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Microsoft Word 2010 Training
Making the Switch to Word
2010…
Making the switch from Microsoft Office Word 2003 to
Microsoft Word 2010 only requires you to understand how to
navigate the ribbon….
 Can I open & edit/work in old documents….? YES!
 Can I type, format text, add pictures, tables etc…? YES!
 Can I save to My Docs, print preview, & print…? YES!
 Will there be someone I can email/ask if I freak out… YES!
Make the switch to Word 2010
To the Ribbon!
Make the switch to Word 2010
If I am stuck…
• What do I do if I can’t figure out
which tab or group to click on what I
need??
• Go to this website to insert a Search
tab to find what you need….
Make the switch to Word 2010
What happens when…
…I want to open my old document made in Office 2003?
 Will it work…? YES!
1. Open My Documents
2. Double click on the file you want to open.
3. The document will open with a yellow security bar at the top.
Make the switch to Word 2010
What happens when…
…I get the yellow security bar at the top?
1. Click the button to Enable Editing.
2. Now you can edit your Word 2003 document in Word
2010.
3. When finished… SAVE!
Make the switch to Word 2010
Opening new Word documents…
Your turn…
• Go to Start Menu
• All Programs
• Microsoft Office
• Word
1 The ribbon sitting at the
top of your document.
2 A blank document,
which is a white piece of
paper ready to type.
Just start typing
You will find that
everything will work
normally…
Your turn…
1. Open a new Word
document.
2. Type one sentence
on the blank page
about a new thing
you learned in
Office 2010.
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Fix spelling and grammar mistakes
As usual… Word will let
you know when you make
mistakes.
1. Red underline:
This indicates either a
possible spelling error
or that Word doesn’t
recognize a word,
such as a proper
name or place.
2. Green underline:
Word thinks that
grammar should be
revised.
3. Blue underline: A
Wavy lines like these warn you of spelling and
grammar mistakes.
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word is spelled
correctly but does not
seem to be the
correct word for the
sentence. For
example, you type
“too,” but the word
should be “to.”
Format text
On the sentence
you just wrote,
you can
emphasize words
by making them
bold, italic, &
underlined.
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1. Make one
word bold.
2. Make one
word in italics.
3. Underline one
word.
Format text
Now let’s format the
text in a few other
common ways…
1. On the Home tab,
look for the Font
group.
2. Highlight one of the
words in your
sentence and change
the color.
3. Now highlight
another word to
change the font &
font size.
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Change margins
You also use the ribbon
to change margins using
the Page Layout tab.
The Margins button on the Page layout tab.
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1. Click it to select the
Page Layout
tab/group.
2. Click Margins.
3. This will allow you
to see different
margin size icons &
the measurements
for each margins.
4. Now change the
size of the margins
on your new open
Word document.
Adding Clip Art
You also use the ribbon
to add clip art & other
objects using the Insert
tab.
1. Click it to select the
Insert tab.
2. Click Clip Art
3. This will open a
search box to your
left.
4. Select an image to
insert.
5. You will see the
Picture Tools tab
light up.
6. This allows you to
edit/format your
image.
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Save, print, and close your document
Click the first tab on the
ribbon, the File tab.
Now you are in the
Backstage of the
document.
Here you can…
1. Save
2. Open/Close
3. Print
Backstage view, where you can save and print your
document.
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Save, print, and close your document
1. When you click Save.
A dialog box, opens
& you can navigate
where to save your
document.
2. To print click the
Print command. A
large window opens,
and you click the
Print button.
3. When you are
finished with the
document click
Close or Exit.
Backstage view, where you can save and print your
document.
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