Microsoft Office Word 2003 Lesson 1 Getting Started with Word This slide could be used as students enter the room or as the instructor introduces the lesson. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Getting Started with Word When should you use Word? Provide a brief overview of Word and the types of documents that it can be used to create. For example: a word-processing program to make the creation of documents easier and more accurate, memos, faxes, reports, letters, charts, newsletters, and so on. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Getting Started with Word Click the Start button. Point to All Programs. Point to Microsoft Office. Click on Microsoft Office Word 2003. It might help students become oriented if you mention that clicking the Start button lets you find all of the programs installed on your computer. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Word Is Ready to Go Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word Give students a general feel for the window. Explain that you will cover it in greater detail later. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Exploring the Word Window Name the following items and have students point to them: Title bar, Menu bar, Standard toolbar, Formatting toolbar, scroll bars, insertion point, selection area, Ruler, Navigation buttons, Status bar, Minimize button, Maximize/Restore button, Down button, Close button. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Using Menus Edit menu Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word You might engage students’ interest by asking questions such as: Why are the commands arranged in this order? Why do some selections appear in a lighter shade? Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Using Menus Cascading menu (submenu) Make sure to demonstrate how to show the submenus, which is a confusing topic for many students. Some menu commands might show a right-pointing arrow after the command name. This arrow means that there is a cascading menu (or submenu). The submenu’s commands are related to the command from which they are linked. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

How do you personalize your menu? Using Menus How do you personalize your menu? Correct answers include: Over time, Word adapts to your usage and lists the commands that you most frequently use on the short menu. Under the Tools menu, you can click Customize, then click Options, then select Always show full menus. You can choose to view an expanded menu. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

How Do You View an Expanded Menu? Point out that clicking on bottom arrows will give full menu options. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

What Word feature cannot be accessed from the menu? Using Menus What Word feature cannot be accessed from the menu? This is a bit of a trick question. Every function for which you can use a button is also available somewhere within the menus. There is no feature that is not accessible in some way from the menus. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

What do you do to begin creating a document? Let’s Enter Some Text What do you do to begin creating a document? Have students complete the “Enter text in a document” exercise on page 13 in the textbook. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

What is the difference between Backspace and Delete? Editing Text What is the difference between Backspace and Delete? You may want to demonstrate that the Backspace key deletes to the left and the Delete key deletes to the right. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Using Click and Type Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word Make sure that the document is displayed in Print Layout view. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Saving a Document Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word Discuss how students “save as” for the first time, allowing them to place the document in the proper file. Then show students how they can save after that point. Remind them to save frequently. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Closing a Document Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word Show students how they can close the document but leave Word open. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

What are the two ways that you can close or “quit” Microsoft Word? Quitting Word What are the two ways that you can close or “quit” Microsoft Word? Correct answers are: On the File menu, click Exit. Click the Close window button in the upper-right corner. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

The Ask a Question Box Getting Help Type in a question or keyword. Have students type in a keyword, and press the Enter key. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Meet Your Office Assistant Getting Help Meet Your Office Assistant Explain that there are other Office Assistant characters available to choose from, so students may see something different. The paperclip is the default character. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word