Fulton County Public Library Microsoft Word Basics Fulton County Public Library
What it is all about… Basics of MS Word Explanation some of the most common actions Word Processing explained
Menus File Icons Menu Edit View Insert Format Tools Tables Commonly Used Tasks Customizable
Files and Printing File>New We’re off to see the Wizard Blank Docs… A Document is a file you edit in MS Word Printing File>Print (or Ctrl+p)
Opening/Saving Opening How to Save How to Save As a different name File>Open (Ctrl+o) How to Save File>Save (Ctrl+s) How to Save As a different name File>Save As… Saving to Flash Drive/External Device
Page Formatting Set your page up just as you want it… File>Page Setup Margins Orientation Portrait (vertical) Landscape (horizontal) Background Color? Add a splash!
Text Formatting Say what you mean… Bold Italics Underline Alignment Left Center Right J u s t i f i e d Say what you mean… Bold Italics Underline
Fonts Styles Normal, Heading, etc. Types Helvetica, Times New Roman, Arial, Goudy, Garamond, Comic Sans, etc. Size Small (10-) to Large (72+) Colors
Paragraph Formatting Indent Bullets Numbered List First Line Hanging Point A Point B Point C Numbered List Groceries Collections Pick up Kids Eat food Sleep Breathe Etc.
Inserting Pictures Copy (Ctrl+c) Cut (Ctrl+x) Paste (Ctrl+v) Insert>Picture>Clip Art Insert>Picture>From File (photos) Copy (Ctrl+c) Cut (Ctrl+x) Paste (Ctrl+v) Undo (Ctrl+z) Redo (Ctrl+y)
Inserting, cont. Text Box Table Insert>Page Number Just like this, y’all! Text Box Table Insert>Page Number
Searching your Document Find a word Edit>Find (Ctrl+f) Find & Replace Edit>Replace (Ctrl+h) Spell Check (F7) Word Count Tools>Word Count
Know where to get… Help Use Help feature Call a friend or relative If you get stuck, call FCPL and ask for Jon 574-223-2713 eMail-- ref@fulco.lib.in.us