Lab 1
Lab 1
Microsoft Word
Word processor is a software that is
capable of creating, storing, and printing
documents.
document saved for later use is opened on
another computer when needed.
I. Create Document
When word processor is clicked on,
a blank document window appears.
Therefore, when a new document is
created, its default name will be
displayed with the name DOCUMENT <
number>,
II. Saving Document Using Save As
Once a document is created, it can be saved for future
use. To “Save as” means to preserve the document for
next use. For example, to “Save as” a word document,
the following steps are needed.
1. Click the office File tab.
2. Click the Save As option.
3. Give it a file name, then click Save.
III. Insert Text
The basic steps to insert text in word processor are listed
below.
1.Click the word processor icon to open it.
2.You will see a Blinking cursor or Insertion point in the
text area below the ribbon.
3.Now, as you start typing, the words will appear on the
Screen in the text area.
4.To change the location of insertion point, press spacebar,
Enter or Tab keys. See Figure 3.6 below as an example.
IV. Copy and Paste
Word processor offers different methods to copy and
paste a text.
Some of the methods are given below: For example,
1. Select the text you want to Copy.
2. Select the Home tab and click Copy.
3. Place the Cursor where you want to Paste the
text and
4. Click the Paste in Home tab.
Alternatively, the following steps are important to copy and
paste.
1.Select the text.
2.Place the Cursor over the text and Right click the mouse.
3.A menu will appear; with a left click select the Copy
option.
4.Now, move the Cursor to a desired location and Right
click the mouse.
A menu will appear; with a left click select the Paste
option.
VI. Formatting
Bold: is a set of characters that are
darker and heavier than normal. A
bold font implies that each character
is originally designed with a heavier
appearance other than created on
the fly from a normal character. For
example,
Bold Italic: is style of font that
slopes the letters evenly to the
right. For example, this word is
italicized
Underline: is a section of text in a
document where the words have a
line running extend them for
example underline