1. Microsoft Word How to format your document

2. Editing – It is important It is important to edit your work for mistakes. To do this we use  Spell Check and Grammar (F7) tool which will help you make corrections  Thesaurus is helping in giving you ideas for words that mean the same thing. You can find this in the REVIEW tab

3. Let’s TRY IT! 1.Open the document ‘Is Spellcheck Enough.doc’ 2.Run spell check and compare it to the hand out, try to find all the mistakes 3.Does it always work? Fill in both sides of the handout to show which mistakes it corrected and which ones it didn’t

4. So, remember… To always re-read your essay before handing it in, don’t always rely on spell check to catch your mistakes Even better, get a friend, parent or an older brother or sister to read it over once for you Sometimes you can’t spot your own mistakes

5. Formatting We must format our documents so that it looks consistent Go to HOME – Paragraph to see what all your options are, they include:  Alignment  Indentation  Spacing

6. Page Set Up You can also change the margins and the orientation of your page. To do this, we go to PAGE LAYOUT – PAGE SET UP Then you can change the margins by typing in the amount you would like to change it to You can change the orientation by selecting “Portrait” or “Landscape”

7. Fonts The most common fonts to use for formal documents is TIMES NEW ROMAN and ARIAL You can get to fonts by going to FORMAT – FONTS or through the shortcut bar To make a point, you can use the BOLD, ITALIC and UNDERLINE functions You can also change the colour of your font by using this too: