ACC MICROSOFT WORD HELP SHEET
Double click Microsoft Word icon or go to Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office, Word.
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BOLD Key text and/or select text, Home Tab, click B icon.
CENTER Key text and/or select text, Home Tab, click Center icon.
COPY Select text, Home Tab, click Copy icon, move cursor
NOTE: See SELECT TEXT to new location, then click Paste icon.
DOUBLE SPACE Select text, Home Tab, click Line Spacing icon, choose 2.0.
(to select entire file use Ctrl+A)
FIND Home Tab, click Editing icon, choose Find, key text to find,
(to find word(s) in file) choose: option(s) if appropriate, click appropriate button.
HEADER ------see NUMBER PAGE.
INDENT LEFT MARGIN Key text and/or select text, Home Tab, click Indent Left icon.
(to indent .5 inches, twice for 1 inch)
INSERT CLIPART Insert Tab, click Clipart icon, key image to search for, choose
appropriate options, click on image to insert.
INSERT PICTURE Insert Tab, click Picture icon, browse to location of picture,
Click on picture to insert, then click Insert button.
INSERT SYMBOL Insert Tab, click Symbol icon, click symbol to insert or More
Symbols, browse for desired symbol, click symbol to insert.
INSERT TAB ------Home Tab, Paragraph drop-down Dialogue Box, Tabs Button
(at bottom of screen), set tabs as desired, click OK.
ITALICS Key text and/or select text, Home Tab, click I icon.
MARGINS Page Layout Tab, click Margins icon, choose appropriate layout or
(left, right, top, bottom) click Custom Margins, set as desired, click OK.
MOVE Select text; Home Tab, click Cut icon, move cursor to new location,
NOTE: See SELECT TEXT then click Paste icon.
NEW DOCUMENT File Tab, click New, then click Create button.
(to open new window for new/second file)
NUMBER PAGE Insert Tab, click Page Number, choose Top of Page, choose
Plain Number 3, key your Lastname, press spacebar, click
Close Header & Footer button.
OPEN FILE ------File Tab, click Open, browse to location of file,
NOTE: Make sure to address drive A select desired file, click Open button.
PAGE BREAK Page Layout Tab, click Breaks, click Page.
(to start/force new page)
PAGE ORIENTATION Page Layout Tab, click Orientation icon, choose orientation.
(portrait or landscape)
Preview DOCUMENT ------File Tab, click Print, scroll through pages with vertical slide bar.
To close/exit preview, click File Tab.
Print DOCUMENT File Tab, click Print, click the Print icon.
NOTE: Preview before printing!!!
REPLACE Home Tab, click Editing icon, choose Replace, key text to find,
(to replace word(s) in file) tab, key text to replace, choose: option(s), click appropriate button.
Save FILE Click Save icon or File Tab, point to Save As icon, choose
format desired, key filename, browse to desired location, click Save.
SELECT TEXT ------Drag mouse over text or hold Shift key and press arrow key or
(to select/highlight text) hold down Ctrl key and press letter A to select entire file.
Single Space Select text, Home Tab, click Line Spacing icon, choose 1.0.
(to select entire file use [Ctrl]+A)
SPELLING & GRAMMAR Review Tab, click Spelling & Grammar icon, click appropriate choice.
UNDERLINE Select word(s), click U icon.
UNDO Click the Undo icon to reverse last action.
WORD COUNT ------Displays on the Status Bar at bottom of screen. If you don't see the word count in the Status Bar, right-click the bar and click Word Count.
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