Word Unit A Vanderlei
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- Microsoft Word
- a word processing program used to create: letters, memos, newsletters, research papers, web pages, business cards, resumes financial reports, and other types of documents
- word processing program
- software that allows you to enter, edit, and format text and graphics hi
- documents
- The files you create using Word are called
- Before planning document identify
- Message Audience Needed elements (charts, tables, etc.) Appropriate tone and look for the document (formal, playful, etc.)
- determine its design
- The purpose of and audience for a document
- 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 window Each pointer is used for a different purpose
- apply paragraph formatting
- Click and type pointers position the insertion point
- Title bar
- displays the program and document names
- Word program window
- opens and displays a blank document
- Ribbon
- contains tabs
- Tabs
- include buttons for commands organized in groups
- Quick Access toolbar
- contains frequently used commands and is customizable
- 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
- shows page information, the location of the insertion point, and the on/off status of several Word features
- word-wrap
- As you type, the insertion point moves automatically to the next line when you reach the right margin Press [Enter] only when you want to start a new paragraph
- 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
- Automatic features that might appear as you type
- AutoComplete AutoCorrect Spelling and Grammar
- file
- To store a document permanently,
- filename
- A filename identifies the file Files can be stored on an internal hard disk, on a CD or jump drive, or in another location
- Saving a file allows
- you to close the file and open it later for editing or printing
- save button or save command
- Save a file for the first time and on the Quick Access toolbar
- Save As dialog box
- Assign a filename and a file location to a document
- Save changes using
- Save button, the Save command, or [Ctrl][S]
- You must select text before
- deleting, editing, or formatting it 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
- Mini toolbar
- Includes the most commonly used text and paragraph formatting commands Appears faintly above selected text Becomes solid when your point to it Right-click selected text if the Mini toolbar disappears
- Before printing a document, examine it for errors in
- Print Preview
- Print Preview
- shows a document as it will look when printed
- Print command
- on the Office menu to change the print settings before printing Number of copies Page range Default printer
- Quick Print command or the Print button
- to print using the default print settings Prints a single copy of the entire document The Quick Access toolbar can be customized to include the Quick Print button
- template
- a formatted document that contains placeholder text
- Undo button
- Reverse the last action
- Redo button
- Restore a change that you reversed
- Repeat command
- Repeat a change with on the edit menu
- Zoom feature
- Enlarge document for a close-up view Reduce document for an overview of the layout
- Zoom group
- on the view tab
- views
- ways of displaying a document
- Print Layout view
- displays a document as it will look on a printed page
- Full Screen Reading view
- displays document so it is easy to read onscreen
- Web Layout view
- displays a document as it will look when viewed on a computer screen using a Web browser
- Outline view
- displays the headings in a document in outline form
- Draft view
- shows a simplified layout of a document, without margins, headers and footers, or graphics