Microsoft Word 2007 – Getting Started

First of all, do you really know what is Word? Microsoft Word is one of the Office suites of program. Normally you can use this program to do your document that contains text or graphic, such as letter, company memo, flyer, etc.
If you are new to Office Word 2007, this page going to guide you from the very basic to more in-depth topic and features related to Word 2007.

As usual, the most common way to start Word 2007 is from the Start menu displayed when you click the Start button at the left end of the Microsoft Windows taskbar.
To start Microsoft Word 2007 from the Start Menu

• Click on the Start button, point to All Programs then click on Microsoft Office and click on Microsoft Office Word 2007 again.

• The first screen that you will see a new blank page document. You may notices that the look of the program window has changed radically from previous versions.

When you first start Word, this environment consists of the following elements:

• When you click the Office Button, Commands related to managing Word and Word documents are gathered together on this menu.

• The Title bar displays the name of the active document. At the right end of the title bar are the three familiar buttons – Minimize, Restore and Close buttons.
• Below the title bar is the Ribbon, which makes all the capabilities of Word available in a single area so that you can work efficiently with the program. You can find more descriptions about the Word 2007 ribbon.
• Across the bottom of the program window, the Status bar gives you information about the current document.
• At the right end of the status bar is the View toolbar, which provides tools for adjusting the view of document content..