Objectives • Begin and Edit a Document • Customize Word • Use Features that Improve Readability • View a Document in Different Ways • Modify Document Properties • Prepare a Document for Distribution
Begin and Edit a Document (2 of 5) • Word’s basic features: – Ribbon commands – Title bar – Quick Access Toolbar – Status bar – Views – Horizontal and vertical scroll bars
Objective 3: Use Features that Improve Readability Skills: • Insert Headers and Footers • Adjust Margins • Change Page Orientation • Insert a Watermark • Insert a Symbol
Features that Improve Readability (1 of 5) • Header or Footer—information at top or bottom of page • Watermark—text or a graphic displayed behind text • Margin—distance from sides of a page • Symbol—text, graphic, or foreign language character
Features that Improve Readability (2 of 5) • Ways to improve readability: – Well worded and structured – Headers or footers – Watermarks – Adjust margins – Page orientation
View a Document in Different Ways (1 of 3) • Word views: – Read Mode—shows a document in pages like a magazine – Print Layout—shows what a document looks like when printed – Web Layout—shows a document as it appears on the Internet – Outline—shows levels of organization and detail – Draft—provides the most space possible for typing
Objective 6: Prepare a Document for Distribution Skills: • Ensure Document Compatibility • Understand Backup Options • Run the Document Inspector • Select Print Options
Prepare a Document for Distribution (3 of 4) • Word’s Document Inspector checks for: – Comments, revisions, versions, and annotations – Document properties and personal information – Custom XML data – Headers, footers, and watermarks – Invisible content – Hidden text
Summary • Create and edit documents to improve readability • Customize the Word interface to fit your needs • Headers and footers, margins, and page orientation can improve document readability • Document properties and other Word features prepare a document for sharing