1. Plan a document
2. Identify the components of the Word Window
3. Set up the Word window
4. Create a new document
5. Scroll a document and move the insertion point.
6. Correct errors and undo and redo changes.
7. Enter the date with AutoComplete
8. Change a document's line and paragraph spacing
9. Save preview, and print a document
10. Create an envelope
Important Points.
1.Four steps to a professional document.
2. Planning.
3. Creating and Editing
4. Formatting
5. Printing
6. To start word: Click on start, point to all program, point to
Microsoft Office, click word.
7. Default settings control how the screens set up and how a document
looks.
8. Word window:
| Screen Element | Description |
| Office Button | Provides access to the Word Options dialog box and to commands that control what you can do with a document that you have created, such as saving, printing, and so on. |
| Rulers | Show page margins, tabs, row heights, and column widths. |
| insertion point | Shows where characters will appear when you star typing |
| Ribbon | Provides access to commands that are grouped according to the tasks you perform in Word |
| Tabs | Provide one click access to the grups of commands on the Ribbon; the tabs you see change depending on the task you are currently performing. |
| Quick Access Toolbar | Provides access to common commands you use frequently, such as save |
| View Buttons | Allow you to change the way the document is diaplayed |
| Paragraph mark | Marks the end of a paragraph |
9. Selecting print layout - Click the print layout button in the bottom right
corner of the status bar. .
10. To display the ruler: Click View, in the show hid group locate the
ruler check box and select it.
11. To select font: In the Font group on the home tab, locate the Font
and Font Size boxes. Click the font list arrow and select the desired font then
click the Font Size list arrow and select the font size you desire.
12. To display non-printing characters: Click Show/Hide button in the
paragraph grouup on the home tab.
13. The bottom status bar indicates Page #, Section #, Insertion point,
and line number and vertical location
14. To insert blank lines: Hit enter
15. To start a new document click blank document in the new document task
pane.
16. To save a document. Click save on the standard toolbar. Click the
save in drop down box and select the location to save the file, click the
filename text box and type in the name, click the save as type if you are saving
other than word and select the type and click save.
17.Scrolling is the process of going up or down in the document to
display different sections. Click the up arrow or the down arrow, drag the
scroll box up or down.
18. Correcting errors: delete key, back space key
19, AutoCorrect automatically correct common typing errors.
20. Spelling and Grammar checker continually checks your document. Red is
misspelling, green is grammar, right click word and select correction, select
option of replace or ignore.
21. AutoCorrect option button use to undo a change or prevent autocorrect
from making the same change in the future.
22. Insert date with AutoComplete, enter the first few characters of the
month.
23. Key strokes for moving insertion point.
| Press | To move the insertion point |
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Left or right one character at a time |
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Up or down one line a a time |
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Left or right one word at a time |
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Up or down one paragraph at a time |
| Home or End | to the beginning or to the end of the current line |
| Ctrl + Home or Ctrl-End | To the beginning or to the end of the document |
| Page Up or Page Down | To the previous screen or to the next screen |
| Alt+Ctrl+Page Up or Alt+Ctrl+Page Down | To the top or the bottom of the document window |
24. Click the Undo button to reverse the very last thing you did.
(undo is your friend)
25. Click the Redo button to reverse the action of the undo button.
25. Paragaph can be a group of words, single word or even blank
line.
27. Line spacing determines the amount of space between lines
of text within a paragraph.
28. Paragraph spacing determines the amount of jspacr before
and after a paragraph and is measured in points that are 1/72 of an inch.
29. Selection bar is the blank space in the left margin of the
document-
Methods for selecting text:
| To Select | Mouse | Keyboard | Mouse and Keyboard |
| a word | double click word | Move insertation point to begining of the word, hold down Ctrl+Shift,
and the press
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| a line | Click the selection bar next tot he line | Move the insertion point to the bweginning of the linje, hold down
Shift, tne then press
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| a sentance | Click at the beginning of the sentence, then drag the pointer until the sentence is selected | Press and hold down Ctrl, and then click within the sentence | |
| Multiple lines | Click and drag in the lelection bar next to the lines | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the first line, hold
down Shift, and the press
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| A paragraph | Double-click in the selection bar next to the paragraph, or triple-click within the paragraph | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph, hold
down Ctrl+Shift, and then press
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| Multiple paragraphs | Click in the selection bar next to the first paragraph in the group, and then drag in the selection bar to select the paragraphs | Move the nsertion point to the geginning of ;the first paragraph,
hold down Ctrl+Shift, and then press
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| An entrie document | Triple-click in the selection bar | Press Ctrl+A | Press and hold down Ctrl, and then click in the selection bar |
| A block of text | Click at the geginning of the block, and then drap the pointer until the entire block is selected | Click at the geginning of the block, press and hold down Shift, and then click at the end of the block | |
| Nonadjacent blocks of text | Press and hold down Ctrl, and then drag the mouse pointer to select multipe blocks of nanadjacent text. |
30. To adjust line spacing - In the paragraph group on the
home tab, click line spacing button and choose the spacing desired.
31. A Smart Tag is a feature that allows you to perform actions that
would normally require a completely different program.
32. To remove smart tag: move the cursor over the smart tag, click the
drop down button, select remove this smart tag.
33. To print preview Click the office button, point to print, click print
preview.
34. To print a letter: click office button, click print, print dialog
opens, click ok if the options you want are selected.
30. To create an envelope: Click the mailing tab on the ribbon, click the
envelops button, put correct address in the deliver address box, type a return
address if necessary, to Print immediatly click print, to store with
document click add to document button.
31. To close a document click the close window button on the menu bar.