1. Introduction to Microsoft Word Technology Project 6

2. Introduction to Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is the word processing software on your computer that allows you to: ▫Create documents ▫Create posters/flyers ▫Convey information in a written form.

3. Introduction to Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is divided into different tabs, or also known as ribbons. Each ribbon has different groups, and each group has several buttons on them. The types of ribbons we will look at are: ▫Home ▫Insert ▫Design ▫Page Layout ▫Review

4. The Home Ribbon/Tab The first tab that is up is the Home tab. The home tab consists of the following groups: ▫Clipboard – Paste, Cut, Copy, and Format Painter buttons. ▫Font – these buttons change the color, style, size, etc. of the letters you type. ▫Paragraph – these buttons set up the how the wording looks on your document (center, bullets, numbers, etc).

5. The Home Ribbon/Tab The first tab that is up is the Home tab. The home tab consists of the following groups: ▫Styles – creates different style of headings for your words and sentences. ▫Editing – allows you to look for and replace different words in your document.

6. The Insert Ribbon/Tab The Insert tab allows you to insert different items into your document you are creating. We will only look at the following groups: ▫Pages ▫Tables ▫Illustrations ▫Text

7. The Insert Ribbon/Tab The Pages group creates cover pages, and inserts blank pages or page breaks in your document. The Tables group adds tables to your document. The Illustrations group adds visual graphics to your document. These include: ▫Pictures ▫Clip Art from the Microsoft clip art gallery (now called Online Pictures). ▫Shapes ▫Smart art

8. The Insert Ribbon/Tab The Illustrations group adds visual graphics to your document. These include: ▫Charts The text group allows you to add text boxes, signatures, and date/time. The text group also allows you to add:

9. The Design/Page Layout Ribbon/Tabs The Page Layout/Design tabs assists you in setting up your page, creating columns, placing borders, etc. The two groups we will work with are the: ▫Page Setup ▫Page Background

10. The Design Ribbon/Tab The Page Background button has the Page Borders button. The Page Borders button allows you to customize a type of border around your document.

11. The Page Layout Ribbon/Tab The Page Setup has the following buttons: ▫Margins button that sets the margins on the edges of the document. ▫The orientation button that allows you to change the way the document sits. The choices are:  Portrait – document sits vertically.  Landscape – document sits horizontally.

12. The Review Ribbon/Tab The Review tab is where we do a great deal of editing of the document. Here, we will focus on only one group, the Proofing group. In the Proofing group we will be using only one button, the Spelling and Grammar button. ▫Spelling and Grammar is also known as Spell Check. ▫This button allows you to correct any misspelled words on your document.

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