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This post was written by HarryDelgado on January 11, 2009
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File Formats Old And New In Word 2007
Microsoft Word 2007 can work with documents in three file formats. The native Word 2007 format has the new file extension “.docx”. Whenever you save a file in this format, it can use the full range of facilities and features found in Word 2007, with the exception of macros. If a Word 2007 document contains any macros, it must be saved in a different file format using the extension “.docm”.
As well as these two native formats, Word 2007 is also capable of both opening and creating new documents using the “.doc” file extension, the file extension found in previous versions of Word. Word 2007 files saved with this file extension will not have access to the complete range of features found with in Word 2007. Features which were introduced in 2007, such as Themes, will not be available in any documents saved with the file extension “.doc”.
Whenever a new Word 2007 document is saved for the first-time these three file format options are available in a drop-down menu labelled “Save As Type”. Unless you choose a different option, new documents will be saved with the file extension “.docx”. However, if you’re sharing the document with a person using an older version of Word, you can save it in a backward compatible format, using the file extension “.doc”.
When you open any document containing a macro, by default, Word displays a security message notifying you that macros have been disabled. You can then, optionally, click on Options and enable the content if we want to.
When you open a file created in a previous version of Microsoft Word, Word 2007 does not automatically convert this file to the new format. For convenience, it leaves it in the old format and goes into a special working mode called “Compatibility Mode”. (It displays the words “Compatibility Mode” in brackets next to the document.)
As long as the file remains in compatibility mode, you can still continue working on it, making changes to the document and saving those changes. However, certain new 2007 features, such as Themes, will not be available. If you place the mouse over the Themes group of the Page Layout Tab, you will see a tool tip saying: “This document has been opened in compatibility mode. To use this feature convert your document to a new file format. Click on the Office button and then click convert.” If you do as the message invites you to, “Compatibility Mode” disappears from the title bar and when we save the file Word changes the file extension and the document will then have been converted to the Word 2007 format.
If you find yourself in an environment where both Word 2007 and older versions are in use, Microsoft has provided another solution. It is possible to install an update called the Office Compatibility Pack. This makes it possible for older versions of all the Microsoft Office packages to open the new file formats.
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Author is a developer and trainer with OnSiteTrainingCourses.Coms, a UK IT training company offering Microsoft Word training courses in London and throughout the UK.
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This post was written by Mark Matthews on January 11, 2009
Basing A Dreamweaver Page On A Preset CSS Layout
Cascading style sheets (CSS) is a far more complex technology than HTML and using CSS to control the layout of your pages requires experience. Fortunately, Dreamweaver offers a wide variety of CSS layouts which you can use to create both individual pages and also templates which can then be used to generate multiple pages.
To gain access to Dreamweaver’s CSS layouts, simply choose New from the File menu. The New Document window displays all the different types of web page that Dreamweaver is capable of creating. These are arranged in categories and CSS layouts are available both in the Blank Page and Blank Template categories.
If the option “None” is chosen in the Layout column, no CSS file will be created; Dreamweaver will simply create a blank HTML or XHTML page. Clicking on the name of each of the layouts displays a preview on the right. This gives you an idea of what the layout will look like. There are single column, two column and three column layouts available. These layouts use terms that you may find confusing such as elastic, fixed liquid and hybrid. We will come back to these terms in another tutorial. At the moment, we are just concerned with creating an HTML page which is driven by a CSS file.
Having chosen a CSS layout, before clicking on the “Create” button you need to specify the way in which the CSS file will be linked to the HTML document. Next to the option labelled “Layout CSS” is a drop-down menu with three options: “Add to Head” will place all of the CSS rules inside the HTML document in the head section; “Add to New File”, as the name suggests, will create a new external CSS file containing all the necessary rules; while “Link to Existing File” will place the necessary CSS rules in an existing CSS file you designate. This last option is useful if you’re adding the page to an existing site that already has a CSS file which you want to keep using.
As a general rule, it is normally preferable to place the CSS in an external file since this offers you greater flexibility in reusing the CSS rules contained in the file. If you don’t have an existing CSS file then choose “Create New File” and then click the Create button. Dreamweaver will prompt you to choose a location for the CSS file and will suggest a cryptic name, such as ” twoColElsLtHdr.css”. Feel free to enter a more memorable name. When you click the Save button, Dreamweaver will create both the HTML and CSS pages.
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The writer of this article is a developer and trainer with Macresource Computer Solutions, a UK IT training company offering Adobe Dreamweaver training courses at their central London training centre.
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This post was written by Andrew Whiteman on January 11, 2009
Select Text With The Mouse In Word 2007
Before you can do anything to your text in the way of formatting in Microsoft Word 2007, you need to highlight it. Highlighting a piece of text is a way of telling Word that you want to work only with the selected text. (Highlighting is also known as selecting.)
The most straightforward way of highlighting text is to position the cursor where you want to start highlighting, click and hold the mouse button down and drag to the position where you want the highlight to end. It is not essential to drag across every single line that you want to highlight. It’s sufficient to move the mouse in a straight line from the start to the finish. To deselect your text and get rid of the highlight, click anywhere in the text. The blinking cursor will then reappear.
Highlighting entire lines
Another simple way of highlighting text is to select the entire document. This is done with the Select All command. In Microsoft Word 2007 the Select All command is found in the Editing group of the Home Tab of the Ribbon. Click to obtain the drop-down menu; click on Select and then choose Select All. The Select All command is found in lots of programs and lots of environments. It can also be accessed via the keyboard using Control-a: that is to say, hold down the Control key while typing the letter “a”.
Highlighting lines
As well as highlighting characters by dragging across them, Word also allows you to select lines of text. To do this, position the cursor in the left margin and you’ll notice that the cursor changes to an arrow pointing to the right. Once the cursor has changed, you can simply click to select a single line or click, hold down the mouse button and drag to select several lines.
Using the Select All command
Another simple way of highlighting text is to select the entire document. This is done with the Select All command. In Microsoft Word 2007 the Select All command is found in the Editing group of the Home Tab of the Ribbon. Click to obtain the drop-down menu; click on Select and then choose Select All. The Select All command is found in lots of programs and lots of environments. It can also be accessed via the keyboard using Control-a: that is to say, hold down the Control key while typing the letter “a”.
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Author is a developer and trainer with Macresource Computer Solutions, an independent computer training company offering Microsoft Word training courses in London and throughout the UK.
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This post was written by Dwight Davidson on January 11, 2009
