You inserted a photo in a Word 2007 document but you just realized that you need to modify it first. Well, you can do that by modifying the photo in a special photo editor like Photoshop but if it’s only a matter of cropping the photo you don’t need to bother. You can do it very easy in Word 2007 itself.

Step 1: Left click on the photo and you will see that in the top menu there is a new option: Format.

Step 2: Click on the Format option and then click on the Crop function from the Size group on the right part of the ribbon.

Step 3: Adjust the cropping by dragging the sides or corners of the image. When you’re done, just click again on the Crop button. Done!

If you’re writing a formal letter to someone it’s not very elegant to just paste links or e-mail addresses inside the document, especially if the link is longer than a paragraph. However, you can “hide” them into the text itself and it’s very easy to do. Here’s how!

Step 1: Open the document and highlight the text where you want to insert the web address. Then, right click on the highlighted text.

Step 2: Select the Hyperlink option from the drop down menu.

Step 3: Paste the web address in the Address field below. Of course, you have to copy it from the browser before that.

Step 4: If you want to add an e-mail address just repeat the first 2 steps and select the “E-mail Address” tab from the Insert Hyperlink window then insert the e-mail address.

If you write a lot, like me, it’s a real pain to change the font and font size every time you create a new document. However, in Microsoft Word 2007 it’s really easy to change the defaults and forget about the whole manual tasks to get there. Here is how you do it:

Step 1: Click on the Font dialogue box button from the Font group in the Home tab.

Step 2: Select the desired font and font size and then click on the Default button in the bottom left of the window. This will trigger a dialogue box where you will be asked if you want to change the default font characteristics for all the documents. YES is the answer you’re looking for.