Word Project 1

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Word Project 1

• Creating and Editing a Word Document

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Objectives

• Start Word
• Describe the Word window
• Zoom page width
• Change the default font size of all text
• Enter text into a document
• Scroll through a document
• Check spelling as you type
• Save a document
• Select text
• Change the font size of selected text

• Change the font of selected text
• Right-align a paragraph
• Center a paragraph
• Undo commands or actions
• Italicize selected text
• Underline selected text
• Bold selected text
• Insert clip art into a document
• Resize a graphic
• Correct errors in a document
• Use Word Help
• Quit Word

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Create an Announcement
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Starting Word

• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar,
  point to All Programs on the Start menu, Click
  Microsoft Word
• Double-click its title bar to maximize it
• Display the Formatting Mark using the Show/Hide
  button

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Zooming Page Width and Font Size

• Click the Zoom box arrow on the Standard toolbar
  and then Click Page Width

• Click the Font Size box arrow on the Formatting
  toolbar and then Click 22

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Entering Text

• Type Sail the Waters and then press the TILDE ()
  key. If you make an error while typing, press
  the BACKSPACE key until you have deleted the text
  in error and then retype the text correctly
• Press the ENTER key. Press the TILDE () key.
  Type Cruise the Shores and then press the ENTER
  key

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Entering More Text Using Wordwrap

• Press the ENTER key three times
• Press the CAPS LOCK key on the keyboard to turn
  on capital letters. Verify the CAPS LOCK
  indicator is lit on your keyboard
• Type HIDDEN LAKE STATE PARK and then press the
  CAPS LOCK key to turn off capital letters. Press
  the ENTER key twice

• Type Are you looking for a quiet, relaxing break
  from schoolwork?

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Entering Text that Scrolls the Document Window

• Press the SPACEBAR. Type Hidden Lake is the
  perfect location for a tranquil escape from
  reality. Press the ENTER key twice

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Checking Spelling as You Type

• Type Show your student indentification and then
  press the SPACEBAR. Position the mouse pointer
  in the flagged word (indentification, in this
  case)
• Right-click the flagged word, indentification.
  When the shortcut menu displays, Click
  identification.
• Press the END key to move the insertion point to
  the end of the line and then type card to receive
  a 30 percent discount on sailboat rentals.
• Press the ENTER key twice. Type Call 555-2299
  for details or reservations.

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Undoing and Redoing

• Undoing Commands
• Click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar
• CTRL Z

• Redoing?
• Click the Redo button on the Standard toolbar
• CTRL Y

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Saving a Document

• Insert a formatted floppy disk into drive A.
  Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
• Type Hidden Lake Announcement in the File name
  text box. Do not press the ENTER key after
  typing the file name
• Click the Save in box arrow and then point to 3½
  Floppy (A)
• Click 3½ Floppy (A) and then point to the Save
  button in the Save As dialog box
• Click the Save button in the Save As dialog box

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Selecting Multiple Paragraphs

• Press CTRLHOME. Move the mouse pointer to the
  left of the first paragraph to be selected until
  the mouse pointer changes to a right-pointing
  block arrow
• Drag downward until both paragraphs are selected
• Other ways?

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Changing the Font Size / Font of Selected Text

• While the text is selected, click the Font Size
  box arrow on the Formatting toolbar
• Click the down scroll arrow on the until 48
  displays in the list and then click 48

• While the text is selected, click the Font box
  arrow on the Formatting toolbar.
• Scroll through the list and click
  Haettenschweiler (or a similar font)

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Aligning a Paragraph

• Click somewhere in the paragraph to be
  right-aligned.
• Click the Align Right button on the Formatting
  toolbar
• Click somewhere in the paragraph to be centered.
  
• Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar

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Selecting a Line and Formatting It

• Move the mouse pointer to the left of the line to
  be selected (HIDDEN LAKE STATE PARK) until it
  changes to a right-pointing block arrow and then
  click

• While the text is selected, click the Font box
  arrow and then in the list, click Lucida Console,
  or a similar font
• While the text is selected, click the Font Size
  box arrow on the Formatting toolbar and then
  click 28
• Italicizing with the text still selected, click
  the Italic button on the Formatting toolbar

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Selecting / Underlining a Word

• Position the mouse pointer somewhere in the word
  to be formatted (the, in this case)
• Double-click the word to be selected

• With the text still selected, click the Underline
  button on the Formatting toolbar

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Selecting / Bolding a Group of Words

• Position the mouse pointer immediately to the
  left of the first character of the text to be
  selected
• Drag the mouse pointer through the last character
  of the text to be selected

• While the text is selected, click the Bold button
  on the Formatting toolbar.
• Click inside the selected text to remove the
  selection
• Center the last paragraph

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Inserting Clip Art into a Document

• Press CTRL HOME and then press the DOWN ARROW
  key three times. Click Insert on the menu bar
• Point to Picture and then click Clip Art. If the
  Search text box contains text, drag through the
  text to select it. Type sailboat and then click
  the Search button
• Point to the desired image and then click the box
  arrow that displays to the right of the image.
  Point to insert on the menu and click Insert.
  Close the Insert Clip Art task pane title bar

• With the insertion point on the paragraph mark
  containing the image, click the Center button on
  the Formatting toolbar

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Resizing a Graphic

• With the graphic still selected, point to the
  upper-left corner sizing handle
• Drag the sizing handle diagonally outward until
  the dotted selection rectangle is positioned
  approximately as shown in the figure
• Release the mouse button.
• Save the file!

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Correcting Errors

• Inserting Text into an Existing Document
• Click to the left of the location of text to be
  inserted
• Type the new text
• Deleting Text from an Existing Document
• Click next to the incorrect character
• Press the BACKSPACE key to erase to the left of
  the insertion point or press the DELETE key to
  erase to the right of the insertion point

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Obtaining Help Using the Ask a Question Box

• Click the Ask a Question box on the right side of
  the menu bar and then type handwriting
  recognition
• Press the ENTER key. When the list of topics
  displays below the Ask a Question box, point to
  the topic, About handwriting recognition
• Click About handwriting recognition. When the
  Word Help window opens, double-click its title
  bar to maximize it. If necessary, click the
  Contents tab

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Obtaining Help Using the Ask a Question Box

• Click the Close button on the Word Help window
  title bar

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