1. open up the computer login left double-click on Applications
Using Word
open up the computer
login
left double-click on Applications

2. Left double-click on the Word icon

3. You are now in Word and can start work!
Type some text

4. Tools at the top Option to add more tools here Save (to save changes)
Undo / redo
Big Button: Main tasks – Open, Save As, Print etc
Start a new document
Quick print (only if you are connected to the right printer)

5. Save your work – in the ‘M’ drive

6. Save As Give your work a title you will be able to remember easily
Save to a memory stick or the ‘M’ drive on the computer

7. Close, and then Open your work from the place it was saved > i. e
Close, and then Open your work from the place it was saved > i.e. My Computer >>>

8. Open your document
From Applications, Open Word – then select the Big Button > Open > go to My Computer > the M drive/pen drive, and select your document Or
From Start, go to My Computer, then the M drive or pen drive, and double-click your document to open it

9. Tabs: We are in the ‘Home’ tab

10. Format your document – ‘Home’ tab
Find
Cut, Copy & Paste.
Paste in a link from the Internet
Bullet points
Left / Right/ Centre text
Bold, Italic & Underline
Choose Font and Size

11. The ‘Insert’ tab
Insert a Text Box. Useful for pictures – easy to move about
Insert a picture – from Clip Art or from a File
Insert a Header or a Footer,
and Page numbers

12. ‘Page layout’ tab
Borders
Orientation: Portrait or Landscape

13. ‘Review’ tab
Check the Spelling & Grammar

14. ‘View’ tab
Zoom
‘View’ layouts

15. Further help….. Ask Study Guide > Computer skills
UCH website page:
Ask Study Guide > Computer skills
and the Document Library