1. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Suitable for: Beginner Improver Advanced

2. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing ImproverAdvancedBeginner

3. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Word processing Beginner

4. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner Word processing programs let you write and lay out letters, leaflets, posters and other documents. The program will start with a new document ready for you to use.

5. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner Before you begin, choose a name for your work and save it. You can organise your documents in folders for different jobs or tasks, such as ‘Homework’, ‘House’ or ‘Family’. Click on ‘Save’ every few minutes to save your progress.

6. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner The ‘I’ cursor shows your position in the document. Any new words you type will appear here. Use the keyboard to type words and numbers. The ‘Shift’ key lets you enter capital letters and symbols. Use the keyboard arrows to move the cursor around your text, or click where you want it to go.

7. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner The backspace key removes any mistakes.

8. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner Word processors let you ‘format’ your text. That is, change how it looks. Formatting lets you: make titles or important words stand out make your work look serious or fun guide readers by giving a structure to what you write.

9. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner First, highlight the text you want to format. Press the left mouse button at the start of the text you want to highlight. Holding the button, drag your mouse right and down until you have highlighted all you want. You can now format this text.

10. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner You can make text bold, italic or underlined. Bold works well for titles Italics work well if you want to make one or two words stand out. If you want to make a lot of words stand out, underlining them is often the best way, as this makes them easier to read.

11. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner You can change the design of your text, called the ‘font’. Choose a font that’s easy to read and that is right for what you are writing.

12. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner Choose how your text is ‘aligned’ to the left, middle or right. For normal writing, leave the text aligned to the left. Use ‘Center’ for notices and posters. Use ‘Right’ to position your address. ‘Justify’ spreads text to each side. This works best if you want your writing to look like a book or newspaper.

13. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner Use ‘cut’ and ‘paste’ to move text from one place to another. Highlight the text you want to move, then hold down keys as follows: CTRL + X to cut out this text CTRL + C to copy this text CTRL + V to paste this text in a new place (move and click your cursor there first)

14. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner To print your work, you may have a ‘printer’ button, or choose ‘print’ using your menu. Select which printer you want to use, and how many copies you want. You can also select which pages you want to print, so you don't waste paper and ink.

15. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Beginner Well done You’ve completed the tutorial! Visit the ‘Tutorials’ section of the website for information on using other equipment and software. Or you can visit the ‘Case studies’ section and be inspired to use your new knowledge in creative ways!

16. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Word processing Improver

17. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver Bullets and numbers help you to organise lists of points or ideas.

18. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver It’s easy to add a picture to your work. You can also choose to insert clip art – ready-made cartoons of people, things, places and actions. Place your cursor where you want the picture to go then use your toolbar or menu to choose which picture to add.

19. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver You can change the size and shape of your picture. Use your mouse to click and drag on a corner or edge handle.

20. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver You can add borders to pictures in your document, and even choose how your text ‘wraps’ around them. ‘Wrapping’ text around a picture can make your work look much more like a real newspaper, leaflet or book.

21. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver Tables let you organise words, numbers and data in lines and columns.

22. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver Each part of a table is called a cell. Click in a cell to add text. You can also move between cells using the arrow keys. Highlight text in cells to change its font, size, colour and style, just like ordinary text.

23. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver Click and drag on the lines in your table to change its size. You can also change how your table looks by adding borders to each cell or to the whole table, and by filling in cells with a background colour.

24. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Improver Well done You’ve completed the tutorial! Visit the ‘Tutorials’ section of the website for information on using other equipment and software. Or you can visit the ‘Case studies’ section and be inspired to use your new knowledge in creative ways!

25. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Word processing Advanced

26. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced You can add web links to word processor documents. When reading your document on a computer, other users can click on your link and go straight to a web page. You will need the web address (URL) of the web page you want to link to.

27. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced The ‘Find’ and ‘Replace’ tools let you change words that appear often in your document. ‘Find’ lets you locate each time a word appears. ‘Replace’ lets you change one word into another.

28. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Most word processors highlight spelling and grammar mistakes as you work. Right-click on the mistake to choose a correct option or ignore it.

29. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Review tools let you work on documents with others, making changes and adding comments for others to see.

30. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced When you make changes by cutting, pasting or adding new text, your changes will show up for you and other users: These changes are called ‘markups’. You can select whether to view the document with markups hidden or visible.

31. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced You can accept or reject your own or other people’s changes.

32. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced The Review tools also let you add comments to a document. Use these to add ideas, explanations or questions.

33. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Mail merge lets you personalise a document for lots of people. You can add their name, address and any other information that’s unique to them. Most word processors include a mail merge ‘wizard’ or ‘manager’ in the Tools menu.

34. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Create your main document. This should contain all the text and graphics that you want to appear in every version of your merged document.

35. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Mail merges need a source of data. This is usually a spreadsheet with each person’s name, address lines and other information organised into columns. Your source file, such as a spreadsheet, should contain all the data you want to merge.

36. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Choose where your data will appear. These points are called placeholders or mail merge fields. You can separate fields with spaces, text and punctuation. Once you have done this, you can create your mail merge and check your documents are correct.

37. Copyright ©: 1995-2011 SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials Software: Word processing Advanced Well done You’ve completed the tutorial! Visit the ‘Tutorials’ section of the website for information on using other equipment and software. Or you can visit the ‘Case studies’ section and be inspired to use your new knowledge in creative ways!