Lesson 1: Word – Working with Word Basics

Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, you will be able to: Identify key parts of the Word 2013 interface Open and close existing documents Start new documents Navigate in a document using scroll bars and the keyboard Use Word’s Help feature Exit from Word

Office 2013 – A Suite of Programs Word 2013: Word processing Excel 2013: Spreadsheets PowerPoint 2013: Presentations Access 2013: Database

The Word Start Screen Offers several ways to begin working Choose a recent document Start a new blank document Navigate to a document Start a document with a template

The Word Window File Tab Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar Ribbon Insertion Point Status Bar Zoom Control

The Ribbon Used for issuing commands to the program Tabs Groups Home tab Font group Bold command

Contextual Tabs and ToolTips Table Tools Tabs Table is Active ToolTip

Varying Button Arrangements Ribbon display can vary based on screen resolution and size of Word window

The Quick Access Toolbar Contains frequently-used commands Save Undo Redo Customize Quick Access Toolbar ToolTip

The Mini Toolbar Contains frequently-used formatting commands Appears when you select (highlight) text Mini toolbar Selected text

Navigation Tools Scroll Bars Keyboard Example: Ctrl + Home = Move to top of document

Help in Word 2013 Quickly locate Help topics using the Search field Enter search term here Hover mouse pointer to display ToolTips Search results