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Microsoft Word

What is Microsoft Word?

Microsoft Word is a program that allows you to create written documents

like book reports, school papers, letters, etc.

Anything you create in Microsoft Word is called adocument.

When you open Word it will look like this:


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Using Word

MENU BARS:The words at the top

of program window.

MENU:A list of actions/things youcan do. The menu will drop down

when you click on one of the menu

bars. For instance, if you click on

File, the menu that drops down will

allow you to save your work by

clicking Save As

HIGHLIGHT/SELECTING:Hold

down the left click on the mouse and

drag across a word or sentence to

highlight it. When it is highlighted you

can make changes to it (using the

formatting tool bar)

FORMATTNG TOOLBARS:The

icons arranged across the top of the

window. You click on the icons to dodifferent things (like bold or

underline text). You can also change

the font face or size. If youre not

sure what a button does, place the

cursor on top of it to find out.


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Practicing in Word

Open Word and type the following sentence:

The man wore a sweater with a purple kangaroo on it.

BOLD: A font style that makes the

letters darker. Represented by the B

icon seen right.

Highlight The & make it bold by

clicking the B icon on the

toolbar.

FONT & SIZE: The way the letters

look is called the font. Each font has a

name. Some examples can be seen

right.

You can change the font and size by

using the buttons seen on the right.

Highlight man and change the

font to Broadway & the size to 16.

Bodoni MTBlack Arial

StencilBroadwayJokerman Lucida Sans

UNDERLINE: Underlines words.

Represented by the U button seen

right.

Highlight wore a sweater and

underline it.


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FONT COLOR & TEXT HIGHLIGHTCOLOR: Changes the color of textand the area surrounding it.

Using your mouse, highlight with

a purple kangaroo. Change the

font color to white and the text

highlight color to purple.

Text Highlight Text Color

ITALICS: A font style that slantswords to the right. Represented bythe I icon seen right.

Highlight on it and italicize it.

ALIGNMENT: Click on these icons to

move the text left, center, or right.This is called aligning the text.

Highlight the entire sentence and

center it.

Left Center Right

COPY/CUT:Once youve highlighted

something with your mouse, you can

copy it or cut it. Copy creates a copy

of what youve highlighted and keepsthe text in its original place. Cut

creates a copy of what youve

highlighted but erases the original

text. In both cases you will be able to

paste the text somewhere else.

Highlight the entire sentence.

Click the Cut icon.

Cut Copy


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PASTE: When you copy or cut text,

you can paste it somewhere else.

Using Cut/Paste is a way to

rearrange text that is in the wrong

order without having to re-type it.

Press Enter on the keyboard five

times. Now Click the Paste

icon.

CLIP ART: You can insert pictures

into a Word Document by clicking

Insert , then Pictures, then Clip

Art. Just type a search word in and

click Go. Click on the picture you

want. If you want to move thepicture around the page, right-click on

the picture, then click Format

Picture, thenText Wrapping and

Square. Now you can use the

mouse to drag the picture where you

want it to go.

Use Clip Art to insert a picture of

a kangaroo. Move it to the middleof the page.


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Other Word Features

UNDO:Click this icon to undo the lastchange made. This is helpful if you

accidentally erase something or make

a mistake you want to undo.

RED LINE:If a word is misspelled,

Word will underline it in red. Right-

click on the word to fix it.

GREEN LINE:If there is a grammar

mistake, Word will underline it in

green. Right click on the word to fix it.

WORD ART: You can insertdecorative text into your document by

clicking the Word Art icon. A window

will pop up and allow you to type in

the text you want. You can

customize the font style & size in this

same window. Move Word Art the

same way you move Clip Art.

LISTS:Click on these icons to create

bulleted or numbered lists.

Numbers Bullets


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Microsoft

Word

Activities

TABLES: You can insert tables into

Word Documents. Tables are boxes

that help organize information. For

example, this tutorial is in a table.

I am

a table.


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Word Activity # 1

I Am

Use Word Art to create a heading that says I am Move it to the top of

the page and make it bigger. Press Enter three times and use bullets to

make a list of adjectives that describe you.

**Insert at least three pictures and change the font face, size, color, etc of

each word you use to describe yourself**

Sample:

Creative

Funny

Athletic

Smart

Thoughtful


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Word Activity #2

Birthday Party Poster

Create a poster to advertise your dream birthday party. Do you want a

moonwalk, a sno-cone machine, and/or a petting zoo? Put it on the

poster.

**Use at least two pictures and two WordArts**

Sample:

Puppies!

Skateboard Ramps!

A piata!


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Word Activity # 3

Places to Visit

Make a table with five rows and two columns. Think of some places in the

U.S. and around the world that you want to visit. Are there any landmarks

in these places that youd like to see? A landmark is a building, statue,

park, etc that is important. For instance, the Statue of Liberty in New Yorkis a landmark. Use the first column to type the place you want to visit and.

Use the second column to say why you want to go there.

** Insert a picture that symbolizes the place in the left column and write at

least two complete sentences explaining why you want to go there in the

right column. Use at least three different fonts**

Sample:

Place:

New

York

Why I want to go there: I

want to seeCentral Park,

the Statue of Liberty,

Times Square, and the

Empire State Building.

New York is a big city and

a lot of exciting thingshappen there.

Place:


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Word Activity # 4Famous People

Click the numbered list button and create a list of five famous people you

want to meet. It doesnt matter if the people are dead or alive. Put a colon

beside each persons name and explain why you want to meet that

person. What would you talk with that person about? Are there anyquestions you would ask?

**Make each persons name in a different font face, use the text highlight

feature at least once, and put a border around the page**

Sample:

People Id like to Meet1.MichaelJordan:He is a really good basketballplayer and he helped the Chicago Bulls win several

championships.

2.GeorgeWashington:He was the first president

of the United States and did a good job leading the country.


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Word Activity # 5

Vacation Plans

Pretend you won a contest and get to take a vacation anywhere in the

world. Make an itinerary for the places you want to visit.

**Use Word Art once, insert at least five pictures, and use at least three

different fonts**Sample:

Trip to Paris, FranceDay 1:

Arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport Drop bags off at hotel

Walk to the Arc de Triomphe Eat dessert for dinner at a

nice restaurant


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Day 2:

Visit the Eiffel Tower Visit a museum

Eat lunch at a bakery Rent a bike and explore the city


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Word Activity # 6

Mad Libs

Mad Libs is a story-telling game. Start off by typing a 5-7 sentence story.

Then, pick 5 words and erase them. As you erase each word, type in what

part of speech it is (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc) . These will serve as

prompts. You can also type in a more specific prompt, like number,kitchen appliance, holiday, etc. You will read these prompts to a partner

and he/she will respond. For instance, if you say noun your partner might

say baby since baby is a noun. Your partner cant see the story until

he/she responds to all of your prompts. Once the words have been filled

in, read the story aloud to your partner.

**Bold and Underline the prompts in the original story. In the finished story,

use text highlight on the words your partner chooses**

Sample:

Last (noun), seven (noun + s) visited me from (proper noun). At

first, my mother was (adjective), but when she found out that they

were staying until (noun) she decided to ask them for (number)

dollars for all the (kind of food) she knew they would eat. They

responded by (verb + ing) and breaking her (item found in kitchen).

My mom immediately called (someones name) and had (type of

animal named earlier) taken to (noun). This was the last time I ever

saw them.

Last Halloween, seven aardvarks visited me from Russia. At first,

my mother was (happy), but when she found out that they were

staying until July she decided to ask them for 7 million dollars for all

the meatloaf she knew they would eat. They responded by

jumping and breaking her blender. My mom immediately called

Mark and had the aardvarks taken to a park. This was the last time I

ever saw them.


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Word Activity # 7Tell a Story

Use text boxes and clip art to tell a story. Start by writing down the nameof:

-A city

-A store-A type of animal-A type of fruit-A color

Once youve written these things down, use them to come up with an idea

for your story. Your story should include all of the words you just wrote

down.

**Use at least four text boxes, with a picture to go along with each text

box. Also, bold the words you chose when you put them in the story**

Sample:

Words: Chicago, Walgreens, Dove, Kiwi, Brown

1. One day, as David

walked to his job at

Walgreens, he saw a

Dove land on a trashcan

near the bus stop.

2. David stopped to stare at the

bird. It was missing several

feathers and had several

brown spots on its head. It

looked ver sick.

3. David pulled a Kiwi

from out of his

backpack. Hed

bought two days ago

in Chicago when he

was visitin his famil .

4. David fed the Dove the Kiwi. Instantly, the

bird perked up & the brown spots

disappeared. The bird winked at David and

flew away.