Thread: Word 2007: office evolution Part 2

Following the withdrawal of Word 2003, the reaction of most people on the programme was about this: nothing new. In designing a previous version of office suite focused on the means to work together to be fully appreciated only corporate users of the program. But Word 2007 on such opinion can hardly be heard: the new interface of the program is possible to simplify access to a multitude of functions. It can be said that the distance from the user to many teams reduced to two mouse clicks. This is very competently done: if the team does not want, then they will not interfere with - you do not notice them. But if they need long they will not have to go.

Easier creation of lists
These commands include, for example, tools for working with lists. In previous versions of Word numbered or bulleted list can be established with the command context menu or by clicking on the toolbar. In the first case appeared on the screen of the window, where it was necessary to select the type of list, as well as its format. Using the buttons on the toolbar slightly simplified the task - the list of standard settings created immediately, but to change the marker or symbols that are used for the numbering had to go to the dialog.

Working with graphics
In previous versions of Word tools for working with graphics were made to the dashboard "Drawing". You had to hand to display and hide it. Thus, if the means for editing graphics were needed from time to time, the panel "Drawing", as a rule, remained on the screen, reducing the working area.

In Word 2007 tools to work with images appear only when a new document is added or allocated existing picture. As soon as the cursor is moved to a region of text, tab Working with drawings disappeared without trace. Incidentally, the same applies to some of the other elements of the document. All tools for working with diagrams, tables, objects SmartArt merged on separate tabs, which do not appear until the appropriate item will not be selected.



The various effects are hidden in the menus offered by clicking on almost every button. Here you can find friends and shadow effects and volume settings, and many others, such as funds for repainting images harvesting to add shadows, reflection and much more. To see how the picture will look to the applied effect can not even be using it - when you hover the cursor on the menu item effect immediately applied to the image. Once you roll over to another effect, it changes.

Objects SmartArt
Objects SmartArt - a new type of graphic elements available to users Word 2007. Such objects are something middle between diagrams and figures. They can provide a variety of information in a user-friendly graphical blocks.

To be inserted in the document object SmartArt, you have to press a button on the homonymous the "Box" on the tape. Near there is a description of each layout.For example, the version of the "funnel" is designed to focus attention on the concepts, which are converging into a single whole, and the layout of "Divergent arrows designed to process two opposing ideas in the sense of, among which must make a choice.

Themes document
One of the most convenient means of formatting text in Word - genre. Recall that language c are a set of formatting attributes, that is, may include a headset and fonts, alignment, and others. Q allotted fragment all the attributes of the text formatting styles are applied simultaneously. This is the first usability styles. Second comfort in the fact that the genre allows, asking once the necessary parameters to use them all the time, even in different documents.

Thanks to this topic document provides the ability to quickly change the formatting of text, tables and special elements that occur in the document. Meanwhile, all components are designed in the same style, and you do not have to wonder whether the title to the text and not whether it is necessary to increase the spacing interval.

References
If it came to the great instruments, one can not help but remember another novelty Word 2007 - the automatic creation of a list of literature. Design of such a list - mandatory part of any of the scientific or academic work, whether a school or a doctoral dissertation abstract. Working on the project diploma or coursework, a student typically makes references to literature, placing them at the bottom of the page or at the end of the document. If you need to refer to the work of several times on the same book, you only have to enter data or the name, year of publication, publishing and other things second, or go first link.

In Word 2007, these tasks markedly simplified. To work with sources should switch to "Links" and refer to the buttons of the "Reference lists and literature
To add a new source must click "Insert Link" and select "Add a new source." In this window, creating a source select source. This could be a book section of the book, art magazines, art in the periodical, website, business, conference materials, interviews, film, performance audio, etc.

If in the process of working on the text again, insert a reference to the same publication, simply choose from the list of "Paste Link", which placed all sources with whom you are working within the current document.

To automatically adding to the list of literature document click on "References" and select one of the options Citation: as a list or as literature cited works. To change the design of the list, and fields that will be made in it, you can use the menu "style."



Document properties
Properties document in Word 2007 has been divided into major and less popular. Now, when calling the team "Properties" (which in the new version is in the "Produce" menu Office) appears area, "Conservation instrument." It consists of a mandatory field, which is the name of the document and its location, as well as a number of optional fields. Perhaps there is a mandatory field can not be changed, but all other fields can be filled. To move between them Tab key is used.

In some cases, the availability of information about the author and other data that can be saved in Word document creation and editing, is not desirable. In such cases, you can use the new command "Inspector documents." Since its launch a special master checks the file for comments, hidden text, headlines, information about the author, etc., and then automatically offers to remove the found information.

The plug to the Open Document format, which is used to store files in OpenOffice program and other applications, achieved thanks to supplement Open XML Translator. This is an open source project, which is distributed under the BSD License, and is sponsored by Microsoft. Converter, by the way, can be used not only with Office 2007, but with earlier versions of office suite - 2003 and XP.

Using Word can not register your blog, you can only use readily available. If you enter personal data do not check the box "Save Password", that when you send each message will need to enter a login and password manually. This feature is handy if you do a computer with someone else and did not want to leave a message on a blog on your behalf. While messages to your blog tape represented only two tabs. They are available only those tools that may be required to create records. On the "Writing a blog" available tools for formatting, editing, publishing, as well as to manage them. On the "Box" contains buttons for adding additional data in a blog: charts, raster images and vector drawings, WordArt objects, links, tables, objects SmartArt.

The window for text input is divided into two areas, separated by a horizontal line. In the area above the line must enter the titles. To do this, place the cursor and enter text. Then you can move on to the content of the message. If you have multiple blogs on different servers, you can easily managed. To do this, click the "Office accounts." In the box 'Accounts blog "displays a list of all stored accounts. With the assistance of the relevant buttons they can edit, delete and add new ones.

Using funds Word, you can not only create new entries, but editing is already available. To do this, select "Open existing." A window displaying "Opening the existing record, which will withdraw the names of all the blog entries. Just select the appropriate, and the publication can be edited.

Conclusion
Although the review has turned quite voluminous, we can not say that on all the news Word 2007. Compared with the previous version, the program has changed so that, probably, is much easier to answer the question: "that old?" Than the traditional question of "what's new?". As for the "old", we can only say with confidence that the Word is still a word processor, and the main element of its interface - is the working area for text input. Throughout the rest is a completely different program.