Word – Useful Resources

Word – Useful Resources ”; Previous Next The following resources contain additional information on Word. Please use them to get more in-depth knowledge on this topic. Useful Video Courses MS Word Online Training Course Most Popular 33 Lectures 2.5 hours Tutorialspoint More Detail JavaScript Word Scramble Game from scratch course 13 Lectures 44 mins Laurence Svekis More Detail Learn Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Outlook In 90 Minutes! 32 Lectures 1 hours Biztech Matters More Detail Microsoft Word – Part 1 70 Lectures 3 hours Sonic Performance More Detail Word Processing Mastery – Microsoft Word & Google Doc 37 Lectures 5 hours Emmanuel Onyewuchi More Detail Microsoft Word Fundamentals Featured 70 Lectures 1.5 hours Ellumitech More Detail Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Auto Correction

Auto Correction in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss auto correction in Word 2010. The AutoCorrect feature automatically corrects common typographical errors when you make them. Let us learn how to use the auto correction option available in Microsoft Word 2010 to correct the spelling automatically as you type the words in your documents. Setting AutoCorrect The following steps will help to enable the AutoCorrect feature in Microsoft Word. Step 1 − Click the File tab, click Options, and then click the Proofing option available in the left most column, it will display the Word Options dialog box. Step 2 − Click the AutoCorrect Options button which will display the AutoCorrect dialog box and then click the AutoCorrect tab. Now you have to make sure all the options are enabled, especially the Replace Text as you type option. It is also recommended to be careful when you turn off an option. Step 3 − Select from among the following options, depending on your preferences. S.No Option and Description 1 Show AutoCorrect Options Buttons This option will be used to display a small blue button or bar beneath text that was automatically corrected. Click this button to see a menu, where you can undo the correction or set AutoCorrect options. 2 Correct TWo INitial CApitals This option changes the second letter in a pair of capital letters to lowercase. 3 Capitalize first letter of sentences This option capitalizes the first letter following the end of a sentence. 4 Capitalize first letter of table cells This option will be used to capitalize the first letter of a word in a table cell. 5 Capitalize names of days This option will be used to capitalize the names of the days of the week. 6 Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key This option will be used to correct capitalization errors that occur when you type with the CAPS LOCK key depressed and turns off this key. 7 Replace text as you type This option replaces typographical errors with the correct words as shown in the list beneath it. 8 Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker This option tells Word to replace spelling errors with words from the dictionary as you type. Although Word comes preconfigured with hundreds of AutoCorrect entries, you can also manually add entries using the following dialog box and use the Replace and With text boxes to add more entries. I added an entry for Markiting which should be replaced with Marketing. You can use the Add button to add multiple entries. Step 4 − Click OK to close the AutoCorrect Options dialog box and again click OK to close the Word Options dialog box. Now try to type Markiting and as soon as you type this word, Microsoft Word autocorrects it with the correct word Marketing word. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Auto Formatting

Auto Formatting in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss auto formatting in Word 2010. The AutoFormat feature automatically formats a document as you type it by applying the associated styles to text. Let us learn how to use the auto format option available in Microsoft Word 2010 to format the typed content. For example, if you type three dashes — and press enter, Word will automatically create a line for you. Similarly, Word will automatically format two dashes – into an em dash (—). Setting AutoFormat The following steps will help you set the AutoFormat feature in your Microsoft Word. Step 1 − Click the File tab, click Options, and then click the Proofing option available in the left most column, it will display the Word Options dialog box. Step 2 − Click the AutoCrrect Options button; this will display the AutoCorrect dialog box and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab to determine what items Word will automatically format for you as you type. Step 3 − Select from among the following options, depending on your preferences. S.No Option and Description 1 “Straight quotes” with “smart quotes” This option will be used to replace the plain quotation characters with curly quotation characters. 2 Fractions (1/2) with fraction character (½) This option will be used to replace the fractions typed with numbers and slashes with fraction characters. 3 *Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting This option will be used to format text enclosed within asterisks (*) as bold and text enclosed within underscores ( _ ) as italic. 4 Internet and network paths with hyperlinks This option will be used to format e-mail addresses and URLs as clickable hyperlink fields. 5 Ordinals (1st) with superscript This option will be used to format ordinal numbers with a superscript like 1st becomes 1st. 6 Hyphens (–) with dash (—) This option will be used to replace a single hyphen with an en dash (.) and two hyphens with an em dash (—). 7 Automatic bulleted lists This option will be used to apply bulleted list formatting to paragraphs beginning with *, o, or – followed by a space or tab character. 8 Automatic numbered lists This option will be used to apply numbered list formatting to paragraphs beginning with a number or letter followed by a space or a tab character. 9 Border lines This option will be used to apply paragraph border styles when you type three or more hyphens, underscores, or equal signs (=). 10 Tables This option will be used to create a table when you type a series of hyphens with plus signs to indicate the column edges. Try with +—–+——+ ) and then press Enter. 11 Built-in heading styles This option will be used to apply heading styles to heading text. 12 Format beginning of list item like the one before it This option will be used to replace plain quotation characters with curly quotation characters. 13 Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces This option sets left indentation on the tab ruler based on the tabs and backspaces you type. 14 Define styles based on your formatting This option automatically creates or modifies styles based on manual formatting that you apply to your document. Step 4 − Finally click OK to close the AutoCorrect Options dialog box and again click OK to close the Word Options dialog box. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Merging Cells

Merging Cells in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to merge table cells in Word 2010. Microsoft Word allows the merging of two or more cells to create one large cell. You will frequently need to merge columns of the top row to create the title of the table. You can merge cells either row-wise or column-wise, rather you cannot merge cells diagonally. This chapter will teach you how to merge multiple rows or columns. Merging Cells The following steps will help you merge table cells in a Word document. Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer position inside the first cell that you want to merge. Now press the Shift key and click the cells around the cell which you want to merge into the first cell. This will highlight the cells which you click and they will be ready to be merged. Step 2 − Now click the Layout tab and then click the Merge Cells button which will merge all the selected cells. After merging the cells, all the content of the cells will be scrambled which you can fix later as you like. For example, you can convert the merged cells text into title or some other description. For example, let us have center-aligned and bigger font text as follows on top of the table. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Quick Guide

Word – Quick Guide ”; Previous Next Getting Started Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss how to get started with Word 2010. We will understand how to start a Word 2010 application in simple steps. Assuming you have Microsoft Office 2010 installed in your PC, to start the Word application, follow these steps − Step 1 − Click the Start button. Step 2 − Click the All Programs option from the menu. Step 3 − Search for Microsoft Office from the submenu and click it. Step 4 − Search for Microsoft Word 2010 from the submenu and click it. This will launch the Microsoft Word 2010 application and you will see the following window. Explore Window in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will understand how to explore Window in Word 2010. Following is the basic window which you get when you start the Word application. Let us understand the various important parts of this window.. File Tab The File tab replaces the Office button from Word 2007. You can click it to check the Backstage view. This is where you come when you need to open or save files, create new documents, print a document, and do other file-related operations. Quick Access Toolbar This you will find just above the File tab. This is a convenient resting place for the mostfrequently used commands in Word. You can customize this toolbar based on your comfort. Ribbon Ribbon contains commands organized in three components − Tabs − These appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related commands. Home, Insert, Page Layout are examples of ribbon tabs. Groups − They organize related commands; each group name appears below the group on the Ribbon. For example, group of commands related to fonts or group of commands related to alignment, etc. Commands − Commands appear within each group as mentioned above. Title bar This lies in the middle and at the top of the window. Title bar shows the program and document titles. Rulers Word has two rulers – a horizontal ruler and a vertical ruler. The horizontal ruler appears just beneath the Ribbon and is used to set margins and tab stops. The vertical ruler appears on the left edge of the Word window and is used to gauge the vertical position of elements on the page. Help The Help Icon can be used to get word related help anytime you like. This provides nice tutorial on various subjects related to word. Zoom Control Zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out; you can click the + buttons to increase or decrease the zoom factor. View Buttons The group of five buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch through the Word”s various document views. Print Layout view − This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed. Full Screen Reading view − This gives a full screen view of the document. Web Layout view − This shows how a document appears when viewed by a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer. Outline view − This lets you work with outlines established using Word’s standard heading styles. Draft view − This formats text as it appears on the printed page with a few exceptions. For example, headers and footers aren”t shown. Most people prefer this mode. Document Area This is the area where you type. The flashing vertical bar is called the insertion point and it represents the location where text will appear when you type. Status Bar This displays the document information as well as the insertion point location. From left to right, this bar contains the total number of pages and words in the document, language, etc. You can configure the status bar by right-clicking anywhere on it and by selecting or deselecting options from the provided list. Dialog Box Launcher This appears as very small arrow in the lower-right corner of many groups on the Ribbon. Clicking this button opens a dialog box or task pane that provides more options about the group. Backstage View in Word 2010 In this chapter, we will discuss the Backstage View in Word 2010. The Backstage view was introduced in Word 2010. This acts as the central place for managing your documents. The backstage view helps in creating new documents, saving and opening documents, printing and sharing documents, and so on. Getting to the Backstage View is easy: Just click the File tab, located in the upper-left corner of the Word Ribbon. If you already do not have any opened document, then you will see a window listing down all the recently opened documents as follows − If you already have an opened document, then it will display a window showing detail about the opened document as shown below. Backstage view shows three columns when you select most of the available options in the first column. The first column of the backstage view will have following options − S.No Option & Description 1 Save If an existing document is opened, it will be saved as is, otherwise it will display a dialogue box asking for the document name. 2 Save As A dialogue box will be displayed asking for document name and document type, by default it will save in word 2010 format with extension .docx. 3 Open This option is used to open an existing word document. 4 Close This option is used to close an open document. 5 Info This option displays information about the opened document. 6 Recent This option lists down all the recently opened documents 7 New This option is used to open a new document. 8 Print This option is used to print an open document. 9 Save & Send This option will save an open document and will display options to send

Word – Setting Text Fonts

Setting Text Fonts in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to set the text fonts and size in Word 2010. Microsoft word allows you to use different fonts with different size. You can change your document”s appearance by changing the fonts and their size. Usually you use different fonts for paragraphs and headings. It is important to learn how to use different fonts. This chapter will teach you how to change a font and its size in simple steps. Change the Font Type & Size We will understand in brief the font buttons that we will further use in this tutorial. Following is a screenshot to show you a few font related buttons. Step 1 − Select the portion of text the font of which needs to be changed and click the Home tab. Now click the Font Type button to list down all the fonts available as shown below. Step 2 − Try to move the mouse pointer over the listed fonts. You will see that the text font changes when you move the mouse pointer over different fonts. You can use the Font Scroll Bar to display more fonts available. Finally select a desired font by clicking over the font name in the list. We have selected MV Boli as the font for our sample text. Step 3 − Similar way, to change the font size, click over the Font Size button which will display a font size list. You will use the same procedure to select a desired font size that you have used while selecting a font type. Use Shrink and Grow Buttons You can use a quick way to reduce or enlarge the font size. As shown in the first screenshot, the Shrink Font button can be used to reduce the font size whereas the Grow Font button can be used to enlarge the font size. Try to click either of these two buttons and you will see the effect. You can click a single button multiple times to apply the effect. Each time you click either of the buttons, it will enlarge or reduce the font size by 1 point. Clear Formatting Options All of the setting can be reset to plain text, or the default formatting. To reset text to default settings − Step 1 − Select the portion of text that you want to reset. Step 2 − Click the Clear Formatting button in the Home tab Font group, or simply use Ctrl + SPACEBAR. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Copy & Paste

Copy & Paste in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to copy, cut and paste in Word 2010. In the previous chapter, we understood how we can select the desired text and move it to any other location in the same document or in any other document. This tutorial will teach you how to use copy, cut and paste techniques to duplicate a text leaving the original text intact or removing the original text completely. To use copy and paste or cut and paste operations, Word makes use of a temporary memory which is called the clipboard. When you copy or cut a text, it stay on the clipboard temporarily and in the second step you can paste this content at the desired location. Copy & Paste Operation The Copy operation will just copy the content from its original place and create a duplicate copy of the content at the desired location without deleting the text from it”s the original location. Following is the procedure to copy the content in word − Step 1 − Select a portion of the text using any of the text selection methods. Step 2 − You have various options available to copy the selected text in clipboard. You can make use of any one of the options − Using Right-Click − When you right-click on the selected text, it will display the copy option, click this option to copy the selected content in clipboard. Using Ribbon Copy Button − After selecting text, you can use the copy button available at the ribbon to copy the selected content in clipboard. Using Ctrl + c Keys − After selecting a text, just press Ctrl + c keys to copy the selected content in clipboard. Step 3 − Finally click at the place where you want to copy the selected text and use either of these two simple options − Using Ribbon Paste Button − Just click the Paste button available at the ribbon to paste the copied content at the desired location. Using Ctrl + v Keys − This is simplest way of pasting the content. Just press Ctrl + v keys to paste the content at the new location. Note − You can repeat the Paste operation as many times as you like to paste the same content. Cut & Paste Operation The Cut operation will cut the content from its original place and move the content from its original location to a new desired location. Following is the procedure to move the content in word − Step 1 − Select a portion of the text using any of the text selection methods. Step 2 − Now, you have various options available to cut the selected text and put it in the clipboard. You can make use of one of the options − Using Right-Click − If right-click on the selected portion of text, it will display cut option, just click this option to cut the selected content and keep it in clipboard. Using Ribbon Cut Button − After selecting a portion of text, you can use cut button available at the ribbon to cut the selected content and keep it in clipboard. Using Ctrl + x Keys − After selecting a portion of text, just press Ctrl + x keys to cut the selected content and keep it in clipboard. Step 3 − Finally, click at the place where you want to move the selected text and use either of these two simple options − Using Ribbon Paste Button − Just click the Paste button available at the ribbon to paste the content at the new location. Using Ctrl + v Keys − This is simplest way of pasting the content. Just press Ctrl + v keys to paste the content at the new location. Note − You can repeat the Paste operation as many times as you like to paste the same content. Copy, Cut & Paste in different documents You can use the same procedure that we discussed above to copy and paste or cut and paste content from one document to another document. This is very simple, just copy or cut the desired content from one document and go into another document where you want to paste the content and use mentioned step to paste the content. You can use the Alt + Tab keys to switch through the different documents and select the desired destination document. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Compare Document

Compare Documents in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to compare documents in Word 2010. Sometime you modify a Microsoft Word document without turning on the Track Changes mode; in such cases, tracking the changes becomes difficult and you will have to compare the original document with the modified document word by word. But you do not need to compare it manually, Microsoft Word provides an option to compare two documents very easily. Let us see how it can be done. Compare Two Documents Let us have the following two documents, (a) Original document (b) Modified version of the same document as follows Original Document Modified Document The following steps will help you compare the two documents. Step 1 − Click the Review tab and then click the Compare button. This will display the two options to be selected. Step 2 − Select the Compare option simply by clicking over it. This will display a Compare Documents dialog box asking for the two versions of the Word document that need to be compared with each other. Step 3 − Select the Original Document and the Revised Document and click the OK button to display the differences in two documents. Left column on the screen would show all the changes done over the course of changes and you will see original as well as modified version of the document on the same screen. You can walk through these changes using the Previous & Next button available under the Review tab. NOTE − While comparing two documents you can use the different settings available at the Compare Documents dialog box under the More button. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Printing Documents

Printing Documents in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to print documents in Word 2010. Consider you are done with previewing and proofing your document and ready for the final printing. This chapter will teach you how to print a part or a complete Microsoft Word document. Printing Documents The following steps will help you print your Microsoft Word document. Step 1 − Open the document for which you want to see the preview. Next click the File tab followed by the Print option which will display a preview of the document in the right column. You can scroll up or scroll down your document to walk through the document using given Scrollbar. The middle column gives various options to be set before you send your document to the printer. Step 2 − You can set various other printing options available. Select from among the following options, depending on your preferences. S.No Option and Description 1 Copies Set the number of copies to be printed; by default, you will have one copy of the document. 2 Print Custom Range This option will be used to print a particular page of the document. Type the number in Pages option, if you want to print all the pages from 7 till 10 then you would have to specify this option as 7-10 and Word will print only 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th pages. 3 Print One Sided By default, you print one side of the page. There is one more option where you will turn up your page manually in case you want to print your page on both sides of the page. 4 Collated By default, multiple copies will print Collated; if you are printing multiple copies and you want the copies uncollated, select the Uncollated option. 5 Orientation By default, page orientation is set to Portrait; if you are printing your document in landscape mode then select the Landscape mode. 6 A4 By default, the page size is A4, but you can select other page sizes available in the dropdown list. 7 Custom Margin Click the Custom Margins dropdown list to choose the document margins you want to use. For instance, if you want to print fewer pages, you can create narrower margins; to print with more white space, create wider margins. 8 1 Page Per Sheet By default, the number of pages per sheet is 1 but you can print multiple pages on a single sheet. Select any option you like from the given dropdown list by clicking over the 1 Page Per Sheet option. Step 3 − Once you are done with your setting, click on the Print button which will send your document to the printer for final printing. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word – Translate Document

Translate Word 2010 Document ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to translate a Word 2010 document. Microsoft Word has an option to translate a complete Word document from one language to another language using simple step. Let us learn how we can translate document content from English to some other language (Spanish). Translate Document Using Microsoft Translator The following steps will help you translate a document from one language to another language. Step 1 − Click the Review tab and then click the Translate button; this will display different options to be selected. Step 2 − Select the Choose Translation Language option simply by clicking over it. This will display a Translation Language Options dialog box asking for selecting from and to languages. Here From is the source document”s language and To is the target document’s language. Step 3 − After selecting From Language and To Language, click OK. Now again go to Review tab and then click Translate button which will display different options to be selected. Select top option Translate Document option from the given options, this will display Translate Whole Document dialog box asking for your permission to send your document over the internet to be translated by Microsoft Translator. Step 4 − To translate your document, you can click the Send button. This will send your document over the internet to be translated and you will have your document translated in your target language. Step 5 − Now you can copy your translated content manually in any other document and save it for final use. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;