MS WORD
Introduction to computers
Starting Microsoft Word 2007Start >> All programs >> Microsoft Office>> Microsoft Office Word 2007.
At desktop>>mouse right click>>new>>Microsoft office word document
Office Button
Office Button
Ribbon Tabs
You can switch between tabs using the mouse wheel
Minimizing the Ribbon
Groups
Groups (Dialog box launcher )
Saving Microsoft Word documents
Saving Microsoft Word documentsMicrosoft Office button >> Save As >> “your file name” >> Save button. >> CloseBy default the Microsoft Word document will
be saved into a folder called My Documents. If you wanted to change the folder in which the file is saved you would click on the down arrow to the right of the Save in section of the dialog box and navigate to the required folder
Opening and closing documents
Creating a new documentCtrl+N >> type in your name >> save the document >> “My New Document” >> Close the document
Using Help within Microsoft Word
Alt key help
Closing Microsoft WordMicrosoft Office button >> Exit Word
Saving documents using different formats
Saving documents using different formats
Word Document:Word 97-2003 Document:Plain Text:Rich Text Format:Template:
Creating documents using different templates
Press Installed Templates
Manipulating Text
• Remember the general rule when using Microsoft Windows. Normally you need to select an item first (so that Windows knows what you are interested in), and then format it
Selecting text Select character or more.(shift + left/right arrow
key)Selecting a word.(double click)Selecting to the beginning of a line.(shift +
home key)Selecting to the end of a line.(shift + end key)Selecting an entire line of text.Selecting a sentence.(move the mouse pointer
within the sentence which you wish to select. Depress the CTRL key and then click within the sentence).
Selecting a paragraph.(Triple click) selecting the entire document. (Ctrl + A)
Inserting, deleting, undo and redo
Copying text within a document
•Ctrl+C. This copies the selected text into the Clipboard
•Press Ctrl+V. This pastes the text from the Clipboard to the current position of the 'Insertion point'.
Moving (cutting) text within a document
Ctrl+X Ctrl+V
Using the Clipboard
Text Formatting
Font type
Font size
Bold, italic or underline To format the selected word as bold, italic
or underlined, click on the icons displayed on the Home tab.
To remove this formatting from a word, Select the word and re-click on the Bold, Italic or Underline icon.
Subscript and superscript
Case changing
Highlighting
Font color
Copying text formatting
Using Format Painter
Removing formatting
• Select a portion of text and apply formatting such as bold, italic and underlining.
• Click on the Clear Formatting icon. The formatting is removed
Using Zoom
Inserting special characters and symbols
Inserting special characters and symbols
Inserting special characters and symbols