Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Word automatically wraps text around to a new line as you type. Once you
reach the end of a paragraph the Enter key will move the insertion point down
to a new line. The Enter key should only be used at the end of a paragraph or
to insert blank lines.
Once you have begun typing if you need to erase and correct any errors you
can use the backspace and delete keys.
Backspace - erases to the left of the insertion point (cursor)
Delete - erases to the right of the insertion point (cursor)
To move the insertion point around in the area you have typed without
affecting the text, use the arrow keys on the keyboard or point with the mouse
to where you wish to move the insertion point and click.
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Standard Toolbar
Formatting Toolbar
Menu Bar
A quick and easy way to do many of the things found on the menus is to use the buttons on the Standard toolbar
or the Formatting toolbar. If you are not sure what a button will do, simply point to it, allow the pointer to rest
there a few seconds and a screen tip will open identifying the function of that button.
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Working with Multiple Documents
Minimize
Reduces program
to a button on the Taskbar
Resize
First click - reduces size of
With a single document open there is also a close button beneath the Title Bar. program window
This button will close the single document you have open. Click again - restores
window to full screen
Close
You may open multiple new documents which Word temporarily names
Closes the program
Document2, Document3, etc.You rename these when you save the files.
With more than one document open the buttons on the Title Bar
are no longer program buttons. They now become document buttons
and will minimize, resize and close only the document you have on
screen without affecting the program in any way.
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Moving Between Documents
Formatting
When you open a new blank document the following are already set:
Font and size - “Times New Roman” is the name of the font and the size is 10pts
Line spacing - all lines will be single spaced
Alignment - text will be lined up straight with the left margin
Margins - top = 1”, bottom = 1”, left = 1.25”, right = 1.25”
Paper Size - 8 ½ x 11
Orientation - portrait (vertical)
All preset formats may be changed before, during or after typing your document. You
may select a different font and size either by using the menu bar or the formatting
toolbar. You may do this before you start typing, but to make changes to text you have
already typed, you must first highlight or select the text that you wish to change.
To highlight or select:
Any amount - place pointer at either the beginning or the end of text, hold down
the left mouse key and drag across the text, or click at the start of the selection, scroll to
the end of selection, and then hold down the Shift key on the keyboard and click
Single word - double-click the word
Line of text - move pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right-pointing
arrow, and click
Paragraph - move pointer to the left of the paragraph until it changes to a right-
pointing arrow, and double-click, or triple-click anywhere inside the paragraph
Entire document - move pointer to the left at any point in the document until it
changes to a right-pointing arrow, and triple-click
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Font & Size
To make
changes from
the menu bar
Click on
Format
on the
menu bar
then Font.
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Line Spacing
& Alignment
To change the
line spacing
click on Format
on the menu bar,
then Paragraph.
The Paragraph
window opens.
Once the Paragraph window
opens click on under
Line spacing.
Alignment Click on your choice.
can be changed
from this window
but there is also a Preview pane displays
quick and easy way how the changes will look.
to set alignment by
using buttons on the Don’t forget to click on OK
formatting toolbar when you are done.
as seen in the
examples below.
Alignment buttons
Clicking on any
of the alignment
buttons will change
the position of the
entire line of text
in which the
insertion point rests.
If you wish to change
the alignment from
one line to the next
remember to move
your insertion point
down to the next line
before changing the
alignment.
For example: If you
want the first line
centered, click on the
center align button
and type. Then if you
wish the next line to
be left aligned, hit
the Enter key to
move down to the
next line and then
click on align left.
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Margins,
Paper Size &
Orientation
Click File
Preview
allows
you to
see how
the
page
will
look
when
printed.
Clicking on the
Paper Size tab
in Page Setup
offers a choice of sizes
including legal.
Click on button
to open drop-down box
of choices. Click on the
size you desire.
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Cut, Copy,
and Paste Word Provides the cut, copy and paste commands to manipulate text within a
document. Copying text allows you to keep the text in its original location,
and then paste a copy of the text in a new location. Text that you cut is
removed from its original location, and can then be pasted in a new location.
Selected Text
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Undo/Redo
If you make a mistake, don’t panic! Word has an Undo/Redo feature on the
standard toolbar. The left arrow is Undo. The right arrow is Redo.
Clicking on Undo displays a list of the most recent actions you can undo.
Click the action you want to undo. If you don't see the action, scroll through
the list. But, when you undo an action, you also undo all actions above it on
the list. If you decide you didn't want to undo an action after all, click Redo.
The squiggly lines you see above indicate that Word views these terms as either
spelling or grammar errors. This does not always means that the flagged items
are incorrect. It may not recognize foreign languages or certain terms. You can
run the spell/grammar check by clicking on on the standard toolbar.
To save your document click File on the menu bar then Save As.
When the Save As dialog box opens a location is already chosen. You can choose a
different location. Click button to view other locations.
Once the document has been saved the Save As dialog box will close and the new name you
have given the document will appear on the Title bar.
Opening a Saved Document
You can quickly access a saved document by using the Open button on the standard toolbar.
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Places Bar
Gives you one click
access to five
commonly used
folders from the
Open dialog box
and the Save As
dialog box.
The example to the
right shows that a
single click on the
History button lists
the most recently
accessed folders
and documents.
Click on the document or folder from the list in the window and then on the Open button.
Back Button
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Print Preview
Before you print the document you may want to see how it will actually appear
on the printed page. Click the Print Preview button on the Standard
toolbar. This will show basically how your margins look and how the text is
positioned on the page. If you would like to examine a page more closely you
can zoom in on a page simply by clicking on it. Click again and you zoom back
out. Often when you first open Print Preview only a single page is displayed
although there are more pages to your document. The Multiple Pages button
on the Standard toolbar will display all pages. How to use this feature is
explained in the example below.
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Printing
The Print dialog box that opens when you click on Print from the File menu
allows you to choose options such as the printer, which pages are printed and
the number of copies. It also allows you to decide whether or not to collate
your pages.
Click on drop
down arrow to
choose a different
printer.
Use arrow buttons
to set number of
copies or just type
in the number.
Click check box
All - every page to have pages
Current page - the page that the Insertion collated.
point is on Once all of your
Pages - individual pages and ranges of choices are set
pages entered as the instructions show click OK.
Selection - only the selected (highlighted)
text
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Help !!!
Yes there is help, but there is more than one way to access Help in Word.
The Office Assistant, also known as Clippy, is one way to find information. He
usually resides in the lower right hand corner of your screen. If not, click on the
question mark button on the Standard Toolbar. If you click on
Clippy the interactive box that you see here appears with
suggested topics. You may just click on a topic or use the text
box to type a question or a single word such as “print.” You
may be presented with many choices. Click on any of the blue
underlined text (see below) to move to that topic immediately.
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Resume’
From the File menu, select New.
A frame will then appear to the right.
Choose General Templates.
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Click on tab in Templates dialog box that says Other Documents.
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Click on any of the four Resume templates listed below.
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The Resume Wizard will guide you through the process whereas
the other three templates allow you to do more on your own.
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Notes
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