Lesson 1: Introducing Word Basics
Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, you will be able to: Use the Word Start screen and window Work with the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar Open, close, and navigate in documents Type a new document Use Word help 2
Presenting Word 2013 What can Word 2013 do? Provide the right tool for: Every aspect of document creation Desktop publishing Web publishing 3
Starting Word Windows 7: Click Start Choose Microsoft Office > Microsoft Word 2013 from the All Programs menu. Windows 8: Locate the Word 2013 tile on the Windows Start screen. Click the tile to start Word. 4
You can begin by working on a recent document or by opening another document you saved earlier. Viewing the Word Start Screen 5
Viewing the Word 2013 Window 6 Quick Access toolbar Insertion point The Ribbon File tab Zoom control Tip! The insertion point is also referred to as the cursor. Title bar Status bar
7 Opening Documents
Working with the Word 2013 Interface The Ribbon (tabs, groups, commands) Quick Access toolbar Frequently used commands such as copy and paste Upper-left corner of the screen Contains frequently used commands Customizable 8 Home tab Paragraph group Increase Indent command
9 Navigating in a Word Document Navigating with the Scroll Bar lets you browse through documents does not move the insertion point Navigating with the Keyboard Arrow keys navigate one space or line at a time [Page Up] and [Page Down] to go up or down one screen [Home] and [End] to go to the beginning or end of a line [Ctrl]+[Home] and [Ctrl]+[End] to go to the beginning or end of the document
Closing Documents FROM THE RIBBON File→Close FROM THE KEYBOARD [Ctrl]+[F4] to close UPPER-RIGHT CORNER Close 10
Starting a New Document FROM THE RIBBON File > New FROM THE KEYBOARD [Ctrl]+[N] to open a new document 11
Saving Your Work FROM THE RIBBON File > Save As File > Save FROM THE KEYBOARD (Ctrl)+(S) to save Quick Access toolbar Save 12
13 Getting Help in Word 2013 FROM THE KEYBOARD [F1] to open Help UPPER-RIGHT CORNER Click Help button ToolTips Search
Exiting from Word UPPER-RIGHT CORNER Close Close each document. Tip! Turning off your computer before exiting could cause you to lose data. 14
Lesson 1: Introducing Word Basics