GCC Online Tutorials - Microsoft© Office 2007 - Word

What is Word?

Microsoft© Word is one of the more commonly used softwares programs used at GCC. With Word you can create research papers, newsletters, brochures, letters, webpages, and email them if desired.

Both Word 2003 and 2007 are available on eGCC computers. Look for them on the Programs menu.

Useful Resources

Website: HelpDesk
Website: Microsoft © Office Online - Word
Printer-Friendly Guide: Quick Guide - Help Yourself Word Basics
Reference Guide: Each worksheet contains a menu item. The left side contains the Office 2003 item and the right side contains the Office 2007 equivalent. (Open to view contents.)

Tutorial Menu

The self-running tutorials below demonstrate the basic skills needed to use Microsoft© Word.

• Overview -- New Word Features for 2007
• Basic Skills
• Open Word
• Create and Save a New Document
• Open an Existing Document/Save using "Save As..."
• Save Document in Rich Text Format (.rtf)
• Enter and Insert Text
• Select Text
• Print
• Help
• Home Tab -- Contains buttons related to working with document content.
  • Clipboard Grouping - Cut, Copy, and Paste
  • Editing Grouping - Select All, Find and Replace
  • Font Grouping - Format Text
  • Paragraph Formatting - Using the Paragraph Group
• Insert -- Contains buttons related to working items you can insert.
  • Illustrations
  • Headers and Footers
• Page Layout -- Contains buttons related to the appearance of your document.
• Page Setup
• Paragraph Alignment
• Review -- Contains buttons related to proofing, commenting, and changing documents.
  • Spell Check
  • Preview and Print
  • Does your instructor want you to peer-review your classmate's document using Word's Track Changes feature.
    Don't know how?
    Check out the Track Changes printable guide or the online Track Changes tutorial.