1. Lesson 1 - Understanding the Word Window and Creating a New Document
Microsoft Word 2010
Lesson 1 -
Understanding the Word Window and Creating a New Document

2. Learning Goal of Lesson 1
The goal of this lesson is for students to successfully explore and describe the Word window and to create a new document. The student will save the document and properly exit the program.

3. Learning Objectives
On completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
Successfully start Microsoft Word 2010 using a variety of methods.
Explore the Word window and identify various features in the window.
Use the Ribbons in Word.
Navigate the various menus associated with each Ribbon.
Create a new document.
Insert text in a document using various methods.
Save a document using the Save and Save As commands.
Close a document and properly exit the Word program.

4. Part 1: Starting Microsoft Word
Use the Windows Start button 2
Use a desktop shortcut 3
Used Most Frequently Used Programs on left side of Start Menu 4
Start Word by right-clicking a Word document and left-clicking Open 5
Start Word by double-clicking a Word document

5. Use The Windows Start Button
Click the start button. Click “All Programs” Find “Microsoft Office” and Open “Microsoft Word” Double-click to open

6. Part 2: Exploring the Word Window
Demonstrate the different areas of the Word program window.
Demonstrate the different areas of the Word program window by pointing with the mouse or by using a laser pointer on the presentation area. Be sure to move the pointer to each feature as you discuss it.

7. Exploring The Word Window: Title Bar
The Title Bar text changes to display the name of the active document.
When you first open a new document, the title bar will say Document #.
After you save it, the new name will show on the title bar.

8. Exploring The Word Window: File Tab
The File Tab allows access to the Word Options dialog box and provides control to create new documents, save and print documents, as well as several other features.

9. Exploring The Word Window: Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar provides access to commonly used tasks like saving a document. You can customize the Quick Access Toolbar to insert your most commonly used commands by clicking on the down arrow at the right.

10. Exploring The Word Window: Mini Toolbar & Shortcut Menu
The Mini Toolbar contains commands related to changing the appearance of text in a document. The Shortcut Menu, also called a context menu, appears when you click an object with the right mouse key. This menu contains specialized commands and options for the object.
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11. Exploring The Word Window: Insertion Point
The Insertion Point can appear in various forms . Depending upon the action you are taking, the insertion point can take on many different forms. When you are inserting text, it is an I-beam.

12. Exploring The Word Window: Ruler
The Ruler may or may not be turned on. If you don’t see the Ruler, click on the View menu. Then click beside Ruler. This will turn it on. The ruler above shows a 6.5-inch typing area.

13. Exploring The Word Window: Scroll Bars
The Scroll Bars, just like with any program (including Internet Explorer), will allow you move left to right or up and down.
Vertical Scroll Bar
Moves the window up or down
Horizontal Scroll Bar
Moves the window left to right

14. Exploring The Word Window: View Buttons
The View Buttons allow you to view your document in 5 different ways. (Left to right order)
Print Layout
Full Screen Reading
Web Layout
Outline
Draft

15. Exploring The Word Window: Zoom Slider
The Zoom Slider enlarges the current view to read what is on the screen. It DOES NOT change text size permanently.

16. Exploring The Word Window: Status Bar
The Status Bar presents information about a document, the progress of current tasks, and the status of certain commands and keys, and also provides controls for viewing the document.

17. Exploring The Word Window: Help Window
The Help window can be accessed by pressing F1 on your keyboard. You can also click the Microsoft Office Word Help button in the upper right corner of the Word window.

18. Exploring The Word Window: Ribbon
The Ribbon is made up of tabs, groups and commands.
By double-clicking a Ribbon tab, the Ribbon will be reduced to a single line to conserve space in the workspace
Tabs
File
Home
Insert
Page Layout
References
Mailings
Review
View
Groups
Groups in the File tab:
Clipboard
Font
Paragraph
Styles
Editing
File
Home
Commands (Actions)
Paste
Bold
Cut
Underline
Center
Font Size

19. Exploring The Word Window: Minimizing The Ribbon
You can Minimize the Ribbon by clicking on the button in the Title bar. This will allow the Ribbon to only display the tab names rather than entire Ribbon.

20. Activity 1: Complete the Identifying Ribbons and Tabs Activity

21. Test Your Knowledge True/False
Answer Key:
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
True/False
There are only two methods to start Microsoft Word 2010.
The basic Microsoft Word 2010 window includes eight Ribbon tabs that maybe selected to view various command groupings.
By double-clicking a Ribbon tab, the Ribbon will be reduced to a single line to conserve space in the workspace.

22. Test Your Knowledge Multiple Choice
Answer Key:
1. Tab
2. Home
3. Quick Access Toolbar
Multiple Choice
Each ____ on the Ribbon is a collection of groups, and each group contains related items Area Unit Tab Dialog box
_____ is the tab that contains the most commonly used commands. View Home Insert Start
The _____ provides quick access to frequently used commands. Shortcut menu Start menu Mini Toolbar Quick Access Toolbar

23. Part 3: Entering Text in Word 2010

24. Entering Text in Word 2010: Word Wrap
Use the Word Wrap Feature. Do NOT press enter at the end of every line.
Only Enter to force a line ending (such as with address lines) or at the end of a paragraph. (A forced Enter is commonly called a hard return.)
With word wrap, should you decide to make your font smaller or larger, the text will automatically adjust to the best line ending.
Are you pressing the Enter key with your right pinky?

25. Entering Text in Word 2010: Removing Text
Backspace deletes to the left.
Backspace 
Delete deletes to the right.
Delete 

26. Entering Text in Word 2010: Margins
By default, Word 2010 uses one-inch (1”) for the top, bottom, left, and right margins.
You can customize the margins by clicking on the Page Layout tab and the down arrow on the Margins command.
Default: a selection automatically used by a computer program in the absence of a choice made by the user. Definition source: m-w.com

27. Entering Text in Word 2010: Click & Type
You must be in Print Layout or Web Layout view for this to be available.
You are allowed to click anywhere and begin typing.

28. Entering Text in Word 2010: Saving documents in Word 2010
Click on the File Menu and click the SAVE command 2
Click the SAVE button in the Quick Access Toolbar 3
Use the shortcut: CTRL + S which will launch the SAVE AS dialog box 4
Click File and SAVE AS to save a different version or save to a new location 5
Use the shortcut SHIFT + F12

29. Entering Text in Word 2010: Shortcuts
CTRL + B Bold Text CTRL + I Italicize Text CTRL + U Underline Text CTRL + Shift + > Increase Size of Text CTRL + Shift + < Decrease Size of Text CTRL + 1 Single Space Text CTRL + 2 Double Space Text CTRL Line Spacing of Text
For more shortcut keys, visit

30. Activity 2: Complete the Fun with Word Activity

31. Entering Text in Word 2010: Save As Dialog Box
Click to change location.
Note: You can’t use some symbols in your filename. These symbols mean something specific to the software. If you do, you’ll get an error message, like this one.
Key a descriptive name.
Change document type. Do you need to make this a .doc file or .pdf for others to view?

32. Entering Text in Word 2010: Closing Documents in Word 2010
Click on the File Menu and click the CLOSE command 2
Click the X button at the right end of the title bar 3
Press ALT + F4
Note: Word 2010 will automatically prompt you to save if you have edited the document. If no edits to the document, it will just close.

33. Entering Text in Word 2010: File Management
File management is very important for easy document retrieval.
Create a new folder with this command. It is suggested that you create a folder for each class that you are taking.
That way you can store all related files together.

34. Test Your Knowledge True/False
Answer Key:
1. FALSE Click and Type may be used to place the insertion point at any location within the document window.
2. FALSE Regardless of the method selected to save a file, if it is the first time you are saving the document, the Save As dialog box will open to enable the user to provide a filename.
True/False
The only way the user can begin typing at a location in the document other than the first line, first space is to use the ENTER key or TAB key to move the insertion point to an alternate location.
The Save option on the Quick Access Toolbar may not be used the first time that you save a document.

35. Test Your Knowledge Multiple Choice
Answer Key:
1. Word Wrap
2. _Underscore
Multiple Choice
The ____ feature allows typing to continue on a new line, when the current line is full Word Wrap Edit Bar Continuous Break Line Break
Which of the following characters are allowed in a filename, when saving a document? ? Question Mark * Asterisk _ Underscore : Colon

36. Vocabulary Words Title Bar Zoom Slider CTRL + B File Tab Ribbon
Please add the following vocabulary terms to your list of terms and definitions.
Title Bar
Zoom Slider
CTRL + B
File Tab
Ribbon
CTRL + I
Quick Access Toolbar
Word Wrap
CTRL + U
Enter Key
CTRL + S
Insertion Point
Backspace Key
CTRL + C
Ruler
Delete Key
CTRL + X
Scroll Bars
Margin
CTRL + V
View Buttons
Click & Type
Quizlet is a great source for hosting vocabulary.

37. Practice What You Have Learned
Complete the following assignments.
When complete, save and submit.
Assignments
Word Lesson 1 – Exercise 1
Word Lesson 1 – Project 1