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- Microsoft Word is a word processing program used to create:
- Letters Memos Newsletters Research papers Web pages Business cards Resumes Financial reports Other types of documents
- word processing program
- Copy and move text Format text with fonts and color Format and design page layout Insert tables, charts, diagrams, and graphics Use mail merge to create form letters
- Plan a document before you create it Identify:
- Message Audience Needed elements (charts, tables, etc.) Appropriate tone and look for the document (formal, playful, etc.) The purpose of and audience for a document determine its design
- The Word program window
- opens and displays a blank document
- The insertion point
- indicates where text appears when you type
- The purpose of and audience for a document determine its design
- Plan a document before you create it Identify: Message Audience Needed elements (charts, tables, etc.) Appropriate tone and look for the document (formal, playful, etc.)
- Word program window
- opens and displays a blank document
- insertion point
- indicates where text appears when you type
- mouse pointer
- changes shape depending on its location in the Word program windowEach pointer is used for a different purpose
- Ribbon
- contains tabs
- Tabs
- include buttons for commands organized in groups
- include buttons for commands organized in groups
- contains frequently used commands and is customizable
- Title bar
- displays the program and document names
- Office button
- opens a menu of commands related to managing and sharing documents
- Microsoft Office Help button
- provides access to the Word Help system
- Document window
- displays the current document
- Rulers
- show margin, tab, and indent settings
- Scroll bars
- are used to display different parts of the document in the document window
- View buttons
- are used to switch between Word document views
- Zoom level button and Zoom slider
- provide quick ways to enlarge and decrease a document onscreen view
- Status bar
- bar shows page information, the location of the insertion point, and the on/off status of several Word features
- Insert
- text in a document by clicking to move the insertion point and then typing
- Delete
- Press [Backspace] to delete the text before the insertion point Press [Delete] to delete the text after the insertion point
- file
- store a document permanently, you must save it as a
- filename,
- When you save a file you give it a name
- select
- Click and drag the I-beam pointer across text to select it Selected text is highlighted
- Formatting marks
- are special characters that appear on screen to help you edit and format text
- Print Preview
- shows a document as it will look when printed
- template
- a formatted document that contains placeholder text