Microsoft Word 2007

Introduction to Word (2007)
Word 2007 is the word processing software in the Microsoft 2007 Office Suite. It allows you to easily create a variety of professional-looking documents using features such as themes, styles, Smart Art, and more.
RUNNING MICROSOFT WORD
Microsoft Word (along with all of the other MS Office 2007 applications) can be accessed through the desktop or through the Start menu.
If you have assigned a shortcut to your desktop, double- click on the Microsoft Office Word 2007 icon to run the application.
Although the quickest way of running Word is obviously through the desktop, you can also access the Start menu which allows you to locate any program available on your system. Follow these steps to run Word from the Start menu:
1. Click on this button (located along the far-left side of the taskbar) to access the Windows Start menu.
2. Select from the pop-up m

The Cursor
The cursor is the short vertical flashing line on your screen.
• The cursor shows you where you will start typing in a Word document.
• When you are using the Tools in Microsoft Word your cursor will change to an arrow. This is called a pointer.
3- Scrolling
• Your scroll bar is at the right-hand side of your screen.
• Click on the up/down arrow to go up/down the page.
Hold down the left mouse button to scroll up and down the screen more quickly.
Using the Keyboard in MS Word
• The arrow keys on your keyboard move your cursor around.
• To make a letter a capital letter:
• Hold down the Shift and the letter key at the same time.
• For the signs on your keyboard:
• Hold down the Shift and the number key at the same time.
• The Shift keys are on both sides of the keyboard.
• The Space bar makes spaces between words when typing. Tap the bar one time to make a space.
• Use the Enter key to move your cursor to finish the line and make a new one.
• The Backspace key deletes everything to the left of the cursor.
• The Delete key will erase everything to the right of the cursor.