GETTING STARTED WITH MS WORD
- 1. Lesson 4 (part 1)
- 2. WORD PROCESSOR • Is a device or software that can compose,edit,format and print documents. •It is used to create various kinds of paperwork , legal documents, forms etc.
- 3. TYPEWRITER It can create documents by imprinting letters as they were typed on the keyboard. It later evolved onto the electric typewriter and then finally with the spread of the personal computer, word processing was made through software applications.
- 4. MS WORD •Was released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word under the name for Xenix systems •XENIX is a discontinued operating system licensed by Microsoft •In 1990, when windows 3.0 was released, MS word became huge success
- 5. Clippit Word 97 introduced the assistant Clippit. which was an animated paper clip that provides help to users. Word followed the same format up to the release of Word 2002 which came the windows XP. Microsoft office 2003 was the first release that bundled MS word with other MS office applications. Word 2002 Microsoft Office 2003
- 6. MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 first introduced the ribbon in MS Word’s interface. MS WORD 2010 further improved the interface and brought back the File tab which was replaced by the Windows logo in the 2007 versions. Word 2007 Word 2010
- 7. MS Word 2013 & 2016 share the same look and icons except for the green title bar found in 2016. Word 2013 Word 2016
- 8. MS Word 2019 (latest version) released on September 24, 2018. The windows versions runs only in Windows 10.
- 9. MS WORD BACKSTAGE VIEW The backstage view started in MS office 2010. It can be triggered by clicking the File tab. The backstage refers to the screen that totally hides the view of the editable documents in MS Word.
- 10. Options which allows the user to change the settings of the program. MS WORD BACKSTAGE VIEW
- 11. MS WORD BACKSTAGE VIEW Info Tab Protect Document housed the security options available in the program.
- 12. MS WORD RIBBON INTERFACE FILE - Shows the backstage view and displays general program option such as save,open,print,share etc. HOME – Contains most of the formatting option such as font, formats, paragraph formats, styles, etc. INSERT – Contains button to add different objects in the document such as pictures, textboxes, comments, tables, etc.
- 13. MS WORD RIBBON INTERFACE DESIGN – Contains general document format options, page background options, etc. PAGE LAYOUT – Contains Page Setup options such as Margins, Orientation, Page Size, and other object arrangement options. REFERENCES – Contains features related to technical writing such as Caption, Cross Reference, Citations, Bibliography.
- 14. MS WORD RIBBON INTERFACE MAILINGS – A tab mostly dedicated for the Mail Merge feature REVIEW – Contains the Spelling & Grammar Check, Thesaurus, Track Changes option, etc. VIEW – Contains options for different views and zoom options
- 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0
- 16. STARTING A DOCUMENT • When MS word launches the backstage view defaults of the NEW TAB present the templates for new document • BLANK DOCUMENT option is selected to start a document from scratch • The keyboard shortcut is CTRL + N
- 17. SEARCH FIELD To find a document type like a newsletter,business card,labels etc.
- 18. KEYBOARD AND ITS ACTIONS KEYBOARD ACTION PAGE UP Move the cursor one page up PAGE DOWN Move the cursor one page down HOME Move the cursor to the beginning of the line END Move the cursor to the end of the line LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys Navigate the document one letter at a time(left, right) UP and DOWN arrow keys Navigate the document one line at a time (up,down)
- 19. STATUS BAR STATUS BAR Located at the bottom right of the MS WORD window, shows the current progress of a certain executed action in the program
- 20. QUICK FORMATTING •Pop ups near the end of the last character highlighted •The pop up can be used to bold,italicize,enlarge, or change the style of the fonts.
Editor's Notes
- #3: It is used to create various kinds of paperwork,legal documents, forms etc.
- #4: It later evolved onto the electric typewriter and then finally with the spread of the personal computer, word processing was made through software applications.
- #5: Xenix – it was not very successful then because Microsoft was not leading the software market during that time. In 1990, when windows 3.0 was released, MS word became huge success
- #6: Clippit - which was an animated paper clip that provides help to users.
- #10: It can be triggered by clicking the File tab. The backstage refers to the screen that totally hides the view of the editable documents in MS Word.
- #11: 1. The backstage view has default tabs found on the left pane which corresponds to frequent actions in the program like open,save, save as, Print, Close etc.
- #12: Info tab – contains buttons such as protect document, check for issues, and manage versions. Protect document - such as mark as final which will save the document and add a warning to the user that the document has been marked as final. Encrypt with password - which will prompt a password for the user before opening the file; Restrict editing which allows the file owner to customize the permissions that other users will have when opening the file.