1. I NTRODUCTION TO W ORD 2007

2. G 1. Office Button 2. Quick Access toolbar 3. Title bar 5. Tab 7. Commands 6. Group 8. Dialog Box Launcher 4.Ribbon 9. Ruler 10. Insertion Point 11. Status Bar 12. Zoom Bar W ORD W INDOW

3. W ORD B ASICS Word is a word processing software. You can use it to type letters, reports and other documents The office button is central location for managing documents and accessing templates A template is a pre-defined layout for a document. Word provides templates for documents like calendars, resumes, memos and flyers

4. W ORD B ASICS Open a file: OFFICE BUTTON > OPEN Save a file: OFFICE BUTTON > SAVE AS Save allows you to save something you have saved before and you corrected it. Save as allows you to save something with a new identity, Printing Icon: Shortcut: CTRL + P

5. S ELECTING & M OVING T EXT Selecting text quickly without clicking and dragging the mouse: Select a word double click the word Select a sentence ctrl > click Select a paragraph triple click the sentence Select a whole document ctrl a Besides cut and paste text can be dragged and dropped to other locations

6. U NDO /R EDO Draw the icon to Undo an action Draw the icon to Redo an action The Undo icon can be found on the quick access toolbar

7. F ORMATTING Formatting features in the font group include font size font face bold underline italics change case font color Keyboard short cut to change fonts caps SHIFT F3 The format painter button allows you to copy font appearance and style To repeat the same style in multiple places, format painter twice Format Painter icon

8. A LIGNMENT List four types of alignments found in the paragraph group CENTER LEFT JUSTIFY RIGHT

9. S PACING The line spacing button is in the paragraph group. Line spacing button Line Spacing Shortcut keys Double CTRL + 2 Single CTRL + 1 1.5 CTRL + 5

10. S TYLES & T HEMES Styles are located on the homes tab > styles group Themes is a set of unified formats for fonts colors graphics Themes can be found on the page layout tab > themes group Themes can only be applied if a style has been added to the text

11. S PELLING & G RAMMAR Spell Check icon Menu review tab > proofing group AutoCorrect automatically corrects common spelling errors as you type Auto Complete guesses certain words you are keying in from the first few letters keyed When a word has a is incorrect spelling a red wavy line appears When the grammar/punctuation is incorrect a green wavy line appears

12. M ARGINS Path to set margins: page layout tab > page setup group > margin button

13. H EADERS & F OOTERS Write the path to create a header/footer insert tab > headers or footer What items go in the header and footer HEADER: NAME ASSIGNMENT NAME PERIOD FOOTER: QUICK DATE TEACHER