Entering text

When we open Word 2007, a new document is automatically displayed on our screen, the cursor blinks on the first line of the document.
When you start typing a small amount of text, and press the Enter key on your keyboard, the cursor will move onto the next line. Word considers this text as a paragraph.
This is important to know when you start to make paragraphs.

If you have a large amount of typing text, Word will automatically continue on the next line when you reach the end of a line.
This is called automatic return.

Save and Save As …

Once we have data typed in our document, we store it.
To save a document, click the Office button that is located on the top left of the application.
In the list that appears we have two options: “Save” and “Save As … ”
The option “Save” allows us, to save a previously saved document in which changes have been made .
The option “Save as …” allows us to save our document with an appropriate name. It also allows us, to store a previously saved document under a new name.

When we choose the option “Save as …” and click on the item “Word document”, a  dialog box will ope.

By default, Microsoft Word will save your document in the folder “My Documents”.
You can navigate to any folder on your computer to save the file.

Word saves your file with the extension .docx .
.docx is the new extension for Word 2007, earlier versions of Word have the extension .doc
Give the file a suitable name, and click the “Save” button.
This saves the file in the folder of your choice, under the name that you entered.

The name of our document will appear in the title bar.

If you later change data in your document, click the “Save” button in the toolbar “Quick Access”. This will save the document under the same name in the same folder.
If you want the older version of the document to be retained, click the Office button, choose “Save As” option and give the document a different name.

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