DAY 24:INTRODUCTION TO WORD

Akhila Kondaiakhila.kondai@mail.wvu.eduNovember 11, 2013

ANNOUNCEMENTS• MyITLab Lesson E is due on 11/18/2013

INTRODUCTION TO WORD

• Word processing software enables you to produce documents such as letters, resume, reports, and research papers.

• Outline:– The Word Interface and Ribbons– Spell & Grammar Check– Show/Hide Nonprinting Symbols– Mini Toolbar

MICROSOFT WORD FIRST LOOK

• Open Word– A look at the Interface

• Mouse over for screen tips!

Home tab

Horizontal ruler

Vertical ruler

Quick access toolbar

Title bar

Vertical Scroll bar

Status barZoom slider

View buttons

Ribbon

Group

HOME

INSERT RIBBON

PAGE LAYOUT

REFERENCES

MAILINGS, REVIEW, AND VIEW

INTRODUCTION TO WORDKeyboard Navigation Controls

Keys Moves the Insertion Point

Keys Moves the Insertion Point

Left Arrow One character to left Ctrl+Home To the beginning of the document

Right Arrow One character to Right Ctrl+End To the end of the DocumentUp Arrow Up one line Ctrl+Left Arrow One word to left

Down Arrow Down one line Ctrl+Right Arrow One word to right

Home To the beginning of the line

Ctrl+Up Arrow Up one paragraph

End To the end of the line Ctrl+Down Arrow

Down one paragraph

Page Up Up to the previous page Ctrl+Page Up To the top of previous pagePage Down Down to the next page Ctrl+Page Down To the top of next page

ENTERING TEXT

• Type your last name, 2 spaces, then first name

[Enter]• Type any address and misspell a word

[Enter]

GRAMMAR & SPELL CHECK

• Green underline Check Grammar• Red underline Check Spelling

• Right click to see what Word wants to tell you . .

NONPRINTING CHARACTERS

SHOW/HIDE

• Click on the show/hide icon to see where your paragraphs are at.

• Characters shown when selecting the show/hide icon will not show up when printing.

• .. indicates that you used two spaces• . you used one space

• Turn it off

MINI TOOLBAR

• Highlight something that you typed• Bring the mouse over it to see the bring up

the Mini Toolbar

FORMATTING & TOOLS

• Text Selection• Font and Font Size• Bold/Italic/Underline• Alignment

SELECTING TEXT

• Select a word by double clicking on the word• Select a line by clicking in the selection bar

next to the line• Select a sentence by clicking at the

beginning of the sentence and dragging till the end of it.

• Select a paragraph by triple-clicking in the paragraph!

FONT AND FONT SIZE

• Select the first line– Change font type to any type you want– Change font size to 24 for example

ITALICS, BOLD, UNDERLINE

• Select TextUse “B” for boldUse “I” for italicsUse “U” for underline

ALIGNMENT

Left aligned

CenteredRight aligned

Justified

COPYING, CUTTING, AND PASTING

• Moving Text– Drag and Drop– Copy/Cut & Paste

– Demonstrating example . . .• Select your last name and the click and drag it to put it

before your first name.• Select your last name and right click and copy and paste it

anywhere in the document. (or Ctrl+C Ctrl+V)• Select your last name and right click and cut and past it

anywhere in the document. (or Ctrl+X Ctrl+V)

FIND AND REPLACE

SETTING MARGINS & ORIENTATION

Questions ?