Introduction to Word

• Remember, we want to extend our use of software beyond
  • the "electronic typewriter" level.
  • the explore and accomplish level.
• I am interested in
  • Knowledge that software features exist.
  • Your ability to recognize when to use these features.
  • Your ability to employ these features when needed.
• I don't really care about your mastery of the interface.
  • You may use your book on the practical portion of the next test.
  • You may use notes on the practical portion of the next test.
  • I would make notes of a process which is new to you, and the pages on which it is discussed in preparation for the next test.
  • I might even mark pages of the book with tabs for quick reference.
• Hide/Show button
  • Frequently we will encounter problems with document formatting
  • The best way to find these is through the Hide/Show button on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group.
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  • Here we can see where the user has pressed the return key,
  • Where they have pressed space
  • Where they have pressed tab.
  • And where they have inserted a page break.
  • This is one of the tools which you should be familiar with.
• Inserting text into a document is a nice feature
  • This has been useful when we are collaborating and different people work on different chapters.
  • Insert Tab then the Text group and the Object Drop down
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• Headers and footers are important for many reasons.
  • Consistency across the document.
  • Important later for page numbers, table of contents and others.
  • We will have a more in depth discussion in chapter 2.
  • But for now, note that we can have a different first page and different odd and even pages.
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  • And we can change the way pages are numbered
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• Because I like symbols, be able to insert symbols like Υ Π Ε
• And it is fun, so know how to insert a watermark
  • Design Tab then Page Background group, watermark.