1. Microsoft Word Objectives: Word processing using Microsoft Word
The Office Menu and Toolbar
Word processing features

2. Features of a typical Word processor
Easily correct typing errors
Copy and move text and graphics
Easily use multiple fonts
Locate grammatical/spelling errors
Easily create tables (incl. automatic math functions)
Use templates to create similar documents
Insert graphics
View screen easily, view actual printed document

3. The Word Window Document Window Home Ribbon Rulers Status Bar
View toolbar & Zoom Slider

4. The Ribbon Tabs
Home Most common tools such as clipboard, font/ paragraph/styles settings
Insert Tools to insert tables, illustrations, links, header/footer, & symbols groups
Page Layout - Setup user themes, page orientation, margins, tabs, paragraph spacing and object order
Mailings - Setup mail merges
References - Setup footnotes, table of contents, captions, indices
Review - Tools for adding comments, tracking changes & comparing documents, grammar and spell checkers
View insert and editing of tables

5. Then Just Start Typing Simple Walkthrough Ribbons Start a new document
Start a document from a template
Start and an existing document
Moving around (ctrl keys & arrows)
Saving a document (save, save as, web page)
select the correct directory path and file extension
Then Just Start Typing

6. There is more than one way to view your document - each designed for a specific purpose
Print layout- shows exact placement of text/graphics on the page, usually used for typing.
Full screen reading – lays out two pages at a time
Web layout – shows how page would look on the web
Outline - designed for easy editing of outline levels
Draft – designed for viewing comments and changes

7. Up to 24 items can be placed on the clipboard
Clipboard Task Pane
The Clipboard is a temporary storage area in MS Office
Once an object is on the clipboard it can be copied into any other windows application again and again.
The contents of the clipboard can be viewed from the task pane
Up to 24 items can be placed on the clipboard

8. Walkthrough a document:
Viewing rulers, adjusting margins & tabs
Moving and Copying text
Inserting headers/footers
Finding and Replacing text
Inserting - Page and Section Breaks, Dates, Pictures
Formatting text – font, style, size, justification, superscript, paragraph spacing, Bullets & Numbering, Borders & Shading
Spell checking a document
Using Help

9. Left Center Right Decimal
Tabs can be created directly from the Ruler. To display the Ruler click on the Ruler check box on the View Ribbon:
Left Center Right Decimal
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Tabs can be aligned by clicking on ruler. To set tab type –
Double click on tab stop

10. Inserting a Table
Displays information in columns and rows – wraps text, performs simple calculations and sorts. Tables can be formatted with borders and lines.

11. Creating a Table From the Insert ribbon click on the Table button
Select table dimensions or one of the other options for drawing a table
Use the Design & Layout Ribbons to enhance your table formatting, insert/delete columns & rows, add formulas

12. Using Multiple Word Documents
Open several documents
Switch between documents to copy/paste text
Adjust the window to view two documents at once
Look at the Tools – track changes, merge and comparison features

13. Modifying default Word options
Click on the Home Ribbon and select Options button.
General
Save
Display
Advanced