The scroll bars

Scroll bars can be visible either horizontally or vertically along the right and the bottom of our document window.
At the end of the scroll bars, we have arrows, which indicate the direction in which it can be scrolled.
We use the scroll bars to scroll through our documents, that’s pretty obvious.
You can use the arrows at the end of the scroll bar, or you can click with the mouse in the bar and scroll faster to the bottom or top right.
Those of you who have a mouse with a wheel, can use this to scroll vertically in the document.
At the bottom of the vertical scroll bar, we find three buttons:

Previous page: Clicking on this button will take us to the previous page in a document with multiple pages. The same is accomplished by the “Page Up” button on your keyboard.
Select Browse Object: Clicking this button opens a window where you can select the object you want to browse. Default is set to “Browse by Page”. Select another item, and click the button with the downward or upward pointing arrows.
Next page: Clicking on this button will take us to the next page in a document with multiple pages. The same is accomplished by the “Page Down” button on your keyboard.

The View buttons

The view buttons are located right at the bottom of the application window.

We use these buttons to display our document.
By default, the “Print view” is selected, which is the most common view when we see our document.
Unless otherwise stated, this view is used in subsequent lessons of this course.
This representation allows us to see the document when it will be printed.
The second view is the “Full Screen Reading”. This document is used when we want to see the document in full screen size.
The third view is the “Web Layout”. This we use when we create a document that will be published on the Internet.
The fourth view is “Outline”. This view shows how a document is composed and makes it easier to change the structure of a document.
And the fifth view is “Draft”. This view is useful for editing and formatting text.
A second way to switch to another view is by clicking, the tab “View” in the ribbon, and choosng the view in the “Document Map”.

The zoom slider

We use the zoom slider to zoom in when we would like to have a closer view or to zoom out when we would like to have a smaller size view of the document.

Move the slider to the left to zoom out, or move the slider to the right to zoom in.
A second way to do this is by clicking the “-” and “+” buttons.
A third way is clicking the tab “View” in the ribbon, and use the buttons “Zoom in/Zoom out”.
I think these are obvious and need no further explanation.

The status bar

At the bottom of the application window we find the status bar.

In the status bar we find basic information on the page where we are, the number of words used in this page, the language setting, the macro record and playback buttons, plus the zoom slider.
We can adjust the information that is displayed in this bar.
To do this, right-click the status bar.
In the drop-down menu that appears, the objects shown are checked shown in the status bar.
If you want to add some more objects, click the ones that are not checked and they will be added.
If you want to delete, click the objects that are checked.

The Mini toolbar

Another new tool in Word 2007 is the Mini toolbar.
The Mini toolbar appears transparent when your mouse pointer moves over selected text.

The transparency disappears when the mouse pointer is over the toolbar.

We can use the Mini toolbar to quickly format the selected text.

Shortcuts

For those of you who do not know what a shortcut is, a shortcut is a key on our keyboards that we press to perform a function.

If you often work with certain programs, you can sometimes save a lot of time when you use keyboard shortcuts.
Do you have trouble remembering all the different shortcuts, then Word 2007 makes it very easy for you to recall any of them quickly.

The only thing you should do is click and hold the ALT key on your keyboard.
You’ll be able to see which letter or number you have to combine with the ALT key to press that particular command.

The shortcuts created in earlier versions of Word that were used, can still be applied.
Only now you can see it no longer stands behind the various tasks in the various menu bars.

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