1. Cumulative Review of Microsoft Word Mrs. Masishin

2. Home Screen Font Font Size Bold Italic Underline Highlight font Font color Align Left Align Center Align Right Justify Shading Bullets Numbering Bullets Increase Indent Decrease Indent Shading Show/Hide Paragraph

3. Viewing a Document View Ribbon  Choose your view Web Layout: wraps all text to fit the width of the window. Use this view when you are working on a document that will be viewed onscreen or on the Web. Print Layout: displays margins and unused white space to show how the print will actually look Outline: displays the text of a document in outline form

4. View Ribbon Change document views Show /hide – rulers, gridlines, document maps, and thumbnails Zoom Open a document in a new Word window

5. Date & Time Used to insert a “date code” that automatically updates each time the file is opened. – Insert Ribbon – click date and time Select from available formats Check off “update automatically” – Ex- Wednesday, February 09, 2011

6. Inserting Picture from Internet & Inserting Clip Art Picture Insert picture from the internet – Save picture to your “H” Drive  Insert Ribbon  Picture  find and insert picture Insert Clip Art – Insert Ribbon  Click Clip Art  Search for image and click go  When images appear, click on image to insert onto page

7. Inserting Symbols & Special Characters Insert Ribbon  Symbol  More Symbols Select the “Font” down arrow and Choose any of the font types Click once on the symbol of choice and then select “Insert”

8. Margins and Orientation Margins – Alter margins to fit the assignment you are working on – Page Layout tab  margins drop down arrow  custom margins Orientation – Portrait vs. Landscape Page Layout tab  orientation drop down  select portrait or landscape

9. Page Borders Page layout ribbon  Page borders – Select the setting – Select the style, color, and width – Select art – Apply to:

10. Columns Page Layout Ribbon  Columns  More Columns – Choose the number of columns – You can insert a line between your columns – You can either choose your column width – Or choose equal column width – Apply to: Whole document or this point forward

11. Columns Breaks After you have inserted columns These steps will bring you from column to column Page Layout Ribbon  “Breaks” drop down  Column Choose Column Break

12. Creating a Table Insert Ribbon  Table Drop Down  Insert Table – Choose the number of columns and rows – Click OK

13. Table Border Highlight table  Right Click  Borders and Shading – A window will appear with three tab options: Borders – change border for a paragraph, selected text, or TABLE Page Borders – put a border around the entire page – you can even use an “Art” border (Sorry not for Tables) Shading – fills a selected area (either paragraphs or text) with a particular color

14. Table Shading Shading – fills a selected area (either paragraphs, text, or TABLE) with a particular color

15. Bulleted List Highlight the area you wish to bullet Home Ribbon  Bullets drop down  Define New Bullet Select a symbol, a picture bullet, or font

16. Font Changes Highlight Text Home Ribbon  Font  Then whatever you wanted to change it to – Font: Choose from Times New Roman, Arial, etc. – Size: Choose a number the larger the number the larger the text will appear – You will also be able to choose the font color and the underline style in this dialog box

17. Washout a Picture Click on picture  a new format tab will appear  Go to the Adjust Group  Select the color drop down  Under recolor select washout Not Washed out Washed Out

18. Watermark a Picture Page Layout Ribbon  watermark drop down  custom watermark  Click select picture  Browse for picture and insert

19. Tab Leaders Home Ribbon  click paragraph drop down  Click tabs in bottom left corner Tab Stop Position tells the leader where to stop Insert the inch mark, which corresponds to the horizontal ruler, where you want the leader to end Choose your Alignment Choose your leader Click Set - Click Ok Click tab on keyboard to activate the leader

20. Changing Backgrounds Page layout tab  page color drop down  fill effects – Gradient – Choose 2 colors, and shading style – Texture – Choose whatever texture fits your project – Pattern – Choose pattern you desire, and the foreground and background color – Picture – Select and find desired picture and insert

21. Header and Footer Header – Insert Ribbon  Click header drop down  Choose desired header To exit, double click on page OR click the red exit button in the ribbon Footer – Insert Ribbon  Click footer drop down  Choose desired footer To exit, double click on page OR click the red exit button in the ribbon

22. Shapes Insert Ribbon  Illustrations Group  Click shapes drop down arrow  Choose desired shape and draw on the screen – Right click auto-shape  click format auto-shape Colors and lines – Alter fill color with fill effects (gradient, texture, pattern, picture)  Can change transparency as well Layout – Format wrapping style » Square, behind text, in front of text…etc

23. Drop Caps – Highlight letter(s) you would like to “Drop Cap” – Insert ribbon  Drop Cap – Click drop down arrow  drop cap options – Select a different font for the drop cap – Select the number of lines to drop cap – Select distance from original text

24. Formatting Pictures Right click on your picture  Go to text wrapping OR Double click on picture  Go to text wrapping on the top right – Square: Text wraps around picture, but leaves some space between text and pic. – Tight: Text wraps tight to the picture. Leaving little space between text and pic. – In front of Text: Picture is displayed in front of text – Behind Text: Picture is displayed behind the text