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