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FIRST COURSE
Microsoft Word
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Opening a New Document
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Selecting Print Layout View• You can use the View buttons in the lower-right
corner of the Word window to change the way your document is displayed
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Displaying Nonprinting Characters
• Nonprinting characters are symbols that appear on the screen but are not visible on the printed page
• In the Paragraph group on the Home tab, click the Show/Hide ¶ button
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Correcting Errors• If you notice a typing error as soon as you make
it, you can press the Backspace key• AutoCorrect automatically corrects common
typing errors, such as typing “adn” for “and”• Word’s spelling checker continually checks your
document against Word’s built-in dictionary• Before you can practice using AutoCorrect and
the spelling checker, you need to verify that you have the correct settings in the Word Options dialog box
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Inserting a Date with AutoComplete
• Word’s AutoComplete feature automatically inserts dates and other regularly used items for you
Demo: Auto Complete and Auto Correct
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Understanding Line and Paragraph Spacing• Line spacing determines the amount of space between lines
of text within a paragraph• Paragraph spacing determines the amount of space before
and after a paragraph• Paragraph spacing is measured in points
– A point is approximately 1⁄72 of an inch
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Adjusting Paragraph and Line Spacing
• The quickest method to adjust paragraph and line spacing is to click the Line spacing button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab
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Finding and Replacing Text
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Changing Margins for a Document
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Changing Margins for a Document
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Aligning Text• The term alignment refers to the way a
paragraph lines up horizontally between the margins
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Adding Bullets and Numbers• You can emphasize a list of items by adding a
heavy dot, or bullet, before each item in the list– Much easier to read and follow than lists that do not
have bullets
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Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts• For common tasks, such as applying bold and italics, it’s
often faster to use a keyboard shortcut• Bold selected text: Ctrl+B• Italicize selected text: Ctrl+I• Underline selected text: Ctrl+U• Select entire document: Ctrl+A• Cut selected text: Ctrl+X• Copy selected text to Clipboard: Ctrl+C• Paste most recently copied item at location of insertion
point: Ctrl+V• Undo your most recent action: Ctrl+Z
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Working with Themes and Fonts• The document theme controls the variety of
fonts, colors, and other visual effects available to you as you format a document
• To apply a font, select the text you want to format, then in the Font group on the Home tab, click the Font arrow, and click the font you want
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Working with Themes and Fonts
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Changing the Document’s Theme
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Inserting a Manual Page Break• A manual page break is one you insert at a
specific location; it doesn’t matter if the previous page is full or not
• You insert a manual page break by clicking the Page Break button on the Insert tab or by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the Enter key
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Inserting a Blank Table• Make sure the Insert tab is displayed and then, in
the Tables group, click the Table button
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Inserting a Blank Table
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Inserting Rows and Columns in a Table
• You will often need to modify a table structure by adding or deleting rows and columns using the Table Tools Layout tab
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Deleting Rows and Columns
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Changing Column Widths
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Creating Footnotes and Endnotes• A footnote is an explanatory comment or reference that
appears at the bottom of a page• Endnotes are similar, except that the text of an endnote
appears at the end of a document• To create a footnote, click where you want to insert a
footnote, click the References tab, in the Footnotes group click the Insert Footnote button, and then type the text of the footnote in the bottom margin
• To create an endnote, click where you want to insert an endnote, click the References tab, in the Footnotes group click the Insert Endnote button, and then type the text of the endnote at the end of the document
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Creating Footnotes and Endnotes
• When you are finished typing the text of a footnote or endnote, click in the body of the document to continue working on it
• To delete a footnote or endnote, delete its reference marker (the small, superscript number) in the text
• To edit the text of a footnote or endnote, click in the bottom margin or at the end of the document and edit the note
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Creating Footnotes and Endnotes
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Formatting a Document in Sections
• A section is a part of a document that can have its own page orientation, margins, headers, footers, and so on
• To divide a document into sections, you insert a section break
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Formatting a Document in Sections
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Formatting a Document in Sections
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Creating SmartArt• The SmartArt feature allows you to create
diagrams and charts to illustrate concepts that would otherwise require several paragraphs of explanation
• To begin creating a SmartArt graphic, you switch to the Insert tab and then, in the Illustrations group, click the SmartArt button
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Creating SmartArt
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Adding Headers and Footers• Text that is printed at the top of every page is
called a header• A footer is text that is printed at the bottom of
every page• Some headers and footers also include
document controls• Double-click the top or bottom margin of a page
to switch to Header and Footer view
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Adding Headers and Footers
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Adding Headers and Footers
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Inserting a Cover Page• A document’s cover page typically includes the
title and the author of the report• Click the Insert tab, and then, in the Pages group,
click the Cover Page button
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Creating WordArt
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Formatting Text in Newspaper-Style Columns• In newspaper-style columns, a page is divided
into two or more vertical blocks, or columns• Click the Page Layout tab, and then, in the Page
Setup group, click the Columns button
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Formatting Text in Newspaper-Style Columns