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CHAPTER – 7
MICROSOFT WORD

INTRODUCTION
Word Processing software (sometimes just called a word processor) allows you to
create, edit, format, print and save documents like letters, memos, reports, manuals and
other text with much greater ease and efficiency than using a typewriter.
MS Word, a component of MS OFFICE, is such word processing software which
includes many features like

 Creating Headers and Footers

 Tables of Contents and indexes
 Checking Spelling and Grammar
 Inserting Graphics and other objects
 Creating form letters merged with address list
 Editing text like Copy, Cut, Paste and move
 Search, Find and Replace text for editing
 Formatting a document from a gallery of formats
 Automatic correction of Spelling mistakes while typing
 Preview a document before printing
 Etc.

Starting MS Word
Step 1: Click the Start button.
Step 2: Select All Programs option in the Start menu
Step 3: Select and Click Microsoft Word
As soon as the MS Word is launched the screen that appears consists of the following
elements:

Elements Description
Application Title Bar Displays the name of the application and the Minimize,
Maximize/Restore and Close buttons. If the document window
is maximized, the name of the document also is displayed in the
application title bar.
Main Menu Bar Contains menu options. To use the menu, click an option to
display a drop-down menu and then click an option on the drop-
down menu and then click an option on the drop-down menu to
perform a command, view another menu, or view a dialog box.
Standard Tool Bar Contains buttons for accomplishing commands like open a file,
open a new document, save a file, print a file, preview etc.
Formatting Tool Bar Contains buttons and controls for formatting text like selecting a
font, selecting a font size, make a portion of the text as bold,
italic, underline; align the text to left, right or justify, etc.
Ruler Displays the settings for the margins and tabs. The ruler can
also be used to make these settings.

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Insertion point Identifies the position with a blinking vertical line where a letter
can be inserted when a key is pressed in the keyboard.
Vertical and Scrolls the screen vertically and Horizontally.
Horizontal Scroll Bars
Status Bar Displays information about the current document, including the
page number and the position of the insertion point.

The Main Menu of MS Word contains the following Menu items:

 File
 Edit
 View
 Insert
 Format
 Tools
 Table
 Window
 Help

Now let us start discussing the various options available in the above said menu items.

How to Create New Microsoft word Document?

Step 1: Start Microsoft Word.
Step 2: Click the File option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the menu item New.
Step 4: Click the option Blank document.
Step 5: Start typing your document.

How to Save New Microsoft word Document?

Step 1: After typing your document.
Step 2: Click the File option in the main menu.
Step 3: Select the Save Menu item.
Step 4: Enter a name for the file.
Step 5: Click the Save button.

How to Open an existing Microsoft word Document?

Step 1: Click the File option in the main menu.
Step 2: Click the menu item Open.
Step 3: Select the document from the File dialog Box.
Step 4: Click the Open button.

How to 2013-12-31save an existing Microsoft word Document in another

Name?
Step 1: Open an existing document.
Step 2: Click the File option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the Save as Menu item.

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Step 4: Enter another name for the document.

Step 5: Click the Save button.

How to Close an Opened Microsoft word Document?

Step 1: Click the File option in the main menu.
Step 2: Click the Close menu item

How to copy a portion of the document to another place?

Step 1: Select the portion of the text which you want to copy using SHIFT and arrow
keys or using mouse
Step 2: Click the Edit option in the main menu and select the menu item called copy or
press CTRL + C
Step 3: Move the cursor to the location where actually you want to copy.
Step 4: Click the Edit option in the main menu.
Step 5: Select the menu item Paste in the Edit menu or press CTRL + V.

How to move a portion of the document to another place?

Step 1: Select the portion of the text which you want to move using SHIFT and arrow
keys or using mouse
Step 2: Click the Edit option in the main menu and select the menu item called cut or
press CTRL + X.
Step 3: Move the cursor to the location where actually you want to move.
Step 4: Click the Edit option in the main menu.
Step 5: Select the menu item Paste in the Edit menu or press CTRL + V.

How to Select the entire document?

Step 1: To Select the entire document either press CTRL + A or using mouse, drag
down.

How to insert page numbers?

Step 1: Click the Insert option in the main menu.
Step 2: Click the option Page Numbers…in the Insert menu.

How to insert Date and time?

Step 1: Click the Insert option in the main menu.
Step 2: Click the option Date and Time…in the Insert menu
Step 3: Select the required date format.
Step 4: Click OK button.

How to insert Symbols?

Step 1: Click the Insert option in the main menu.
Step 2: Click the option symbol…in the Insert menu.
Step 3: Select the symbol to be inserted.
Step 4: Click the Insert Button.
Step 5: Then Click the Close Button.

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How to insert picture?

Step 1: Click the Insert option in the main menu.
Step 2: Select the option Picture in the Insert menu.
Step 3: Select the option From File…in the Picture menu.
Step 4: From the Insert Picture window, select the picture to be inserted.
Step 5: Click the Insert button.

How to change the Font type?

Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.
Step 2: Click the Format option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the Font…option in the Format menu.
Step 4: Select any one of the Font Name from the list.
Step 5: Click the OK Button.

OR

Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.
Step 2: Click the Font pull down menu in the format tool bar.
Step 3: Select any one of the Font Name from the list.

How to change the Font size?

Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.
Step 2: Click the Format option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the Font…option in the Format menu.
Step 4: Select the appropriate Font Size.
Step 5: Click the OK Button.

OR

Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.
Step 2: Click the Font Size pull down menu in the format tool bar.
Step 3: Select the appropriate Font Size.

How to change paragraph alignment?

Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.
Step 2: Click the Format option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the Paragraph…option in the Format menu.
Step 4: Select the Alignment type [Left, Centered, Right, Justified].
Step 5: Click the OK Button.

OR

Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.

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Step 2: Click any one of the Alignment type icon in the format tool bar [Left, Center,
Right, Justify].
How to check the spelling and Grammar?
Step 1: Select the portion of the text from the typed document.
Step 2: Click the Tools option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the option Spelling and Grammar…in the Tools menu.
Step 4: Select the appropriate suggestion.
Step 5: Click the Change button.

How to insert a table to your document?

Step 1: Click the Table option in the main menu.
Step 2: Select the option Insert in the Table menu.
Step 3: Click the option Table…
Step 4: Enter the number of rows and columns.
Step 5: Click the OK button.

How to delete a table?

Step 1: Select the entire table to be deleted.
Step 2: Click the Table option in the main menu.
Step 3: Select menu option Delete in the Table menu.
Step 4: Click the option Rows.

How to insert a Row?

Step 1: Select a Row in the table, where another row is to be inserted.
Step 2: Click the Table option in the main menu.
Step 3: Select the option Insert.
Step 4: Click the option Rows Above or Rows Below.
[One row either above or below to the selected row is inserted.]

How to insert a Column?

Step 1: Select a Column in the table, where another column is to be inserted.
Step 2: Click the Table option in the main menu.
Step 3: Select the option Insert.
Step 4: Click the option Columns to the Left or Columns to the Right.
[One column either to the Left or Right to the selected column is inserted.]

How to delete a Row?

Step 1: Select the Row to be deleted in the table.
Step 2: Click the Table option in the main menu.
Step 3: Select the option Delete.
Step 4: Click the option Rows.

How to delete a Column?

Step 1: Select the Column to be deleted in the table.
Step 2: Click the Table option in the main menu.

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Step 3: Select the option Delete.

Step 4: Click the option Columns.
How to sort a Table?
Step 1: Select the portion of the table that is to be sorted.
Step 2: Click the Table option in the main menu.
Step 3: Click the option Sort in the Table menu.
Step 4: Select the Column number using which the table is to be sorted.
Step 5: Select the type of data – whether Text or Number or Date.
Step 6: Select the option Ascending or Descending.
Step 7: Click the OK button.

How to get Microsoft word help?

Step1: Click the Help option in the main menu.
Step2: Click the option Microsoft Word Help in the Help menu.
Step3: Enter the question in the box.
Step4: Click Search Button.

How to Exit from Microsoft Word?

Step 1: Click the File option in the main menu.
Step 2: And click the Exit option in the File menu.

Exercises:
1. Type the text given below using MS Word.

a) Special Purpose Keyboard contains limited number of keys and they are used for
specific applications.
For Example: 1. Billing Machines
2. ATM in Banks
etc.

b) General Purpose Keyboard is connected to the personal computer and look like a
typewriter keyboard to which some additional keys are added. There are different
categories of keys available in the keyboard.

Standard tying keys are in the same familiar QWERTY arrangement of letter, number
and punctuation keys found on any typewriter. QWERTY refers to the alphabet keys in
the top left row on a standard typewriter keyboard.
The Space Bar, Shift, Tab and Caps Lock keys do the same things on the
computer that they do on a typewriter.
An Exception is the “Enter” (bent left arrow) key. The Enter key, sometimes
called as the “Return” key, is used to accept the commands given into the computer. In
addition it is also used to begin a new paragraph in word processing system.

Cursor movement keys: The Cursor, also called the insertion point, is the symbol on the
display screen that shows where data may be entered next. The cursor movement keys,

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or arrow keys, are used to move the cursor around the text on the screen. These keys
move the cursor left, right, up or down.
The keys labeled Page Up and Page Down move the cursor, the equivalent of one
page, up or down on the screen.

Numeric keys: A separate set of keys, 0 through 9 known as the numeric keypad, is laid
out like the keys on a calculator.

Function keys are the keys labeled with an F and a number, such as F1 and F2. Personal
Computers have normally 12 Function keys.

B. Non-Keyboard Devices – Pointing Devices

Pointing devices are Non-Keyboard devices used to control the position of the cursor on
the screen. Pointing devices include:

(a) Mouse, Track Ball, Joystick and Touchpad

(b) Light Pen and Digitizing Tablet

a) Mouse, Track Ball, Joystick and Touchpad

Mouse is a small, handy pointing device containing two buttons:
 Primary button (Left button)
 Secondary button (Right Button)

Format the typed text by

1. Set the headings as Bold, Italic and Underline with font size of 14.
2. Set the font to Arial Narrow.
3. Justify the body of the text.

2. Create a table with 6 columns and 8 rows. Type the following sample data as given
below and sort them using the Student Id Column.

Student Student Name Date of Permanent Course Name CGPA

Id Birth Address
101 Bailu 12.12.75 Harar Accounting 3.45
272 Bekele 18.06.78 Dire Dawa Accounting 2.56
345 Leywork 15.08.76 Alemaya Accounting 3.15
413 Adem 14.11.75 Addis ababa Accounting 3.78
252 Solomon 17.12.74 Harar Accounting 2.79
612 Gadissa 19.10.73 Dire Dawa Accounting 3.01
007 Yinebab 08.09.75 Alemaya Accounting 2.10

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MS-WORD – MENU WISE EXERCISES

EXERCISE – 1 [ 10 MINUTES]

1. START MS-WORD
2. SELECT BLANK DOCUMENT OPTION
3. TYPE THE FOLLOWING IN DIFFERENT LINES
[ Hint : After typing every line use Enter key to go to next line, if any error on the
left side erase by using Back space key, if any error in the right side of the cursor
control use ‘Delete key’]
a. ATO. ZELALUM
b. FACULTY OF LAW
c. ALEMAYA UNIVERSITY
d. ALEMAYA -ETHIOPIA

4. After typing go to File Menu a Drop down menu will come select ‘Save As’ menu
item, type your name in the Save As dialog box. Press Save Button
5. Go to File Menu again; Select Exit option to come out of Ms-Word.

EXERCISE – 2 [10 MINUTES]

1. START MS-WORD
2. GO TO FILE MENU
3. SELECT OPEN MENU ITEM. - OPEN DIALOG BOX WILL COME
4. CHOOSE THE FILE NAME WHICH YOU SAVED IN EXERCISE 1
a. [ YOUR NAME IS USED AS FILE IN THE PREVIOUS EXERCISE, SO
SELECT YOUR NAME, AND CLICK OPEN BUTTON]
5. NOW SAVE IT IN YOUR FATHER NAME BY USING SAVE AS OPTION IN
THE SAME FILE MENU.
a. SELECT FILE MENU
b. CHOOSE SAVE AS OPTION
c. TYPE YOUR FATHER NAME
d. PRESS SAVE BUTTON
e. SEE THE FILE NAME IN THE TITLE BAR WHICH IS IN YOUR
FATHER NAME.
6. NOW CLOSE THE FILE BY USING FOLLOWING HINTS
a. GO TO FILE MENU
b. SELECT CLOSE ITEM

EXERCISE – 3 [20 MINUTES]

1. OPEN THE EXISTING FILE WHICH YOU SAVED IN YOUR NAME
a. MARK THE FIRST LINE

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i. PLACE THE CURSOR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIRST LINE

– FOR THAT CLICK ONCE ON THE LEFT MOST SIDE OF THE
FIRST LINE.
ii. PRESS THE MOUSE BUTTON MOVE BY HOLDING CALLED-
DRAG ON - TILL THE END OF THE FIRST LINE
iii. RELESE THE MOUSE BUTTON – IT IS HIGHLIGHTED
iv. GO TO FORMAT TOOL BAR
v. CHANGE FONT – SEE THE EFFECT
vi. CHANGE THE FONT SIZE SEE THE EFFECT
vii. TOUCH THE BOLD BUTTON – SEE THE EFFECT
viii. TOUCH AGAIN THE BOLD BUTTON – SEE THE EFFECT
ix. SIMILARLY TOUCH THE ITALIC – BUTTON SEE THE FFECT
x. SIMILALY TOUCH ALL THE FOLLOWING
1. UNDERLINE [ TWO TIMES]
2. LEFT ALIGN
3. RIGHT ALIGN
4. CENTRE ALIGN
5. JUSTIFY
6. NUMBERING
7. BULLETS
8. RIGHT INDENT [ THREE TIMES]
9. LEFT INDENT [ THREE TIMES]
xi. RELEASE THE MOUSE BUTTON BY CLICKING IN THE NON
DOCUMENT AREA OF THE DOCUMENT
xii. MARK ALL THE LINE OF THE DOCUMENT AND TRY ALL
THE OPTION FROM iv TO x
xiii. SAVE THE FILE IN YOUR GRAND FATHER NAME

NOTE
After completion of the above three exercise Students should make sure whether they
understood the following:
a. Choosing a blank document [ to prepare new document in Ms-Word]
b. File menu
c. New item of the File Menu to open a blank document
d. Open option, To open an Existing Document
e. Close option to Close the existing file, which we saved already
f. Save option to save the file
g. Save As option to save the current document in a new file name
h. Exit option to get out of the Ms-Word.
i. And complete options of the Format Bar and its features

EXERCISE – 4 [10 MINUTES]- copy and paste

1. Open the File already saved in your name in the previous exercise.
2. Mark your address completely with help of mouse
a. [ To mark you can use mouse – Drag on method

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b. [or Press Shift Key in the key board, hold it and use right arrow  or Down
arrow key ↓ TO MARK the document ]
3. After Marking all the lines Go to Edit menu
4. Select copy option by clicking once the left mouse button
5. Go to the bottom of the document, click once left mouse button [ to mark the place
where we have to copy]
6. Go to edit menu choose paste option once – see the effect
7. Do as many times as you need to learn copy and paste option of the edit menu.
8. Save the file in the name ‘copypaste’ by using save As option.

EXERCISE – 5 [10 MINUTES]- cut and paste

1. Open the File already saved in your name in the previous exercise.
2. Mark your address completely with help of mouse
a. [ To mark you can use mouse – Drag on method
b. [or Press Shift Key in the key board, hold it and use right arrow  or Down
arrow key ↓ TO MARK the document ]
3. After Marking all the lines Go to Edit menu
4. Select Cut option by clicking once the left mouse button [document will disappear –
wait and see]
5. Go to the document, click once left mouse button [ to mark the place where we have
to cut]
6. Go to edit menu choose paste option once – see the effect
7. Do as many times as you need to learn cut and paste option of the edit menu.
8. Save the file in the name ‘cut&paste’

NOTE
After completion of the above two exercise Students should make sure whether they
understood the following:
a. Purpose of Edit menu
b. How to copy a part or complete document
c. how to paste it in other part of the document
d. how to cut a part or full document and it pasting
e. difference between cut and paste, copy and paste

EXERCISE – 6 [10 MINUTES]- Find and Replace

1. Open the existing document which you saved in your Father’s name
2. Save it by using Save As option –
a. Give file name as – Find and replace
3. Go to Edit Menu
a. Select Find option – Find and Replace – Dialog box will appear
b. Type your name in the Find What? box
c. Select Replace option in the same dialog box

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d. Type your father name in the Replace With? Box after clicking the
mouse once within that box.
e. Select Replace All Button
f. See the effect
g. Practice the same as many times as possible to understand by
providing different find[s] and replace[s]
h. Save the file in the same file.

NOTE:
After completion of the above exercise Students should make sure whether they
understood the following:
 Purpose of Find and Replace option in Edit menu

EXERCISE – 7 [10 MINUTES]

1. Open a blank document and save it in the name ‘Alemaya Uty’
2. Type the following sentence
a. Alemaya University is the one of the best university in Ethiopia. Earlier it
was an agricultural University, Now it is an university with so many
faculties, recently it starts functioning with Faculty of Law and Faculty of
business and Economics also.
3. After typing the above document copy it by using Copy option in Edit menu and
Paste it 10 times by clicking mouse 10 times.
4. Use Find and Replace option – change the word ‘Alemaya’ as find option and
replace it by ‘Addis Ababa’ – see the effect after clicking Replace All? Option.
5. Go to insert menu select Page Number and click Ok button see the effect, whether
page number is inserted or not.
6. Place the cursor at the bottom of the document by scrolling the mouse wheel
downward. Click once to place the control at the bottom of the document
7. Go to insert menu select Date and Time option and click Ok button see the effect
whether Today’s date is added or not.
8. Save it in the name ‘Addis Ababa Uty’
9. Go to Tools menu select
a. Spelling and Grammar option
b. Use change option as per requirement

NOTE:
After completion of the above exercise Students should make sure whether they
understood the following:
 How to use Copy and Paste option in Edit menu
 Purpose of Find and Replace option in Edit menu
 How to insert a page number in a document
 How to insert a Date and Time in a document

INSERT MENU EXERCISES

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Note : After completion of this INSERT MENU EXERCISES students should be

able to understand the following concepts
1. How to insert a page Break and its necessity
2. how insert a page number
3. how to insert a Date and Time in different format
4. How to insert a symbol in a document
5. How to insert a picture in a word document

EXERCISE – 8 [ 20 MINUTES]
1. In the MS-word Open a Word Blank Document and save it in the name
‘INSERTPRACTICE’
2. Type the following message as
In the insert menu exercise I am going to learn how to insert a break, date and
time, page number to a complete document in different places, and symbol
insertion, and finally how to add a picture in a word document also.
3. After typing, Just drag on the typed message either by using mouse or by
operating multiple key operations,
a. Typed messages will be marked
4. After marking by applying/using Edit menu’s Copy and Paste command, paste
it [ utilize icon-paste in the format tool bar through mouse] in the same
document, more than 10 to 15 times, so that you will get two to three page
document for practicing.[ just matter of clicking again and again on the paste icon
simply]
5. [How to Insert a Page Break] Click on the middle page of the first page and do
the following
a. Select – Insert Menu
b. Select – Break option by clicking
c. Break Dialog Box will appear
d. Select Page Break Radio button by clicking once over it
e. Click Ok Button
f. See the effect bottom of the document is taken to the next page due to
break option.
g. Similarly Go to the II page half of the document, click again and try the
above a,b,c,d,e, operations and see the effect of break in Insert menu. So
Break will break the pages into two pages – Try to understand
6. [how to Insert a Page Number] Click On Insert Menu and select Page number
option
a. Page number dialog box will appear
i. Select the appropriate position and
ii. Select the appropriate alignment
iii. Click on Show page number on first page
iv. Click on OK button also

7. See the effect of the Page number according to your selection of position and
alignment in your multi Page document. And also try by ticking and un-ticking

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Show Page number first page option in both the way [with tick or without tick]
understand the effect.

8. [How to Insert Date and Time] Go to the bottom of the document through
mouse
a. Go to Insert menu and click
b. Select Date and Time option
i. Date and Time Selection list will come
c. Choose the appropriate format of the date from the choice list
d. Click on Ok button
e. Find the date format which you have chosen
f. Try again at the top of the page again and try to understand how to insert
date in document in a different place as per requirement.

9. [How to insert a Symbol in a Document ] Go to the bottom of the document

a. Go to insert menu and click
b. Select Symbol Option
i. Symbol dialog box will appear
ii. Choose symbols title once
iii. Place the mouse on the required symbols and click once over them
iv. Click on insert button to insert the symbol in the appropriate
place
v. Do the same 9th step two to three times to insert different symbols

10. [How to insert a Picture in a Ms-Word document ] Go to the bottom of the

document
a. Go to Insert Menu and click
b. Select Picture option of the menu
i. Another sub menu will come
c. Select From File option
i. Lot of picture collection will come
d. Select any one of the picture by clicking over it.
i. See the effect picture is inserted.
ii. You can resize it by pushing or pulling in the corner.
e. Practice two to three time for picture insertion from a file.

11. [How to insert a Diagram in a Ms-Word Document ] Go to the bottom of the

document
a. Go to Insert Menu and click
b. Select Diagram option of the menu
i. Diagram gallery Sub menu will come
c. Select diagram among them by clicking once over them
d. Click Ok Button

EXERCISE FOR FORMAT MENU

EXERCISE - 9

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1. Open a new word document and save it in the name as ‘Practice1’ by using Save
As option
a. type the following in small letters
this is madawalabu university, addis ababa university, bahirdar university,
jimma university

2. Mark the typed document

3. Drag on by using mouse or by holding shift button, move arrow keys
a. typed information will be marked
4. Click on Format menu
5. Select Border and Shading option
a. Border and Shading Dialog Box will open
6. Click on Box option
7. Click on Ok button - see the effect on the screen
a. Border to your matter is given
8. Again drag the same matter
a. Matter is marked
9. Go To Format Menu select Change Case option
a. Change case button box will appear with following option
i. Sentence case
ii. Lower case
iii. Upper case
iv. Toggle case
v. Title Case
10. select any one of the radio button and click on oK button
a. See the effect on marked document
11. select one by one and see the effect of the case changes
a. try to practice by selecting all option one by one and try to understand the
differences [ not to waste the time]
12. mark the whole document by using Drag method
a. the whole document is marked
13. Press ‘Del’ key once – document will be deleted [Don’t worry]
a. Now your document disappears, you got a blank document.
14. In the same document move the mouse on the bottom of the document and type
the following text, out of the border [don’t waste time, do it as fast as possible]
a. ‘Now I am going to practice how to make two column document as in the
printed text books
15. mark the above two sentences only by using mouse drag,
16. By using Edit menu’s Copy and paste method, copy it 10 times
a. now you got one full page document [ to save time, and practice more]
17. Now mark the whole document by using dragging method [ make sure marked ]
18. Select Format Menu, Click on Column Option
a. Column Dialog Box will appear
19. Select the ‘Two’ column option and Click Ok Button
a. See the effect now you got two column document like a text book
b. Try to practice other options such as

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i. Two, three, left, right,

c. See the effect and understand how to create two column text.
20. Again mark the whole document by dragging
a. Whole document is marked
21. Select Format Menu, Click on Back Ground option
a. Back Ground Dialog box will appear with a lot of color options
b. Select a suitable color for documents back ground and click over it
i. Now see the effect your document got a background color
c. Check which back ground will be good for document
i. Don’t waste time – [just for practice, go to next work]

Note
1. Under stand the purpose of Format Menu
2. Understand the border and shading option to provide a box border to a document
or a portion of a document.
3. Identify the options to make two column, three column, text as text books
4. Change Case option to change upper case to lower case, or other cases
5. Back Ground option to provide color back ground to a complete document
6. if not able to follow do the same exercise again and again to understand, without
wasting time.
7. Also how to delete a document by using ‘Del’ Key after marking.

TABLE MENU : EXERCISE: 10

Exercise for Table menu
1. Open a blank document
2. Save it in the name of ‘Practice2’
3. Select the Table menu
4. Choose Insert Option
5. Choose Table Sub menu Option
a. Insert table dialog box will appear
b. Select Number of column as ‘2’ [by increasing/decreasing thru mouse]
c. Select number of Rows as ‘4’ [by increasing or decreasing thru mouse]
d. Select the Auto fit Behaviour as Auto fit Content click once
e. Select Ok Button – see the effect in your blank document.
i. Effect will be a table with two column and four rows
f. Type the following
COURSES HOURS
COMPUTER 40
LAW 25
ENGLISH 25
6. Mark the top row of the Table and Select Bold from the Format menu
7. Mark all the numbers and select right alignment, centre alignment, left alignment
a. see the effect of how to align the table contents
8. Save it as in the name ‘My first table’

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