The Exploring series helps students master the "How and Why" of performing tasks in Office to gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems. Exploring titles feature "Perfect pages "where every step of every hands-on exercise as well as every end-of-chapter problem begins on a new page and has its own screen shot to make it easier to follow. Each chapter contains Hands-on Exercises, Capstone Exercises, and Mini-Cases for practicing and reviewing skills acquired. "Exploring Microsoft Office Word 2007, Comprehensive, 1/e "covers the following topics: getting started with Word; editing, formatting, and enhancing documents with tables and graphics; share, compare, and document; advanced features such as wizards, templates, and mail merges; desktop publishing; expert user features such as forms, document protection, and macros;introduction to xHTML by creating a home page and a web site.Ideal for students and individuals seeking a comprehensive introduction to Microsoft Word 2007.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - What Will Word Processing Do for Me?       Section 1 Introduction to Word Processing         Understanding Word Basics         Using AutoText         Viewing a Document         Using the Mini Toolbar             Hands-On Exercise #1:  Introduction to Microsoft Word       Section 2 Document Formatting         Setting Margins and Specifying Page Orientation         Inserting Page Breaks         Adding Page Numbers         Inserting Headers and Footers         Creating Sections         Inserting a Cover Page         Using Find and Replace Commands             Hands-On Exercise #2: Document Organization       Section 3 The Final Touches         Checking Spelling and Grammar         Using Save and Backup Options         Selecting Printing Options         Customizing Word             Hands-On Exercise #3: The Final Touches       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 2 - Gaining Proficiency: Editing and Formatting       Section 1 Text Formatting         Applying Font Attributes Through the Font Dialog Box         Highlighting Text         Controlling Word Wrapping with Nonbreaking Hyphens and Nonbreaking Spaces         Copying Formats with the Format Painter             Hands-on exercise #1: Character Formatting       Section 2 Paragraph Formats         Setting Off Paragraphs with Tabs, Borders, Lists, and Columns         Applying Paragraph Formats             Hands-on exercise #2: Paragraph formatting       Section 3 Styles and Document References         Creating and Modifying Styles         Hands-on exercise #3: Styles         Table of Contents and Indexes             Hands-on exercise #4: Reference Pages       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 3 - Enhancing a Document: Tables and Graphics       Section 1 Tables         Inserting a Table             Hands-On Exercise #1: Insert a Table       Section 2 Advanced Table Features         Formatting a Table         Sort and Apply Formulas to Table Data         Converting Text to a table             Hands-On Exercise #2: Advanced Table Features       Section 3 Graphic Tools         Inserting Clipart and Images into a Document         Formatting a Graphic Element         Inserting WordArt into a Document         Inserting Symbols into a Document             Hands-On Exercise #3: Clip Art, WordArt, and Symbols       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 4 - Share, Compare, and Document       Section 1 Workgroups and Collaboration         Inserting Comments in a Document         Tracking Changes in a Document             Hands-On Exercise #1: Document Collaboration       Section 2 Multiple Documents         Viewing Documents Side by Side         Comparing and Combining Documents         Creating Master Documents and Subdocuments         Using Navigation Tools             Hands-On Exercise #2: Document Comparison, Mergers, and Navigation       Section 3 Reference Resources         Acknowledging a Source         Creating a Bibliography         Selecting the Writing Style         Creating and Modifying Footnotes and Endnotes             Hands-On Exercise #3: Reference Resources       Section 4 Additional Reference Resources         Adding Figure References         Inserting a Table of Figures         Adding Legal References         Creating a Cross-Reference         Modifying Document Properties             Hands-On Exercise #4: Additional Reference Resources       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 5 — Productivity Tools: Templates, Themes, and Mail Merge       Section 1: Document Templates         Selecting a Template from the New Document Window         Using a Resume Template         Creating a Word Template             Hands-On Exercise #1:  Design a Document using Templates       Section 2: Document Themes         Customizing Theme Colors         Customizing Theme Fonts and Effects             Hands-On Exercise #2: Use Office 2007 Themes       Section 3: Mail Merge         Selecting a Main Document         Sorting Records in a Data Source         Inserting Merge Fields         Merging a Main Document with a Data Source             Hands-On Exercise #3: Use Mail Merge       Section 4: External Data Sources         Using Excel Worksheets as a Data Source         Using Access Databases as a Data Source             Hands-On Exercise #4: Use Excel and Access Data Sources       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 6 - Desktop Publishing: Creating a Newsletter, Using Graphic Design, and Linking Objects       Section 1 Desktop Publishing         Constructing a Newsletter         Developing a Document Design             Hands-On Exercise #1: Design a Newsletter       Section 2 Drawing Tools and Special Effects         Inserting Drawing Shapes         Inserting SmartArt         Inserting a Text Box         Formatting Graphical Objects         Grouping and Layering Objects         Flipping and Rotating Objects             Hands-On Exercise #2: Work with Objects       Section 3 Object Linking and Embedding         Using OLE to Insert an Object         Updating a Linked Object             Hands-On Exercise #3: Object Linking and Embedding       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 7 - The Advanced User: Forms, Document Security, and Macros       Section 1 Forms         Creating an Electronic form         Inserting Form Controls         Protecting a Form             Hands-On Exercise #1: Create a Form       Section 2 Document Protection and Authentication         Marking a Document as Final         Setting Formatting Restrictions         Setting Editing Restrictions         Setting Passwords to Open a Document         Using Digital Signatures to Authenticate Documents             Hands-On Exercise #2: Protecting Documents       Section 3 Introduction to Macros         Recording a Macro         Running a Macro             Hands-On Exercise #3: Using Macros       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases   Chapter 8 — Word and the Internet: Web Pages, XML, and Blogs       Section 1 Web Pages         Building a Web Page         Apply Themes and Background Color to a Web Page         Inserting Hyperlinks in a Web Page         Inserting Bookmarks in a Web Page         Previewing a Web Page         Publishing a Web Page             Hands-On Exercise #1: Creating a Web Page       Section 2 Extensible Markup Language (XML)         Understanding XML         Attaching an XML Schema             Hands-On Exercise #2: Working with XML       Section 3 Blogs         Create a Blog Post         Using the Research Task Pane             Hands-On Exercise #3: Creating a Blog Post       Summary     Key Terms     Practice Exercises     Mid-Level Exercises     Capstone Exercise     Mini Cases