Intoduction to Microsoft Office Word

Microsoft Office Word

An Overview

Khavdesh Erkin

Computer Science Teacher

Lesson Plan for Today

• Getting Started
• The Ribbon
• The Office Button
• Opening a Document
• Viewing a Document
• Moving Around in a Document
• Help

Getting Started

• Open Microsoft Office Word from the Desktop

• Double-Click this Icon: or click right button on your mouse and click
• Double-Click this Icon: or click right button on your mouse and click

• This Will Open Microsoft Office Word
• This Will Open Microsoft Office Word

What it All Looks Like…

Close

Title Bar

Office Button

Minimize

Minimize

Ribbon

The Ribbon

• What is it?

• Displays commonly used commands On the top of the ribbon are 7 basic Tabs/Activity Areas
• Displays commonly used commands
• On the top of the ribbon are 7 basic Tabs/Activity Areas

• Home Insert Page Layout Reference Mailings Review View Within the tabs are little boxes called Groups Some have Galleries when this appears: Each Group has a Dialog Box Launcher which offers even more options
• Home Insert Page Layout Reference Mailings Review View
• Home
• Insert
• Page Layout
• Reference
• Mailings
• Review
• View
• Within the tabs are little boxes called Groups Some have Galleries when this appears: Each Group has a Dialog Box Launcher which offers even more options
• Some have Galleries when this appears:
• Each Group has a Dialog Box Launcher which offers even more options

The Home Tab

• The most commonly used commands for formatting and manipulating text

The Home Tab

Activity Area

Group

A Gallery

Dialog Box Launcher

The Insert Tab

• Commands for doing all the various types of inserting such as pictures, tables, date and time, symbols & many other options

Page Layout Tab

• The options for arranging the overall appearance of the document

The Reference Tab

• The cross-referencing, indexing and controlling various references is done here.

The Mailings Tab

• Contains the mail merge and the printing of envelopes and labels commands.

The Review Tab

• Spelling and grammar checking are at home here and some other powerful controls for commenting, tracking, and comparing documents.

The View Tab

• Controls how the document is displayed on the screen.

The Office Button

The Office Button

• Located in the upper left-hand corner
• Has Several Commands

• New
• New

• Used for starting a new document Can choose a template for the different types of documents Open Used to Open a Document Or to load one into Word Save Used to store the document on the hard drive of the computer
• Used for starting a new document Can choose a template for the different types of documents
• Used for starting a new document
• Can choose a template for the different types of documents
• Open Used to Open a Document Or to load one into Word
• Used to Open a Document
• Or to load one into Word
• Save Used to store the document on the hard drive of the computer
• Used to store the document on the hard drive of the computer

The Office Button, Cont.

• Commands, Cont.

• Save As
• Save As

• Allow you to save a document by a specified name or in a specified folder Print Sends documents to the printer Prepare, Send, and Publish Powerful Commands that offer various options Not Covered in this course Close Another Way to Close your document
• Allow you to save a document by a specified name or in a specified folder
• Allow you to save a document by a specified name or in a specified folder
• Print Sends documents to the printer
• Sends documents to the printer
• Prepare, Send, and Publish Powerful Commands that offer various options Not Covered in this course
• Powerful Commands that offer various options
• Not Covered in this course
• Close Another Way to Close your document
• Another Way to Close your document

Opening a Document

• There are Two ways of Opening a Document

• Using “Open” Under the Office Button Clicking “Open” in the upper left-hand pane
• Using “Open” Under the Office Button
• Clicking “Open” in the upper left-hand pane
• You must know where the file is located and what the file is called.

Opening a Document

Viewing a Document

• There are Four Ways to View a Document:

• Dragging the Borders
• Dragging the Borders

• Makes Screen Larger or Smaller Using the Zoom Controls Makes page bigger or smaller Using the “Page Up”/ “Page Down” Keyboard buttons Moves Page to the next “screen’s worth” of text Using the “Next Page”/ “Previous Page” Buttons Moves to the next page or the previous page
• Makes Screen Larger or Smaller
• Makes Screen Larger or Smaller
• Using the Zoom Controls Makes page bigger or smaller
• Makes page bigger or smaller
• Using the “Page Up”/ “Page Down” Keyboard buttons Moves Page to the next “screen’s worth” of text
• Moves Page to the next “screen’s worth” of text
• Using the “Next Page”/ “Previous Page” Buttons Moves to the next page or the previous page
• Moves to the next page or the previous page

Viewing a Document

Moving Around in a Document

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Help

• Use the Help Button when you need assistance or advice
• Type in a keyword/words

The End

• Created with the Help of:

• Senior Academy. (2008). Word 2007 Basics: An Introduction to Microsoft Office Word 2007 . Ludwig Keck.
• Senior Academy. (2008). Word 2007 Basics: An Introduction to Microsoft Office Word 2007 . Ludwig Keck.