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Add Background Color to MS Word 2007 Documents

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

MS Word 2007 has some cool features that make word processing a lot more fun. For instance, if you want to dress up a document with a little background color, it is very easy to do now.  I’m not saying that I think colored backgrounds should be used all the time as it doesn’t present a very professional image, but there are times when it can be quite appropriate, such as Christmas newsletters, sale ads, etc.

Follow the steps below to add a color background to your 2007 Word documents:

  1. Launch MS Word 2007 if it is not already open.
  2. Open the document in which you would like a color background.
  3. On the Ribbon, click the Page Layout tab.
  4. In the Page Background group, click the drop-down arrow next to Page Color and select the color you would like for your background.

  • One of the nicest features of MS Word 2007 is that you can hover your mouse over each color to see a preview of how your document will look with that background.
  • Select the background color you like.

That’s it!  You are finished!

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Word 2007 – Hide and Restore the Ribbon

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Yes, you can hide the Ribbon in MS Word 2007 if you want to free up some valuable real estate on your screen.

  • All you have to do is double-click the tab, and click on CTRL + F1, or right-click and select Minimize the Ribbon.
  • The Ribbon will now be treated almost like a menu; that is, it will remain hidden until you click the tab or use the Alt key to bring up keystrokes.

It’s nice to know that you still have some choices!

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Word 2007 – Using Change Case & Clear Formatting Commands

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

There are a couple of ways to make formatting easier for you in MS Word 2007 and I am al about saving time and keystrokes!

It isn’t always intuitive where to find everything on the Ribbon in Word 2007 but this should help you out. You could change case and clear formatting in older versions of MS Word and now I will tell you how to accomplish the same thing in the latest version!

To change case in your document, follow the steps below:

  1. Open the Home Tab.
  2. In the Font group, click the Change Case command.
  3. Select the case that is suitable.
  4. You can also use the shortcut Shift + F3 to do the same thing.

The command Clear Formatting is very intuitive and does exactly what you think it would.

If, after you have made several formatting changes to a paragraph, you decide that you liked it better before you made the changes, you can reveerse it back to the way you want it very quickly.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. Select the paragraph.
  2. Open the Home tab.
  3. In the Font group, click Clear Formatting.

Word will remove all formatting from the selected text, returning it to your document’s default formats.

Remember,  you do not want to use the Undo button because if you have added any text, you run the risk of undoing that as well!

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