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Working With Word 2007's Quick Parts Feature

By James Marshall, About.com

Quick Parts is new to Microsoft Word 2007. It allows you to add preformatted portions of text. The portions of text can be reused as many times as you like. Quick Parts can save you a lot of time when you're creating your documents.

For example, you can use Quick Parts to insert fields from Document Properties. You can also insert a cover page, footers with page numbers, tables, watermarks, and more.

To use Word 2007's Quick Parts, follow these steps:

1. Open the Insert ribbon

2. In the Text section of the ribbon, click Quick Parts

3. To insert a document property, hold your mouse over Document Property and select the one you'd like to insert

4. For more options, click Building Blocks Organizer

5. You can browse the list of building blocks

6. To preview an item, click it ; it appears in the pane to the right

7. When you find an item you'd like to insert, select it and click Insert

8. Or, you can close the dialog box without inserting anything by clicking Close
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