Microsoft Word

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The word processor is one of the most useful programs on your computer. It enables you to create, modify and read all kinds of documents, such as letters, e-mails, reports, and even courses like this. Before PCs became commonplace, most business communication had to be written on typewriters. Today, typewriters have largely been replaced by word processing software. Using a word processor, you can correct what you have written or insert extra text move text from one part of the document to another print your document save your document on the computer read documents written by other people

Launching Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is one of the most popular word processing programs.
To launch Word:
Press the Windows logo key to display the Start menu.
Select the Programs submenu.
Select Microsoft Word and press Enter.

Using the title bar

At the top of every program that runs on Windows you'll find the title bar.
The title bar tells you the name of the program and the name of the current open file, for example Document 1 - Microsoft Word.

The Menu bar

Below the title bar you'll find the menu bar.
All programs have menus. A menu is a list of options that allows you to perform different tasks within the program. Most programs have at least four or five menus in the menu bar.
To go to the menu bar, press the Alt key once. You can then scroll from menu to menu and down through each menu using the arrow keys.
To leave the menu bar, press Esc.
The first menu in the left corner is called "Files". It contains a number of different options, such as saving your work, printing a document or closing the program.
Working with menus is covered in detail in Part 2 of this course.

The toolbar

Under the menu bar you'll find the toolbar. There are a number of different toolbars in Word, each one containing small images, known as "icons", symbolising different functions.

 

Typing a text

Launching Microsoft Word Press the Windows logo key. Use the up arrow until you find the Programs submenu and open it with the right arrow. Use the down arrow to find Microsoft Word and press Enter. Shut down Word.

Writing and deleting text

1. Launch Word.
2. Write your name in the edit field.
3. Use the Backspace key to delete your name one letter at a time.

Moving the text cursor

1. Write your name again.
2. Press the left arrow key repeatedly until the cursor is at the start of your name.
3. Move the cursor to the end of your name with the right arrow key.
4. Write your address in the next line.
5. Move the cursor around in the text using the up, down, left, and right arrow keys.

Typing and correcting text

1. Type a short piece of text.
2. Place the cursor to the right of one of the words and deleted it using Backspace.
3. Write another word instead.

Practise this several times.

 

Printing

1. Ensure your computer is connected to a printer.
2. Open a document and ensure that it contains some text.
3. Press Button Print and select the page which you want to print.
4. Press Enter.

 

Exercise 3

• Launching Microsoft Word
• Writing and deleting text
• Moving the text cursor
• Typing and correcting text
• Printing