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Microsoft Office 2007 -
Illustrated
Working with Themes andBuilding Blocks
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Objectives
• Apply quick styles to text• Apply a theme• Customize a theme• Insert a sidebar
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Objectives (continued)
• Insert quick parts• Add a cover page• Create building blocks• Insert building blocks
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Applying Quick Styles to Text
• A style is a set of format settings that are named and stored together
• Quick Style sets are groups of related styles designed to be used together in a document• Give documents a cohesive look• Sets include styles for title, subtitle,
headings, body text, lists, quotes, and other text elements
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Applying Quick Styles to Text
(continued)• Saving a document as a Web page:
• Use the Save As command to save a document in HTML format
• Two options: Single File Web Page (.mht or .mhtml) or in Web Page (.htm or .html)
• Page is then displayed in Web Layout view
• Unsupported formatting options (e.g., floating graphics) are converted to similar supported formatting
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Applying a Theme
• A theme is a set of unified design elements• E.g., colors, fonts for body text and
headings, and effects for graphics• By default, the Office theme is used
• Use Themes command in Themes group on Page Layout tab
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Applying a Theme (continued)
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Applying a Theme (continued)
• Changing the default theme:• Press [Ctrl][N], click Themes button
(Themes group, Page Layout tab), and click theme to use as default
• Use buttons in Themes group to customize theme settings before saving it
• Or, use Change Styles button (Styles group, Home tab), and then use the Style Set, Colors, and Fonts options
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Customizing a Theme
• Customize a theme by• Changing its colors• Selecting new fonts for headings and
body text• Changing the effects
• Save customized theme as a new theme• Then, apply it to other documents
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Customizing a Theme
(continued)
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Inserting a Sidebar
• Building blocks are reusable pieces of formatted content or document parts that are stored in galleries• E.g., sidebars and pull quotes
• A sidebar is a text box positioned adjacent to the document body
• A pull quote contains a quote or excerpt from an article, formatted in a larger font size and placed on the same page
• Use Text Box command (Insert tab)
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Inserting a Sidebar (continued)
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Inserting a Sidebar (continued)
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Inserting Quick Parts
• Use Quick Parts to insert reusable pieces of content into a document• Fields: date, page numbers• Document properties: document title,
author• Building blocks
• Use Quick Parts command on Insert tab or on Header & Footer Tools Design tab
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Adding a Cover Page
• Many predesigned cover pages come with Word• Designs range from conservative and
business-like to colorful and attention-grabbing
• Each design includes placeholder text and property controls that you can replace with your own information
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Adding a Cover Page
(continued)
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Creating Building Blocks
• Save content you want to reuse as a building block in one of the galleries• Use Quick Parts command
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Creating Building Blocks
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Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Creating Building Blocks
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Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Creating Building Blocks
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• Renaming a building block and editing other properties:• Right-click the item in a gallery, and
click Edit Properties• Modify Building Block dialog box opens
• Or, select the item in the Building Blocks Organizer, and then clicking Edit Properties
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Inserting Building Blocks
• You can insert a building block directly from a gallery
• You can use the Building Blocks Organizer to search for, organize, and insert building blocks
Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Inserting Building Blocks
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Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Inserting Building Blocks
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Microsoft Office 2007 – Illustrated
Summary
• Themes provide coordinated fonts, colors, and effects that you can apply to a document in one easy step
• Building blocks offer preformatted document parts to insert and customize in a document• E.g., sidebars, pull quotes, headers,
footers, cover pages, etc.