Lesson 1 – Creating a New
Document
Microsoft Word 2010
Learning Goals
• The goal of this lesson is for students to successfully
explore and describe the Word window and to create
a new document. The student will save the
document and properly exit the program.
Learning Objectives
On completion of this lesson, students will be able to do
the following:
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Successfully start Microsoft Office Word 2010 using a variety of methods.
Explore the Word window and identify various features in the window.
Navigate the Word window.
Use the Ribbons in Word.
Navigate the various menus associated with each Ribbon.
Create a new document.
Insert text in a document using various methods.
Save a document using the Save and Save As commands.
Close a document and properly exit the Word program.
Starting Word
• There are five ways to start Word 2010
The Windows
Start Button
The Desktop
Shortcut
The “Most
Frequently Used
Programs” List
Right Click and
Word doc and
choose “Open”
Double Clicking
a document
created in Word
The Windows Start Button
START
The Desktop Shortcut
It’s not there?!
Create one!!
Right click on Word in the
Start Menu
Right-Clicking or Double-Clicking a
Word Document
Right-click on a Word
document and leftclick on “Open”
Which method do
you prefer?
Why?
The Word Program Window
Title Bar
Displays the name of the
active document. It
shows the default file
name if the file is
unsaved.
The Word Program Window
The File Tab
Allows access to the Word
Options dialog box and
provides control to create
new documents, save and
print documents, as well as
several other features.
The Word Program Window
The Ribbon is grouped
according to the task
being performed.
The Word Program Window
Tabs (allow access to various ribbons)
Tabs allow access to
various groups of
commands on the
ribbon.
The Word Program Window
Quick Access Toolbar
Provides access to
commonly used tasks
like saving a document.
It can be personalized to
fit your needs.
The Word Program Window
Insertion Point
The point where
whatever you type or
paste in an application
will be inserted.
The Word Program Window
Ruler
Ruler
Provides assistance for
laying out your
document.
The Word Program Window
Used to make different
parts of your document
visible.
Scroll Bar
The Word Program Window
These buttons allow the
user to determine the
way that the document
is viewed.
View
Buttons
Using Ribbons and Tabs
• The ribbon is used to
reach the commands in
Word 2010.
• If a command can’t be
used at the current
time, it is dimmed.
Launcher
button
• Click a Tab to see all
available options
related to the tab.
• If there are more
available options, the
group will have a
Launcher button that
opens a dialog box.
Entering Text
• Typing will enter text at
the insertion point.
• Word Wrap will
automatically start text
on a new line when the
current line runs out of
space.
• This is called a “SOFT
BREAK”
• If a word is too long,
Word will move the
entire word to the next
line.
Margins
• Margins are empty
space around your
document that provide
a border.
• By default, margins in
Define your own if
Word 2010 are 1”.
necessary.
• You can change margins
by going to the Page
Layout Tab  Page
Setup Group  Margins
Making Corrections
BACKSPACE
Removes
text to the
LEFT of the
cursor.
DELETE
Removes
text to the
RIGHT of the
cursor.
Using Click and Type
• Works in PRINT LAYOUT or WEB LAYOUT view.
• Click and Type allows you to start typing anywhere
in a blank document screen double-clicking
somewhere on the page.
• Depending on where you double-click, the text will
be left-aligned, center-aligned, or right-aligned.
• Observe the I-Beam to determine how text will be
aligned.
• Not available everywhere. 
Saving a Document
• Why save a document instead of just recreating it?
• Use “Save” to resave a document.
• Use “Save As” to save a document with a new
name, a new file type or in a new location.
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Power outages, computer
problems, annoying sisters, curious dogs… any of
these can cause you to lose a document!
• AutoSave and AutoRecover miiiiight help in case of
a saving emergency.
Choosing a File Name
• You can save a file with up to 260 characters!!
• Regardless, your file name should be as short and
descriptive as possible. Why???
• You can’t use the following characters in a file name:
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• Get even more organized by creating folders and
subfolders (folders within folders) to save groups of
files in.
Discussion!
• What folder categories
that might assist in
keeping documents
organized in this class?
Closing a Document
• Close a document using the “Close”
command on the File tab.
OR
• Use the document control buttons at
the top right of the document.
• If a document hasn’t been saved when
you close it, a dialog box will ask if you
want to save when you close.