The Dixon Public LibraryPresents:

BEGINNING MICROSOFT WORD

May 8, 20086:30pm

This is the “desktop” of your computer.

 Use the left button on the

mouse to double click on the picture (icon) that says

“Microsoft Word”. 

When using a computer remember – if one mouse click

doesn’t work, try two!

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Microsoft Word.lnk

You can also click once on the “Start”

button.

Then click on “All programs.”

Find “Microsoft Word” and click on it.

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This is your blank document.

Word gives you lots of tools to change your document.

Just look at all the buttons.

When you put the mouse cursor over the button it tells you what it does.

3

ADJUST THE ZOOM

Make the page easier to read without changing how it will print out

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5You can also set up the page orientation from here

Portrait or Landscape

Just as with a clean sheet of paper in your typewriter, the first thing you do is set up your margins.

CLICK FileCLICK Page Setup

Choose a font

Choose a font

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Change your font size

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Change your font size

Color Highlight

Font Color

Center Text

Left Justify Text

Right Justify Text

Bold

Italics

Underline

Cut - Cuts text or pictures

so that you can put it in another

place in this document or

another document OR deletes

the text or picture completely.

Copy - Copy text or picture

to another place in this

document OR into another

document.

Paste – Paste the “cut” text or picture into another place in this document OR into another document.

Undo – Made a mistake?

Click on “UNDO” and it takes away the last thing you did. “Undo” will go back several steps so be careful when you undo!

Redo – Did you really want that mistake?

Change text by clicking left mouse button, holding it down and dragging it over the text you want to change 8

NEW OPEN

Opens a file that you have already

saved

You can work on several documents at the same time. The old one will

hide behind the new one.

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EDIT MENU & FORMAT MENU

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FORMAT FONT

EDIT MENU

SPELL CHECK / GRAMMAR CHECKAFTER YOUR DOCUMENT IS FINISHED

USE THESE TO MAKE YOUR DOCUMENT PERFECT.

SPELL CHECK & GRAMMAR CHECK

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Choose where you want to save your

document, name your document,then click on “Save”

Name your document

SAVESaves the document to the hard drive, floppy disc,

or flash drive – SAVE OFTEN SO THAT YOU DON’T LOSE ALL YOUR HARD WORK!

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PRINT PREVIEW

Will show you what your page will look like when it is printed.

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To go back to normal view click on “Close” button

You like what you see so you …

PRINT

XCloses the document

It will ask if you want to save so that you won’t forget!

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ORUse the File MenuClick on “Exit”

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Highlight the text you want to change

Hold down “Ctrl” button then push:“C” to Copy“X” to Cut“V” to Paste“U” to Underline“B” to make Bold“I” to make Italic“A” to Select All (highlights everything on the page)“Z” to Undo“Y” to Redo“P” to Print 15

Find something you want to do with Microsoft Word:

Write letters

Make flyers or brochures

Make lists

Write a resume

OR anything else that will motivate you to …

PRACTICE … PRACTICE … PRACTICE

It’s the only way you will get better … at anything!!

REMEMBER!Don’t let it the computer get the best of you

SMILE and be patient with it

If you would like a free 30 minute tutorial, just you, me, and the computer,

please call me to make an appointment.Jennifer678-5447

**These handouts are also available for viewing at www.slideshare.net/Dixon

Click on “Beginning Word” to open powerpoint presentation.

Resources

Dixon Public Library owns these books on Microsoft Word: Microsoft Word for beginners by Web Wise Seniors Microsoft Office Word 2003 : Introductory Course by William R. Pasewark Exploring Microsoft Office 2003 by Robert T. Grauer & Maryann Barber Microsoft Word 2003 for seniors by Addo Stuur Word 2007 for starters by Chris Grover

Other titles are available in the SNAP catalog. Ask a librarian to help you find them.

Some Websites to try for more Microsoft Word Instruction: Internet 4 Classrooms – Using Microsoft Word

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_word.htm

Bay City Schools – Microsoft Word Instruction http://www.bcschools.net/staff/WordHelp.htm

Tutor Via Computerhttp://www.baycongroup.com/word.htm

Microsoft Word 1 & 2 – Hands on Practice

1. Open Microsoft Word. Here is your blank document. *handouts pg 2 2. Make your margins 2 inches on the top and bottom and 1 inch on the left and right. *handouts pg 5 3. Choose “Landscape” for your page orientation. *handouts pg 5 4. Choose “Arial” as your font. *handouts pg 6 5. Choose a font size of 12. *handouts pg 7 6. Choose “Center” for your text alignment *handouts pg 8 7. Type “The quick brown fox jomped over the lazy dag.” 8. Highlight the word “jomped” in yellow. *handouts pg 8 9. Change the font color of “brown fox” to brown. *handouts pg 8 10. Highlight your text using the mouse and justify text to the right. *handouts pg 8 11. Justify text to the left. *handouts pg 8 12. Make the word “quick” bold

- use the keyboard shortcut on pg 15 of your handouts. 13. Change the word “lazy” to italics. *handouts pg 8 14. Underline the word “dag.” *handouts pg 8 15. Create a new document. *handouts pg 9 16. Type “new document” into this new blank document. 17. Click on “Document 1” at the bottom of the screen. 18. Copy the quick brown fox sentence from Document 1 and paste it in “Document 2” underneath

where you typed “new document.” *handouts pg 8 19. Undo the paste you just did then redo it. *handouts pg 8 20. Spell check this document (document 2). *handouts pg 11 21. Save Document 2 under “My Documents” – remember to name it! *handouts pg 12 22. Do a Print Preview so that you can see what your document will look like printed. *handouts pg 13 23. Close both documents – you don’t need to save document 1. *handouts pg 14

24. Extra credit – Use the Insert Menu to insert a Picture from Clip Art