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