Install or remove individual Office programs or components

When you first try to use a feature that is not yet installed, 2007 Microsoft Office system usually installs the feature automatically.

If the feature that you want is not installed automatically, do the following:

1.   Exit all programs.

2.   In Microsoft Windows, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. 

Installing a printer

Install a printer

There are several ways to connect a printer to your PC. Which option you choose depends on the device itself, and whether you're at home or at the office.

Always consult the information that came with your model for specific instructions.

More about printing

 Printing

With Windows, You can print almost anything, documents, pictures, webpages, or e‑mail.

This article is design to introduce you to common printers and the basics of printing in Windows If you're new to PCs.

When Buying a printer

Each technology has pros and cons. Printers you encounter on store shelves are usually grouped into three categories are the most common types of printers sold for home or office.

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How to insert WordArt

WordArt

You can insert decorative text by using Insert WordArt on the Drawing toolbar. You can create shadowed, skewed, rotated, and stretched text, as well as text that has been fitted to predefined shapes.

Because a special text effect is a drawing object, you can also use other buttons on the Drawing toolbar to change the effect— for example, to fill a text effect with a picture.

 

Add WordArt

1. On the Drawing toolbar, click Insert WordArt .
2. Click the WordArt effect you want, and then click OK.
3. In the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, type the text you want.
4. Do any of the following:
• To change the font type, in the Font list, select a font.
• To change the font size, in the Size list, select a size.
• To make text bold, click the Bold button.
• To make text italic, click the Italic button.

 

Create a mirror image of an object

1. Click the AutoShape, picture, WordArt, or clip art you want to duplicate.
2. Click Copy and then click Paste.
3. On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, point to Rotate or Flip, and then click Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical.
4. Drag and position the duplicate object so that it mirrors the original object.

Note  You may need to override the Snap-To-Grid option to position the object precisely. To do this, press ALT as you drag the object.

Add or remove a shadow and also change color of a shadow

Add or remove a shadow

1. Select the picture, AutoShape, WordArt, or text box you want to change.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Shadow Style, and do one of the following:
• Click the shadow style you want.
• Click No Shadow to remove a shadow.

Note  When you apply a shadow to a text box, all text and attributes of the text box take on the shadow effect.

 

Remove a shadow from a drawing object

1. Select the drawing object you want to change.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Shadow Style, and then click No Shadow.

Change the shadow of a drawing object

To change a shadow, you can choose a different shadow style. To modify settings for the current shadow, do one of the following:

Change the offset direction of a shadow

1. Select the drawing object (drawing object: Any graphic you draw or insert, which can be changed and enhanced. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt.) you want to change.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Shadow, and then click Shadow Settings.
3. On the Shadow Settings toolbar, click any of the four Nudge Shadow buttons to create the effect you want.

Clicking a Nudge Shadow button nudges the shadow 1 point (point: Unit of measure referring to the height of a printed character. A point equals 1/72 of an inch, or approximately 1/28 of a centimeter.). To nudge the shadow 6 points, hold down SHIFT while you click a Nudge Shadow button.

Change the color of a shadow

1. Select the drawing object (drawing object: Any graphic you draw or insert, which can be changed and enhanced. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt.) you want to change.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.) click Shadow Style, and then click Shadow Settings.
3. On the Shadow Settings toolbar, click the arrow next to Shadow Color .
4. Click the color you want.

If you don't see the color you want, click More Shadow Colors. Click a color on the Standard tab, or click the Custom tab to mix your own color, and then click OK.

Tip

To change the shadow color so you can see through it, click Shadow Color, and then click Semitransparent Shadow.

How to Change the shape of a freeform or curve

Change the shape of a freeform or curve

 

1. Select the freeform (freeform: Any shape that you draw by using the Curve, Freeform, and Scribble tools. Freeform shapes can include straight lines and freehand curves. They can be drawn opened or closed and can be edited by using the drawing tools.) object or curve you want to change.
2. On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click Draw, and then click Edit Points.
3. Do one or more of the following:
• To reshape the freeform, drag one of the vertexes (vertex: The highest point of a curve, the point where a curve ends, or the point where two line segments meet in a polygon or freeform.) that form its outline.

o        To add a vertex to the freeform, click where you want to add it, and then drag.

o        To delete a vertex, press CTRL and click the vertex you want to delete.

Hints/Tips

For greater control over the shape of a curve, after you click Edit Points, right-click a vertex. Use the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) to add other types of vertexes to refine the shape of the curve.

3-D effects and shadows

You can add depth to lines, AutoShapes, and freeform objects by applying three-dimensional (3-D) and shadow effects.

By using 3-D effects, you can change the depth of the drawing object and its color, angle, direction of lighting, and surface reflection.

By using shadows, you can add depth to drawing objects, adjust shadow position, and change shadow color. You can apply a limited number of shadow effects to pictures, but you must change the wrapping style from Inline with text to another wrapping style.

You can add either a shadow or a 3-D effect, not both. For example, if you apply a 3-D effect to a drawing object that has a shadow, the shadow disappears.

 

Change the color of a shadow

1. Select the picture, AutoShape, WordArt, or text box you want to change.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Shadow Style, and then click Shadow Settings.
3. On the Shadow Settings toolbar, click the arrow next to Shadow Color .
4. Do one of the following:
• To change the shadow color back to its default, click Automatic.

o        To change to a color in the color scheme, click one of the colors under Automatic.

o        To change to a color that isn't in the color scheme, click More Shadow Colors. Click the color you want on the Standard tab, or click the Custom tab to mix your own color, and then click OK.

Tip

To change the shadow color so that you can see through it, click Shadow Color, and then click Semitransparent Shadow.

Apply the same height and width to different objects

1. Select all objects (AutoShape (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.), picture (picture: A file (such as a metafile) that you can ungroup and manipulate as two or more objects or a file that stays as a single object (such as bitmaps).), WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.), or clip art (clip art: A single piece of ready-made art, often appearing as a bitmap or a combination of drawn shapes.)) that you want to have the same dimensions.
2. On the Format menu, click Object, AutoShape, Picture, WordArt, or Clip Art.

The Format menu item changes to reflect the types of objects you have selected.

3. On the Size tab, click in the Height and Width boxes to type in the dimensions you want. 

DRAWING

Draw a freeform shape

On the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, and then point to Lines.

Do one of the following:

Click Freeform to draw an object with both curved and straight segments. Drag to draw freehand shapes; click and move the mouse to draw straight lines.

Do one of the following:

To end a shape and leave it open, double-click at any time.

To close a shape, click near its starting point.

Click Scribble and drag to draw a shape that looks more like it was drawn with a pen or to create smooth curves.

 

Draw a curve

On the Drawing toolbar  click AutoShapes , point to Lines, and then click Curve .

Click where you want the curve to start, and then continue to move the mouse and click wherever you want to add a curve.

To end the curve, double-click at any time.

Tip

To close the curve and make a shape, click near its starting point.

 

Draw a line or connector

If you want to use a line to connect shapes and keep them connected, you may want to draw a connector instead of a normal line. A connector looks like a line, but it stays connected to the shapes you attach it to.

Do one of the following:

Draw a line

1. On the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, point to Lines, and then click the line style you want.
2. Drag to draw the line.
3. Do one or both of the following:
• To constrain the line to draw at 15-degree angles from its starting point, hold down SHIFT as you drag.
• To lengthen the line in opposite directions from the first end point, hold down CTRL as you drag.

Tip

If you just want to draw a straight line, click Line on the Drawing toolbar, and then drag to draw the line.

Draw a connector

1. On the Drawing toolbar , click AutoShapes, point to Connectors, and then click the connector line you want.
2. Point to where you want to attach the connector.

Connection sites appear as blue circles as you pass the pointer over a shape.

3. Click the first connection site you want, point to the other object, and then click the second connection site.

Locked or attached connectors appear as red circles. Unlocked connectors appear as green circles.

 

Change the drawing grid

You can change the spacing between gridlines and the starting point for gridlines. To temporarily override grid (grid: A set of intersecting lines used to align objects.) settings, press ALT as you drag or draw an object.

Change the spacing between the drawing gridlines

1. To display the Drawing toolbar , click Drawing on the Standard toolbar.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, and then click Grid.
3. In the Horizontal Spacing and Vertical Spacing boxes, enter the spacing you want.

Change the starting point for gridlines

Initially, the grid begins at the upper-left corner of the page.

Note  Word displays gridlines only within the margins of the page, even though the grid may extend beyond the margins.

1. To display the Drawing toolbar, click Drawing on the Standard toolbar.
2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, and then click Grid.
3. Clear the Use margins check box if it is selected.
4. In the Horizontal origin and the Vertical origin boxes, specify where you want vertical and horizontal gridlines to begin, relative to the edges of the page.

 

Reshape a shape

1. Select the AutoShape.

If the shape has a yellow adjustment handle, it can be reshaped. Some shapes do not have adjustment handles and can only be resized.

2. Position the mouse pointer over the yellow adjustment handle.
3. Hold down the mouse button and drag the handle to change the shape.

Rotate an object

1. Select the AutoShape (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.), picture (picture: A file (such as a metafile) that you can ungroup and manipulate as two or more objects or a file that stays as a single object (such as bitmaps).), or WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) you want to rotate.
2. Do one of the following:

Rotate to any angle

1. Drag the rotate handle on the object in the direction you want to rotate it.
2. Click outside the object to set the rotation.

Rotate 90 degrees to the left or 90 degrees to the right

• On the Drawing toolbar ,click Draw, point to Rotate or Flip, and then click Rotate Left or Rotate Right.

Tip

• To constrain the rotation of the object to 15-degree angles, hold down SHIFT while you drag the rotate handle.

 

How to Create a chart

Create a chart

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1. On the Insert menu, click Object, and then click the Create New tab.
2. In the Object type box, click Microsoft Graph Chart, and then click OK.

Graph displays a chart and its associated sample data in a table called a datasheet.

3. To replace the sample data, click a cell  on the datasheet, and then type the new text or numbers. If needed, you can import data from a text file, a Lotus 1-2-3 file, or a Microsoft Excel worksheet. You can also copy data from another program.
4. To return to Microsoft Word, click the Word document.

Note   If you close the datasheet you can reopen it by double-clicking the chart and then clicking Datasheet on the View menu.

Create a chart from a Word table

1. Create a table in Word, with text labels in the top row and left column, and numbers in other cells.

Microsoft Word offers a number of ways to make a table. The best way depends on how you like to work, and on how simple or complex the table needs to be.

1. Click where you want to create a table.
2. Click Insert Table on the Standard toolbar.
3. Drag to select the number of rows and columns you want.
1. Click in the table.
2. On the Table menu, point to Select, and then click Table.
3. On the Insert menu, click Object, and then click the Create New tab.
4. In the Object type box, double-click Microsoft Graph Chart.

Word displays a chart with the information from the table you created. The data associated with the chart is in a table called a datasheet.

You can edit the data in the chart by clicking a cell on the datasheet and revising the entry.

6. To return to Word, click the Word document. 

Make text superscript or subscript

1. Select the text you want to format as superscript (superscript: Describes text that is slightly higher than other text on a line, such as a footnote reference mark.) or subscript (subscript: Describes text that is slightly lower than other text on a line. Subscripts are often used in scientific formulas.).
2. On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Font tab.
3. Select the Superscript or Subscript check box. 

How you can print to a file or To print several documents at once or more than one copy at a time

Print to a file

Printing a document to a file instead of to your printer saves the document in a format that a different printer can use.

For example, if you want to have your document printed by a commercial printing service that uses higher-resolution printers, you can print the document to a file, and then take that file to the commercial printer.

Note  When you print to a file, you must first determine which printer— for example, a PostScript printer— will ultimately print the file.

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. In the Name box, click the printer you'll use to print the file.
3. Select the Print to file check box, and then click OK.
4. In the File name box in the Print to file dialog box, type a file name.

When you print to a file, Microsoft Word preserves information such as line and page breaks  and font spacing.

Print multiple copies or more than one document

Print more than one copy at a time

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. In the Number of copies box, enter the number of copies you want to print.

Note  To print a complete copy of the document before the first page of the next copy is printed, select the Collate check box. If you prefer to print all copies of the first page and then print all copies of subsequent pages, clear the check box.

Print several documents at once

1. Click Open on the Standard toolbar.
2. Open the folder that contains the documents you want to print.
3. Select the documents you want to print.
4. Click Tools, and then click Print. 

Printing a documents

To Preview a page before printing

1. On the File menu, click Print Preview.
2. Use the buttons on the toolbar to look over the page or make adjustments before printing.               

How to Print a document

You can print the active document (active document: The document in which you're working. Text you type or graphics you insert in Microsoft Word appear in the active document. The title bar of the active document is highlighted.) by clicking Print on the Standard toolbar.

The following are some additional ways to preview or print a document.

Display each page as it will look when printed

Preview a document

• Click Print Preview on the Standard toolbar.

To exit print preview (print preview: A view of a document as it will appear when you print it.) and return to the previous view of the document, click Close.

Print all or part of a single document

Print a range of pages

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. Under Page range, specify the portion of the document you want to print.

If you click Pages, you must also enter the page numbers or page ranges you want to include, or both.

Note  You can also select the portion of the document you want to print. Click Print on the File menu, and then click Selection.

Print only odd or even pages

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. In the Print box, click either Odd pages or Even pages.

Print specific pages and sections

You can print specific pages, one or more sections , or a range of pages in more than one section.

1.    On the File menu, click Print.

2.    Under Page range, click Pages.

3.    In the Pages box, type instructions to print one of the following:

Noncontiguous pages

Type the page numbers with commas between them. Type the range of pages with a hyphen between the starting and ending numbers in the range.

For example, to print pages 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8, type 2,4-6,8

A range of pages within a section

Type p page number s section number.

For example, to print pages 5 through 7 in section 3, type p5s3-p7s3

An entire section

Type s section number.

For example, type s3

Noncontiguous sections

Type the section numbers with commas between them.

For example, type s3,s5

A range of pages across sections

Type a range of page numbers and the sections that contain them with a hyphen between the starting and ending numbers in the range.

For example, type p2s2-p3s5

Print a document in a different format

Print a draft

When you print a document in draft quality, Microsoft Word does not print formatting or most graphics, which may make the document print faster. Some printers don't support this option.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Print tab.
2. Under Printing options, select the Draft output check box.

Print in reverse order

Microsoft Word can print a document in reverse order, beginning with the last page. Don't select this option if you're printing an envelope.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Print tab.
2. Under Printing options, select the Reverse print order check box.

Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper

To better see the layout of a multiple-page document, you can print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. To do this, Microsoft Word shrinks the pages to the appropriate sizes and groups them on the sheet.

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. Under Zoom, click the option you want in the Pages per sheet box.

For example, to print a four-page document on one sheet, click 4 pages.