MICROSOFT WORD (WORD PROCESSOR)
MS-WORD (WORD PROCESSOR)
A word Processor can be described as application software that helps in the production of a document. It is a text editor that allows us to type, edit and save text.
Example of Word Processor Software:
¨ Microsoft Word
¨ Word Star –
¨ WordPerfect
¨ Lotus Notes
¨ Perfect Writer
¨ Professional Write
¨ MultiMate
¨ Word Pad
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is an example of a word processor. It is a powerful Application with special
capabilities to manipulate text.
capabilities to manipulate text.
Advantage of the Microsoft Word
§ Mainly, MS Word is used to produce textual documents such as CVs, memos, legal documents, proposals, newsletters, questionnaires, term papers etc.
§ It can be used to add graphics and pictures in a document.
§ The ease of creating tables in MS Word makes it an important tool for preparing easy and quick to understand documents in summary.
§ Presenting a document in columns makes it easier to read and draw comparison.
§ Other features like drop capitals, automatic spell checking of word and grammar, finding and
replacing text etc are some of the features that make documents formal.
replacing text etc are some of the features that make documents formal.
To start Microsoft Word (For office 97, 2000, 2003)
Steps:
Steps:
i. Click on the start button
ii. Point programs
iii. Select Microsoft Word
To start Microsoft Word (For office 2003 win XP)
Steps:
Steps:
i. Click on the start button
ii. Point programs
iii. Point to Microsoft Office
iv. Click on Microsoft Office Word 2003
Components/Elements of the Microsoft Word
o Title Bar— This displays file name and name of the application program
o Menu Bar — It contains nine option, which are File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window and Help.
o Standard Toolbar — This provides the shortcuts for the Menu commands
o Formatting Toolbar — this help to format the text in the document
o Status bar — Displays the information about the active document on which you are currently working. The
o information consists of page number, the column and line number on which you have positioned your cursor (Insertion point)
o Insertion Point — This is blinking vertical object that indicates the position on the document where the text or graphics will be inserted.
o Workspace — This is the area in the document where the text or graphics is inserted.
o Drawing Toolbar - Help to draw line and diagrams in the document.
o Vertical Scrollbar — This is used to move document vertically UP or DOWN
o
Horizontal Scrollbar — This is used to move document horizontally LEFT or RIGHT
Title Bar

Title Bar


1 Components/Element of the Microsoft Word
TO SAVE DOCUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME
When you type text or inserting graphics in a document, the document is stored in internal memory of the computer (primary storage), in order to preserve the document for future use, you are supposed to save it on the permanent storage devices like Hard Disk, Floppy Disk, Flash Disk, Compact Disk
(CD).
(CD).
The File Menu gives the Save and Save As features for saving your documents. If you are saving your document for the first time you choose Save As option, state folder in which Word should store your file and give a name to your document. While working in a document that has already been stored once, choosing the Save feature will note the changes made and save the document with the latest changes.
Steps to Save Document
i. Click on file menu
ii. Click Save As option
iii. Save As dialog box will appear
iv. Specify location
a. My Document
b. Desktop
c. Flash Disk
d. Local Disk ‘C’ etc
v. Type file name
vi. Click on Save button
To open existing file
i. Open Microsoft Word
ii. Click on File Menu
iii. Click on Open option
iv. Open dialog box will appear
v. Specify location you want to retrieve your file (Use the “ look in” drop down menu, to select drive or folder that contains the needed file)
vi. Select your file then click Open button (also you can double-click to open specified file)
Alignment determines the appearance, position and orientation of the edges of the paragraph or selected text within a document. There is left, right, center and justified alignment.
For Alignment:
1. Select the text you want to align
2. Click on the specific alignment button you want on Formatting Toolbar
Copying Text
Word allows you to copy the text to another part of the same document or to a different Document.
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select the text to be copied
ii. Click on Edit menu
iii. Click Copy
iv. Place a cursor where you want to paste the text
v. Click on Edit menu
vi. Click Paste
Or
i. Select the text you want to copy
ii. Click on copy button on Standard toolbar
iii. Position cursor where you want to pate
iv. Click Paste button on standard toolbar
Moving (Cut) the text
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select the text to be moved
ii. Click on Edit menu
iii. Click Cut
iv. Place a cursor where you to paste the text
v. Click on Edit menu
vi. Click Paste
Or
i. Select the text you want to move
ii. Click on Cut button on standard
iii. Position cursor where you want to paste
iv. Click Paste button on standard
Deleting text
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select the text to be deleted
ii. Hold down the delete key on the keyboard
Changing Font Type
A font refers to the manner or style in which the text is displayed in the document.
Different font contains different of characters and symbols.
In changing font, you can set the font type, font size, font style, font color, and underline
Style, underline color and font effect.
A font refers to the manner or style in which the text is displayed in the document.
Different font contains different of characters and symbols.
In changing font, you can set the font type, font size, font style, font color, and underline
Style, underline color and font effect.
For Font Type:
Steps: -
Steps: -
i. Select the text to be formatted
ii. Select the down — drop arrow of the font list Time new Roman from the Formatting toolbar
iii. Choose a font
For Font Size
Font size refers to the measurement of the size of the text
Steps:
i. Select the text to be formatted
ii. Select the down-drop arrow of the font size List 12 from the Formatting Toolbar
iii. Choose a font size
For Font Color:
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select the text to be formatted
ii. Select the down-drop arrow of the font color, from the Formatting toolbar
iii. Choose a font color
For highlight the text
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select the text you want to highlight;
ii. Click on the highlight button on the standard toolbar.
iii. Pick a color to highlight.
NB: You can set your text by selecting the Bold (B), Italic (I), and Underline (JD the Formatting toolbar. [B lj]
FONT PROPERTIES DIALOGUE BOX
1. Select text or number you want to change font
2. Click on format menu
3. Click font option
4. Font dialogue box will appear
a. Font Tab
i. Font
ii. Font Style
iii. Font Size
iv. Font Color
v. Underline Style
vi. Underline Color
b. Effect options
i. Strikethrough
ii. Double strikethrough
iii. Superscript P2
iv. Subscript 02
v. Shadow
vi. Outline
vii. Emboss
viii. Engrave
ix. Small Caps
c. Character Spacing Tab
Ø Spacing combo box
1. Expand (By…………..Pts)
2. Condensed (By……….Pts)
5. Click 0k
TO SET PAGE SETUP
Steps:
1. Click on File menu
2. Click Page setup
3. Page Setup dialog box will appear
4. Click on Margin tab
5. Set the margin number (T op, Bottom, Right, or left)
6. Click Ok
TO CHANGE PAPER ORENTATION
Steps:
Steps:
1. Click on File menu
2. Click Page setup
3. Page setup dialog box will appear
4. Click Paper direction in a orientation box (a. Landscape b. Portrait)
5. Click OK.
TO ZOOM A DOCUMENT
Steps:
Steps:
1. Click on View menu
2. Click Zoom
3. Zoom dialog box will appear
4. Choose the percentage you want to zoom like Page width, text width, whole page etc.
5. Click OK.
HEADER AND FOOTER
Headers and footers are areas in the top and bottom margins of each page in a document.
You can insert text or graphics in headers and footers - for example, page numbers, the date, a company logo, the document’s title or file name, or the author’s name - that we printed at the top or bottom of each page in a document
Steps:
1. Click on View menu
2. Click Header and Footer
3. Header and Footer dialog box will appear
4. Type Header then Footer
5. Close Header and Footer toolbar
TO SET PAGE NUMBER
Steps:
Steps:
a. Click on Insert menu
b. Click Page number
c. Page number dialog box will appear
d. Choose position where you want to keep your number
i. Top of the Page (Header)
ii. Bottom of the Page (Footer)
iii. Click format Button to format number
e. You can choose alignment you like (Right, Centre Left Inside or Outside)
f. Click OK.
TO INSERT DATE AND TIME
Steps:
Steps:
v Position your cursor where you want to display date and time
v Click Insert menu
v Click Date and Time
v Date and Time dialog box will appear
v Select Date and Time you like
v Click OK.
TO SET DROP CAP
Steps:
Steps:
1. Select the paragraph that you want to begin with a “drop cap,” a large dropped initial capital letter.
2. Click on Format Menu
3. Click on Drop Cap
4. Drop Cap dialog box will appear
5. Choose Drop cap style E.g. Dropped or In Margin
6. Click Ok
SET LINE SPACING AND INDENTING
Line spacing determines the amount, of vertical space between lines of text. Microsoft Word uses single line spacing by default. ‘The line spacing you select will affect all lines of next in the selected paragraph.
Line spacing determines the amount, of vertical space between lines of text. Microsoft Word uses single line spacing by default. ‘The line spacing you select will affect all lines of next in the selected paragraph.
Indentation determines the distance of the paragraph from either the left or right Margins. Within margins you can increase or decrease the indentation of a Paragraph or selected text.
For indentation:
1. Select the text you want to change indents
2. Click on Increase or Decrease Indent button on Formatting Toolbar

For Line spacing
Steps:






BULLETS AND NUMBERING
BULLETS:
Steps:
Steps:
ü Select the paragraph or line you want to set it
ü Click Format menu
ü Click Bullet and Numbering
ü Bullets and Numbering dialog box will appear
ü Click Bullets Tab
ü Choose bullets style you like by clicking in box (You can choose more bullets click on Customize button)
ü Click OK.
NUMBERING:
Steps:
Steps:
1. Select the paragraph or line you want to insert numbering
2. Click Format menu
3. Click Bullets and Numbering
4. Bullets and Numbering dialog box will appear
5. Click Numbered Tab
6. Choose number style you like (You can choose more number by clicking Customize button)
7. Click OK
TO REMOVE BULLETS AND NUMBERING
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select the paragraph or line you want to remove Bullets or Numbering
ii. Click Format menu
iii. Click Bullets and Numbering
iv. Click Bullets or Numbered Tab
v. Click NONE box
vi. Click OK.
SYMBOL
Steps:
Steps:
1. Position your cursor where you want insert symbol
2. Click Insert menu
3. Click Symbol
4. Choose the symbol you like (You can insert more different symbol choose different font like weddings, Symbol etc
5. Click Insert button.
CHANGE CASE
Refer the changes of format text or paragraph from small later to the big later.
Steps:
Refer the changes of format text or paragraph from small later to the big later.
Steps:
§ Select the paragraph or text you want to change case.
§ Click on format menu
§ Click change case
§ Choose style you like e.g.
a. Sentence case
b. Lower case
c. Upper case
d. Title case
e. Toggle case
§ Click OK.
BOARDERS AND PAGE BOARDERS
I: BOARDER.
Refer the line style round in the paragraph line or text and other features inserted in your documents.
Steps:
Select the line or paragraph you want to insert boarder.
1. Click on format menu
2. Click boarder and shading
3. Click on boarder Tab
4. Choose boarder style you like
§ Choose boarder color if you want
§ Choose line width if you want
5. Click OK
II: PAGE BOARDER
You can add a border to any or all sides of each page in a document, to pages in a section to the first page only, or to all pages except the first. You can add page borders in many line styles and colors, as well as a variety of graphical borders.
Steps:
1. Click on format menu
2. Click Boarder and shading
3. Click on page Boarder Tab
4. Choose page Boarder style there are line and Board Art
5. Click Boarder Art if you want to insert Boarder Art style
6. Click OK
III: SHADING:
-Refer the color style you Apply where place older you insert Boarder or palavered
Steps:
-Refer the color style you Apply where place older you insert Boarder or palavered
Steps:
1. Select paragraph or line you want to apply shading.
2. Click on format menu
3. Click Boarder and shading
4. Click shading Tab
5. Choose color style you like to apply
6. Click OK.
TABLE
A table is made up of rows and columns of cells that you can fill with text and graphics. Tables are often used to organize and present information. You can also use tables to create interesting page layouts, or to create text.
1. To insert Table
Steps:
Steps:
i. Position your cursor
ii. Click table menu
iii. Point insert
iv. Click Table
v. Insert Table box will appear
vi. Enter number of columns and Rows
vii. Click ok.
2. Insert new column
Steps:
i. Select number of column you want to insert
ii. Click table menu
iii. Point insert
iv. Click column left or Right
3. Insert new row
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select number of row you want to insert
ii. Click Table Menu
iii. Point insert
iv. Click Row below or Above
4. To delete Row / column
Steps:
i. Select the Row / Column you want to delete
ii. Click table Menu
iii. Point delete
iv. Click column or Row
5. To delete table
Steps:
i. Select table you want to delete
ii. Click Table Menu
iii. Point delete
iv. Click Table
6. How to merge a cell
You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into a single cell. For example, you can merge several cells horizontally to create a table heading that spans several columns.
You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into a single cell. For example, you can merge several cells horizontally to create a table heading that spans several columns.
Steps:
i. Select cell you want to merge
ii. Click Table Menu
iii. Click Merge
7. How to split a cell
Steps:
i. Position your cursor or select the cell you want to split
ii. Click table menu
iii. Click split
iv. Enter number of columns and rows
v. Click ok
8. To set Text Direction
Steps:
Steps:
i. Select text to change direction
ii. Click format Menu
iii. Click text Direction
iv. Choose direction you want
v. Click ok
9.
How to sort data
Refer to arrange data in alphabetical order like Ascending or Descending A - Z or Z - A
Steps:
How to sort data
Refer to arrange data in alphabetical order like Ascending or Descending A - Z or Z - A
Steps:
i. Select data you want to sort
ii. Click table menu
iii. Click sort
iv. Choose option you want Ascending or Descending
v. Click ok
10. How to use cell alignment
Steps: -
Steps: -
i. Select Column/Row you want to change alignment
ii. Right click on the section
iii. Point to cell alignment
iv. Click alignment you want like Top; Centre, Right Centre etc.
11. How to change Table Auto format
i. Select Table you want to change
ii. Click Table menu
iii. Select Table Auto format
iv. Select Table style you like. E.g. grid 4, List 5 etc.
v. Click ok.
12. How to use Table Formula.
Steps:
Steps:
i. Position your cursor where you want to display your results.
ii. Click Table menu.
iii. Click formula.
iv. Insert your formula e.g. Sum (Left)! Sum (Above), Average (C2:D2), max (C2:D2), etc.
Click OK
Click OK
CLIP ART /PICTURE AND WORD ART
A How to insert clipart I picture
Steps:
A How to insert clipart I picture
Steps:
v. Position your cursor
vi. Click Insert menu
vii. Point Picture
viii. Click ClipArt / Picture from, a, file, b, scanner, c, camera etc
ix. Select picture / clipart you like
x. Click Insert.
How to insert Word Art
Steps
1. Click Insert Menu
2. Point picture
3. Click WordArt
4. Choose Word Art style you want to use
5. Click ok
6. Type your text also you can change font, Font style etc
7. Click ok
PROTECTING DOCUMENTS FROM OPEMNG:
Steps.
Steps.
i. Click on Tools menu
ii. Click Option
iii. Click on the’ Security On the dialog box displayed,
iv. Type the correct password used to protect the document
v. Click Ok
vi. Confirm your password
vii. Click Ok
viii. Save changes
Inserting Auto shape
Shapes can be resized, rotated, flipped, colored, and combined to make more complex shapes. Many have an adjustment handle that you can use to change the most prominent feature of a shape — for example; you can change the size of the point on an arrow.
The AutoShapes available on the Drawing toolbar include several categories of shapes: lines, connectors, basic shapes, flowchart elements, stars and banners, and callouts. More shapes can be found in the Clip Organizer as well.
You can add text to shapes. The text you add becomes part of the shape - if you rotate or flip the shape, the text rotates or flips with it.
You can add text to shapes. The text you add becomes part of the shape - if you rotate or flip the shape, the text rotates or flips with it.
Steps
F Click on Insert menu
F Point Picture
F Click on AutoShape
F AutoShape Toolbar will display
F Click on AutoShape you want to use E.g. Basic Shape, Star and Banner etc.
F Pick one shape you want
F Drag the mouse over the place where chosen to insert
How to move a Shape
F Select the shape you want to move
F Point the shape until mouse pointer change into four direction shape
F Drag the mouse to place where you want to keep your shape
Reshape a shape
1. Select the AutoShape.
Q If the shape has a yellow adjustment handle, it can be reshaped. Some shapes do not have adjustment handles and can only be resized.
2. Position the mouse pointer over the yellow adjustment handle.
3. Hold down the mouse button and drag the handle to change the shape.
Text Box
A movable, resizable container for text or graphics, Use text boxes to position several blocks of text on a page or to give text a different orientation from other text in a document.
Text boxes can be treated as shapes. They are formatted in many of the same ways shapes are formatted, including adding colors, fills, and borders.
Bow to Insert Text Box
Bow to Insert Text Box
1. Click Insert menu
2. Click Text Box
3. Drag the mouse over the place where chosen to insert Text Box
PRINTING PREVIEW DOCUMENT
1. Click on File menu
2. Click print preview
a. Magnifier
Magnifiers a document in print preview for easier reading click and then when the mouse pointer change to a magnifying glass click the document to zoom out or in. magnifying a page does not affect printing size.
b. One Page
Scales the editing view so you can see the entire in normal view
c. Shrink to fit
Reduce the number of page in a document by one so that you can prevent a small portion of a document from spilling onto another page.
d. Close
Exit print preview or close the toolbar and returns to your previous view.

PRINTING DOCUMENT
Steps
1) Click File menu
2) Select and Click “Print”
3) On dialog box which appears; select PRINTER
4) Page range
Select one chooses below:
© All
© Current page
© Pages
5) Paper size
6) Number of Copies to print
7) Click Ok button



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