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When you open word for the first time,
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this is what you see.
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It's a little different from the blank
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document you get when you open word 2003.
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In a new word, you start by
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choosing what you want to do.
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You can choose a template
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and create a new document.
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Or open an existing document here.
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Let's see what happens when
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we open a word 2003 document.
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Just move to where you want to work
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in the document and start typing.
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Word may look a little different to you,
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but all the basic tools and features
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you're used to are still here.
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You can copy, paste and format text
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the same way the commands are just
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organized a little differently.
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You used to select a menu item,
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then click a command.
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Now you select a tab on the
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ribbon and click a command.
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By default, the Home tab is selected
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when you first open word and if you
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just want to get up to speed fast.
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This is where you'll find the most
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common commands for working with text.
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For example, you can select
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text and make it bold.
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Change the font.
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And increase the size.
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If you want to save time,
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you can click here and choose a style.
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Notice that you can move your
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mouse over a style and see a
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preview before you select it.
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When you're ready to save your document,
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you can use the save command up here.
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Or you can press the
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keyboard shortcut Central S.
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You'll find that most of your
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favorite keyboard shortcuts
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still work in the new word.
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I don't know if you've noticed,
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but up here next to the file
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name it says compatibility mode.
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That means word is continuing to
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save the document as a docx file,
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which is compatible with Word 2003.
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You can keep working in
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compatibility mode if you need to,
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but if you want to use a new feature that
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isn't compatible with the old format,
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then you need to convert to the docx format.
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let's move down here to this org chart.
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It still looks a lot like
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the one I added in Word 2003.
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But if we convert this
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document to the docx format,
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we can start using the new
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feature for working with diagrams
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and org charts called SmartArt.
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Let's see what happens when we do that.
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Click the file tab to go to the backstage.
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And then click convert.
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First you get a message. Click OK.
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And the document is converted.
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Now let's check out the org chart.
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it's got a new design and up here on
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the ribbon you have new design options.
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For example, you can change the colors.
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We won't go into all those right now.
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Instead, let's do one more thing.
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And save the converted file
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which has a docx file extension.
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We'll get into compatibility mode
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in more detail in the final video.
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So you're well on your way to
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making the switch to the new word
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now stick around and we'll do more.
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