Microsoft Word

What is MS Word?

Microsoft Word is a word processing program made by Microsoft.

It is part of a bunch of programs called Microsoft Office.

It is widely used because it has a long history and has a lot of features. Almost all businesses and schools use it.

It is used to make documents for reading, such as writing reports and essays. You can also use it to make resumes for example.

Other Office Suites

Microsoft Word usually costs a lot of money for people. It can cost anywhere from $150 to $400 for the entire office suite.

Free alternatives to MS Office can be:

- WPS Office (www.wps.com): Is the most close to Microsoft Office. Has some ads.

- Google Docs (www.google.com): Web based office suite. Integrates well with Google Drive. Sometimes have issues with Microsoft Office’s documents.

- LibreOffice (www.libreoffice.org): An open source office suite that used to be from OpenOffice.

Note: Office 365

Office 365 is a subscription based service that is a lot cheaper than buying one version of MS Office.

It is also possibly free if you are a student of a university that uses it.

Office 365 will always be the most up to date version. You can use the web version or the installed version.

The normal cost of Office 365 is $100 per year.

File Types: MS Word

Microsoft Word uses certain file extensions depending on the type of document you made.

The most common file type is .docx

If you see just .doc, that means it is a document made before MS Office 2007, and is old.

This also means that versions before MS Office 2007 can not read .docxdocuments.

MS Word Basics

In the next few slides we will go over some basics:

1. Indenting, new line, new page.

2. Margins, page layout.

3. Tab stops.

4. Font size, font type, bold, italics, underline, color.

5. Text positioning, line spacing.

6. Bullets and lists.

7. Inserting photos, lines, and shapes.

1. Indenting, New Line, New Page

To indent, you press the Tab button on the keyboard.For a new line, you press Enter on the keyboard.

For a new page, go to Insert, and click on Page Break or Blank Page.

2. Margins, Page Layout

Set the margins, or borders of the page.

Set horizontal or vertical page orientation.

Set the size of the printing page.

3. Tab Stops

On ruler, click once for a left tab marker.

Double click to edit tab.

Tab markers allow you to precisely position where you want text to start.

To remove or delete them, just drag them off the ruler.

4. Font Size and Font Type

Go to Home first.

Change how the text looks/font type here.

Change the size of the text here.

4. Bold, Italics, Underline, Color

Go to Home.

Bold text.Italicized text.Normal text.

Bold text.Normal text. Underlined text.

Normal text.

Change color of text.

5. Text Position and Line Spacing

Go to Home.

To left.

To center. To right.Even.

Spaced even.

Line spacing.

6. Bullets and Lists

Bullets can be used to number or create a list:- Like this.- And this.Or1. Number 12. Number 23. Number 3

To create one, you click on Home and then one of the buttons for a list.

7. Inserting Photos, Lines, and Shapes.

Go to insert.

You can insert your own pictures with this button. Or lines and

shapes with this one.

7. Moving Photos

You can make it easier to move the photo by right clicking the photo.

Then selecting either “Behind Text” or “In Front of Text” under “Wrap Text”.