MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD
OBJECTIVES
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Introduction
Selecting Text
Mini Toolbar
Font and Font Size
Bold/Italic/Underline
Alignment
INTRODUCTION TO WORD
• Word processing software enables you
to produce documents such as letters,
reports, research papers and resumes!
• Basic elements: Quick Access Toolbar,
Title bar, Horizontal ruler, Vertical ruler,
Vertical scroll bar, Zoom slider, View
buttons, Status bar.
• Word wrap moves words to the next line if
they do not fit on the current line.
INTRODUCTION TO WORD
• A hard return is created when you press
Enter to move the insertion pointer to a new
line.
• A soft return is created by the word
processor as it wraps text to a new line.
• To toggle is to switch from one setting to
another.
• The show/hide feature reveals where
formatting marks such as spaces, tabs, and
returns, are used in the document.
INTRODUCTION TO WORD
Keyboard 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 Document
Up 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 page
Page Down
Down to the next page
Ctrl+Page Down To the top of next page
INTRODUCTION TO WORD
• A soft page break is inserted when text
fills an entire page, then continues onto
the next page.
• A hard page break forces the next part of
a document to begin on a new page.
EXAMPLE
• Using keyboard shortcuts to navigate a
document and inserting a page break.
– Click to the left of “Glass, Trash, & Other
Regulations” paragraph title in second page
– Insert Ribbon->Pages group->Page Break
INTRODUCTION TO WORD
• Inserting a page number.
– Insert tab->Header and Footer group->Page
Number
• Adding a cover page and revising page
numbers.
– Insert tab->Pages group->Cover Page
– Select a style and replace “Type the document title”
with “Floating Buffalo National River”
– Press Tab and replace “Type the document subtitle”
with “First River Outfitter”
– Right click on the Abstract field and select cut
– Click on the Author field and replace the content
with your name
INTRODUCTION TO WORD
• Changing word options.
– File tab->Options
– Click Save on the left of Word Options dialog
box. Reduce the time that currently displays
next to “Save AutoRecover information every
10 minutes” to 3
– Click Quick Access Toolbar. Click “Print
Preview and Print” from the list of commands.
Click Add and then OK
MINI TOOLBAR
FONT AND FONT SIZE
• Select Text
• Change font type
• Change font size
ITALICS, BOLD, UNDERLINE
Select Text
Use “B” for bold
Use “I” for italics
Use “U” for underline
ALIGNMENT
•Align Left
•Align Right
•Align Center
•Justify (needs several full lines of text)
•Touches left and right margins like newspaper
columns
MOVING AND MANIPULATING
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Copy, Cut, & Paste
Moving text
Find & Replace
Page Setup / Margins
SECTION BREAKS
• Create a new Word document
• Make a few blank lines
• Page Layout ribbon > Page Setup group >
Breaks
• Next Page
• Show/ Hide in Home Ribbon will let you see
these
• This lets us create a new section for a Title
Page
TITLE PAGE
• On first page, above the break, type:
– First and Last names
– Today’s date
• Select the Page Setup drop-down on Page
Layout ribbon
VERTICAL CENTERING
Go to Layout tab to center
the text vertically…
• Set Vertical Alignment to
Center and Apply for this
section only
• Center the text
horizontally
• The text is in the middle
of the page
SECTIONS CONTINUED
• Jump to the second page and type the
following:
“Mountaineers the Big East Champs!”
• Note that the section for the second page
starts at the top.
LINE SPACING
• Let’s click our Line Spacing tool on the
Home ribbon and set this to Double
Spaced…
TABLES
• Insert ribbon > Tables
• Click Tables
• Select a 3X3 space to create 3 columns
and 3 rows
WORD CONTINUED
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Inserting Charts
Equation Editor
Bullets & Numbers
Footnotes / Endnotes
INSERTING CHARTS
• Can take a chart in an existing Excel file
and embed a copy in our document
– This works in PowerPoint too !
• Download & Open Insert Example file
INSERTING CHARTS
• In Excel, right click a whitespace area of the
chart and select Copy
• In Word right click and select Paste
• Resize chart using fill handles
EQUATION EDITOR
• We are going to build this
• We do 1 character at a time and pick what
we need from the menu for exponents and
fractions