microsoft office word 2007 - lesson 2
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Lesson 2 of Microsoft Office Word 2007 at the Willmar Public Library.TRANSCRIPT
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Beginners: Microsoft Office Word
2007Lesson 2: Entering Text
Samantha TerBeestWillmar Public Library
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Lesson 2 OverviewTyping TextSpecifying fonts and text sizeFormatting – bold, italic,
underlineTake advantage of automatic
spelling correctionsMaking bullet or numbered lists
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Special Keys in Text
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Typing Text: Font and SizeEverything we do today will take
place in the HOME TabFont and Size are located in the
FONT Group
Font
Size Increase/
Decrease Font Size
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ExerciseClick on the next to the box with the name of
the current font. Scroll down to find Time New Roman in the listing and click on it.
Click on the size selector arrow and click on 28.
Now type: The quick brown fox. Select Brush Script font and size 36.
Type: jumped over the lazy dogs. Notice the different font and size.
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Formatting Text
Bold◦The Bold command, , allows you
to type bold text.
Italic◦The Italic command, , allows you
to type italic, learning, text.
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Formatting Text, Continued
Underline◦The Underline command, , provides
for underlined text. ◦There is a gallery, , to select the type of
underline.
Other Formatting Options◦Other commands allow strikethrough of
text offer subscripting as in H20, superscripting like E=mc2.
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Exercise Select Times New Roman font.
Set the size to 24.
Now click on the Bold command.
Type some text.
Click on the Italic command.
Type some more text.
Click the Underline command.
Type some more text.
Click Bold again to release bolding, and type additional text.
Try various combinations to learn how the commands all work.
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Correcting Text
Backspace Key – erases the character immediately to the left of the cursor
Delete Key – erases a character to the right of the cursor
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Exercise(Ignore the Wavy Lines under text – that is covered in a later
Lesson.)
Set the font to Times New Roman and the size to 18.
Type The quaack brom
Use the Backspace key to erase the “m” and type wn to make the correction.
Move the pointer to between the a’s and click. The cursor will now be at that position.
Press the Backspace key to erase the a to the left of the cursor.
Press the Delete key to erase the a to the right of the cursor.
Type the i to correct the word.
Press the End key to return to the end of the line.
Continue making errors and correcting them.
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AutoCorrectIf you forget to capitalize the first letter in a
new sentence or paragraph, Word will do that for you.
If you accidentally hold down the Shift key too long and type a couple of capital letters at the beginning of a word, Word will correct that too.
If you accidentally leave the Caps Lock on and type a word that should be capitalized (by holding down the Shift key for the first letter), Word will make the correction and release the Caps Lock.
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AutoCorrect Cont.Word will also correct a large
number of typographical errors.
To cancel the AutoCorrect action – as soon as the correction appears (after you type the space), hold down the Ctrl key and the Z key or click the Undo icon.
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ExerciseSet the font to Times New Roman & the
size to 36.
Type the following: the quick
Notice how the word the is changed to The the moment you type the space after the word.
Type the following: BRown fox
Notice how BRown has changed to Brown when you typed the space after the word.
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Exercise Cont.Press the Caps Lock key to turn capitalization
on.
Hold down the Shift Key and type the letter J.
Release the Shift key and type umped
Don’t type the space just yest so you can inspect the result. It should look like this: jUMPED
Now type the space and notice the change.
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Exercised ContinuedNow type ovre. Type the following
space – the word will change to over.
Now type teh.
Now type lazy doggs.
Notice how the words, over, the, and dogs were automatically corrected.
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More AutoCorrect FeaturesAuto correct lets you enter a number
of symbols by just type specific text.
Exercise:Type This ==> way in. Hello :). Don’t be :(. Have a smile as your (tm) trademark. you can (c) it. who was 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th?
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More AutoCorrect Features Cont.Word will use the proper quote marks
It will also insert n-dashes and m-dashes where appropriate.◦To make a n-dash, you type space, hyphen,
space.◦To make an m-dash type hyphen, hyphen
without leading or trailing spaces.
Exercise:Type: Here we “quote text” – this is an n-dash--this is an m-dash.
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Exercise Type: use 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 stick butter, 1/3 cup
cocoa,
Note that 1/3 did not change. How can you get that?
Click the Superscript command .
Type: 1
Click the Superscript command - to clear it.
Type: /
Click the Subscript command .
Type: 3
Click the Subscript command - to clear it.
Type: cup raisins
Note that the size of the 1/3 does not quite match – for now that is close enough.
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Automatic Bullets & Numbered Lists
There is an AutoFormat feature in Word to will make bulleted & numbered lists◦ There will be more on lists in a later lesson as well.
To create a Bullet List:◦ type an asterisk, a space, and the your text.◦ After you press the Enter key, the next bullet will already be
shown.◦ To stop the list, press the Enter key again.
To create a Numbered List:◦ Start a line with the first number followed by a period or an
open-parenthesis mark, a space, and then your text
The Undo command or Ctrl-Z will allow you to place the asterisk or number without engaging the list feature.
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Exercise: Bullet ListsType: * milk
Press the Enter key
Type: butter
Press Enter, type: cocoa
Press Enter, type: raisins
Press Enter.
Press Enter.
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Exercise: Numbered ListsType: 1. milk
Press the Enter key
Type: butter
Press Enter, type: cocoa
Press Enter, type raisins
Press Enter.
Press Enter
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The End of Lesson 2Senior Academy. (2008). Word
2007 Basics: An Introduction to Microsoft Office Word 2007. Ludwig Keck.
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