Use the page range option to print selected pages of a Word 2007 document.
	Using Print Preview The Print Preview option in Word 2007 allows you to see how the document will appear when printed before you print it.

Compatibility Issues

	Save a Word 2007 Document in a Word 97-2003 Format Saving Word 2007 documents in a previous Word format is an easy way to ensure that people with Word 2003 will be able to read the document. This can be done for an individual document or for every document that is created and saved.
	Download the Compatibility Pack Word 2003 can open Word 2007 documents if the Compatibility Pack has been downloaded from www.Microsoft.com. Learn how to download and install the Compatibility Pack.

Converting Word Documents to PDFs

	Microsoft File Converter for Office 2007 Download and install the Microsoft File Converter for Office 2007. This gives you the ability to convert Microsoft Office documents to other formats, including PDFs.
	Convert using the Microsoft Document Converter The Microsoft Office 2007 document converter makes it easy to convert Word documents to PDFs. This TechClips assumes you have already downloaded the converter from the Microsoft's website. If you have not done that yet, please view the TechClip immediately above the one to learn how to download the converter.