Introduction to Microsoft Word

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Introduction to Microsoft Word

• Introduction to toolbars and buttons

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THE TITLE BARMENU BARSTANDARD TOOLBAR AND
FORMATING TOOLBAR
TITLE BAR
MENU BAR
STANDARD TOOLBAR
FROMATING TOOLBAR
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RULER ,DRAW BAR AND BUTTONS
MINIMIZE WINDOW
RESTORE WINDOW
RULER
CLOSE WINDOW
DRAW BAR
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IMPORTANT EXTRAS
THIS TELLS YOU WHAT PAGE YOU ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON.
THIS TELLS YOU HOW MANY PAGES YOU HAVE TYPED
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THE MENU BAR

• BY CLICKING ON FILE, ON THE MENU BAR, YOU WILL
  FIND THESE HELPFUL TOOLS

• TO SET YOUR DOCUMENTS MARGINS CLICK ON PAGE SETUP

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THE STANDARD TOOLBAR
SAVE
SPELL CHECK
UNDO TYPING
PRINT
COPY
ZOOM BUTTON
NEW PAGE
PASTE
OPEN FOLDERS
HELP BUTTON
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FORMATING BAR
ALIGN LEFT
FONT STYLE
FONT SIZE
CENTER
BOLD
ALIGN RIGHT
JUSTIFY
ITALICS
UNDERLINE
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FORMATING BAR CONTINUED
NUMBERING
BORDERS
BULLETS
DECREASE INDENT
HIGHLIGHT
INCREASE INDENT
FONT COLOR
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DRAWING BAR
LINE COLOR
ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE DIFFERENT SHAPES
FILL COLOR
FONT COLOR
DRAW LINE TOOL
TEXT BOX TOOL
LINE STYLE
INSERT WORD ART TOOL
DRAW ARROW TOOL
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THE RULER

• THE RULER IS GENERALLY FOUND BELOW THE MAIN
  TOOLBARS. THE RULER IS USED TO CHANGE THE FORMAT
  OF YOUR DOCUMENT QUICKLY.

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THE TEXT AREA

• JUST BELOW THE RULER IS A LARGE AREA CALLED THE
  TEXT AREA.
• THE BLINKING VERTICAL LINE IN THE UPPER LEFT
  CORNER OF THE TEXT AREA IS THE CURSOR. IT MARKS
  THE INSERTION POINT.
• AS YOU TYPE, YOUR WORK SHOWS AT THE CURSOR
  LOCATION.
• THE HORIZONTAL LINE NEXT T THE CURSOR MARKS THE
  END OF THE DOCUMENT.

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KEYBOARD FUNCTION KEYS ARE SHORTCUTS TO COMMANDS

• F1 ACCESSES MICROSOFT HELP AND SUPPORT.
• F2 IS FOR MOVING TEXT
• F4 REPEATS YOUR LAST COMMAND
• F5 OPENS A DIALOGUE BOX FOR FIND AND REPLACE
  FEATURES.

• F7 CHECKS A DOCUMENT FOR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.
• F12 CREATES A DUPLICATE VERSION OF YOUR DOCUMENT
  USING SAVE AS FEATURE

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SPECIAL KEY FUNCTIONS

• INSERT ALLOWS YOU TO TYPE OVER EXISTING TEXT.
• PAGE UP PLACES THE CURSOR AT THE TOP OF THE
  PAGE.
• PAGE DOWN PLACES THE CURSOR AT THE PAGE BOTTOM.
• CAPS LOCK CAUSES ALL THE LETTERS THAT YOU TYPE
  TO APPEAR AS CAPITALS.

• SPACEBAR ADDS SPACES BETWEEN WORDS.
• RETURN CREATES A PARAGRAPH BREAK OR ENDS A LINE
  EARLY.
• BACKSPACE DELETES TEXT TO THE LEFT OF YOUR
  CURSOR.