WORD PROCESSING
PROJECT 1
Computer Applications I
Valley View High School
Mrs. Martin
WORD PROCESSING
TERMINOLOGY
Paper Size:
 Standard: 8 ½” x 11”
Legal: 8 ½” x 14”
Margins-Blank space between text and the edge of the paper.
(Top, Bottom, Left and Right)
Line Spacing-Vertical space between lines of text.
Page Orientation-Way in which a rectangular page is oriented
for viewing.
Portrait
Landscape
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WHAT IS MICROSOFT WORD?
Full featured word processing program
that allows you to create and revise
professional looking documents
such as announcements, letters,
resumes, and reports.
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WORD WINDOW
Quick Access
Toolbar
Title Bar
Ribbon
Scroll Box
Scroll Bar
Buttons to
change view
of document
Status
Bar
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WORD WINDOW ELEMENTS
Title Bar-displays document
name.
Insertion point-blinking vertical
bar to insert text.
Quick Access Toolbarprovides easy access to
frequently used commands.
Scroll Bars-used to display
different portions of a document.
Scroll Box shows location of
insertion point relative to
document.
Ribbon-the control center in
Word organized in logical
groups collected together
under tabs.
Horizontal Ruler-used to set
tab stops, indent paragraphs,
and change page margins.
Status Bar-indicates current page,
total number of pages, word count,
and button to check spelling and
grammar.
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RIBBON—CONTROL CENTER
The Ribbon is designed to help you quickly find commands to
complete a task. Each tab relates to a type of activity. The
Home tab contains more frequently used commands.
To reduce screen clutter, some tabs are shown only when they
are needed. To minimize the Ribbon, click the Customize Quick
Access Toolbar Button.
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KEY TIP BADGE
Key Tip Badge displays a keyboard code icon over each
feature available in the current view. The access keys
provide a way to quickly use a command by pressing a few
keystrokes.
Press and release the ALT key to display key tips.
Press and release the ESC key to remove key tips.
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BACKSTAGE VIEW
While the Ribbon contains a set of commands for working in a
document, the Backstage View is a set of enables you to manage
a document and data about the document.
Click the File
tab to open
Backstage
View.
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FONTS
The Font, or typeface, defines the appearance and shape of
letters, numbers, and special characters.
Font size is measured in points. A single Point is 1/72 of
one inch in height.
32 points
72 points
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FONT STYLES
Font Styles identify how the text appears. Font styles
are Toggles (switches between two options such as on
and off).
Boldface-font appears in extra dark lettering.
Italic-font appears slanted or italicized.
Underline-font is underlined.
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USING WORD WRAP
Word Wrap allows you to type words in a paragraph
continually without pressing the ENTER key at the end of
each line. Word will automatically advance to the next
line.
You will need to press the enter key to:
 Insert a blank lines into a document
 Begin a new paragraph
 Terminate a short line of text and advance to the next line
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ALIGNMENT/JUSTIFICATION
Left-aligned-flush at the left margin with uneven
right edges.
Right-aligned-flush at the right margin with
uneven left edges.
Center-positions text horizontally between the left
and right margins.
Justify-even at both left and right margins, may
add spacers.
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WORD DEFAULTS-PRESET
FORMATS
Calibri
11 Point Font
Multiple-Spaced Line Spacing at 1.15
10 points after each paragraph
Left-Alignment
Margins: Top, Bottom, Left & Right: 1”
Insert Mode
Portrait Orientation
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FORMATTING GRAPHICS
Graphics are files containing graphical images.
Clip Art is a series of predefined graphics.
The Pictures Tools Tab is displayed only when a graphic is
selected and provides formatting options.
A selected graphic is surrounded by small squares called
Sizing Handles that can be used to resize the graphic.
Back to Word Features
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FORMATTING MARKS
A Formatting Mark, aka
Nonprinting Character,
displays on the screen
but it is not visible on a
printed document.
Displayed using the
Show/Hide button.
Formatting
Mark
¶
ENTER key
•
SPACEBAR
→
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Indicates
TAB key
PAGE BORDERS
You can add a Border to
any or all sides of each
page in a document, to
pages in a section, to the
first page only, or to all
pages except the first.
You can choose the
setting, line style, color,
or select a graphical
border.
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SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
Spelling feature verifies the spelling of words by means of a dictionary
stored in the program. When a word is flagged with a red wavy line, it is
not in Word’s dictionary.
Grammar feature picks up various grammatical errors and will display
a green wavy line.
The Spelling and Grammar Status Icon on the status bar displays
a  if Word does not detect any errors or an X if there is a possible error.
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CORRECTING ERRORS
Insert Mode-Word inserts the character as you type and
moves all the characters to the right.
Overtype/Typeover Mode-as you type, Word replaces
characters to the right of the insertion point.
Backspace Key-deletes to the left of the insertion point.
Delete Key-deletes to the right of the insertion point.
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