Microsoft Word 2011
Microsoft Office for Mac: Ribbon
Tabs
 Home – houses the most frequently used tools (font and
paragraph formatting)
 Layout – houses the next most frequently used tools (page
setup, margins, text layout, and page background)
 Document elements
 Tables – adding and formatting tables
 Charts – adding and formatting charts
 SmartArt – adding and formatting all of the SmartArt graphics
 Review – Track Changes and all of the reviewing tools.
 Add your own customizations to the Ribbon and get exactly
what you want, where you want it.
Full Screen View
Full Screen View allows for a distraction free experience with
two modes.
 Write Mode – commands are hidden until you reveal them.
 Read Mode – read a document as you would a book, with page
curl animations and minimal menu distractions.
Styles
Creating a Styles Guide allows you to
quickly change all of the associated
content in the entire document.
 Add text to a style so that it can easily
be changed in the future.
 Remove style formatting with the
Clear Formatting command.
Searching your Document
A search box is now located in the upper right-hand corner of
Word 2011.
 Search box is a live search, in that it will highlight the words in
your document that match your search criteria while you are
still typing your search term.
 Open the Word Sidebar to see a full list of all of the search
results in the entire document.
 The sidebar can be used to search and replace text as well as
special characters such as paragraph marks.
Layouts Made Easy
Publishing layout view – transforms Word for Mac into an easy
to use publishing tool.
Reorder Objects tool – move and reorder objects on the page
by dragging the layer.
Create Beautiful Publications
Applying Ligatures – decorative or joined
characters are available for certain characters
in some fonts.
Stylistic sets – quickly change selected text
into a variety of different styles
Context Alternative characters
Font-based kerning
Number Forms and Spacing
Professional Quality Documents
Word Document Gallery – Templates that make it easy to produce
great looking documents.
 Templates are customizable – add your own colors, iPhoto pictures
and themes to the templates to make them your own.
 Includes templates for resumes, business cards, calendars, and more.
Media Browser
Add pictures, music or a movie to your document.
 Provides instant access to your photos, music, movies and images
such as shapes, clip art, and symbols.
 Displays photos from iPhoto and Photo Booth libraries
 Music from iTunes playlists
 Movies from iMovie, Photo Booth and iTunes.
Equations in Word 2011
For the first time a robust equation tool set within Word.
 Equation Tools – located on their own tab in the Ribbon for
Word 2011.
 A vast gallery of equations are available.
Work Efficiently with Macros
Visual Basic is available for Word for Mac 2011.
 Create macros to automate tasks that you perform often.
 Create macros that add customization (menus, dialogs, and so
on) to your Word documents.
 Focus on being productive and creative by programming the
repetitious tasks into Macros.
Training Resources
 Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac website -
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/how-to
 SHSU’s Newton Gresham Library’s Safari Techbooks Online
books http://library.shsu.edu/research/databases/databasesbysubj
ect/computerscience.html
 IT@Sam Service Desk – helpdesk@shsu.edu
 IT@Sam Instructor led Training (available throughout the fall
2011 semester) – tas017@shsu.edu