Welcome Ladies And Gentlemen

Getting used to Graphical User Interface in Windows Operating Systems

Understanding what word processors are and learning how to

prepare a broad range of documents by using Microsoft Word.

Nowadays, the most popular operating systems for PCs are Windows 7, and Vista. One of the most important reasons of this popularity is that they have a Graphical User Interface (GUI). GUI has menus, dialog boxes, icons, etc, by which allows users to give their orders to the system without having to type some commands as in DOS. This makes

computers easier to use because people recognize and respond to graphic

representations of concepts much more readily than if they have to read and write word.

Word processors are application programs used for creating, editing, printing

and saving documents. By using a word processor it is possible to prepare

reports, announcements, journals, books, etc. by the end of this presentation ,you will learn about Microsoft Word, the most popular word processor of nowadays computer world. This product has so many features that it is not possible to learn all in one experiment, nevertheless after completing this experiment you will not only be able to do a lot of these things, but also learn how to learn the other features by yourself, using Help Menu.

Typing Text:
When you start Word, a new, empty document file is automatically created, so you face an empty page. You can start typing anything you like. They will be seen on the screen. Use the Enter key only at the end of Paragraphs! (Not at the end of each sentence or line.)

Using the The Ribbon

The Ribbon is the panel at the top portion of the document. It has seven tabs: Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, and View that contain many new and existing features of Word. Word.Each tab is divided into groups

Important Tips
The MS Button : : contains these features: New creates a new, empty document, Open opens a document which was created and saved before,

Save saves the document to a disk (permanent storage device)

Save as is used to save another (one more) copy of a file, with a different name. Print is used to take a print-out of the document, Close closes the currently open, active document, Exit is used to quit from Word. Undo is used to cancel the last action (operation) you have made, Repeat is used to do a cancelled action once again Find is used to search for some word or sentence in your document. Cut and Copy should be used together with Paste.

Using The Formatting Toolbar

Changing Font Size & Font Type: By default, the font size is usually 12. You can select any other value from the corresponding combo box. Larger the value, larger the size of the font.

Bold, Italic and Underlined Texts: You can find the buttons for these three styles (B I U ) on top of your screen. You can use any combination of them to write Bold, Italic and Underlined texts.

Paragraph Alignment:
You can arrange the paragraphs as left aligned, right aligned, centered and justified (i.e. aligned from both left and right margins) by clicking one of the corresponding buttons shown above.

Selecting Text:
With

mouse

Move your mouse pointer to the beginning of the text you want to select Click and hold the left mouse button Move the mouse to the end of the text you want to select. Release the mouse button.

With keyboard
Move the blinking cursor, by using the arrow keys, to the beginning of the text you want to select Press and hold the shift button Move the cursor to the end of the text that you want to select Release the shift button

Inserting Equations Into Your Documents:

To insert an equation into a document, click the Object menu item in the Insert menu. Select Microsoft Equation 3.0 from the list of object types available. You can now write any kind of formulas or

equations by using the equation tool window.

THERE ARE MORE TO MS WORD BUT DUE TO TIME FACTOR WE WILL LOOK AT THE REST LATER

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CO-OPERATION GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

BY: ISAAC ACQUACH IT DEPARTMENT

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