1. Fulton County Public Library
Microsoft Word Basics
Fulton County Public Library

2. What it is all about… Basics of MS Word
Explanation some of the most common actions
Word Processing explained

3. Menus File Icons Menu Edit View Insert Format Tools Tables
Commonly Used Tasks
Customizable

4. Files and Printing File>New We’re off to see the Wizard Blank Docs…
A Document is a file you edit in MS Word
Printing
File>Print (or Ctrl+p)

5. Opening/Saving Opening How to Save How to Save As a different name
File>Open (Ctrl+o)
How to Save
File>Save (Ctrl+s)
How to Save As a different name
File>Save As…
Saving to Flash Drive/External Device

6. Page Formatting Set your page up just as you want it…
File>Page Setup
Margins
Orientation
Portrait (vertical)
Landscape (horizontal)
Background Color? Add a splash!

7. Text Formatting Say what you mean… Bold Italics Underline Alignment
Left
Center
Right
J u s t i f i e d
Say what you mean…
Bold
Italics
Underline

8. Fonts
Styles
Normal, Heading, etc.
Types
Helvetica, Times New Roman, Arial, Goudy, Garamond, Comic Sans, etc.
Size
Small (10-) to Large (72+)
Colors

9. Paragraph Formatting Indent Bullets Numbered List First Line Hanging
Point A
Point B
Point C
Numbered List
Groceries
Collections
Pick up Kids
Eat food
Sleep
Breathe
Etc.

10. Inserting Pictures Copy (Ctrl+c) Cut (Ctrl+x) Paste (Ctrl+v)
Insert>Picture>Clip Art
Insert>Picture>From File (photos)
Copy (Ctrl+c)
Cut (Ctrl+x)
Paste (Ctrl+v)
Undo (Ctrl+z)
Redo (Ctrl+y)

11. Inserting, cont. Text Box Table Insert>Page Number
Just like this, y’all!
Text Box
Table
Insert>Page Number

12. Searching your Document
Find a word
Edit>Find (Ctrl+f)
Find & Replace
Edit>Replace (Ctrl+h)
Spell Check (F7)
Word Count
Tools>Word Count

13. Know where to get… Help Use Help feature Call a friend or relative
If you get stuck, call FCPL and ask for Jon --