4. Viewing and Editing Text in Word

In this section:

• What’s Where in Word 2007?

• Creating a New Document

• Composing Different Types of Documents

• Word’s Views

• Reading a Document

• Editing Text

• Finding and Replacing Text

• Correcting Your Spelling and Grammar

• Correcting Text Automatically

• Adding Page Numbers

• Marking and Reviewing Changes in a Document

• Comparing Documents Side by Side

The new design of Microsoft Office Word 2007 makes creating professional-looking documents faster and easier than ever. If you’re new to Word, the logical layout of its tools and the ease of finding just what you need for the job at hand will quickly make you feel like an expert. If you’re a longtime user, you’ll probably say, as we did, “Why didn’t they think of this before?”

In this section, we’ll introduce that new interface and cover the basic skills you’ll use every day: creating different kinds of documents using Word’s templates; editing, copying, and moving text, and adding page numbers; correcting your spelling and grammar; and using Word’s Track Changes feature to mark document revisions. If you’re not familiar with Word, step through the first few tasks and see just how easily you can produce great-looking documents. If you’re already a Word aficionado, you’ll quickly see how the new design eliminates that all-too-familiar “Now which menu was that command on?” Hallelujah! No more digging through menu after menu looking for that elusive command.

Turn the page for a short visual tour of Word’s new interface. Then jump right in! If you get stuck in some way, you’ll find the answers to most of your questions in other sections of this book, or in Word’s Help system.