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- software that allows you to enter, edit, and format text and graphics Copy and move text Format text with fonts and color Format and design page layout Insert tables, charts, diagrams, and graphics Use mail merge to create form letters
- word processing program
- Microsoft Word is a word processing program used to create:
- Letters Memos Newsletters Research papers Web pages Business cards Resumes Financial reports Other types of documents
- The files you create using Word
- documents
- Message Audience Needed elements (charts, tables, etc.) Appropriate tone and look for the document (formal, playful, etc.)
- Identify: The purpose of and audience for a document determine its design
- opens and displays a blank document
- Word program window
- indicates where text appears when you type
- insertion point
- changes shape depending on its location in the Word program window Each pointer is used for a different purpose Click and type pointers position the insertion point and apply paragraph formatting
- mouse pointer
- contains tabs
- Ribbon
- include buttons for commands organized in groups
- Tabs
- contains frequently used commands and is customizable
- Quick Access toolbar
- displays the program and document names
- Title bar
- opens a menu of commands related to managing and sharing documents
- Office button
- provides access to the Word Help system
- Microsoft Office Help button
- displays the current document
- Document window
- show margin, tab, and indent settings
- Rulers
- are used to display different parts of the document in the document window
- Scroll bars
- are used to switch between Word document views
- View buttons
- provide quick ways to enlarge and decrease a document onscreen view
- Zoom level button and Zoom slider
- Begin a new document by typing in a blank document in the document window
- Starting a Document
- As you type, the insertion point moves automatically to the next line when you reach the right margin Press [Enter] only when you want to start a new paragraph
- word-wrap feature
- text in a document by clicking to move the insertion point and then typing
- Insert
- Press [Backspace] to delete the text before the insertion point Press [Delete] to delete the text after the insertion point
- Delete text
- Automatic features that might appear as you type
- AutoComplete AutoCorrect Spelling and Grammar
- To store a document permanently, you must save it
- File
- When you save a file you give it a name, called
- filename, and indicate the location to store the file
- Save a file for the first time using the Save button on the Quick Access toolbar or the Save command on the Office menu
- Assign a filename and a file location to a document using the Save As dialog box
- special characters that appear on screen to help you edit and format text
- Formatting marks