ORD for Beginners

Presented by Katheryn A. Woodworth

At Evesham Library
 What is Word?
 A Microsoft Office program.
 Used for word processing. Like a type-writer,
only mistakes can be easily fixed.
 Pages can be saved for later or printed out.
 Easy to work on a little at a time.
What kind of file does Word make?
 Word makes documents.
 The file extension is “.doc”.
 .doc comes after the name of the file. It lets the
user know that the file is a document.
 Example: myresume.doc
 What can be a document?
 Letters (personal or business)
 Resumes
 Reports
 Term papers
 Memos
 Faxes
 And more!
 Getting started
 Double left click on the to open Word.
 A white document page will appear on the
screen in front of you.
 Or to create a new document, left click on the
little white page in the top left corner.
 Your Document
 You will have a large, blank page on the
screen.
 Type your document, or
 Copy your information then paste it onto your
page (document).
 Copy & Paste: Copy
 Use your mouse to copy your text.
 Left click at the beginning of the text.
 Hold the left mouse button down.
 Drag to highlight the text.
 When it is all highlighted, let go of the mouse
button.
 Copy
 It should look like this:
 Copy
 Now move your mouse pointer to the middle
of the highlighted text. The arrow will change
to an i-beam.
 Right click (push the right mouse button once).
 A menu will appear.

 Select and left click “Copy”.

 Copy & Paste: Paste
 Go back to your Word document.
 Right click on the page to show the little grey
menu.
 Choose and left click on “Paste”.
 You can now edit your text as you wish.
 Save
 ALWAYS save as you go.
 Never wait until you are finished.
 If the computer crashes or shuts off before you
have saved, you will lose all of the work you
have done.
 Saving your file
 Left click on “File” in the top left corner of
your screen.
 A long, thin menu will appear.
 Move your arrow pointer down to the fourth
line and left click on “Save”.
 Save as
 The “Save as” window will appear.
 Name your document in the box next to

“File name”.
 Left click on the

Save button.
 Save as you go
 Go to File and left click on Save.
 Do this at least every 10 minutes.
 Keyboard Shortcut: Press the Ctrl key and
the S key at the same time.

 Ctrl+S or
 Opening a Word File
 You can open a Word document you created at
another time.
 You can make more changes to an older file.
 You can save the changes in the document.
 Or you can save the document with a new
name to create a new, separate file from the
one you opened.
 To Open
 Open the Word program.
 Go to File and click Open (or ).
 You can then browse through your computer
and drives until you find your file.
 Left click on the file once so it shows up in the
long white box next to “File name”.
 Then click the Open button.
Basic Text Appearance

Formatting Toolbar
Bold, Italics, Underline

Bold

Italics

Underline
 Font style & size
 Little black arrows will drop down the menus
for you to choose your style of font (style of
writing – how the letters look) and size of font.
 Paragraph Alignment
 You can select how your paragraphs line up on
your page.
 Left Align
 Words line up on the left side of the page.

Messages are organized in folders or boxes. Received mail

is typically kept in an inbox; outgoing mail is stored in an
outbox; sent mail is filed in a sent box; and discarded mail
may be kept in deleted mailbox.
 Center Align
 Words are centered across the page.

Messages are organized in folders or boxes. Received mail

is typically kept in an inbox; outgoing mail is stored in an
outbox; sent mail is filed in a sent box; and discarded mail
may be kept in deleted mailbox.
 Right Align
 Words line up on the right side of the page.

Messages are organized in folders or boxes. Received mail

is typically kept in an inbox; outgoing mail is stored in an
outbox; sent mail is filed in a sent box; and discarded mail
may be kept in deleted mailbox.
 Justify
 Words line up on both the left and right sides of the
page.
 Colors
 Change the color of your text.
 Highlight your text.
 Changing text
 To apply any of the previous formatting, you
must first select what you want to change.
 Left click on the page where you want your
changes and begin to type or delete/backspace
to remove what you typed.
 Highlight words or paragraphs to apply
formatting to the whole thing.
 Delete/Backspace
 They both remove letters, words, and
paragraphs.
 Backspace is for when letters are to the left of
the blinking line (cursor).
 Delete is for when letters are to the right of the
blinking cursor.
 To remove a whole word or paragraph:
Highlight it. Then hit the delete key.
 Further Exploration
 Books
 Help inside Word
 Online tutorials
 Free Quick Reference Source
 Suggested Purchase
 Books
 *Microsoft Word 2003: Top 100 Simplified Tips
& Tricks. Simon, Jinjer. 2003. NF 005.369 Sim
 Office 2003 Simplified. Kinkoph, Sherry W.
2006. NF 005.369 Kin
 Teach Yourself Visually Word 2003. Marmel,
Elaine. 2006. NF 005.369 Mar
 Microsoft Word 2010: Step by Step. Cox, Joyce.
2010. NF 005.369 Cox
 Help
 Left-click “Help” along the top of the screen.
 Select and left-click on “Microsoft Office
Word Help” from the menu.
 A column appears on the right side of the
screen.
 Type what you want to know and left-click the
arrow or left-click on the “Table of Contents”
link.
 Online tutorials
 Microsoft Office training. Choose your version
(2003, 2007, or 2010) and program (Word).
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/

 Florida Gulf Coast University’s Word

tutorials.
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Word/
 Free Quick Reference Source
 Free Quick Reference Cards. Cheat sheets for
Word 2003, 2007, 2010 available to download
and print.
http://gr.customguide.com/quick_references.htm
 Suggested Purchase
Available through Barnes & Noble

 Word 2003 (SparkCharts)

ISBN: 9781586639006
(Digital edition: 9781411490543)

 Word 2007 (Quamut)

ISBN: 9781411405035
(Digital edition: 9781411407541)