Word Chapter 1

• Today we begin working on word.
• Word is a document preparation system.
  • At one time it was aimed at paper documents.
  • But as time goes by, it becomes more and more diverse
    • Create simple web pages.
    • Totally electronic documents.
• Section 1
  • This section will focus on
    • Starting A document
    • Customizing your word environment
    • Making a document more readable.
    • Different ways to view a document.
    • Distributing a document.
    • Document Properties.
  • Starting a document
    • When you start a new word document you have the ability to
      • Start with a blank document
      • Start from a document template.
      • Templates are nice, they have some pre-formatting
      • Sometimes called a boilerplate
        • Contains predefined language
        • Or layouts.
      • Do a quick search for minutes
  • The matter of return (enter)
    • You know this ...
    • You only press the enter key when you are done with a complete paragraph, or list item or ...
    • Inside of a paragraph, don't press enter, word will handle it.
    • But why not?
      • Word will adjust as we change formatting and keep the paragraph as one logical unit.
    • She introduces the hide/show button on the Home tab.
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    • This becomes useful later when diagnosing problems with word documents.
    • NEVER NEVER introduce a bunch of returns to move to the next page.
    • Use Page Break on the Insert tab. More on this later
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  • Inserting Text (Merging Documents)
    • I didn't know this
    • Don't copy and paste an entire document...
    • Insert tab, far right Object drop down menu, select Text from file
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    • Select a file and it is added to your document.
  • Save a document
    • Save
    • Save as
    • PAY attention to where you save your document.
  • Spell checking and grammar checking, use it.
  • Thesaurus (highlight a word, right click, select synonyms
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  • Word Count
    • Active by default in the status bar (lower left of screen)
    • Or Review tab, Word Count button for more details.
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  • They show how to customize the ribbon and the quick access toolbar
    • Look this over.
    • Make sure you have the redo and undo buttons at in the quick access toolbar.
• Section 2
  • Headers and footers are easy,
    • Insert tab, Header & Footer
    • Or just click in a header or footer area.
    • This will bring up a Header & Footer Toolstab.
      • This is word's way to give you access to a specialized set of tools.
      • You can add formatted or unformulated information to headers and footers.
    • To exit
      • Click on the Close Header and Footer button
      • Or double click in the text area.
    • We will do more with headers and footers later.
  • Symbols, which are not on the keyboard.
    • Insert tab, Symbols drop down menu.
  • Margins
    • Page Layout tab, Margins drop down menu
    • While we are here, look at the Orientation menu.
  • Watermark
    • Design tab, Watermark drop down.
  • There are multiple document views
    • Status Bar
    • View tab
    • I use the Print Layout most often
    • The Web Layout is useful if you are creating a web page.
    • The Outline view is good if you are working with a large document.
    • The ZOOM feature is nice as well.
• Section 3
  • They discuss how to check documents for compatibility and hidden information.
  • On the Filetab
• What Now:
  • Do hands on exercises 1 (page 151-156), 2(168-173) and 3 (180-183)
  • When you are done with these call me over so I can talk to you about them.
  • Do mid-level exercise 1, page 191, Please attach the document to an email sent to me.
  • Do the Beyond Classroom exercise "Logo Policy" on page 194. Submit only the word 2013 document by email as an attachment.