1. Tech Tuesdays Lorrie Jackson Lausanne Collegiate School
Back to Basics: Word
Tech Tuesdays
Lorrie Jackson
Lausanne Collegiate School
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2. 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
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3. To Open Word Click on Start Click on Programs
Click on Microsoft Office
Click on Microsoft Word
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4. 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!
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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!
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11. Word Count Go to Tools>Word Count Look at how many words you typed!
Good when publishing articles or checking student work
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12. That’s it! See handout for easy ways to use what you learned!
Next week: Back to Basics-Excel
For this PowerPoint: go to techtuesdays.html
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13. 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)
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14. 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)
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