Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz: Microsoft Word: Exercise 1

Microsoft Word: Exercise 1
In this exercise you will learn about: Using the toolbar Highlighting text Copy and Paste functions Font and Font size Common keyboard operations Bold, Italics, Underline 1. Click on the START menu.
2. Click on PROGRAMS or ALL PROGRAMS. 3. Click on MICROSOFT OFFICE 4. Click on MICROSOFT WORD.
5. Now the program, Microsoft Word, is open. Look at the screen. Are the words Microsoft Word at the top of the screen?
6. Slowly Move the Cursor across the Home Ribbon. It looks like the picture below. Dont Click. When you point to a picture you will see the name for that picture or tool.
7. Type the alphabet in lower-case letters. No spaces. Like this:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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8. Click and Drag from the a to the z. This is called Highlighting. When all the letters are highlighted. Take your finger off the mouse. Practice this a few times.
9. There is another way to highlight the letters. Use your left hand to Hold Down the SHIFT key. Use your right hand to Press the Right Arrow Key many times until all the letters are highlighted.
10. Now, Click on the Copy button. The computer will remember the text that is highlighted. 11. Click after the z to put the cursor there. 12. Now Click the Paste button. Look at what happened. You should now have two alphabets. 13. Click on Select on the far right. You will see a drop down menu.
14. Click on SELECT ALL. This is another way to highlight all the words on the page. 15. Now, look at your Font section on the left of the Ribbon. Click on the little arrow next to Times New Roman.
16. Click on another font name to change the way the letters look.
17. Change the font 3 times for practice.
18. Click on the arrow next to the number 12. Click on a larger number. This will change the size of the letters.
19. Click between the n and in the first alphabet to place cursor there.
o the
20. On your keyboard, Press the BACKSPACE key several times to erase everything before o.
21. Click just after d in the second alphabet to place your cursor there.
22. On your keyboard, Press the Delete key several times to erase everything between d and o. 23. Highlight all of the text. (Click and drag across the letters). 24. Click on the Center button from the Paragraph section of the Ribbon.
25. When the text is highlighted, Click on the B to make the text bold.
26. Click on the
button on the Formatting Toolbar to make the text italic.
27. Click on the Underline button to add a line under the words.
28. Now you are done! 29. Click on FILE. Then Click on CLOSE. Do not save. 4
Microsoft Word: Exercise 2

In this exercise you will learn: Basic keyboard keys Formatting text Cut and Paste Saving to a disk Using the undo button 1. Click on the START menu. Then Click on ALL PROGRAMS. 2. Click on MICROSOFT OFFICE. Then Click on MICROSOFT WORD. 3. Type your first and last name in the blank document. Capitalize the first letter of your first and last name using the SHIFT key. 4. Press the ENTER key to move down one line. 5. Type your street address. 6. Press the ENTER key to move down one line. 7. Type your city, state, and zip code. 8. Press the ENTER key to move down one line. 9. Type your phone number. Your document should look something like this:
10. The Select all your text. (Click on SELECT and click on SELECT ALL). 5
11. Change the font size to 18. 12. Change the font style.
13. Highlight just the phone number. 14. Click on the Cut button on the far left of the Ribbon. Your phone number will disappear. 15. Click after your name to put the cursor there. 16. Click the PASTE button. Your phone number should be right after your name. 17. Click between your name and phone number. 18. Press the TAB key to put a space between your name and phone number.
19. Click at end of the first line. 20. Press the ENTER key. This will put a space between the first and second line. 21. Click on the UNDO button on the toolbar. This button will let you go back one step. It is a good way to correct your mistakes. 22. Click the REDO button on the toolbar. This button will let you go forward one step after you have used the undo button. This only appears after you have clicked UNDO once before. 23. Click before your phone number and Press the ENTER key. 24. Now, Highlight your phone number. 25. Click on the U key on the formatting toolbar. This will underline your phone number.
26. Now select all the text. Click on Select in the Editing section. Click on SELECT ALL from the dropdown menu. 27. Center all the text using the Center button on the Paragraph section. 28. Change the font size of your name to 22. 29. Make your first and last name Bold. 30. Italicize your address. 31. Now you will save this document. Follow the directions below: 32. Click on the FILE menu. 33. Click on SAVE AS. 34. Select the area of the computer where you want to save. 35. Click in the file name box. 36. Type a name for this document. Name it Word 2. 37. Click on SAVE. 38. Now you are done!
Microsoft Word: Exercise 3 Using Spelling Check

This exercise will teach you how to use the computer to help you correct your spelling and grammar. When you type a word in this exercise, type it exactly as it is written. Many of the words are spelled incorrectly to show you how you can use the computer to correct your spelling. Microsoft Word has a dictionary in the computer. This dictionary knows many English words. It does not know the names of people, the names of places, or words that are not English. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Open Microsoft Word. Type: computtor Press the ENTER key. Do you see a red line on the screen? The red line means that the computer does not have this word in its dictionary. Right-click on the word Computtor. Click on the correct spelling for the word that matches this picture. Press the ENTER key. Type: Mowse. Press the ENTER key. & Grammar on the far left.
10. Click on the REVIEW Ribbon tab, and then click Spelling
11. The word mowse is red because the computer does not have this word in its dictionary. 12. Click on the correct spelling for the word that picture. matches this
13. Click on CHANGE.
14. Click on OK. 15. Type: Kibor. 16. Press the ENTER key. 17. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 18. The correct spelling for this picture is not on the list.
If the spelling is very wrong the computer cannot find the correct spelling.
19. Highlight the word and type the correct spelling: Keyboard. 20. Click on CHANGE. 21. Click on OK.
22. Type: Mukta. 23. Press the ENTER key. 24. Mukta is a womans name. The computer doesnt know the names of people. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 25. The name is red because the computer does not know this word. Click on IGNORE (Ignore Once). 26. Now the computer knows that Mukta is not a mistake. Click on OK.
27.
Type: addis ababa.
28. Press the ENTER key. 29. This is the capitol city of the country Ethiopia. Remember, the computer does not know the names of places. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button.
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30. The city name is red because the computer thinks it is a mistake. Click on IGNORE (Ignore Once). 31. Now the city name is green because the computer thinks it is a grammar mistake. The name of a city should start with a capital letter. 32. Click on the capitalized spelling. 33. Click on CHANGE. 34. Type: Salsa verde 35. Press the ENTER key. 36. Salsa verde is a sauce used in Mexican cooking. Verde is a Spanish word. The computer only has an English dictionary. It doesnt know Spanish words. 37. Right-click on the word verde. 38. Click on IGNORE (Ignore All).
39. Type: his name George. he is eating 40. Press the ENTER key. 41. Sometimes the computer will automatically change the first letter of a sentence to a capital letter. Look at the last two sentences. Is the first letter capitalized? If not, capitalize his and he.
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42. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 43. His name George. is a fragment. It is not a complete sentence. Click between name and George. 44. Type: is 45. Click on CHANGE. 46. When the spell check is complete, Click on OK.
47. Spell check cannot find all mistakes. There is still a problem with the last sentence. Every sentence should have a period at the end of the sentence. Click after the word eating Type a period. 48. Type: Please turn on the lamb. 49. Press the ENTER key. There are no red or green lines. But there is a problem.
50.
The correct word is lamp
NOT lamb.
The computer did not show a red line under the word because lamb is in the English dictionary. But it is not the correct word for this sentence. 51. Erase the word lamb. Type: lamp. 52. Remember, spelling and grammar check is very useful but you still need to look carefully at what you type and use your brain! 53. Close the document. Do not save.
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Microsoft Word: Exercise 1

7. Type the alphabet in lower-case letters. No spaces. Like this:

17. Change the font 3 times for practice.

26. Click on the

button on the Formatting Toolbar to make the text italic.

Microsoft Word: Exercise 2

Microsoft Word: Exercise 3 Using Spelling Check

13. Click on CHANGE.

Type: addis ababa.

The correct word is lamp

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