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Microsoft office word. objectives. 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!
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objectives • 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 • 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
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 • 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 • 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