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Microsoft Word Kin 260 Jackie Kiwata
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Review What 3 specifications describe a processor? What is the fastest type of computer memory? When a user clicks on an icon to call an application, where is the application first loaded? Give an example of a device, other than a PC, with a hard drive. Which is larger, a GB or a MB? If you wanted the programs on your PC to run faster, which piece of hardware should you upgrade first? Why?
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Review What are the two types of software? Examples of each? Give examples of filename extensions that are associated with web files. What is a network? What is one advantage of a LAN over a WAN? Disadvantages? What protocols are required to connect to the Internet? What is a firewall?
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Overview Toolbars File Management Editing Functions Formatting Tools Columns Tables Help
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Toolbars 1.Menu Bar: Top-most toolbar of the screen. 2. Menu Command: Functions that operate on an active document 3.Toolbar: Displays commands and buttons 4. Buttons: Images on the toolbar that represent commands.
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File Management Open, Create, Save, Move and Print files
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Editing Functions Functions to Know 1. Undo 2. Cut, Copy, Paste 3. Find/Replace Also, What are shortcut keys for each?
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Text Formatting Font family, style, size, color, and effects
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Bullets and Numbering Use bullets to organize lists Exercise a judicious and consistent use of bullets Good use of bullets … Pullups Situps Bench Press Squats Deadlifts Not so good use … Pullups Situps Bench Press Squats Deadlifts
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Paragraph Formatting Format > Paragraph Allows for tight control of indentation, alignment and line spacing Use to clean up layout
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Page Formatting File > Page Setup Adjust margins Change page orientation
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“Special” Text Characters on the keyboard represent a subset of all Unicode characters Use Insert > Symbol for mathematical operators, foreign characters and other symbols
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Other Useful Formatting Techniques Pagination Page Breaks
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Common Tools Spelling and Grammar –Nowadays, no excuses for proofing errors! –Be careful with grammar suggestions Word Count
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Common Tools (con’t.) Find / Find Next / Replace Edit > Find Use to find a word or phrase
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Columns Format > Columns Can place columns anywhere in document Easiest to type out text in regular paragraph-style, then apply columns later Helpful when writing research papers or studies
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Tables Name# of Pullups Charles11 Samantha12 Mike25 Sabrina1 Name# PullupsBody Fat % Charles1116.0 Samantha1213.5 Mike256.5 Sabrina117.0 Table > Insert
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Creating Tables 1.Decide beforehand how many columns you will need. 2.Choose ‘Fixed Width’ for columns. Can control cells sizes individually later. 3.All formatting tools work inside tables too.
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Example 1: Tables Create a table with the following attributes: 1.4 columns with headers of Rank, Artist Name, Favorite Song, Seen in Concert (Y/N) 2.Font of the column headers should be in red and bold. 3.Fill the table using your own data. Include at least five rows of data. 4.The font size of the data should be 1 point smaller than the font size of the headers. 5.Font color of the data should be black.
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Help Microsoft Word Help has become a lot more intuitive in recent years In order to return meaningful results, use specific search terms e.g. “font” vs. “change default font”
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