Microsoft Word

2003
How to open Microsoft Office

 Click the start button

 Choose all programs
 Choose Microsoft office
 Click Microsoft Word
 How to save a file
(in a specific location)

 From file menu click FILE

 From the Save as drop down menu, select the
location where you want to save the file or to
the different folder by clicking on it.
 In the File name box, type in the file name that
you would like to give (e.g. File1).
 Click on the Save button

Try this to your PC

How to open a file

 From the File menu, click Open.

 From the Open dialog box as displayed, use the

Look in: drop down menu to select the drive or
folder that contains the file you want.

 To open the file you can either double-click on

the file name
OR select the file name by clicking on it, and
then click on the Open button
Concept behind the Copy and Paste
To copy text, graphic, or other items to the
Clipboard

 From the insert menu, click picture,

choose clip art.

 Select the item you wish to copy to the

Clipboard.
Familiarizing with the icons
Creates a new blank document Opens or finds a file
based on the default template

Saves the active file with its current Prints the active file - for more
file name, location and file format print options go to the File
menu and select Print

Print preview - Shows how the Spelling, grammar and writing

document will look when you print it style checker

Cut - Removes the selection from Copy - Copies the selected

the document and places it on the item(s) to the clipboard
clipboard

Paste - Places the content of the Format painter - Copies the

clipboard at the insertion point format from a selected object
or text and applies to other
objects or text
 Redo - Reverses the action of the
Undo - Reverses the last command, use
Undo button, use the pull-down
pull-down menu to undo several steps
menu to redo several steps

Insert a table into the document, or

Displays the Tables and Borders toolbar
make a table of selected text

Insert an Excel spreadsheet into the Word Columns - Changes the number of

document columns in a document

Displays or hides the Zoom - Enlarge or

Drawing toolbar reduce the display of the
active document

ACTIVITIES
Select the style to apply to Changes the font of the

paragraphs selected text

Changes the size of selected Makes selected text and

text and numbers numbers bold

Makes selected text and Underlines selected text

numbers italic and numbers

Aligns to the left with a Centers the selected
ragged right margin text
 Aligns the selected text
Aligns to the right with a
to both the left and right
ragged left margin
margins

Makes a numbered list or Add, or remove, bullets

reverts back to normal in a selected paragraph

Indents the selected

Decreases the indent to the
paragraph to the next tab
previous tab stop
stop
Marks text so that it is
Adds or removes a border
highlighted and stands
around selected text or objects
out

Formats the selected text with

the color you click

ACTIVITIES
A pull down menu with several
drawing options
Rotates the selected object to
any degree
Draws a line where you click
and drag. Hold the Shift key
down to make the line straight
Draws a rectangle where you
click and drag. Hold down
Shift to draw a square
Changes the pointer to a
selection arrow
A pull down menu with
several libraries of
shapes
Inserts a line with an
arrowhead where you
click and drag
Draws an oval where
you click and drag. Hold
down Shift to draw a
circle
 Draws a text box where you Create text effects with
click and drag Word Art

Add, modify, or remove fill Add, modify, or remove

color from a selected object line color

Formats the selected text with Changes the thickness

the color you click of lines

Select arrow style;

Selects dash style for dashed
placement and shape of
lines
arrowhead

ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
 Letter Format
 Exam Format
Table Format
Invitation Format
Assessment
 Inserting graphics
 Formatting graphics
 Use of cut, copy, paste
 Numbering
 Bullets
 Spacing
 Inserting tables
 Printing
 Inserting table
 Columns
 margins
EXCEL