Free Training for Using Word 2007

Microsoft has made huge changes to the user interface for all of the applications in Office 2007, including Word 2007. It has replaced all menus and toolbars with a new "Ribbon" interface, along with Tabs. The Ribbon and Tabs are positioned across the screen and graphically depict groups of features and functionality.

Here are Four Free Training Resources for Learning How to Use Word 2007. The first one is an online course that will help you learn how to use the Ribbon, find familiar features, and understand and use the new XML file format. The second one is a reference for the locations of Word 2003 commands in Word 2007. The third learning resource is a 3 page Word 2007 tutorial article that reviews Word's new features and user interface. The fourth document is a spreadsheet that maps all of Word 2003 menu and toobar items to the Word 2007 ribbon or interface.


1) Free Word 2007 Online Course: Up to Speed with Word 2007

Course length: 30–40 minutes

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Work with the Ribbon — the new feature that makes Word easier than ever before.
• Find everyday, common commands you need to do your job.
• Use the new file format for Word in the way that's best for you.

This course includes:

• Three self-paced lessons and two practice sessions for hands-on experience. Practices require Word 2007.
• A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
• A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course. 

Course Contents:

Overview

Get to Know the Ribbon

• The Ribbon in action
• What's on the Ribbon?
• Dialog box launchers in groups
• Additional tabs appear
• The Mini toolbar
• The Quick Access Toolbar
• Temporarily hide the Ribbon
• Use the keyboard
• Practice
• Test yourself

Find Everyday Commands

• Start with the Microsoft Office Button
• Bullets, numbers, and more
• What about styles?
• The Format Painter
• Insert pictures, hyperlinks, headers and footers
• Zoom
• Check your spelling and grammar
• Ready to print?
• Yes, ready to print
• Behind the scenes
• Practice
• Test yourself

A New File Format

• Why the change? XML
• Why the change? New features
• How do I know I'm using the new format?
• There's more than one file format?
• What about the documents I already have?
• Compatibility mode
• Converting your old files
• Share documents between versions by using a converter
• Sharing documents between versions by saving with an older format
• Test yourself

Feedback

Quick Reference Card

2) Reference: Locations of Word 2003 Commands in Word 2007

This tutorial article explains and demonstrates elements of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface in Microsoft Word 2007. It also provides lists of commands that you may already be familiar with in Word 2003, showing you how to perform the same feature or function in Word 2007.

• Introducing the new interface
• Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
• New locations of familiar commands

3) New Features in Word 2007

Word New Features - Pages 2 and 3:

1. New Features in Word 2007
2. Radically New Look for Word 2007

4) Word 2007 Ribbon Mapping from Word 2003

This is an spreadsheet (.xls) that will help you become familiar with the menu and toolbar options in Word 2007. It maps all of the menu and toolbar features and options in Word 2003 to the equivalent in Word 2007 for each of the following:

• File menu
• Edit menu
• View menu
• Insert menu
• Format menu
• Tools menu
• Table menu
• Window menu
• Help menu
• Standard toolbar
• Formatting toolbar
• AutoText toolbar
• Control Toolbox toolbar
• Database toolbar
• Drawing toolbar
• E-mail toolbar
• Extended Formatting toolbar
• Forms toolbar
• Frames toolbar
• Function Key Display toolbar
• Ink Annotations
• Ink Drawing and Writing toolbar
• Mail Merge toolbar
• Outlining toolbar
• Picture toolbar
• Reviewing toolbar
• Tables and Borders toolbar
• Visual Basic toolbar
• Web toolbar
• Web Tools toolbar
• Word Count toolbar
• WordArt toolbar
• 3-D Settings toolbar
• Shadow Settings toolbar
• Drawing Canvas toolbar
• Organization Chart toolbar
• Diagram toolbar
• Header and Footer toolbar
• Full Screen toolbar
• Stop Recording toolbar
• Microsoft toolbar
• Print Preview toolbar
• AutoSummarize toolbar
• Exit Design Mode toolbar
• Text Box toolbar
• Refresh toolbar
• Reading Layout toolbar
• Compare Side by Side toolbar
• System toolbar
• Online Meeting toolbar