• Introduction to Microsoft Word

• Date: March 21, 2012Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

• Location: Serra Hall 156A Computer Lab• Instructor: Joel Elad

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Learning Objectives

• Navigate the “Ribbon” Interface • Download and use functional document templates • Open, Print, and Save your work• Use formatting commands to change text, etc. • Create simple styles and modify a document• Spell check your document and other word processing tools • Insert Tables, Pictures, or Special Characters into the text• Add Header, Footer, and Footnote data to your document

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Parts of the Word Screen

1. Menu bar2. Standard toolbar3. Ribbon4. Cursor5. Scrollbar

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The Ribbon - Tabs, Groups, Commands

Tabs: The Ribbon is made up of different tabs, each related to specific kinds of work you do in Excel.

Groups: Each tab has several groups that show related items together.

Commands: A command is a button or a menu.

Tabs

Groups Commands

Word Help

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Button pops up help window.

Using Templates

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Creating a blank document

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Saving Your Work - Formats

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Entering Data

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Formatting your Word Document

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• Formatting commands-Font-Paragraph-Document

• Changing Margins, header/footer, page number• Using Styles and Themes• Creating 2 or more columns of text• Page break, section break

Spelling and Grammar check

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Red squiggly – spelling mistakeGreen squiggly – grammatical error

Word Processing Tools

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• Find and Replace • Thesaurus• Research• Word Count• Languages

Adding Elements to your document

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• Tables• Pictures/graphics• Header/footer• Footnotes

Hands on Project

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