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 Decorate documents with backgrounds, borders, and text effects 
 
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 Show/Hide lesson sections Add a watermark or background
 Show/Hide lesson sections Add borders, shading, and styles
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Overview
Three documents with decorative borders  

Your document is complete, but it's begging for some visual sparkle. Make it less plain and more polished using decorative elements in Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Don’t have the 2007 Office release? You can download a free 60-day trial or buy it now.

  • Length: 40–50 minutes
  

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GOALS

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Add a custom watermark to printed documents.
  • Add a colorful background to Web-based documents.
  • Add defining borders to pages, paragraphs, pictures, or tables.
  • Use shading to emphasize headings or paragraphs.
  • Give color and snap to shapes and tables.
  • Make headings more professional with text effects and WordArt.
  
ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course includes:

  • Three self-paced lessons and three practice sessions for hands-on experience. Practices require Word 2007.
  • A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
  • A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course.
AUDIO TEXT

Your document is complete, but it's begging for some visual sparkle. Make it less plain and more colorful and polished using decorative elements in Word 2007.

For example, add defining borders to pages and pictures, use colorful backgrounds for Web documents, and communicate information using a page watermark.

Give snap to graphics like tables and shapes, and make text stand out with colored shading or shadows.

For more about the course, read this page fully, and click Next to start.
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