Microsoft Word 2010Lesson 1: Introduction to Word

This interactive lesson will give you all the knowledge and understanding you need to move on to todays assignment and quiz.

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Instructions:

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The Word Window

Opening Word Adding Shortc

uts Tabs Ribbons/ Grou

ps Dialog Box Commands

Table of Contents

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Menus Mini Toolbar Shortcut Men

u Quick Access Undo Redo Key Tip File Menu Help Button

Open Files Minimize

/ Mazimize/ Close

Scroll Bars Hand Panning Select Browse O

bject Select Text The View Tab

File MenuQuick Access Toolbar Document Title

MinimizeMaximize Close

Help Button

View Ruler

Scroll Button

ScrollBox

Scroll Button

Previous PageSelectObject

Next Page

Zoom SliderStatus Bar

Insertion Point

Ribbon

The Word Window

STEPS:1.Click Start2.Click All Programs3.Click Microsoft Office4.Click Microsoft Word

Try it yourself! Then come back to the Lesson to continue on.

Opening Word

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Sometimes it’s easier to open Word using shortcuts.

Let’s pin word to the Taskbar (the bar at the bottom of the screen)

STEPS:1.Right Click on the Word icon that

appears on the taskbar2.Click pin this program to the taskbar.

Try it yourself! Then come back to the Lesson to continue on.

Adding Short Cuts

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Tabs are the eight areas of activity in Microsoft Word. Below you can see the tabs. The active tab is the tab that you are currently click on.

Understanding Check: In this picture what is the active tab? The

HOME tab

Tabs

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Q: In this picture what is the active tab?

A: The HOME tab

Understanding Check

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When clicked, each tab opens a ribbon full of commands. The commands are separated into groups.

The Ribbon & Groups

Tabs

Ribbon

Group

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Q: In this picture what is the active tab? A: Insert

Q: In this picture what group is shapes located in?

A: Illustrations

Understanding Check

The dialog box launcher is a small arrow in the lower right corner of a group that you can click to launch a dialog box.

Dialog Box Launcher

Dialog Box Launcher

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A dialog box displays additional options or information to help you execute a command.

Dialog Box

Dialog Box

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Commands

A command is a button you click or a box where you enter information that tells Word what you want it to do.

Commands

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A menu is indicated by a downward pointing arrow. Menus allow you to choose from a list of options.

To the right you can see the Font menu

Menus

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The mini toolbar is a small toolbar with popular commands that appears when you point to selected text.

In Word, type something, select it and try to view the mini toolbar

Mini Toolbar

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The shortcut menu is a menu that displays useful commands when you right click on your document.

You will notice when you right click the mini toolbar also appears.

Shortcut Menu

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The quick access toolbar contains commands that you use most often, such as Save, Undo and Redo

The Quick Access Toolbar

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Quick Access Toolbar

The undo command lets you cancel or undo your last command. Click it as many times as necessary to undo previous commands.

The redo command repeats your last action. If this command is not available its picture will remain dimmed.

Undo & Redo

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Key tips appear when you press the “Alt” key on your keyboard. Key tips are small square labels (called badges) that correspond to the command you want to use. Every command on the ribbon has a key tip.

Practice using key tips now.

Key Tip

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Q: To save your file using key tips, first press “Alt,” then what?

A: Then Press 1

Q: Which badge in the picture above corresponds to the Page Layout tab?

A: The P badge

Understanding Check

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The File Menu is located in the upper left corner of the screen. When click it displays basic commands for opening, saving, printing and advanced options.

NOTICE: You must click the File Menu button again to close the menu.

The File Menu

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Click the Microsoft Word Help button in the upper right corner of the screen to open a dialog box of help options.

The Help Button

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Help Button

In the lower right corner of the Word Help dialog box you will find the connection status menu. By clicking this menu you can access more help topics at Microsoft Office Online.

The Help Button

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STEPS:1.Click File2.Click Open3.From the dialog box choose your file 4.Click Open

Opening Existing Files

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Q: Where do you go to find answers to questions you have about Word?A: The Help button

Q: What are the step to open an existing file?A: File, Open, Choose the document, click open

Understanding Check

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At the top right of the word window you will see the commands for maximize (make bigger) minimize (place on the taskbar) and close (exit the document)

MINIMIZE MAXIMIZE CLOSE

Maximize, Minimize, Close

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Along the right of the Word Window (and occasionally the bottom, depending on window size) you will find scroll bars.

You can scroll by using the arrows of clicking and moving the bar itself.

Scroll Bars

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The hand panning button allows you to click anywhere in the document and scroll up and down with the hand

Hand Panning

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Select Browse Object

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This menu, found at the bottom of the scroll barsGives you options for quickly and easily browsing your document, and finding information.

Selecting Text

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Understanding Check

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Q: How do you select any amount of text?A: click and drag across the text

The View Tab/ Ribbon

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Click the parts of the view tab to view what they do.

When finished reading what a part does click “return to view tab.” When you reach the

“Switch Windows” slide simply press the space bar to continue with the lesson.

Words default view is “Print Layout,” which shows your what your document would look like if you printed it out.

Print Layout

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This mode lays your document out like a book.

Full Screen Reading

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This view shows you what your document would look like if turned into a Web page.

Web Layout

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This view comes with a separate tab, ribbon and commands that help you transform a document into an outline- or notes.

Outline

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Draft view is meant to help you quickly edit text.

Headers and footers are not visible when in draft view.

Draft

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This shows the ruler allowing you to line up elements within your document.

Ruler

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Adds grid lines to your document to help you align elements within the document.

Gridlines

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If you have headings within your document the navigation pane allows you to quickly and easy navigate to them and through the document.

By click the thumbnails icon in the navigation pane you can view small images or thumbnails of each page in your document.

Navigation Pane

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Click zoom will open a dialog box giving you options for zooming in and out of your document.

You can also use the zoom slider in the bottom right corner of the Word window

Zoom

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This button makes it so you automatically get a 100% on anything you turn in…

…Just kidding, it actually zooms the document to 100% automatically.

100% Button

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One Page: Zooms so one entire page is show on the screen

Two Page: changes the view so two entire pages are shown on the screen

Page Width: zooms the document so the width of the page matches the width of the window.

One Page, Two Page, Page Width

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One Page: Zooms so one entire page is show on the screen

Two Page: changes the view so two entire pages are shown on the screen

Page Width: zooms the document so the width of the page matches the width of the window.

One Page, Two Page, Page Width

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Open a duplicate copy of the same document in a new window.

New Window

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Arranges all open Word windows so that you can view them all at once on the screen.

Arrange All

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Splits the document into two views so you can view separate portions of the document at the same time.

Split Screen

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Allows you to view two separate documents side by side to compare their contents.

Side by Side

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Allows you to scroll two documents at the same pace using one scroll bar, or your mouse scroll wheel.

Synchronize Scrolling

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Resets window to side-by-side view.

If windows are still in this view it will alternate their positions.

Reset Window Position

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Allows you to choose from a list of other open Word windows, and switch to whichever window you choose.

Switch Windows

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