1. Totally New to Computers Microsoft Word: The Basics Surrey Libraries Computer Learning Centres August 2011 Teaching Script

2. What is Microsoft Word?  A program that allows the user to create, edit, save and print documents such as letters, resumes, essays and more!

3. The Office Button  The Office button, located in the top-left corner of the screen, displays several useful commands New Open Save Save As Print Print Preview

4. The Ribbon  The Ribbon is used for issuing commands  Divided into tabs: Home Insert Page Layout, etc.  Many basic commands are found under the Home tab

5. Text Area and Scroll Bars  The blank ‘page’ is the text area where you type your document  To the right of the page is the vertical scroll bar  At the bottom of the page is the horizontal scroll bar

6. Creating a New Document  To start using Word, double-click on the Microsoft Word icon on the desktop  Or you can click on the Start button > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Word 2007  Once Word is running, you will see a blank page titled Document1

7. Opening an Existing Document  Using the Office Button, open QuickFox.docx .docx is the file extension Previous versions of Word use.doc (pre- 2007)

8. Basic Formatting Commands  Things you can do to the text: Bold Italics Bold Italics Underline Different font typeface and size Change the alignment Create bulleted lists

9. Save and Save As  Save As will name or re-name your document  Save will save your changes to the current document  Make sure to save your work regularly!

10. Print and Print Preview  Clicking the Print icon will send your document to the printer  Print Preview allows you to review how your document will look on the page before you actually print it  You can print using either Quick Access Toolbar or Office Button

11. Renaming a Document and Closing  Save the current document using Save As – rename it to LazyDog.docx  You can Close a document using X or the Office Button

12. Thank You