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Section 5 Microsoft Word 2010. Microsoft Word 2010. Lunching Microsoft word. Start -> All Programs->Microsoft Office->Microsoft Word 2010. Exploring the Word 2010 Window. The Ribbon. The Ribbon contains all of the commands you'll need in order to do common tasks
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Section 5 Microsoft Word 2010
Microsoft Word 2010 Lunching Microsoft word Start -> All Programs->Microsoft Office->Microsoft Word 2010
The Ribbon • The Ribbon contains all of the commands you'll need in order to do common tasks • It contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of commands. TABS ARROW to click for more options Each Group has a name ex:“Font” BUTTON
Groups • Each tab, commands are grouped • For instance look at the Home tab.
The Quick Access Toolbar • The Quick Access Toolbar is located above the Ribbon. • it lets you access common commands no matter which tab you're on. • By default, it shows the Save, Undo, and Repeat commands. You can add other commands to make it more convenient for you Quick Access Toolbar
Saving Microsoft Word documents Saving your document to disk means that the information will be safely stored as a file on your hard disk
Closing Word From the upper right button Or File Menu -> Exit
Minimizing the Ribbon Click the small arrow next to the help icon To restore the ribbon click the small arrow again
Creating a new document • You can create a new document by pressing Ctrl+N.
Creating documents using different templates Click the File tab. Select New. Select Blank document under Available Templates. It will be highlighted by default.
Saving your file using a different file name • Click on the Microsoft Office button and from the menu displayed, click on the Save As command.
Using Help within Microsoft Word • Click on the Help icon. • Or press F1.
Font type • Make sure that the Home tab is selected. • Click on the down arrow, to the right of the text within the Font control.
Font size • The font size refers to the height of the text. Bold, Italic and Underline
Case changing • Lets you change the capitalization within text.
Highlighting and Font Color • You can change the highlighting color • You can change the Font color
Applying Text Effects • Select the text • Click the Text Effects command • Select one of the options
Copying text formatting • Allows you to pick up the formatting that has been applied to one portion of text and apply that formatting to another portion of text.
Removing formatting • Very useful if you get yourself into a mess with your formatting, or if you receive a document from someone else that has been 'over formatted'.
Applying styles to a word, line or a paragraph • Click on the down arrow to the right of the Style box.
Zoom • Use the Zoom slider or double click on the Zoom percentage value
Selecting text • Selecting a word. • Double click on any word within the document. • Selecting a sentence. • To do this, move the mouse pointer within the sentence which you wish to select. • Depress the CTRL key and then click within the sentence. • Selecting a paragraph. • To do this triple click within a paragraph. • Selecting the entire document. • To do this press Ctrl+A.
Inserting Additional Text • Type Text: Put your cursor where you want to add the text and begin typing • Copy and Paste Text: Highlight the text you wish to copy and right click and click Copy, put your cursor where you want the text in the document and right click and click Paste. • Cut and Paste Text: Highlight the text you wish to copy and right click and click Cut, put your cursor where you want the text in the document and right click and click Paste. • Drag Text: Highlight the text you wish to move, click on it and drag it to the place where you want the text in the document.
BACKSPACE and DELETE • Use the BACKSPACE and DELETE keys on the keyboard to delete text. Backspace will delete text to the left of the cursor and Delete will erase text to the right. To delete a large selection of text, highlight it using any of the methods outlined above and press the DELETE key.
undo and redo • The Undo icon allows you to undo a mistake. • The Repeat (Re-do) icon allows you to repeat typing • Undo (Ctrl+Z) and Repeat (Ctrl+Y)
Using Tabs • Type of tabs: • Left Tabs : text will start at this point and flow to the right. • Right Tabs: Text will start at this point and flow to the left . • Center Tabs: your text is centered on this point
Using Tabs • Simply press the tab key on your keyboard. Then your cursor will jump to the next tab mark.
Moving or removing tabs • To move the tab Just by dragging it to different location • To remove the tab just drag it off the ruler
Paragraph Options 1. Indent using the ruler • To add an indent: • Click through the tab buttons to choose type of indent that you want • 2. click the place on the ruler where you want the indent to appear
Using paragraph dialog • Applying Alignment • Applying indentation • Applying Spacing • Setting Defaults