MS Word 2010 Tutorial 1: Creating a Document
Study Guide
This guide contains a list of questions for which you should try to find the answers as you read and
work through the text in the book.
Chapter Objectives
You will have mastered the material in this tutorial when they can:
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Enter a date with AutoComplete
Enter text
Select text and move the insertion point
Correct errors and proofread a document
Adjust paragraph spacing, line spacing, and margins
Preview and print a document
Create a new document
Create an envelope
Open an existing document
Change page orientation
Change the font and font size
Apply text effects and other formatting
Align text
Insert a paragraph border and shading
WD 4 Starting Word
1. Will changing the Zoom affects the document itself? (WD 4)
2. What color does Word use to show that a button is selected?
3. What are non-printing characters? How do you display non-printing characters?
4. What rulers does Word provide? How do you display the rulers in Word?
5. True/False: Nonprinting characters are automatically displayed each time a Word document is open.
WD 5 Creating a Block Style Business Letter
1. What is a block style business letter? In the block style letter format, how is the date aligned?
2. What are the main differences among business letter styles? (Read the green Proskills box on page
WD 6).
WD 6 Entering Text
1. What is AutoComplete? How do you accept an AutoComplete tip?
2. When AutoComplete feature is on, what happens after you type “Sept”?
3. How is the inside address inserted in the letter using the block style?
4. When saving a new document for the first time, what file name does Word suggest using?
5. What is the difference between “Save” and “Save As”?
WD 10 Using the Undo and Redo Buttons
1. What button can you click to reverse the last action? Where is this button located?
2. What happens when you click the Undo button more than once?
3. What button can you reverse an “Undo” action?
4. What key can you press to move the insertion point to the beginning (or the end) of line?
5. What happens when you press the “Home” (or the “End”) key while holding done the “Ctrl” key?
WD 11 Correcting Errors as You Type
1. What is the AutoCorrect feature? What does it do?
2. When will a red wavy line appear under a word or words?
3. When will a green wavy line appear under a word or words?
4. When will a blue wavy line appear under a word or words?
5. What is a contextual spelling error? How do they differ from a regular spelling error? How are
contextual spelling errors and regular spelling errors flagged differently? What are some examples of
contextual spelling errors?
6. What is the menu called when you right click on a word (or an object)?
7. True/False: A word flagged with a red wavy line may not be misspelled.
WD 15 Proofreading a Finished Document
1. Part of the process of proofreading a document involves removing all of the wavy lines by either
correcting the underlined text or by telling Word to ignore the underlined text. What options do you
have for handling a flagged word?
2. Why is it necessary to proofread a finished document that does not contains any Word
spelling/grammatical flags?
3. If a word in a document is flagged as a misspelled word several times throughout the document,
when in fact it is spelled correctly (such as a person’s last name), what options should you choose to
have Word recognize this as a non-issue?
WD 15 Adjusting Paragraph and Line Spacing
1. What is the difference between paragraph spacing and line spacing?
2. What is a point? What is the measurement of a point?
3. What is the default paragraph spacing in Word? How do you remove the “After” paragraph space?
4. What is the default line spacing in Word?
5. When using the default paragraph spacing in Word 2010, what should you do if you are asked to use
“double space between paragraphs”? (Read the blue InSight box on page WD 16).
6. How do you adjust paragraph spacing if you want to use spacing other than the default value? (Tip
on page WD 16)
7. Why is the white space in the left margin sometimes called the selection bar? (Tip on page WD 17)
8. Can you move the insertion point to a new line without starting a new paragraph? (Tip on page WD
18)
9. How methods can you use, besides dragging your mouse, for selecting a word, line, sentence, and
paragraph? How do you select multiple lines, paragraphs?
10. How do you select an entire document?
11. What key do you use to select nonadjacent blocks of text?
WD 19 Adjusting the Margins
1. What are the default margins in Word? How do you adjust the margins?
2. How are margins displayed on the rulers when the rulers are on?
3. How do you customize the default margins in Word? Why might this be necessary? (Read the blue
INSIGHT box on pages WD 21)
WD 21 Previewing and Printing a Document
1. It is wise to always review the document before actually printing it. How do you preview a
document in Word?
2. When reviewing a document in the Print tab and you realize that you need to make changes to the
document, can you make the changes in the Print tab?
WD 23 Opening a Blank Document and Creating an Envelope
1. What tab/group/button do you use to add an envelope to your document?
2. When you add an envelope to a letter, what does Word use as the inside address? (Tip on page WD
24)
3. When you create a new document, you can use a new blank document or use a preformatted
template. What is a template?
4. If you are using envelopes with a preprinted return addresses, what can you instruct Word to do
about the return address?
WD 28 Opening an Existing Document
1. How do you open an existing document from within the Word program?
2. When you need to edit an existing file, it is wise to always to save the file with another name. What
are the advantages of this approach?
WD 30 Changing Page Orientation
1. What page orientations does Word provide? What is the default orientation? How do you change the
orientations?
2. What orientation is used when a page is taller than it is wide?
WD 31 Changing the Font and Font Size
1. What is a font?
2. What are the default font and font size in Word? How do you change the font and font size?
3. How do you select multiple paragraphs without dragging the mouse? What is the advantage of using
keyboard shortcuts? ( Tip on page WD 31)
4. Why should you use the “Grow Font” or “Shrink Font” buttons? (Tip on page WD 33)
5. Can you use different fonts, font styles, and font sizes can exist simultaneously in the same
document?
WD 33 Applying Text Effects, Font Colors, and Font Styles
1. What are text effects? How do you change text effects?
2. How do you change the font colors?
3. What can you do to restore selected text to the default font, size and color? (Tip on WD 33)
4. When will you use the format painter?
5. What is the difference between single-clicking and double-clicking the Format Painter button?
6. What does the mouse pointer change to when the Format Painter is selected?
WD 36 Aligning Text
1. What are the four available types of alignment in a Word document?
2. What is the default alignment in Word?
3. What happens to the text in a paragraph when it is “justified”?
WD 38 Adding a Paragraph Border and Shading
1. What is shading? What does it do to your document?
2. How do you add paragraph borders and shading?
3. How do you change border colors?
4. What rules should you follow when formatting professional documents? (Read the blue INSIGHT
box on page WD 40.)
WD 40 Inserting, Deleting and Resizing a Photo
1. What appears on the ribbon when a photo or picture is selected?
2. What tab or tabs are included in Picture Tools?
3. A photo in your document is visible on the screen, but the Picture Tools are not available on the
ribbon, what is the reason?