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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
- is software that allows you to enter, edit, and format text and graphics 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 The files you create using Word are called documents
- 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
- 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 Click and type pointers position the insertion point and apply paragraph formatting
- Ribbon
- contains tabs
- Tabs
- include buttons for commands organized in groups
- Quick Access toolbar
- 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
- 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
- text
- [Backspace]
- to delete the text before the insertion point
- [Delete
- to delete the text after the insertion point
- Starting a Document
- Automatic features that might appear as you type AutoComplete AutoCorrect Spelling and Grammar
- file
- To store a document permanently, you must save it as a
- save
- 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
- filename,
- A filename identifies the file