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Introduction to Microsoft Word: Creating and Formatting Documents

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This document provides an introduction to Microsoft Word, a widely used word processing application. It covers the fundamental features and tools such as creating, editing, and formatting documents, working with fonts, paragraphs, headings, tables, images, shapes, headers and footers, page layout, and templates. The notes also explain advanced features like mail merge, track changes, comments, and proofreading tools. Designed for beginners and students, this document serves as a practical guide to writing, designing, and producing professional documents efficiently using Microsoft Word.

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About the Tutorial
Microsoft Office Word 2010 allows you to create and edit personal and business
documents, such as letters, reports, invoices, emails and books.

By default, documents saved in Word 2010 are saved with the .docx extension. Microsoft
Word can be used for the following purposes:

 To create business documents having various graphics including pictures, charts,
and diagrams.

 To store and reuse readymade content and formatted elements such as cover pages
and sidebars.

 To create letters and letterheads for personal and business purpose.

 To design different documents such as resumes or invitation cards etc.

 To create a range of correspondence from a simple office memo to legal copies and
reference documents.


Audience
This tutorial has been designed for computer users who are willing to learn Microsoft Word
in simple steps and they do not have much knowledge about computer usage and Microsoft
applications. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on MS Word from where you
can take yourself to higher levels of expertise.




Prerequisites
Before you begin with this tutorial, we assume you have a basic understanding of
Computer peripherals like mouse, keyboard, monitor, screen, etc. and their basic
operations.




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Table of Contents
About the Tutorial ............................................................................................................................................ i
Audience ........................................................................................................................................................... i
Prerequisites ..................................................................................................................................................... i
Copyright & Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................... i
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................ ii


MS WORD BASICS ....................................................................................................................... 0

Word 2010 ─ Getting Started .................................................................................................................... 1

Word 2010 ─ Explore Window .................................................................................................................. 5

Word 2010 ─ Backstage View .................................................................................................................... 8
Document Information .................................................................................................................................. 10
Document Properties .................................................................................................................................... 10
Exit Backstage View ....................................................................................................................................... 10

Word 2010 ─ Entering Text...................................................................................................................... 11

Word 2010 ─ Move .Around .................................................................................................................... 13
Moving with Mouse ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Moving with Scroll Bars ................................................................................................................................. 14
Moving with Keyboard .................................................................................................................................. 15
Moving with Go To Command ....................................................................................................................... 16

Word 2010 ─ Save Document .................................................................................................................. 17
Saving New Document .................................................................................................................................. 17
Saving New Changes ...................................................................................................................................... 18

Word 2010 ─ Opening a Document ......................................................................................................... 20
Opening New Document ............................................................................................................................... 20
Opening Existing Document .......................................................................................................................... 22

Word 2010 ─ Closing a Document ........................................................................................................... 25

Word 2010 ─ Context Help ...................................................................................................................... 28
Context Sensitive Help ................................................................................................................................... 28
Using F1 Key .................................................................................................................................................. 28
Using Help Icon .............................................................................................................................................. 30
Using Help Option ......................................................................................................................................... 31


EDITING DOCUMENTS............................................................................................................... 32

Word 2010 ─ Insert Text .......................................................................................................................... 33
Insert and Add Text ....................................................................................................................................... 33
Insert and Replace Text ................................................................................................................................. 35

Word 2010 ─ Select Text ......................................................................................................................... 40


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Using the Selection Bar.................................................................................................................................. 41
Using the Keyboard ....................................................................................................................................... 42

Word 2010 ─ Delete Text ........................................................................................................................ 43
Using Backspace & Delete Keys ..................................................................................................................... 43
Using Selection Method ................................................................................................................................ 44

Word 2010 ─ Move Text .......................................................................................................................... 46
Move within the same document ................................................................................................................. 46
Move within different documents ................................................................................................................ 47

Word 2010 ─ Copy & Paste ...................................................................................................................... 51
Copy & Paste Operation ................................................................................................................................ 51
Cut & Paste Operation ................................................................................................................................... 54
Copy, Cut & Paste in different documents .................................................................................................... 56

Word 2010 ─ Find & Replace ................................................................................................................... 57
Find Command .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Find & Replace Operation ............................................................................................................................. 61

Word 2010 ─ Spell Check ......................................................................................................................... 63
Check Spelling and Grammar using Review tab ............................................................................................ 64
Check Spelling and Grammar using Right Click ............................................................................................. 67

Word 2010 ─ Zoom In-Out....................................................................................................................... 68
Zoom-in & Zoom-out using view tab ............................................................................................................. 68
Zoom-in & Zoom-out using (+) and (-) Buttons ............................................................................................. 70

Word 2010 ─ Special Symbols ................................................................................................................. 71
Insert Special Symbols ................................................................................................................................... 71
Assign Shortcut Key ....................................................................................................................................... 74

Word 2010 ─ Undo Changes .................................................................................................................... 76
How to use Undo & Repeat operations ......................................................................................................... 76
Shortcuts to use Undo & Repeat operations ................................................................................................. 79


FORMATTING TEXT ................................................................................................................... 80

Word 2010 ─ Setting Text Fonts .............................................................................................................. 81
Change the Font Type & Size ......................................................................................................................... 81
Use Shrink and Grow Buttons........................................................................................................................ 85
Clear Formatting Options .............................................................................................................................. 86

Word 2010 ─ Text Decoration ................................................................................................................. 87
Making text bold............................................................................................................................................ 87
Making Text Italic .......................................................................................................................................... 87
Underline the Text ......................................................................................................................................... 89
Strikethrough the Text................................................................................................................................... 90

Word 2010 ─ Change Text Case ............................................................................................................... 91
Change Text to Sentence Case ...................................................................................................................... 91

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