Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007

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 Word’s 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 book’s 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 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 2007’s Ribbon with RibbonX 945

Part VIII Appendixes

Appendix A Recovering Files and Repairing Word 975

Appendix B Converting from Other Word Processing Systems 985

Appendix C Accessibility Tips and Techniques 991

Appendix D Command Reference: Word 2003 to Word 2007 999

Appendix E Setting Up and Modifying Office 2007 1017

Index 1025