1. Basic parts of Word 2016
EIT, ©Author Gay Robertson, 2017

2. Identify parts of the screen (from NCC2 learning)

3. Title Bar
The Ribbon
Quick Access Toolbar
Click on down arrow to Customise this toolbar, by adding the icons that you use most frequently

4. The components of the ribbon - TABS
The active TAB is the one that has no colour
Tabs have groups
Dialog box launchers
Commands

5. Temporarily hide / expand the ribbon
Want more room on your screen? Look up here
8 on the Ribbon Display Options and choose to Auto Hide Ribbon to see no ribbon, or choose Show Tabs to see tabs only. Choose Show Tabs and Commands to see all.
Note: if you single 8 on the active tab to get the groups back, it will show you the ribbon WHILE YOU ARE WORKING IN THE RIBBON, but as soon as you go into the document and start working, the ribbon will be hidden again. To see the ribbon permanently, 8 on Ribbon Display options again.
Status Bar
Indicates Page Number & total pages, Number of words, Language, Layout view, zoom level.
When you hover over these areas, you can access dialog boxes, for example:
Navigation Pane will open
8 on the Page No you wish to go to or scroll down to find page required.
Right 8 on the Status Bar to turn on other options eg Section

6. View Buttons – found on the right hand side of the Status Bar – with Zoom controls
(Note: other views appear under or
How to Minimise / Maximise / Close a window
These buttons appear at the top right of your screen -
tab ) or
Restore document by  on it in the taskbar or +
Keyboard shortcuts
close the active item BUT will not close the program
close the active item if more than one item is open or it will quit the program

7. Point the mouse pointer
Screentips
Point the mouse pointer
just beneath a button you want to identify and a screentip will appear.
This is a screen tip
Using Help (F1) or “Tell me” (Alt Q)
To find out about something in Word use 8 on
from the title bar at the top of your screen. A text field where you can enter text to help you complete actions.
Click after the lightbulb and you will receive some hints eg
or key requirement eg
this will take you to the relevant area of Word or you can choose to

8. Word Processing functions you have covered in NZCC2
Edit text
Insert, delete text, join paragraphs
Save a document
Create a folder
Preview a document
Open/retrieve a file
Use scroll bars, and cursor movement, Zoom control
Select text
Change language
Spell check
Font
Types, sizes, colours
Views of a document
Font Format
Bold, italics, underline
Change case

9. More Word Processing functions you have covered
Paragraph alignment
Left, centre, justify, right align
Paragraph indents
First line, left, hanging, right indent
Line spacing
Cut and Paste (move)
Copy and Paste (duplicate)
Page Setup
Margins and orientation
Vertically centre a page
Insert text from another file
Find and replace
Tabulation
Setting, moving tabs

10. End of presentation Next steps Go back to the workbook
This was just a brief going over of the basics of Word that you need to already know about