How to Use Word 2007

1. Click on the 'Office Button' located in the upper left hand corner of the screen to access the menu to create, open, save, print or publish a file, or to edit Word Options. The 'Office Button' is a circular button inscribed with the Microsoft Office's orange, blue, green and gold logo.
2. Open a ribbon by clicking on the corresponding tab. Ribbons include Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailing, Review, and View. If you have added programs such as Adobe Acrobat, more tabs may appear to the right.
3. Choose fonts, styles and paragraph formatting using the ribbon under the 'Home' tab.
4. Add pages, tables, illustrations, links, headers, foots, texts and symbols by clicking the 'Insert' tab and using the commands from the Insert ribbon.
5. Set page margins, columns, line breaks and page orientation; adjust indents and spacing, and choose themes by using the 'Page Layout' ribbon.
6. Include a table of contents, footnotes, citations, bibliography, captions, index or table of authorities by accessing the 'References' ribbon.
7. Process mail merge and create envelopes and labels on the 'Mailing' ribbon.
8. Check spelling, access the thesaurus and use comments, tracking, changes, compare and protect features on the 'Review' ribbon.
9. Adjust how the document is viewed on the screen by adding grids and rulers or by zooming in and out and rearranging the windows in the 'View' ribbon.
10. View any software downloads you've added to the programs by clicking on the tab to the right of 'View,' which might be labeled 'Add-in.' For example, when you add software to create a PDF file, its icon may appear in this ribbon.
11. Click on a photo or image to access the 'Picture Tools' tab. The tab to this ribbon is hidden until you click on an image. There is also a 'Text Box Tools' tab that remains hidden until you click on a text box in the document. Once the tab appears, click on it to access its ribbon.
12. Customize your 'Quick Access Toolbar' located to the direct right of the Office Button. Icons for commands you frequently use can be added to the toolbar for quick access. Click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the toolbar to open the menu options. Common commands include new, open, save, e-mail, print, print preview, spelling, grammar, undo and redo. Check the icons you wish to include in the 'Quick Access Toolbar.'