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Using Wimba Create and Word 2007

With the User Interface changes and new security mechanism introduced with Office 2007 and Word 2007 the way you install and access Wimba Create commands and menus have changed slightly.

First you will need to download and install Wimba Create, you should then consult the help guides below.

(Further examples and tutorials are also available).

Wimba and Macro Security in Word 2007

After you have installed Wimba Create you will need to run Word 2007 and alter the Macro security settings. You will then likely be presented with following ‘Security Warning’ information bar that tells you the Macros have been disabled.

Security warning bar pop up

Click the ‘Options’ button to show the following screen.

Security alert macro pop-up

Choose ‘Trust all documents from this publisher’ option and click the OK button. This will instruct Word to let the Wimba Create macro run.

Note: Unless the Wimba Create Digital Certificate has been installed and trusted for all users then each subsequent user will have to all the Macro to run in the same way as described above.

Wimba Create and the Office 2007 User Interface

Word 2007 introduces a new interface known as the Ribbon which replaces the menus and toolbars found in previous versions.

With this new interface all Add-in created menus and toolbars (such as those added by Wimba Create) are created in the ‘Add-ins’ Tab on the Ribbon.

Here you will find the Start/Stop Wimba Create commands that would usually be found on the Tools menu in previous versions of Word.

Blank Word Add in bar

Starting Wimba Create

To start Wimba Create click on the ‘Wimba Create’ drop-down menu in the ‘Add-Ins’ tab and select ‘Start Wimba Create’

Start Wimba in Add-Ins

Wimba Create Menus (All Versions)

Wimba Create will display a ‘Welcome’ splash-screen; click ‘OK’ to continue. You will then see the ‘WimbaCreate’ menu and toolbars added to the ‘Add-Ins’ tab. The main Wimba Create menu will be added above the menu used to Start and Stop Wimba Create.

Create drop down

Wimba Create Styles

Words styles can be found on the ‘Home’ tab on the Ribbon by clicking the little arrow icon in the bottom right corner of the styles pane.

 

Create Styles drop down

This will display the list of styles in a new floating window (which can also be docked at the side of the window). See picture on the left below.

Create Styles 2

By default the styles are just show by name, you need to click the ‘Show Preview’ checkbox at the bottom of the styles window to enable to usual style display. See picture on the right above.

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