Add a Graphic File (not clip art) to the current document |
Insert Menu Picture Select From File |
Add a half point top and bottom border line to text |
Format Menu Borders & Shading |
Bold Text |
Format Menu Choose Font Format Style Click Bold |
Bullets and Numbering |
Click Format Menu Click Bullets and Numbering |
Center Text Vertically |
File Menu Page Setup |
Change page display modes |
Click View Click the view you want to use |
Clear the Clipboard |
Edit Menu Office Clipboard Clear Clipboard |
Close a document |
Click File Menu Click close |
Create Table |
Table Menu Choose Insert Choose Table |
De-select text |
Click outside the selected area |
Display a gallery of Clip Art Images |
Insert Menu Picture Clip Art |
Display Synonyms |
Tools Language Thesarus |
Display the Clipboard |
Edit Menu Office Clipboard |
Display the toolbar that allows you to Draw Lines, Circles and other shapes. |
View Menu Toolbars Drawing |
Divide a table horizontally into two tables |
Table Menu Split Table |
Double Spacing |
Format Paragraph Indents & Spacing Select Double Spacing |
Double Underline Text |
Format Menu Font Underline Styles Select Double Underline |
Exit Word |
Click File Menu Click Exit |
Hanging Indent |
Drag the Hanging Indent Marker |
Headers and Footers |
Click View Menu Headers & Footers |
Indent the first line of two paragraphs |
Drag top ruler |
Insert Footnote |
Click Insert Menu Choose Footnote |
Insert Hyperlink |
Click Insert Menu Insert Hyperlink |
Insert text |
Click the mouse pointer where you want to insert the text. Type the text you want to insert. To insert a blank space, depress the space bar. |
Insert Page Break |
Click Insert Menu Select Break |
Insert a new paragraph |
Click the mouse where you want to split a paragraph in two. Depress the enter key twice. |
Insert special characters/symbols |
Click View Menu Click symbols |
Insert Table |
Click Edit Menu Paste Special |
Italics |
Format Menu Choose Font Choose Italics |
Justify Text |
Format Menu Paragraph Alignment OR Select Justify Icon |
Letter Wizard |
Tools Letter Wizard |
Open a document |
Click the folder icon on the standard tool bar and click the name of the document you want to open. Or, Click the File Menu and click the name of the document you want to open. |
Open Website in Word |
CTRL & Click with the mouse |
Page magnification/Zoom |
Click the magnification arrow on the standard tool bar. Magnification changes from 10% to 500%. |
Paste Website as Hyperlink |
Edit Menu Paste as Hyperlink |
Print document |
File Menu. Select all, current page or pages Click OK |
Print Preview |
File Menu Print Preview |
Remove Text so that it is saved to The Clipboard. |
Edit Menu Cut |
Replace Text |
Edit Menu Replace |
Right Indent |
Drag the Right Indent Marker |
Rotate Text |
Format Menu Text Direction |
Ruler |
Click View Menu Click Ruler to display or hide ruler |
Save a document as Word |
Click File Menu, Save As. Select the location to save. Type a name for the document. Click Save. |
Save changes to documents |
To avoid losing your work, frequently click the disk icon on your standard tool bar to save changes |
Save existing document under another file format; i.e., Rich Text Format (rtf), txt file, etc. |
Click File Menu Click Save As. Click down arrow as save in desired format. |
Scroll through a document |
Click the scroll arrows on the right side or the bottom of the document |
Scroll quickly |
Drag the scroll box up or down the scroll bar |
Sort data in a table |
Table Menu Sort |
Select a word to highlight |
Double-click anywhere over the word you want to select. |
Select a sentence to highlight |
Press and hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard. While holding down Ctrl, click anywhere over the sentence you want to select. Release Ctrl. |
Select a paragraph to highlight |
Position the mouse anywhere over the paragraph you want o select and then quickly click the mouse three times. |
Specify that a document will print in Landscape (Horizontal) rather than Portrait (Vertical) |
File Page Setup Landscape |
Spell check |
Click the ABC icon on the standard tool bar. Or, click the tools Menu, Spelling and Grammar. |
Select any amount of text |
Position the mouse over the first word you want to select. Then hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse over the text you want to select. |
Specify that page numbers will be centered at the bottom of the page |
Insert Menu Page Numbers Select Position |
Specify that the font for the Delivery Address for envelopes will be Times New Roman |
Tools Envelopes & Labels Options Delivery Address Font |
Split Screen |
Windows Menu Split |
Start Word Program |
Click Start on your desktop. Click Open New Office Document. Select Blank Word Document. Click OK |
Superscript Text |
Format Menu Font Select Superscript |
Toolbars |
Click View Menu Click the Toolbar you want to use |
Underline Text |
Format Menu Choose Font Underline Style |
Undo a typing entry |
Edit Menu Undo |