Word Lesson

Microsoft Word Basics

Microsoft Office 2010

Introductory

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 Objectives

 Start Word and understand the ways to view

your document.
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 Enter text in a document and navigate a

document.
 Use Backspace and Delete to correct errors.
 Save a document.
 Open an existing document.

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 Objectives (continued)

 Use Full Screen Reading view.

 Change the page orientation of a document.
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Preview and print a document.

 Exit Word.

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 Vocabulary
 Draft view  Ribbon
 Full Screen Reading  status bar
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view  Toolbar
 insertion point  view buttons
 landscape orientation  Web Layout view
 Outline view  word processing
 portrait orientation  word wrap
 Print Layout view  Zoom
 Quick Access Toolbar
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 Introduction to Word Processing

 Word processing is the use of computer

software to enter and edit text.
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 You can easily create and edit documents,

such as:
– Letters
– Reports
– Newsletters with pictures and graphics

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 Starting Word

 Click the Start button on the taskbar.

 Click All Programs on the Start menu.
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 Click the Microsoft Office folder.

 Click Microsoft Office Word 2010.

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 Starting Word (continued)
 Opening screen in Word
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 Identifying Parts of the Word
Program Window
 Understanding the Word program window
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 Understanding Document Views
 Document views
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 Inserting Text and Understanding
Word Wrap

 To enter text in a document, begin typing.

 When you reach the right margin, the text
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continues on the next line. This feature is

called word wrap.
 When you press the Enter key, a blank line is
inserted automatically, and you start a new
paragraph.

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 Navigating a Word Document

 To enter or edit text, use the mouse or

keyboard to reposition the insertion point.
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– Mouse: Move the mouse until the insertion point

is where you want it to appear.
– Keyboard: There are many options of keys to
use, including arrows, Page Down, Page Up and
shortcuts.

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 Navigating a Word Document
(continued)

 Keyboard shortcuts for moving the insertion

point
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 Using Backspace and Delete

 There are two ways to delete characters:

– Backspace key: Deletes the character to the left
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of the insertion point

– Delete key: Deletes the character to the right of
the insertion point.

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 Saving a Document

 To save a document for the first time:

– Click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar.
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– Click the File tab, and then on the navigation bar,

click the Save or Save As command.
 Save command: Copies over previous version
 Save As command: Used to save a document
under a different name or location.

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 Saving a Document (continued)
 Folders help you organize files.
 Create a new folder in the Save As dialog box.
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Save As dialog box after creating a new folder

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 Locating and Opening an Existing
Document

 To open documents click the File tab, then on

the navigation bar, click
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– Open to open an existing document.

– Recent to open a recent document.
– New to open a new, blank document.

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 Zooming a Document

 You can use the Zoom feature to magnify

and reduce your document on screen.
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 A zoom percentage of 100% shows the

document at its normal size.
 The easiest way to change the zoom
percentage is to drag the Zoom slider at the
bottom-right of the screen.

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 Switching to Full Screen Reading
View

 Full Screen Reading View removes the

Ribbon and the status bar from the screen.
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– The Ribbon is replaced by a small toolbar

 To use this view, click the View tab on the
Ribbon, then in the Document Views group,
click the Full Screen Reading button.

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 Switching to Full Screen Reading
View (continued)
 Document in Full Screen Reading view
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 Selecting a Page Orientation

 Documents printed in portrait orientation

are longer than they are wide.
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 Documents printed in landscape

orientation are wider than they are long
 By default, Word is set to print pages in
portrait orientation.

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 Previewing and Printing a Document

 Use the Print option in the File tab to preview

a document before printing.
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 Use the Print option to change print settings.

 To print a document, click the Print button in
the center pane on the Print option in
Backstage view.

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 Exiting Word

 To close the document without exiting Word,

click the File tab, and then on the navigation
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bar, click the Close command.

 To exit Word, click the Close button in the
upper-right corner of the document window.

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 Summary

In this lesson, you learned:

 You can view the document screen in Print Layout
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view, Full Screen Reading view, Web Layout view,

Outline view, and Draft view. The key elements of the
screen in Print Layout view are the Ribbon, Quick
Access Toolbar, insertion point, status bar, view
buttons, and Zoom slider.
 When text is entered, the word wrap feature
automatically wraps words to the next line if they will
not fit on the current line.
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 Summary (continued)
 When corrections or additions need to be made, you can
place the insertion point anywhere within a document
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using the mouse or keyboard, and then delete text using

Backspace and Delete.
 When you save a document for the first time, the Save As
dialog box opens. This is where you name your file and
choose a location in which to save it. After you have
saved a document the first time, you use the Save
command to save your changes in the document or use
the Save As command to save it with a different file name
or to a new location.
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 Summary (continued)
 You can create new folders for storing documents in
the Save As dialog box.
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 You can locate and open an existing document using

the Open dialog box.
 You can use the Zoom slider to magnify or reduce
the size of your document on the screen.
 Full Screen Reading view makes it easier to view the
entire document on the screen by removing the
Ribbon and status bar and displaying only the text,
not the layout, of the document.
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 Summary (continued)

 You can use the Orientation command to

change the page orientation to portrait
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orientation or landscape orientation.

 You can preview and print a document by
using the Print option in the file tab.

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