Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Word Special Feature 3 Creating a Blog Post

Objectives Create a new blog post Crop a picture Change the shape of a picture Insert a blog category Display the Web page associated with your blog Publish a blog post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition2

Plan Ahead Create a blog account on the Web Register your blog account in Word Create a blog post Publish a blog post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition3

Creating a Blank Word Document for a Blog Post Start Word With a blank document in the Word window, click the Office Button and then point to Publish on the Office Button menu to display the Publish submenu Click Blog on the Publish submenu to display a new blank document for your blog post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition4

Creating a Blank Word Document for a Blog Post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition5

Entering Text Click the Enter Post Title Here content control and then type Crazy Horse - Up Close! as the title Position the insertion point below the blue horizontal line and then type this paragraph of text: If you are planning a trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota, take the time to see the Crazy Horse Memorial. On our latest excursion, we became a member of the Driller's Club, which entitled us to a trip to the top of the mountain. It was an unforgettable experience. As we stood on the arm of the sculpture, we were able to look directly into the eyes of Crazy Horse Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition6

Entering Text Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition7

Formatting Text and Creating a New Style Based on the Formatted Text Triple-click the paragraph below the title to select it. Use the Font box arrow on the Blog Post tab to change the font of the selected text to Papyrus Right-click the selected paragraph to display a shortcut menu. Point to Styles on the shortcut menu to display the Styles submenu. Click Save Selection as a New Quick Style on the Styles submenu to display the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box Type Blog Post in the Name text box. Click the OK button to create the new Quick Style and add it to the Styles gallery Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition8

Formatting Text and Creating a New Style Based on the Formatted Text Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition9

Inserting a Picture Position the insertion point at the end of the paragraph of text and then press the ENTER key Display the Insert tab Click the Insert Picture from File button on the Insert tab to display the Insert Picture dialog box With your USB fl ash drive connected to one of the computer’s USB ports, locate and then click the file called Crazy Horse on the USB fl ash drive to select the file Click the Insert button in the dialog box to insert the picture at the location of the insertion point in the document Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition10

Inserting a Picture Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition11

Cropping a Graphic Click the Crop button on the Format tab, which changes the graphic’s sizing handles to cropping handles and also attaches a cropping image to the mouse pointer Position the mouse pointer on the middle-left cropping handle so that it looks like a sideways letter T Drag the middle-left cropping handle rightward to the location of the mouse pointer Release the mouse button to crop the graphic to the location Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition12

Cropping a Graphic Position the mouse pointer on the middle-top cropping handle so that it looks like an upside- down letter T and then drag the cropping handle downward to the location of the mouse pointer Release the mouse button to crop the graphic to the location Click the Crop button on the Format tab to deactivate the cropping tool, which changes the cropping handles on the graphic back to sizing handles Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition13

Cropping a Graphic Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition14

Changing a Picture Shape With the picture selected, click the Picture Shape button on the Format tab to display the Picture Shape gallery Click Rounded Rectangle in the Picture Shape gallery to apply the rounded rectangle shape to the selected picture Click outside of the picture to remove the selection from the picture Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition15

Changing a Picture Shape Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition16

Inserting a Category Note: If you have not registered a blog account, you will not be able to perform the following steps Display the Blog Post tab Click the Insert Category button on the Blog Post tab to insert the Category drop-down list content control in the blog post Click the ‘Choose a category or type a new one’ box arrow to display a list of categories associated with the registered blog account Click Trips in the list, so that this blog post is categorized in the Trips category when you publish the blog post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition17

Inserting a Category Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition18

Saving a Document With a USB fl ash drive connected to one of the computer’s USB ports, click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar to display the Save As dialog box Type Crazy Horse Post in the File name text box to change the file name Select your USB flash drive as the save location Click the Save button in the Save As dialog box to save the document on the USB flash drive with the file name, Crazy Horse Post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition19

Displaying a Blog Web Page in a Web Browser Window Position the mouse pointer on the Home Page button on the Blog Post tab Click the Home Page button on the Blog Post tab, which starts the default browser (Internet Explorer, in this case) and displays the Web page associated with the registered blog account in the browser window Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition20

Displaying a Blog Web Page in a Web Browser Window Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition21

Publishing a Blog Post Click the Crazy Horse Post - Microsoft Word program button on the taskbar to redisplay the Word window Click the Publish button on the Blog Post tab, which causes Word to display a brief message that it is contacting the blog provider and then display a message on the screen that the post was published To view the newly published post, click the Home Page button on the Blog Post tab again. You may need to click the Refresh button in your browser window to display the most current Web page contents Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition22

Publishing a Blog Post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition23

Quitting Word Quit Word Close your browser window Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition24

Summary Create a new blog post Crop a picture Change the shape of a picture Insert a blog category Display the Web page associated with your blog Publish a blog post Microsoft Office 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - Windows Vista Edition25

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