Lesson 1: Working with Word Basics
Learning Objectives
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After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
 Use
and customize the Ribbon
 Use
the Quick Access toolbar and the Mini toolbar
 Open
and close documents
 Navigate
 Use
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in a document
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Presenting Word 2010
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What can Word 2010 do?
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Powerful document authoring
 Desktop
 Web
publishing
 Create
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publishing
and modify a wide variety of documents
Starting Word
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Choose Microsoft Office > Word from the All
Programs menu
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Use the Quick Launch toolbar
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Double-click a Word document icon in Explorer
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Word 2010 Interface Basics
Quick Access toolbar
File tab
The Ribbon
Insertion point
Tip! The insertion point is also
referred to as the cursor.
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Zoom control
Opening Word Documents
1. Click File tab
2. Click Open icon
3. Navigate to your file
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4.
Double-click
click to open
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Opening Older Word Documents
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Compatibility Mode
 Edit
documents from previous versions of Word
 New
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Word 2010 features are not available
Working with the Word 2010 Interface
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The Ribbon
 Tools
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for building, formatting, and editing
Quick Access toolbar
 Frequently
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Mini Toolbar
 Frequently
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used commands such as copy and paste
used formatting commands
The Ribbon
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Tabs
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Groups
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Commands
Home tab
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Paragraph group
Increase Indent
command
The Quick Access Toolbar
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Upper-left corner of the screen
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Contains frequently used commands
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Customizable
Right-click a Ribbon command to add it to the
Quick Access toolbar
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Navigating in a Word Document
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Insertion point (or cursor)
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Navigation methods:
 Mouse
 Scroll
Bar
 Scroll
Bar navigation does not move the insertion point
 Keyboard
y
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Navigating with the Scroll Bar
Scroll up line by line
Clicking in the open part
moves you up or down
Scroll down line by line
Page up
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Page
d
down
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Navigating with the Keyboard
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Keyboard navigation moves the insertion point
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Arrow keys navigate one space or line at a time
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[Page Up] and [Page Down] keys
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[Home] and [End] go to the start or finish of a line
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[Ctrl]+[Home] and [Ctrl]+[End] go to the start or finish
of the document
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Closing Documents
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Close by clicking the File tab
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Choose Close from the menu
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Word will prompt you to save your file
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Starting a New Blank Document
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Start by clicking the File tab
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Choose the New command for a blank document
 [Ctrl]+[N]
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is the new document shortcut
Getting Help in Word 2010
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Click the Help button
in the upper-right
corner
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Use the Table of
Contents to browse
topics
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Use search to look
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for a topic
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Exiting from Word
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Click the File tab and select the Exit button
 You
can also use the Close button on the upper-right
corner of the Word window
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Save before shutting down your computer!
 You
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will be prompted to save if you have not done so
Lesson 1: Working with Word Basics