Basic Functions of Word
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Footnotes
Footnotes provide additional information about a specific word.
The marking of a note is called a 'reference mark', it can be a
number or a symbol.
We mostly see these notes when we read books and we can
insert at the end of the sheet or at the end of the document.
Window menu
In this menu, we can view open documents in a list format in the
program (up to 9 files).
This menu also helps us to divide the document in case of
we need to see information from different pages.
Copy Format
As its name indicates, it copies the format of a specific text or
paragraph
This button is located in the Standard toolbar.
To copy format we must:
1. Seleccionar el texto que tiene el formato deseado.
Press the button once if you want to copy the format to a single body of
text or twice if we want to pass it to several bodies of text (to
press the button to finalize the copy.
Document Map
The document map is a very useful tool for navigating between the
document quickly. When the document map is activated, it
places on the left side of the document showing in a schematic way the
document titles.
We find this button in the Standard toolbar, or by
View menu – document map.
When we are in layout view, Word automatically shows the
document map, to close it just press the button again or
double click on the right border of the document map.
Header and footer
The header and footer is the space outside the workspace, where
Usually, the footnotes, the address, and the logo of a company are included.
among others.
The header and footer can be found by expanding the View menu -
Header and footer, when creating a header and we want
To switch to the footer, we must press the button to toggle between header and footer.
In the header and footer, pagination of the pages can be placed for the
document, through the insert page number button; but if we want to change
the format of the number we press the page number format.
When inserting a header or footer in a document, it is general for the entire document.
document, if I want different headers or footers I must split the document
in sections.
Jump (page, section)
As its name indicates, it changes from one page to another or
section.
When a Word document is opened, it automatically assumes that this is a
single section, if we want Word to divide the document into sections then
we open the Insert - Break... menu
Rule
It is the guide at the top and left side that allows us to look into
centimeters the tabulations, objects, text, and others that are found in the
documento. En caso de que no este la podemos activar por el menú Ver –
Rule.
Status Bar
The status bar is the area located at the bottom of the
document. In it we see the information of what is happening in the
document; by default the bar is always there, in case it is not there the
we can activate by expanding the Tools menu - Options - View - Toolbar
of State.
Text limits
The text limits are like a frame that is placed on the sheet to be able to
visualize to where I have permission to write.
I enable text limits by opening the Tools menu - Options -
See text limits.
Non-printable characters
Every time we create a space, a tab, dashes, among others in Word
you distinguish one from the other with a symbol, to see these symbols you just need to
Click on the Show or Hide button in the Standard toolbar.
De esta forma podemos ver el seguimiento de lo que hemos escrito, y también
when making a jump (page or section).
With this explanation, we reach the end of the course, we hope you apply the
knowledge obtained, both in the field of the company and professionally as
personally. Thank you very much for trusting Innova Estrategias again
FUNCIONES BASICAS DE MICROSOFT WORD
The Microsoft Word word processor is really a typewriter.
powerful. Most users use this tool to write
texts, but, as we will see, it has many more possibilities. We have chosen the
WORD for being the most widely used processor.
The basic functions of Word are:
FILE MENU or first buttons on the toolbar: Document
nuevo, abrir un documento existente, cerrar, guardar, guardar como, imprimir
a document; exit the program.
IMPORTANT:
In the OPEN DOCUMENT menu, we need to pay attention to the option TPO OF
FILE. If WORD DOCUMENT appears, we can only open that type of
documents. It is advisable to activate the ALL FILES option.
In the SAVE DOCUMENT menu, in the SAVE AS TYPE option,
WORD offers us a wide variety of file types. We are going to
meet with two types: WORD document and RTF FORMAT.
MAIN OPTIONS TO WORK IN WORD:
Show toolbar mini bar when selecting Select this
Option to show the mini toolbar when selecting text. This
The toolbar provides quick access to the tools of
format.
Enable active previews Select this option to get a
preview of the effects caused by the changes made in the
document.
Show Programmer tab in the ribbon Select this
option to display the programmer tab in the ribbon
2007 Microsoft Office System programs. The Developer tab includes
tools for the creation of macros and forms, as well as
features related to XML. Uncheck this checkbox if
wants to hide the card.
Always use ClearType selected by default, this
Active ClearType option to make text easier to read. If you change
This value must restart Microsoft Office Word for the change to take effect.
effect.
NOTES
This value applies to all Office programs.
On devices running Microsoft Windows XP, activating this option will
turn off the ClearType value of Windows. This option is not available in
devices running Microsoft Windows Vista.
Open email attachment data in Screen Reader view
default selected completion, this option shows the
documents in full screen reading view when they are opened
from email attachments. Uncheck the checkbox
if you want them to open in Print Layout view.
Color combination Select an option from the list to change the
color combination of the programs.
Screen information style Select a style from the list to
control the presentation of button names and additional information
useful. Select Show feature descriptions in information
on the screen to show the names and useful information, select No
show descriptions of features in information in
screen to show only the names of the buttons or select No
show information on screen to not display either the names or the
information.
