Tech Tuesdays Lorrie Jackson Lausanne Collegiate School Back to Basics: Word Tech Tuesdays Lorrie Jackson Lausanne Collegiate School 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
What Are We Going to Do? Open Word Create a new document Save a new document Insert stuff like clip art or Word Art Change font style and size Format paragraphs Copy and paste text Bold, italicize, and underline Add a header and footer Check your grammar and spelling Use word count 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
To Open Word Click on Start Click on Programs Click on Microsoft Office Click on Microsoft Word 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
To Create a Document When Word opens, it will open a new document If it doesn’t, just go to File>New Type the following: My Holiday Break Hit Enter twice Type at least three sentences about your break. QUICKLY! 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
To Save a Document Go to File>Save At Save In, click down black arrow and look for My Documents My Documents is usually on Desktop or c:/ drive Name your file Hit Save 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Insert Clip Art Hit enter after the last sentence on your page. Go to Insert>Picture>Clip Art Click on a Category you like (Seasons?) Click once on a Clip Art you like Click on top icon in gray window to insert clip art 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Change Font Font - how the text looks Usually in 12 pt. Times New Roman Highlight all your text Go to box at top which says Times New Roman and click black down arrow to select new font Go to white box with number and do same to change size 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Format Paragraphs Highlight all text again (hit CTRL + A) Go to Format>Paragraphs Change Line Spacing to Double Highlight your title only Look next to the letters B I U in the gray bar at the top Click on the lines two to the right of the U 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Add a Header and Footer Go to View>Header and Footer Click on the lines three to the right of the U at the top of the page Type your name Scroll to the bottom of the page Click in the footer box then hit the first icon to the left in the header and footer toolbar Hit close in the toolbar 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Spelling and Grammar Check Click just before your title Go to Tools>Spelling and Grammar If it finds an error, hit change Hit ignore if it’s wrong! 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Word Count Go to Tools>Word Count Look at how many words you typed! Good when publishing articles or checking student work 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
That’s it! See handout for easy ways to use what you learned! Next week: Back to Basics-Excel For this PowerPoint: go to www.lausanneschool.com/Technology/ techtuesdays.html 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Bold, Italicize, and Underline Highlight your title at the top again Find the letters B I U near the font style and size Click on the B for Bold Highlight a word you want to emphasize in your paragraph Click on I (italicize) or U (underline) 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays
Copy and Paste Text Highlight your title Hit CTRL + C (or Edit>Copy) Click just below your last sentence. Hit CTRL + V (or Edit>Paste) To undo? Hit CTRL + Z (Edit>Undo Typing) 4/10/2019 TechTuesdays