MICROSOFT WORD 2010
is the word processing program of the Microsoft Office suite that allows you to create
documents and reports.
Microsoft Word 2010 Main Screen
Microsoft Office Interface
Ribbon / Quick Access Toolbar,
File Tab (which brings up the Backstage View)
Quick Access Toolbar Tools shown here are always visible. You can add your favorite tools to this toolbar,
allowing for a set of commands independent of the tab on the Ribbon currently displayed.
Ribbon Tabs
Click any tab on the ribbon to display a set of tools grouped together related to that task.
Hide the Ribbon
Click this icon to minimize the ribbon and provide more work space.
Dialog Box Launchers
Dialog box launcher icons next to any ribbon group label can be clicked to open a dialog box with more options for that group.
Ribbon Groups
Each ribbon tab contains groups, and each group contains a set of related tools. Here, the Paragraph group on the Home tab contains tools for how text should be aligned within the document.
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
In this example, Page Layout is the active tab of the Ribbon
You can still get the same advanced options from either group by clicking on
its dialog box launcher
Here is the Paragraph group
in the Page Layout tab.
Note this Paragraph group focuses on Paragraph indent & spacing
The Home tab has its own
Paragraph group with different options.
Using the View Tab
The default view in Microsoft Word 2010 is
Print Layout, displaying the document as it would be printed.
You can also change the Document View by clicking the view icons along the bottom of Microsoft Word
The document view can be changed by selecting one of the other Layout options from the Document Views group.
The Backstage View appears when clicking the File Tab on the Ribbon.
This is a set of commands you use to dothings to a document.
information
Save
(& Send)
Inspect documents for hidden Metadata
or
personal
Create Help
Set Options such as turning on or off Auto Complete suggestions
Creating A New Document
Click File
Click New
You can select Blank Document (this is selected by default) and then click
You can also create a new document from a pre-existing template in one of the categories under the Office.com Templates section
How to open a document?
This is the Navigation Pane
Now you get to Open a Document
Open
There are 2 ways to open the file:
Open Word 2010 application and click on file. In the pull down menu, click Open. Look for Desktop at the navigation pane and click on it. Find the file Exercise 1-Don’t Quit.
Minimize or close all tabs. View your desktop and find the file Exercise 1-Don’t Quit. Double-click on it to Open.
Saving a document…
is the Word Document (.docx) file format.
(can be changed in the Options section under the File Tab)
If the file needs to be shared with a computer with Word 2003 or earlier (.doc), or you need a different file type than .doc,
Use
Change
Save as type
to the type you need.
Here is a way to save directly to a
PDF (portable document format) file:
XPS stands for XML Paper Specification – fixed layout document format designed to preserve document fidelity, providing device-independent document appearance. Users can put their digital signature on XPS documents.
To save a Word document as a PDF, click the File tab, and then click Save & Send. Click on Create PDF/XPS Document and
then click Create PDF/XPS
(XPS is from Microsoft / PDF is from Adobe)
Home Tab - Styling your Document
Click
Font Formatting – change Font Style,Size,Color Cut / Paste Text
Highlight the text you wish to move, click
Move your cursor to the desired location
Copy / Paste Text
Highlight the text you wish to copy, click
Move your cursor to the desired location
Click
Here is how you stop the
button from coming up after you paste something if you don’t like it
Paragraph Formatting From the Home Tab
For additional paragraph formatting options, click the
Paragraph Dialog Box icon.
Bullets and
numbered lists
Indentations, Sorting, & Display Format Symbols
Line spacing, Shading, & Borders
Alignment
Page Setup
(contains options to specify
the layout of a page)
--Margins
--Orientation
--Page size
Page Background
-- Watermark
-- Page Color
-- Page Border
Find
Select Find under the Editing group to search for a word or phrase in your document.
A window on the left appears called Navigation where you enter the word or phrase in the “Search Document” field & your results display in the lower section.
Replace is used to replace a word or phrase with another:
You can replace all occurrences of the word or phrase by clicking the Replace All button or replace the word or phrase one at a time by clicking the Replace button.
Select Replace under the Editing group
Enter the word or phrase you want replaced in the “Find what” box
Enter the word or phrase replacing your term in the
“Replace with” box
Review Tab
This tab is used to review your document, including proofing the document, adding comments, tracking changes, and comparing a document against a previous version.
Proofing
The proofing group assists with proofing your document after it is finished.
Word Count icon will provide you with statistics for your document, including number of words, characters, pages, paragraphs, and lines.
Spelling & Grammar icon is used to check for spelling and grammar problems within the document.
Thesaurus icon looks up for the meaning of a selected/highli ghted word.
Translate icon translates your document from one language to another.
Insert Tab
Used to insert various types of objects
Pictures Clip Art Screenshot Shapes
P A G E S
T A B L E S
I L L U S T R A T I O N S
L I N K S
H &
E F
A O
S
T E X T
S Y M B O L S