Totally New to ComputersMicrosoft Word: The Basics

Surrey Libraries Computer Learning Centres

August 2011 Teaching Script

What is Microsoft Word?

A program that allows the user to create, edit, save and print documents such as letters, resumes, essays and more!

The Office Button The Office button, located in the

top-left corner of the screen, displays several useful commands• New• Open• Save• Save As• Print• Print Preview

The Ribbon The Ribbon is used for issuing commands Divided into tabs:

HomeInsertPage Layout, etc.

Many basic commands are found under the Home tab

Text Area and Scroll Bars The blank ‘page’ is the text

area where you type your document

To the right of the page is the vertical scroll bar

At the bottom of the page is the horizontal scroll bar

Creating a New Document To start using Word, double-click on the

Microsoft Word icon on the desktop Or you can click on the Start button > All

Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Word 2007

Once Word is running, you will see a blank page titled Document1

Opening an Existing Document

Using the Office Button, open QuickFox.docx

.docx is the file extensionPrevious versions of Word

use .doc (pre- 2007)

Basic Formatting Commands

Things you can do to the text:BoldItalicsBold ItalicsUnderline

Different font typeface and sizeChange the alignmentCreate bulleted lists

Save and Save As Save As will name or

re-name your document

Save will save your changes to the current document

Make sure to save your work regularly!

Print and Print Preview Clicking the Print icon

will send your document to the printer

Print Preview allows you to review how your document will look on the page before you actually print it

You can print using either Quick Access Toolbar or Office Button

Renaming a Document and Closing

Save the current document using Save As – rename it to LazyDog.docx

You can Close a document using X or the Office Button

QUESTIONS?

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