• Word processing software • Commonly used for:– resume creation– cover letter creation – documentation• design documents• requirement documents• status reports
RibbonBeginning with Office 2007 Microsoft began to utilize a “Ribbon”
• Contains toolbars• Arranged in tabs
Home tabAllows you to change thing like:- font (type, size, color, etc.)- bolding, italicizing, and underlining of text
Home tabIt also allows you to- change the text alignment (ex. center text)- change line spacing (ex. double spaced)- create bulleted, numeric, or outlined lists
Insert tabAllows you to insert thing like:- tables- pictures-shapes-charts
Inserting a tableClick on “Table”
Select how many rows and columns you’d like to start with by hovering over the blocks. Click when you have the number of blocks you want selected.
In this example I have selected 4 columns and 2 rows
Your table will be inserted into your Word document
You can select your entire table by clicking within it and then clicking the 4
arrow cross.
All cells will be highlighted once the entire table has been selected.
By right clicking on the selected table we are provided with a number of
options
We can insert more columns or rows, merge cells, etc.
By clicking on “Borders and Shading...” we are provided with additional options we can apply to our table.
We can change how our table’s borders appear or we can remove them completely