Create a Document
Default Typing Options
Activity 2: Creating a New Document
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Create new document
o On the File tab, select New and double-click Blank document
o Note name of the document on the Title Bar
Enter Text
o At the current insertion point, type Welcome to Binghamton University!
And press Enter
o Press Enter again to insert a blank line
o Type “Welcome to our first monthly newsletter! Inside you can view
our history, schools, tour schedule and learn about our advanced
learning facilities.”
o Observe that the text automatically wraps onto the next line.
Replace the text advanced learning with innovative living.
o Press Backspace until the text is deleted and then type the new text
Close the document without saving
Document Views
Activity 3: Opening and Displaying Documents in Different Views
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In Beginning in Word folder, open Binghamton University Draft.docx
Display document in different views
o Select the View tab
o In the Document Views group, observe the highlighted view. The Print
Layout button is highlighted; this is the default view.
o In the Document View group, select Full Screen Reading
o Close the window to return to Print Layout
o On the status bar, select the Web Layout (hover your mouse over each view
to see which ones are there)
o Switch to Draft view.
o Return to Print Layout
Close the document without saving
Formatting Marks
Activity 4: AutoCorrect, Formatting Marks and Line Breaks
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Open a New document
o Select File, New, Blank document
o Press the Spacebar twice and type Atthe (thier)
o Press the Spacebar again to allow AutoCorrect to correct the misspelled
word to At the
o Position the mouse pointer below the corrected word to display the
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AutoCorrect Options button
Select the AutoCorrect Options button to display the options available for
the misspelled word.
Select Control AutoCorrect Options to open the AutoCorrect: English
(U.S.) dialog box.
Verify that the Replace text as you type box is checked
In the Replace text box, type “at”, then scroll down the list to the entry
atthe to verify that it should be replaced with “at the”
Select OK to close the dialog box
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Display formatting marks in the document
o On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, select the Show/Hide button
Press Enter twice
Type the following poem using Line Breaks:
o Roses are red (press Shift + Enter)
Violets are blue (press Shift + Enter)
Sugar is sweet (press Shift + Enter)
and so are you!
Close the document without saving
Save Option
Activity 5: Saving a Document
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Save Binghamton University Draft with a different file name
o In the Beginning in Word folder, open Binghamton University
Draft.docx
o Select File, Save As to open the Save As dialog box
o In the File name text box
 Change the name to My Beginning Binghamton University
Draft.docx
 On the left pane, select Desktop
 Select Save
Quickly save changes to the document
o In the document, go to the paragraph under the heading At a Glance:
 Delete the word professors and add faculty.
o On the Quick Access Toolbar, select the Save button to save the changes
you made to the document
Additional Save Options
Word 2010 File Formats
Activity 6: Using File Formats
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Make sure My Beginning Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Save Binghamton University Draft with a different file format
o Select File, Save As to open the Save As dialog box
 In the Save as type list, select PDF
 On the left pane, select Desktop
 Click Save to save the PDF file and open it in a PDF reader
window
Compatibility Checker
Activity 7: Using Compatibility Checker
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Make sure My Beginning Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Select File, Info
Select Check for Issues and from the menu, select Check Compatibility
In the Microsoft Word Compatibility Checker, choose Select versions to
show and, if necessary, check both versions in the list
Read the information about the issues found, if there are any
Click OK to exit the compatibility checker
Close My Binghamton University Draft.docx
AutoSave & AutoRecover
Activity 8: Changing AutoSave Options
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Make sure My Beginning Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Save My Beginning Binghamton University Draft with a different file name
o Select File, Save As to open the Save As dialog box
 In the File name text box, change the name to Our Binghamton
University Draft.docx
 On the left pane, select Desktop
 Select Save
Open the Word Options dialog box by selecting File tab, Options
Select the Save tab
Under Save documents, in the Save AutoRecover Information every <blank>
minutes spin box, enter 1
Select OK to close the Word Options dialog box
Activity 8a: Recovering an Unsaved Document
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Make sure the file Our Binghamton University Draft .docx is open
On the second page of the Our Binghamton University Draft document, at the
end of the document under the heading Active, Athletic Community in the
second paragraph, change the word grounds to parks
Wait one minute to allow AutoSave to save the document
Select File, Close to close the document and select Don’t Save
Open Word
Select File, Recent to open the Recent tab and in the right pane, select the first
Our Binghamton University Draft
Navigate to the second page of the document to verify that your recent change
was not saved.
On the File, Info tab, under Versions, double-click the unsaved version of the
file
 At the top of the document area, select Restore
 Select OK in the message box
 Verify that the recent change was restored
 Save changes
*Remember to change the AutoSave back to 10 minutes
Print and Preview Options
Activity 9: Previewing and Printing a Document
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Make sure Our Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Preview document
o Select File, Print
o In the Preview pane, on the bottom left, select the Next Page button to
preview the second page of the document.
o Using the Zoom slider, decrease the magnification level so that both pages
are displayed.
Print document
o In the Copies spin box, click the up arrow once to set the number of copies
to 2
o Click the Print button to print two copies of the document.
Zoom Options
Activity 10: Using Zoom Options
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Make sure Our Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Set magnification levels using the Zoom slider (located bottom right)
o On the Zoom slider, click the Zoom In button until the magnification level is
130%
o Drag the Zoom slider until the magnification level is 75%
Set magnification levels using Zoom group
o On the View tab, in the Zoom group, select 100% to set the magnification to
100%
o In the Zoom group, select the Zoom button to open the Zoom dialog box
o Under the Zoom to, select 80% and click OK to apply the new level
Apply the magnification of your choice
Help
Activity 11: Finding Help in Word
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Make sure Our Binghamton University Draft.docx is open
Open Help
o Select the Microsoft Word Help (F1) button on the ribbon
Perform a keyword search for Save
o In the Word help window, in either of the Search text boxes, type save
o In the Search Results pane, select the first entry in the list to open the
article
o Read the information about saving in Word
o On the Word Help toolbar, select the Back button to go back to the search
results
Use Table of Contents to find information about getting started in Word
o On the Word Help toolbar, select the Show Table of Contents button
o In the Table of Contents pane, select Beginning in Word to expand the
topic
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o Select any article to read
View Help topics on the Home page
o On the toolbar, select the Home button
Close Our Binghamton University Draft.docx