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Word 2007
Quick Reference Card
Word 2007 Screen Shortcuts
Quick Access Toolbar Title bar Close button General
Open a Document <Ctrl> + <O>
Office
Button Create New <Ctrl> + <N>
Save a Document <Ctrl> + <S>
Ribbon Print a Document <Ctrl> + <P>
Close a Document <Ctrl> + <W>
Help <F1>
Ruler
Insertion
point Editing
Cut <Ctrl> + <X>
Vertical Copy <Ctrl> + <C>
Document scroll bar Paste <Ctrl> + <V>
window
Undo <Ctrl> + <Z>
Horizontal
scroll bar Redo or Repeat <Ctrl> + <Y>

Formatting
Bold <Ctrl> + <B>
Status bar View buttons Zoom slider Italics <Ctrl> + <I>
Underline <Ctrl> + <U>
The Fundamentals Align Left <Ctrl> + <L>
Center <Ctrl> + <E>
The Office Button, located in the upper left-hand corner of • To Create a New Document: Click the
the program window, replaces the File menu found in Office Button, select New, and click Align Right <Ctrl> + <R>
previous versions of Microsoft Word. The Office Button menu Create, or press <Ctrl> + <N>. Justify <Ctrl> + <J>
contains basic file management commands, including New, • To Open a Document: Click the Office
Open, Save, Print and Close. Button and select Open, or press Navigation and Layout
<Ctrl> + <O>.
Office Button Up One Screen <Page Up>
• To Save a Document: Click the
Save button on the Quick Access Down One Screen <Page Down>
Toolbar, or press <Ctrl> + <S>.
Beginning of Line <Home>
• To Save a Document with a Different
Name: Click the Office Button, select End of Line <End>
Save As, and enter a new name for the Beginning of <Ctrl> + <Home>
document. Document
• To Preview a Document: Click the
Office Button, point to the Print list End of Document <Ctrl> + <End>
arrow, and select Print Preview. Open the Go To <F5>
• To Print a Document: Click the Office dialog box
Button and select Print, or press <Ctrl>
+ <P>.
• To Undo: Click the Undo button on
Text Selection
the Quick Access Toolbar or press <Ctrl> To Select: Do This:
+ <Z>.
A Word Double-click the word
• To Close a Document: Click the
Close button or press <Ctrl> + <W>. A Sentence Press and hold <Ctrl> and
click anywhere in the
• To Get Help: Press <F1> to open the sentence
Help window. Type your question and
press <Enter>. A Line Click in the selection bar next
• To Exit Word: Click the Office Button to the line
and click Exit Word. A Paragraph Triple-click the paragraph
Everything <Ctrl> + <A>
Formatting

Dialog Box Launcher Group

• To Cut or Copy Text: Select the text you want to cut or copy and click the • To Change Paragraph Line Spacing: Click the Line Spacing button in
Cut or Copy button in the Clipboard group on the Home tab. the Paragraph group on the Home tab and select an option from the list.
• To Paste Text: Place the insertion point where you want to paste and click • To Create a Bulleted or Numbered List: Select the paragraphs you want to
bullet or number and click the Bullets or Numbering button in the
the Paste button in the Clipboard group on the Home tab.
Paragraph group on the Home tab.
• To Format Selected Text: Use the commands in the Font group on the
Home tab, or click the Dialog Box Launcher in the Font group to open the
• To Change a Document’s Margins: Click the Page Layout tab on the
Ribbon, click the Margins button in the Page Setup group, and select a
Font dialog box.
setting.
• To Copy Formatting with the Format Painter: Select the text with the
• To Change Page Orientation: Click the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon, click
formatting you want to copy and click the Format Painter button in the the Orientation button, and select an option from the list.
Clipboard group on the Home tab. Then, select the text you want to apply
• To Insert a Header or Footer: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click
the copied formatting to.
the Header or Footer button in the Header & Footer group.
• To Change Paragraph Alignment: Select the paragraph(s) and click the
• To Insert a Manual Page Break: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click
appropriate alignment button ( Align Left, Center, Align Right, the Page Break button in the Page Setup group.
or Justify) in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. • To Insert a Section Break: Click the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon, click
• To Indent a Paragraph: Click the Increase Indent button in the the Breaks button in the Page Setup group, and select the type of break you
Paragraph group on the Home tab. want to insert.
• To Decrease an Indent: Click the Decrease Indent button in the • To Correct a Spelling Error: Right-click the error and select a correction from
Paragraph group on the Home tab. the contextual menu. Or, press <F7> to run the Spell Checker.
• To Add a Tab Stop: Click the Tab alignment box on the Ruler until you • To Find Text: Click the Find button in the Editing group on the Home tab.
see the type of tab you want to insert. Then, click on the Ruler where you • To Replace Text: Click the Replace button in the Editing group on the
want to insert the tab stop. Home tab.
• To Adjust or Remove a Tab Stop: Click and drag the tab stop to the • To Move Text with the Mouse: Select the text you want to move, drag the
desired position on the Ruler. Click and drag the tab stop off the Ruler to text to a new location, and release the mouse button.
remove it.

Tables Drawing and Graphics

• To Insert a Table: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon, click the Table button • To Insert a Clip Art Graphic: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click the
in the Tables group, and select Insert Table from the menu. Clip Art button in the Illustrations group. Type the name of what you’re
• To Insert a Column or Row: Click the Layout tab under Table Tools and looking for in the “Search for” box and click Go.
use the commands located in the Rows & Columns group. • To Insert a Picture: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click the Picture
• To Delete a Column or Row: Select the column or row you want to delete, button in the Illustrations group. Find and select the picture you want to insert
click the Layout tab under Table Tools, click the Delete button in the Rows and click Insert.
& Columns group, and select an appropriate option from the menu. • To Adjust Text Wrapping: Double-click the object, click the Text Wrapping
• To Adjust Column Width or Row Height: Select the column or row you button in the Arrange group, and select an option from the list.
want to adjust, click the Layout tab under Table Tools, and use the • To Draw a Shape: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon, click the Shapes
commands located in the Cell Size group. button in the Shapes group, and select the shape you want to insert. Then,
click where you want to draw the shape and drag until the shape reaches the
Mail Merge desired size. Hold down the <Shift> key while you drag to draw a perfectly
proportioned shape or straight line.
1. Select a document type: Click the Mailings tab on the Ribbon, click the • To Move an Object: Click the object and drag it to a new location. Release
Start Mail Merge button in the Start Mail Merge group, and select the type the mouse button when you’re finished.
of document you want to create.
2. Connect the document to a data source: In the Start Mail Merge group on
• To Resize an Object: Click the object to select it, click and drag one of its
sizing handles ( ), and release the mouse button when the object reaches
the Mailings tab, click the Select Recipients button.
the desired size. Hold down the <Shift> key while dragging to maintain the
3. Refine recipients: In the Start Mail Merge group on the Mailings tab, click
object’s proportions while resizing it.
the Edit Recipient List button.
4. Insert merge fields: Position the insertion point where you want to insert • To Delete an Object: Select the object and press the <Delete> key.
the merge field(s) and use the commands found in the Write & Insert Fields • To Format an Object: Double-click the object and use the commands located
group on the Mailings tab. on the Format tab.
5. Preview your letters: In the Preview Results group on the Mailings tab, • To Insert a WordArt Object: Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon, click the
click the Preview Results button. WordArt button in the Text group, and select a design from the WordArt
6. Complete the merge: In the Finish group on the Mailings tab, click the Gallery. Enter the text you want WordArt to format and adjust the font type
Finish & Merge button and select an option from the list. and size, if necessary. Click OK.