Using Hot Keys
The efficiency of working at a computer largely depends on how quickly you can use a particular tool. Therefore, knowing the shortcut keys for various Windows 7 functions will significantly save time spent on various tasks, and will also simplify many actions in the operating system. For example, to switch between open windows it is convenient to use not only the familiar “Alt+Tab”, but also the “Win+Tab” combination. Moreover, in the second case, it will be possible to observe a beautiful three-dimensional effect of windows sliding in three-dimensional space - Flip 3D. The standard switch also contains a small “zest” - when you press “Alt+Tab”, thumbnails of windows of running applications will appear on the screen. These images have the same property as the thumbnails that appear above the taskbar - when you hover your mouse over one of the thumbnails, the contents of that window are displayed on the screen. To switch to it, just right-click on the thumbnail image.
Hot keys will help you quickly launch applications located on the taskbar. To launch these applications, use the keyboard shortcuts "Win+1", "Win+2", "Win+3", "Win+4", etc., and the number of the digit you select to launch the application corresponds to the number icon on the taskbar. For example, in the case shown in the figure, the keyboard shortcut "Win+7" will open the Google Chrome browser window.
Another convenient command is designed to expand the window to full screen - simultaneously pressing the Win key and "" (up arrow). The reverse command is very easy to remember - Win and "↓" (down arrow) minimize windows. Pressing the Win key and "→" (right arrow) or "Win"+"←" (left arrow) allows you to quickly snap a window to the edge of the monitor's working area, half the screen. The keyboard shortcut in this case is even more convenient than the standard method of arranging windows using the mouse, which we discussed earlier. Moreover, if you use more than one monitor that displays different parts of the desktop, dragging an application window to the "border" between monitors may not work. When working with multiple displays, it is convenient to “throw” application windows from one screen to another using the combination “Win+Shift+←” (left arrow) or “Win+Shift+→” (right arrow). In the new version of Windows, it has become very convenient to open a copy of an already running application. To do this, click on the program button on the taskbar while holding down the "Shift" key.
⇡ New and old standard applications
Probably the first thing you want to do after installing a new operating system is to look at the Start menu and explore the set of standard utilities that Windows 7 is armed with. At first glance, it may seem that there have been no significant changes - in the list of pre-installed programs you can see a standard set of small but useful applications such as Calculator, Wordpad.... and, of course, Paint. Take the time to launch them - most familiar applications are significantly different from those you worked with in previous versions of Windows. And besides, in Windows 7 you can find several completely new utilities that were not present in previous versions of this operating system.Updated WordPad
We believe that upon opening the updated WordPad text editor, many users will freeze for a second in bewilderment. The interface of the new version of the word processor integrated into Windows 7 is very similar to the appearance of the popular MS Word editor.
It now features the visual Ribbon interface that users were first introduced to in MS Office 2007 and which has been adopted by many Windows application developers. This interface itself is very convenient - all the tools are always at the user’s fingertips. If the work area seems small, the Ribbon toolbar can be hidden. To do this, click on one of the tabs, and then select the "Minimize the ribbon" command. In order to have access to the most important functions of the editor, the necessary tools can be placed on the Quick Access Toolbar. To do this, right-click on any of the tools in the Ribbon panel and select the “Add to Quick Access Toolbar” command.
The number of tabs on the WordPad toolbar is much smaller than in MS Word, which, however, is not surprising - in terms of its capabilities, Word, as before, is two heads higher than the integrated word processor. However, if you explore the tools in the tabs, you may find some new tools. Thus, WordPad now supports highlighting text with color, offers additional options for changing the color of characters, contains advanced capabilities for working with lists (you can choose one of several list options, including numbered ones), and supports line breaks.
In the lower right corner of the WordPad window there is the same slider as in Word for scaling the work area window. In previous versions, you could change the scale by holding down the "CTRL" key and simultaneously rotating the mouse wheel. Now you can also use the slider. By pressing the "-" and "+" buttons you can zoom out/increase by 10%.
New scaling tools can also be found in the Ribbon panel if you go to the View tab.
The new WordPad supports opening and editing Office Open XML files created in the latest versions of Word (they have a .docx extension). In addition, it can now be used to work with .odt files, which are used by default to save documents in OpenOffice.org and IBM Lotus Symphony. Please note that the contents of these files are not fully supported. So, if a file contains complex formatting elements that are not available in WordPad, then when resaving the file in this program, they may be lost, which the word processor warns the user about. Therefore, if there is a need to edit a .docx document, you should not overwrite it - it is better to save it as a separate copy. One of the interesting innovations of WordPad is integration with the Paint program. To insert a graphic image into a text document with the possibility of further editing, you can use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + D" or click the "Paint Drawing" button on the Ribbon panel. The convenience of this integration is that the drawing created in Paint does not need to be saved - after closing the editor, the new image will be automatically inserted into the document.
Redesigned Paint
The Ribbon interface is not only present in the new WordPad, it can also be seen in the Paint program. Thanks largely to this, he has changed so much that it is almost impossible to recognize an old friend in the new program.
As in WordPad, here you can minimize the ribbon, thereby increasing the work area.
In previous versions of Windows, the Paint graphics editor did not stand up to criticism, and the only category of users of this program were children. The updated version of this application is also poorly suited for any serious work, despite the fact that some changes have occurred. For example, in Paint it became possible to use a tool for cropping images (Crop). It works very simply - just select the desired area in the picture and press the corresponding button on the Ribbon panel or use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+X". Another tool that no graphic editor can do without today is a virtual brush. The new version of Paint has a small library of different brushes that allow you to apply strokes to an image with virtual brushes with different profiles.
The program has also increased the range of shapes that can be created: in addition to polygons, the new editor can use various popular shapes - cloud, lightning, star and other elements that are excellent for creating flowcharts, presentation slides, etc. The new Paint has improved tools for resizing images. Resizing options can now be specified in percentages or pixels. The highlighting tools have also been improved. By selecting image fragments, you can decide whether to include the background color in the selection. To do this, use the "Transparent Selection" option in the "Image > Select" menu.
The new editor also contains a number of additional commands for using the edited image as desktop wallpaper (centering the desktop, tiling, or scaling the image to fit the desktop).
"Sticky Notes" - quick reminders on your desktop
In order not to forget about important things that need to be done, many people use sticky notes, attaching them in a visible place, not far from the computer, often just on the monitor. Such notes usually contain reminders of what needs to be done and at what time. The Sticky Notes utility allows you to save on the purchase of such sticky notes - in Windows 7 you can leave virtual notes with messages on your desktop. Just select the utility from the Start menu, and the new note will immediately appear on the desktop on top of all windows. By default, the notes are yellow, but the color of the “leaflets” can be changed if desired.
The Notes application can be used for important notes, for temporary notes (for example, to quickly write down someone's address while the notepad is not at hand), and also if you need to send a message to a work colleague who will come to work on the same computer in your absence.
"Calculator": converting quantities and other interesting features
It is difficult to imagine how this tool for simple calculations could be made more convenient. And yet, Microsoft developers have made an attempt to improve this small but very useful utility. Let's start with the fact that the new version of the calculator has not two (as was the case in Windows XP), but four operating modes. To the standard view of the calculator and interface for engineering calculations, two more options have been added in Windows 7 - “Programmer” and “Statistics”.
In the "Programmer" mode, the calculator can perform calculations in different number systems - binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal. Therefore, working in this mode is only possible with integers. When switching to the "Statistics" mode, the calculator can be used to analyze and process statistical data. In this mode, you can work with entire arrays of numbers, for example, calculate the total sum of entered values, calculate relative and absolute errors, etc. The new calculator has a history of previous calculations. This feature will be especially useful if you forget what step you are in during complex calculations. To turn it off, select the “History” command from the “View” menu. Calculation history works in all modes except statistics. For normal and engineering modes it is saved separately. Note that the calculation history can not only be viewed, but also edited. Just click on the line with one of the previous calculations, and you will be able to edit it.
While new calculator operating modes and the history of calculations are features that will be of interest primarily to those whose work is related to numbers, such new features as converting values, calculating time between dates and calculating mortgage interest can be useful in everyday life for absolutely everyone. Previously, to convert values you had to use third-party utilities or online services, but now you can get by with a standard calculator. By turning on the Unit Conversions feature in the View menu, you can convert units of time, power, volume, area, speed, temperature, energy, length, pressure, weight, etc. Using the new function is very simple: first you need to select the type of value, then indicate from which units and to which you want to convert, and then enter the value.
If you need to find out how much time has passed between certain days, you can now use the Date calculation function, which can also be found in the View menu. It works in two modes: in the first, using the calendar, you can specify two dates, the interval between which you need to find out (it will be shown in days, as well as in weeks, months and years).
In the second mode, you select one date, and then specify how many years, months and days to add (or subtract) to it, after which the calculator produces the result as a second date.
The new calculator can calculate the amount of payments on a mortgage and other loans. If you open the "Mortgage" section in the "View>Sheets" menu (View>Worksheets), you can calculate the amount of the initial and monthly payments, find out the total cost of purchase, and also determine how many years you can pay off the debt. In the same submenu "Sheets" there are tools for calculating fuel consumption.
Math Input Panel: Handwriting math expressions
This small but very useful utility appeared for the first time in Windows 7. Its purpose is manual input and recognition of mathematical expressions (symbols, formulas, all kinds of functions and equations). This tool is especially useful for users who use computers that support touchscreen functionality. A small utility allows you to turn your computer screen into a visual aid that can be used when teaching schoolchildren and students, conducting presentations and lectures. This program can significantly save the time required to type mathematical formulas that contain a large number of special characters. Now you don’t need to insert them into a line one by one; it’s enough to write them more or less legibly by hand, and the program itself will “understand” the written text. The mathematical input panel works in real time. In the input field, the user draws characters with a mouse pointer or a special pen, which are recognized by the program in real time, literally on the fly. "Math Input Panel" supports symbols for vector expressions, trigonometric functions, logic elements, 3D analytical geometry, any arithmetic calculations, etc.
The utility contains several tools for correcting incorrectly entered or incorrectly recognized text. For example, you can use the Undo tool to remove the last character you typed incorrectly, or use the Erase tool to remove any of your handwritten characters. Since the handwriting recognition algorithm cannot be perfect (you must admit, we ourselves sometimes look at written text and cannot make out someone else’s scribbles), some characters are detected by the program incorrectly. To correct the situation, you can select the problem area and call up the program’s context menu, in which the “Math Input Panel” will show all the symbols that it can “see” in the illegible text. The user can then select the appropriate symbol. Using the "Insert" button, you can add a formula written and recognized by the utility to a text document in MS Word.
Word 2007 is a text editor designed for processing text documents. This application appeared in January 2007 and turned out to be more demanding than its predecessor Word 2003. Also, Word 2007 is available for Windows XP users with SP2 installed.
Just like other programs in the “office” package, the updated Word received a new text file format, docx. This format cannot be opened in earlier versions of the editor, but it can be converted to doc. The 2007 version supports the old well-known doc format.
Word 2007 free download in Russian Word:
This text editor is a component of the larger Microsoft Office 2007 software package. Like Excel and PowerPoint 2007, it has received an updated user interface. The basis of this interface is the ribbon menu, which is implemented as sets of thematic commands grouped into tabs corresponding to the theme of the set.
How to install Word 2007
Launch the program, click start installation
Click setting
Select the programs you need mark the rest not to install, office facilities we always leave it.
If there is a problem with downloading:
It appeared a long time ago, as for rapidly developing software technologies. To date, this application has gone through two more modifications: in 2010 and 2013. However, the 2007 version remains one of the most popular among users, although in January of that year it was looked at with some distrust, since it was very different from Word 2003.
In terms of functionality, Word 2007 has become slightly richer than its predecessor from 2003, while also retaining all its best achievements.
- Auto save and auto restore files. These features are now easier to find to configure. They allow the word processor to automatically save a document and also restore it if the computer suddenly turns off.
- Blog post. For avid bloggers, Word 2007 has a separate feature that allows them to publish their materials directly from the application window.
- Comparison of documents. This feature makes it easy to analyze and compare two documents. See the changes made both in the text and in the tables.
- Formula editor. In this version of Word, inserting and editing a formula is much easier than in the 2003 version, which may not have had a component for editing formulas.
- Document inspector. This function allows you to detect hidden text and unwanted comments in a document.
- Quick styles. The Home tab displays a whole set of ready-made styles for text. With one click, the user can easily change the style of their document.
- WordArt. This function will allow you to add three-dimensional text to a text document and apply the desired style to it.
- Express blocks. This feature is an excellent opportunity to avoid getting caught up in the routine of writing many identical pieces of text. It is enough to save a frequently used fragment in an express block, and then use it throughout the document.
Microsoft Word is a well-known application whose main purpose is to create and edit text documents. The functional content of the product allows you to create documents of various types, using various methods of formatting and structuring the text.
Despite the fact that the program is a component of the Microsoft Office office suite, you can also download Microsoft Word for free and as a standalone application. Given its fairly extensive tools and set of functions, Word can be used everywhere, both in school and everyday life, and as corporate software.
Word itself is positioned as a text editor, but this does not mean that when working with it you will be limited to only lettered information. The rich interface makes it possible to use all kinds of graphic objects, shapes, tables, diagrams, drawings, etc.
Microsoft Word Features
- Wide range of text formatting options. Using the program's tools, you can create a text document of any type, adhering to all requirements and standards.
- In addition to ready-made styles, you can independently choose the font, size of the font, highlight the necessary elements in italics, underlined text, etc. You can download additional fonts on the official website of the developer.
- A rich library of original WordArt inscriptions will decorate your document with unusual characters and headings.
- Draw tables using standard parameters or manually set the required number of rows and columns.
- Create diagrams right on the page using Word's built-in functions.
- Automatic spell checking will prevent you from making mistakes when typing.
- Lots of free reviewing tools.
- Easy interaction with other office suite programs. This way you can insert spreadsheets from Excel into your Word project or instantly send files via email using Outlook.
If you decide to install Microsoft Word on your computer, we recommend that you familiarize yourself in detail with all its editions and pay attention to the system requirements of each of them.
The first thing you notice when you open it Word 2007– a completely new user interface. Menu bars and toolbars are replaced with ribbons that contain a list of thematic commands. You can switch between tabs either manually or automatically when performing a certain action. However, despite the completely redesigned appearance, this is not the main innovation.
New Word 2007 formats
In the 2007 version of Word, it switched to the international Open XML standard. According to this standard, a *.docx file is several xml documents, compressed and packed into a zip archive, which is much smaller in size than a similar file in *.doc format. At the same time, the documents no longer contain macro commands or code. This took the security system to a new level, making it impossible to introduce malicious code into the document. The use of macros is supported in *.docm and *.dotm formats, in them it is performed without changes, as in Word 2003.
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