COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
PRAC MS WORD
KANSIIME MUKAMA BRIAN
MS WORD
Practical Lesson 1 - Summary
§ What is MS Office Suite
§ What is MS Word
§ MS Word Basics
§ Editing Documents
§ Formatting Text
§ Formatting Pages
§ Working with Objects
MS WORD
Ø What is Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Office is a highly popular and versatile productivity software suite
developed and published by Microsoft Corporation.
• This Office suite comprises of various applications which form the core of
computer usage in today’s world.
Ø MS Office Suite Applications
The commonly usedapplicatios
are;
Word, Excel, powerpoint and
Access.
And Each of the Mentioned
applications does a different
functions from the other.
MS WORD
Ø Microsoft Word
• MS Word is a word processing program that allows user to create and edit
both simple and complex text based documents. Examples; letters, reports, and
essays,
• It also has various formatting options like adding images, shapes,charts, and
tables that you can add to your documents.
Ø Uses of Ms word at a workplace
• Creating documents such as letters, reports,
and essays
• Editing and formatting text
• Adding images and tables
• Creating templates and mail merge
• Collaborating with others on documents
• Reviewing and tracking changes to documents
MS WORD
Ø MS Word Basics
• Getting started with word
Get to know the ribbon, quick access toolbar, working area and status bar
to produce Word documents.
• Creating and opening documents
Learn all about how to open an existing documents and create new ones
• Saving a documents
Learn more about saving and sharing documents
• Moving around page
Learn to move around Ms Word page using mouse, keyboard, Scroll buttons
and go to commands
• Zoom in and out
Changes the size of the font on-screen without impacting any other attribute
of the document using zoom control buttons.
MS WORD
MS word Features
• Get to know the Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, and Backstage view to
produce Word documents.
Start Page Home Page
MS WORD
Steps on How To Save MS Word File Inside a Folder
• Step 1 - Click on file tab
• Step 2 - Select Save as option
• Step 3 - Lacate/Decide where to
save your file. If it your folder
is on destop, choose desktop
• Step 4. Select and open your folder
• Step 5. Name the file
• Step 6. Decide the file tye
(By default, its Ms Word file type)
• Step 7. Click on Save button
MS WORD
Ø Editing Documents
• Insert Text and
• Insert Special Symbols
• Select Text/Highlighting
• Delete Text
• Move Text
• Copy & Paste
• Find & Replace
• Perfom Spell Check
• Redo and Undo Changes
MS WORD
Ø How To Format Text
• Setting Text Fonts (type, size and color)
• Text Decoration (underline, Italics,
strike through, sub and superscript)
• Change Text Case(Upper, Lower)
• Highlight Text Color/ Text Shading
• Text Alignments (left, center, right, justify)
• Indent Paragraphs/add a tab space
• Create lists using Bullets and Numbers)
• Set Line Spacing
• Add Borders (around paragraph and text)
MS WORD
Ø How to Format Pages
• Insert Header and Footer
• Add Page Numbers
• Set Automatic Date and Time
• Change Page colors
• Insert Blank/New Page
• Add Cover Pages
• Add Watermark
• Set Page Orientation
• Adjust Page Margins
MS WORD
Ø Working with object
• Pictures
Add/resize/Move/Crop and use the text wrapping feature.
• Shapes
Add/ Resize/ Rotate/ Delete/ Move and modify shapes.
• Text Boxes
Add/ Resize/ Rotate/ Delete/ Move and modify shapes.
• Tables
Add/ Resize/Move/Delete/add rows/column/merge/shading
• Charts/Smart Art
Learn how to add and modify charts
MS WORD
Ø How to Work With Shapes & Text Boxes
• Add a shape
• Move a shape
• Resize a shape
• Rotate a shape
• Recolor(Fill and Outline)
• Copy and Paste
• Delete a shape
MS WORD
Ø How to Work with Tables
• Create a Table
• Add Rows & Columns
• Move a Table
• Resize a Table
• Merging Cells
• Split Cells
• Borders & Shades
• Copy and Paste
• Add Formulas
LESSON SUMMARY
01 • What MS Office
02 • What is MS Word
03 • When do we use Ms Word
04 • How to create and save MS Word file
05 • How to enter text into a word file
06 • How to format text in MS word file
07 • What is a table (Column, row and cell)
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
1) What is the difference between MS Word And Ms Excel
2) Write down steps followed when saving a file
3) Mention any four application programs found in MS Office Suite
4) Write down the steps one when bolding a text in Ms Word
5) Mention any four word processing programs apart from Ms Word
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