Grade 7 Unit 4- Lesson 1 2018

Getting Started with Word Processing

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Hello students! Welcome to ICT Grade 7 learning session on Getting Started with Word
Processing.

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Lesson Contents
•What is Word Processing?
•What is a Word Processing software?
•Features of Word Processing Software
•Examples of Word Processing Software.
• Microsoft Word 2016 and its Interface.
•Quick tests
•Recap
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In this video, you will learn about

• What is Word Processing?
• What is a Word Processing Software?
• Features of Word Processing
• Examples of Word Processing Software.
• Microsoft Word 2016 and its Interface.

You will also perform some quick tests followed by a recap

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What is Word Processing?

Word Processing is an
application that allows the
user to type and edit simple
documents.

Let’s start the lesson by having a look at “What is Word Processing?”

Word Processing is an application that allows the user to type and edit simple documents.
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What is a Word Processing Software?

Word Processing Software is a
computer program that allows
documents to be typed,
formatted and printed.

Word Processing Software is a computer program that allows documents to be typed,

formatted and printed.

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Features of Word Processing Software

Text
Formatting

Spelling
Multimedia and
Grammar

Features
Of Word
Processing
Indentation Software Insert
and Lists Table

Thesaurus Header
and Footer
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Some of the Features of Word Processing Software are:

• Text formatting
• Spelling and grammar
• Insert table
• Header and footer
• Thesaurus
• Indentation and lists
• Multimedia- that is to insert clip art, pictures ,charts and shapes
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Examples of Word Processing

Software

The most commonly used one is Microsoft Word

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Examples of Word Processing Software are:

Microsoft Word
Word Perfect
Libre Office writer
Google Docs But the most commonly used software is the Microsoft Word Software

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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is the word
processing of the Microsoft Office
Suite that allows you to create
documents.

Microsoft Word is the word processing of the Microsoft Office Suite that allows you to
create documents
As you can see the Microsoft Office Suite consists of:
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft One Note
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word and
Microsoft Powerpoint

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Uses of Microsoft Word

•Letters
•Reports

•Newsletters

•Brochures

•Flyers

Uses of Word Processing Software

Word Processing can be used to produce the following :

Letters ,Reports, Newsletters, Brochures, Flyers,
As can be shown on the slides

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Ms Word 2016
User Interface

Now Let’s see how Microsoft Word 2016 Interface looks like.

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Active Presenter

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Exploring the Word 2016 Window

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From your computer desktop, Click on the Microsoft Word Short Cut Icon as shown.
This will launch Microsoft Word.

As you can see, you will obtain a series on templates, just choose on Blank Document to
create a new one.

This is the interface of Microsoft Word!

We will explore this interface in more details shortly.

To Close this document, click on the File tab. This is called the Backstage view.
Click on Close.

Now, to exit the program, click on this cross (X) button, which will lead you back to your
desktop.

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Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

Quick Access Toolbar •The Quick Access Toolbar
provides access to
commands frequently used
namely Save, Undo etc..

•The Title Bar displays the

Title Bar
title of the document

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We will explore some of the basic components from the interface of Microsoft Word.
Firstly, we’ll talk about Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar provides access to commands frequently used namely Save, Undo
etc..
The second component is Title Bar
The Title Bar displays the title of the document

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Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

Ribbon

The Microsoft Word ribbon includes Home, Insert, Page

Layout, References, and other tabs that each display a
different set of commands when selected.

In the above example, Home is the active Tab of the Ribbon

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Next we have Ribbon

The Microsoft Word ribbon includes Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, and other tabs
that each display a different set of commands when selected.

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Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

Insertion Point Ruler

•The insertion point is the •The Ruler is the used to
blinking vertical line in set alignments and
your document. margins of the document
• It indicates where you
can enter text on the
page
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Then we’ll talk about Insertion Point

The insertion point is the blinking vertical line in your document. It indicates where you can
enter text on the page

As you could guess, this is The Ruler

The Ruler is the used to set alignments and margins of the document
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Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

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Moreover, these are the Scroll Bars

Just like any program for example Internet Explorer, the scroll bar allows you to move left to
right or up and down

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Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

Status Bar

The Status Bar displays information about your

document such as page 1 of 1, how many words in
your document etc..

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Finally we will talk about the status bar

It displays information about your document such as page 1 of 1, how many words in your
document etc
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Closing Microsoft Word

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Backstage View

From File TAB

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Closing Word document

To close the Word Document, we click on the File Tab, this is what we call the Backstage
View

Select Close from the File Tab to close the document.

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Exit Microsoft Word

From the top right , click on X to get back to
The desktop

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Now if you want to Exit Microsoft Word

From the top right window, click on X to exit the program of Ms Word and get back to your
desktop

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Now students, let’s do a quick test exercise on whatever we have been doing so far.

Read each statement carefully and answer accordingly

You will be given a few seconds to answer

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Quick Test
1. A word Processor is used for :

A. Calculation

B. Typing letters

C. Drawing

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Question 1: A Word Processor is used for:

A . Calculation
B. typing letters
C. Drawing

Good Answer, It is answer B , that is Typing letters

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Quick Test
2. The ‘Quick Access Toolbar’ contains
commonly used functions

TRUE FALSE

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Question 2:
The ‘Quick Access Toolbar’ contains commonly used functions

True or False

True – Correct Answer

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Quick Test
3. The ‘Close’ option is found in
the Insert TAB.

TRUE FALSE

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Question 3 :
The ‘Close’ option is found in the Insert TAB.
TRUE or FALSE
FALSE, The Close option is found in the File Tab

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Quick Test
4. Which of the following is an
example of a word Processing
Software?

A. Microsoft Outlook

B. Microsoft Excel

C. Microsoft Word
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Question 4:
Which of the following is an example of a word Processing Software?
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word

Excellent, you got it right ! Answer C - Microsoft Word

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Quick Test
5. The status bar contains
information like the number of
words in the document.

TRUE FALSE

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Question 5:
The status bar contains information like the number of words in the document.

TRUE or FALSE

you got it right Again! Its TrUE

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End
Of
Quick Test

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Well, students, this is the end of our quick test. I hope that you were able to get all the
answers correct.

Now it’s time to recap what we have learnt today.

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Recap
•What is Word Processing?
•What is a Word Processing Software?
•The Features of Word Processing Software
•Examples of Word Processing Software
•Microsoft Word
•Uses of Microsoft Word
•Opening and Closing Microsoft Word
•Interface of Microsoft Word

Recap

To start with, we have learnt about:

What is Word Processing?

What is a Word Processing Software?

The Features of Word Processing Software

Examples of Word Processing Software

Microsoft Word

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Uses of Microsoft Word

Opening and Closing Microsoft Word

And finally the

Interface of Microsoft Word

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Recap -Interface of Ms Word

Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar

Ribbon

Insertion point
Ruler Insertion Point
Vertical
Horizontal scroll Bar
Scroll Bar

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Recap – Interface of Ms Word

Now let’s have a look at the different components that we have just seen from the Interface
of Microsoft Word:

We have seen :
Quick Access Toolbar
Title Bar
Ribbon
Insertion Point
Ruler
Horizontal Scroll Bar
Vertical Scroll Bar
Lastly,
Status Bar

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Dear students, Thank you for your attention. I hope that you have enjoyed today’s lesson.

So, its goodbye from my side and see you soon for another lesson on Word Processing

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