Back to Basics: Word

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Back to Basics Word

• Tech Tuesdays
• Lorrie Jackson
• Lausanne Collegiate School
• http//www.lausanneschool.com/Technology/techtuesd
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What Are We Going to Do?

• Open Word
• Create a new document
• Save a new document
• Insert stuff like clip art or Word Art
• Change font style and size

• Format paragraphs
• Copy and paste text
• Bold, italicize, and underline
• Add a header and footer
• Check your grammar and spelling
• Use word count

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To Open Word

• Click on Start
• Click on Programs
• Click on Microsoft Office
• Click on Microsoft Word

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To Create a Document

• When Word opens, it will open a new document
• If it doesnt, just go to FileNew
• Type the following My Holiday Break
• Hit Enter twice
• Type at least three sentences about your break.
  QUICKLY!
  

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To Save a Document

• Go to FileSave
• At Save In, click down black arrow and look for
  My Documents
  
• My Documents is usually on Desktop or c/ drive
• Name your file
• Hit Save

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Insert Clip Art

• Hit enter after the last sentence on your page.
• Go to InsertPictureClip Art
• Click on a Category you like (Seasons?)
• Click once on a Clip Art you like
• Click on top icon in gray window to insert clip
  art
  

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Change Font

• Font - how the text looks
• Usually in 12 pt. Times New Roman
• Highlight all your text
• Go to box at top which says Times New Roman and
  click black down arrow to select new font
  
• Go to white box with number and do same to change
  size

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Format Paragraphs

• Highlight all text again (hit CTRL A)
• Go to FormatParagraphs
• Change Line Spacing to Double
• Highlight your title only
• Look next to the letters B I U in the gray bar at
  the top
  
• Click on the lines two to the right of the U

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Add a Header and Footer

• Go to ViewHeader and Footer
• Click on the lines three to the right of the U at
  the top of the page
  
• Type your name
• Scroll to the bottom of the page
• Click in the footer box then hit the first icon
  to the left in the header and footer toolbar
  
• Hit close in the toolbar

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Spelling and Grammar Check

• Click just before your title
• Go to ToolsSpelling and Grammar
• If it finds an error, hit change
• Hit ignore if its wrong!

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Word Count

• Go to ToolsWord Count
• Look at how many words you typed!
• Good when publishing articles or checking student
  work

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Bold, Italicize, and Underline

• Highlight your title at the top again
• Find the letters B I U near the font style and
  size
  
• Click on the B for Bold
• Highlight a word you want to emphasize in your
  paragraph
  
• Click on I (italicize) or U (underline)

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Copy and Paste Text

• Highlight your title
• Hit CTRL C (or EditCopy)
• Click just below your last sentence.
• Hit CTRL V (or EditPaste)
• To undo? Hit CTRL Z (EditUndo Typing)