Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 Special Edition

THE ONLY WORD 2007 BOOK YOU NEED

This book will help you build solid skills to create the documents you need right now, and expert-level guidance for leveraging Words most advanced features whenever you need them. If you buy only one book on Word 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 is the book you need.

 

Come up to speed quickly with the new Word 2007 Ribbon interface

Streamline document formatting with styles, templates, and themes

Collaborate with others using comments and tracked changes

Master mail merges, master documents, and other advanced features

Manage large documents with indexes, TOCs, and automatically numbered references

Use fields and forms to collect and manage information

Illustrate key concepts with SmartArt diagrams

Create and apply custom themes that control fonts, color schemes, and effects

Manage academic research citations and generate bibliographies in any popular documentation format

 

On the Web

Includes complete instructions and a command reference you can use to customize the Ribbon with RibbonX, even if you have little or no previous XML experience. You can also download additional RibbonX examples and an easy-to-use RibbonCustomizer utility from this books companion web site, www.quepublishing.com/usingword2007 .

 

Contents

        About the Authors  xxx

        Introduction  1

 

Part I  Working with Text Documents

Chapter 1     Introducing Word 2007  7

Chapter 2     Creating and Saving Documents  27

Chapter 3     Typing and Editing Text  59

Chapter 4     Using Spelling, Grammar, and Research Tools  95

Chapter 5     Printing and Faxing Documents  133

 

Part II Formatting a Document

Chapter 6     Applying Character Formatting  155

Chapter 7     Formatting Paragraphs and Lists  191

Chapter 8     Creating and Applying Styles and Themes  227

Chapter 9     Formatting Documents and Sections  263

Chapter 10   Using and Creating Project Templates  297

Chapter 11   Working with Nonstandard Document Layouts  319

 

Part III           Tables and Graphics

Chapter 12   Creating and Formatting Tables  353

Chapter 13   Working with Photos  395

Chapter 14   Working with Clip Art and the Clip Organizer  425

Chapter 15   Working with Drawings...

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Faithe Wempen, M.A., is a Microsoft Office Master Instructor and an adjunct instructor of Computer Information Technology at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, specializing in Microsoft Office and PC hardware. She is the author of more than 90 books on PC hardware and software, and teaches online courses in Office applications for corporate clients including Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, and Sony. She also owns and operates Sycamore Knoll Bed and Breakfast (www.sycamoreknoll.com). About the Contributing AuthorsNicholas Chase has been involved in Web site development for companies such as Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nick has been a high-school physics teacher, a low-level radioactive waste facility manager, an online science fiction magazine editor, a multimedia engineer, an Oracle instructor, and the Chief Technology Officer of an interactive communications company. He is the author of several books, including XML Primer Plus (Sams), and is currently a partner in the Backstop Media technical content production firm (http://www.backstopmedia.com).Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP in PowerPoint and OneNote, has been using Office since its earliest days. She started out using Word for newsletters, letters, books, and other documents in the late 1980s. She added PowerPoint and Excel to her areas of expertise in the early 1990s. She has been an active beta tester for Office since the 2002 release, and has been working with Office 2007 for many months. Kathy specializes in helping people from all backgrounds and all walks of life learn to use Office to make their lives easier. As a PowerPoint and OneNote consultant, trainer, and writer, she has written on Office topics for her own site (www.OnPPT.com), Office On-Line, LockerGnome, IndeZine, and the PowerPoint FAQ. She presents regularly on a variety of subjects at the Phoenix PC User Group, where she is currently vice president. She has been actively involved in PPT Live (the PowerPoint conference for users) since its inception. She has written a PowerPoint book, Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint, and co-written a OneNote book, Unleash the Power of OneNote. She is the creator of Keystone learning's OneNote 2003 training DVD. Right now, she specializes in helping people solve their Office emergencies through her service, Call Kathy Solutions.Karen McCall is a respected author and speaker with extensive expertise in software accessibility and usability. She trains software and web design professionals around the world on techniques to improve the digital experience for people with disabilities. Her current book, Logical Document Structure Handbook: Word 2003, is the first in a series focusing on designing and generating accessible and usable word processed documents. She currently lives in Canada, sharing adventures with Barnaby Edmund and Olivia Zane.Joyce J. Nielsen is the author or coauthor of more than 35 computer books and has edited several hundred more. She has worked in the publishing industry for 17 years as an author, development editor, technical editor, and project manager. Joyce also worked as a research analyst for a shopping mall developer, where she developed and documented computer applications used nationwide. She graduated with a B.S. degree in Quantitative Business Analysis from Indiana University and now resides in Arizona.Patrick Schmid has been a OneNote MVP since 2006 and can be found constantly in many Microsoft Office community newsgroups. During the Office 2007 beta, he became an expert in RibbonX. His website and blog at http://pschmid.net are a premier resource for customizing the Office 2007 Ribbon. Patrick is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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        About the Authors  xxx

        Introduction  1

 

Part I          Working with Text Documents

Chapter 1   Introducing Word 2007  7

Chapter 2   Creating and Saving Documents  27

Chapter 3   Typing and Editing Text  59

Chapter 4   Using Spelling, Grammar, and Research Tools  95

Chapter 5   Printing and Faxing Documents  133

 

Part II        Formatting a Document

Chapter 6   Applying Character Formatting  155

Chapter 7   Formatting Paragraphs and Lists  191

Chapter 8   Creating and Applying Styles and Themes  227

Chapter 9   Formatting Documents and Sections  263

Chapter 10 Using and Creating Project Templates  297

Chapter 11 Working with Nonstandard Document Layouts  319

 

Part III      Tables and Graphics

Chapter 12 Creating and Formatting Tables  353

Chapter 13 Working with Photos  395

Chapter 14 Working with Clip Art and the Clip Organizer  425

Chapter 15 Working with Drawings and WordArt  455

Chapter 16 Working with Charts  491

Chapter 17 Working with SmartArt and Math Formulas  533

 

Part IV       Collecting and Managing Data

Chapter 18 Performing Mail and Data Merges  563

Chapter 19 Copying, Linking, and Embedding Data  601

Chapter 20 Working with Fields  631

Chapter 21 Creating Forms  655

 

Part V         Long Documents

Chapter 22 Outlining and Summarizing Documents  681

Chapter 23 Using Master Documents  703

Chapter 24 Citing Sources and References  719

Chapter 25 Creating Tables of Contents and Other Listings  747

Chapter 26 Building Effective Indexes  765

 

Part VI       Collaboration and Online Sharing

Chapter 27 Collaborating with Others  783

Chapter 28 Protecting and Securing Documents  805

Chapter 29 Online Collaboration with Office Live and SharePoint Team Services  823

Chapter 30 Working with Blogs and Email  847

Chapter 31 Developing Web Content  857

Chapter 32 Using Word to Develop XML Content  875

 

Part VII      Customizing and Extending Word

Chapter 33 Macros and Add-Ins  905

Chapter 34 Customizing the Word Interface  935

Chapter 35 Customizing Word 2007s Ribbon with RibbonX ...

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