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Introduction to
Microsoft Word 2010
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Word Processing
Topics 1 & 2
Computer as typewriter
Windows
– Microsoft (MS) Word
– LibreOffice
Macintosh (Mac)
– MS Word
– Pages
– LibreOffice
Google Docs
The Microsoft Word Window will open up ready for
you to create a new document.
Topic 3
Steps 1 & 2
1 The ribbon, which sits above the document, includes a set of buttons and commands that you use to do
things in and with your document (like print it).
2 A blank document, which looks like a white sheet of paper and takes up most of the window.
Step 3
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Creating a new document
look for the cursor, a blinking vertical line in the upper-left corner of the page
Step 4
Placing the cursor
Move the cursor to another location by moving the pointer with your mouse and then clicking or by
using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
Step 5
Save your document
• Click on the File tab to save your document
Step 7
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Selecting Text
Using your mouse to select text could not be any easier. Simply find the location you would
like to start selecting from and place your mouse cursor there. Then press and hold the left
mouse button and drag the cursor to the last area you would like to highlight. You will find
that as you are holding the left mouse button and dragging the mouse cursor, the text
between where you first pressed the button and where you dragged the cursor to will now
be highlighted.
Format text
Step 7
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Change the look of your text using the font group.
Font
Font size
Font color
Highlight
Bold
Italics
Underline
Subscripts
Step 8
UNDO!
Made a change in your document and then decided against it?
Just click on the “Undo” button.
This will undo the last action you took. Clicking again will undo the previous action and so on…
Step 11
Duplicate text using Copy & Paste
1.
Select the text you want to copy.
2.
Using the Home Tab on the
ribbon, click Copy.
3.
Place the cursor where you want the copied text to appear.
4.
Using the Home Tab on the ribbon, click Paste.
Moving text by using Cut and Paste
Step 12
Select the text that you want to move
Using the Home tab on the ribbon, click on Cut
Move the cursor to where you want the text to appear.
Using the Home tab on the ribbon, click on Paste.
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Step 13
Adjusting the layout of your page
– Select margin sizes for entire document or current section.
– Switch between portrait or landscape page layout.
– Select your paper size.
Saving and Printing your document
Step 14
• Click on the File tab to save or print your document!
LibreOffice.org
Google Docs
Questions?
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