Ms Word
Ms Word
Ms Word
MICROSOFT WORD
A word processor is a type of software application used for composing, editing, formatting and printing
documents. Word processors have a variety of uses and applications within the business environment, at
home and in educational contexts.
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.
Let us understand the various important parts of this window...
Ribbon
Tabs − These appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related commands.
Home, Insert, Page Layout are examples of ribbon tabs.
Groups − They organize related commands; each group name appears below the group on
the Ribbon. For example, group of commands related to fonts or group of commands related
to alignment, etc.
Commands − Commands appear within each group as mentioned above.
Title bar
This lies in the middle and at the top of the window. Title bar shows the program and document
titles.
Rulers
Word has two rulers - a horizontal ruler and a vertical ruler. The horizontal ruler appears just
beneath the Ribbon and is used to set margins and tab stops.
The vertical ruler appears on the left edge of the Word window and is used to gauge the vertical
position of elements on the page.
Zoom Control
Zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider
that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out; you can click the + buttons to increase or decrease
the zoom factor.
View Buttons
The group of five buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets
you switch through the Word's various document views.
Print Layout view − This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed.
Full Screen Reading view − This gives a full screen view of the document.
Web Layout view − This shows how a document appears when viewed by a Web browser,
such as Internet Explorer.
Outline view − This lets you work with outlines established using Word’s standard heading
styles.
Draft view − This formats text as it appears on the printed page with a few exceptions. For
example, headers and footers aren't shown. Most people prefer this mode.
Document Area
This is the area where you type. The flashing vertical bar is called the insertion point and it
represents the location where text will appear when you type.
Status Bar
This displays the document information as well as the insertion point location. From left to right,
this bar contains the total number of pages and words in the document, language, etc.
You can configure the status bar by right-clicking anywhere on it and by selecting or deselecting
options from the provided list.
1 If an existing document is opened, it will be saved as is, otherwise it will display a dialogue box
asking for the document name.
Save As
2 A dialogue box will be displayed asking for document name and document type, by default it
will save in word 2010 format with extension .docx.
Open
3 This option is used to open an existing word document.
Close
Info
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This option displays information about the opened document.
Recent
New
Save & Send This option will save an open document and will display options
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The following are the two important points that will help you while typing −
You
do
not
need
to
press
Enter to start a new line. As the insertion point reaches the end of the line, Word automatically
starts a new one.
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2. ALIGNMENTS
Left-Aligned Text
A paragraph's text is left aligned when it is aligned evenly along the left margin. Here is a simple
procedure to make a paragraph text left-aligned. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you
want to align and click the Align Text Left button available on the Home tab or simply press
the Ctrl + L keys.
Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click the Center
button available on the Home tab or simply press the Ctrl + E keys.
Right-Aligned Text
A paragraph's text is right-aligned when it is aligned evenly along the right margin. Here is a simple
procedure to make a paragraph text right-aligned.
Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click the Align Text Right button
available on the Home tab or simply press the Ctrl + R keys.
Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to align and click the
Justify button available on the Home tab or simply press the Ctrl + J keys.
When you click the Justify button, it displays four options, justify, justify low, justify high and
justify medium. You need to select only the justify option. The difference between these options
is that low justify creates little space between two words, medium creates a more space than low
justify and high creates maximum space between two words to justify the text.
In this chapter, we will discuss the how to indent paragraphs in Word 2010. As you know the
margin settings determine the blank space that appears on each side of a paragraph. You can indent
paragraphs in your document from the left margin, the right margin, or both the margins. This
chapter will teach you how to indent your paragraphs with or without the first line of the
paragraphs.
3. FORMATS
Copy and Apply of text formatting works for various text attributes; for example, text fonts, text
colors, margins, headings, etc.
Step 1 − Select the portion of text containing the formatting that you want to copy. I
have selected a text which has bold and underlined font as shown below.
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So select a text using mouse where you want to apply the copied text format. While
selecting a portion of text, you have to make sure that your mouse pointer is still in
paint brush shape. After selecting the text, just release the right-click button of the
mouse and you will see that newly selected text is changed to the format used for the
original selection. You can click anywhere outside the selection to continue working
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4. TABLES
Create a Table
The following steps will help you understand how to create a table in a Word document.
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Step 2 − Click the square representing the lower-right corner of your table, which
will create an actual table in your document and Word goes in the table design
mode. The table design mode has many options to work with as shown below.
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Step 2 − Click the Layout tab, and click the Delete Table option under the
Delete Table Button to delete the complete table from the document along with
its content.
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Add a Row
Following are the simple steps to add rows in a table of a word document.
Step 1 − Click a row where you want to add an additional row and
then click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.
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following steps will help you delete rows from a table of a Word document.
Step 1 − Click a row which you want to delete from the table and then click the Layout tab; it will
show the following screen.
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Delete a Column
Following are the simple steps to delete columns from a table of a word document.
Step 1 − Click a column which you want to delete from the table and then click the Layout tab; it
will show the following screen.
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Move a Table
The following steps will help you move a table within the same Word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer over the table which you want to move from
one location to another location. As soon as you bring your mouse pointer inside
the table, a small Cross Icon will appear at the top-left corner of the table as
shown below.
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Resize a Table
The following steps will help you resize a table available in a Word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer over the table which you want to resize. As soon as
you bring your mouse pointer inside the table, a small Cross Icon will appear at the top-
left corner and a small Resize Icon will appear at the bottom-right corner of the table as
shown below.
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Merging Cells
The following steps will help you merge table cells in a Word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer position inside the first cell that you
want to merge. Now press the Shift key and click the cells around the
cell which you want to merge into the first cell. This will highlight the
cells which you click and they will be ready to be merged.
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Split a Table
Following are the simple steps to split a table into two tables in a Word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer position anywhere in the row that should
appear as the first row of the new table.
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After splitting the table into two tables, you can further divide it into two
parts and you can continue dividing the Word tables as long as a table has
more than one row.
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Split a Cell
The following steps will help you split a cell into two sub-cells of a table available in word
document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer position inside the cell that has to be divided into multiple cells.
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Add a x Formula
Following are the simple steps to add formula in a table cell available in Word document.
Step 1 − Consider the following table with the total number of rows. Click in a cell that should
contain the sum of the rows.
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Step 1 − Select the table to which you want to add border. To select a table, click
over the table anywhere which will make the Cross icon visible at the top-left
corner of the table. Click this cross icon to select the table.
Step 2 − Click the Border button to display a list of options to put a border
around the selected table. You can select any of the option available by simply
clicking over it.
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Step 5 − To delete the existing border, simply select the No Border option from the border options.
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Step 3 − You can use the Preview section to disable or enable left, right, top or bottom borders of
the selected table or row or column.
Follow the given instructions in the preview section itself to design the border you like.
Step 4 − You can customize your border by setting its color, width by using different width
thickness available under the style section.
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Step 1 − Select a row or column where you want to apply a shade of your choice.
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5. MAIL MERGE
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Step 1 − Open the document you want to send using e-mail as an attachment.
Step 2 − Click the File tab and then click the Save & Send option from the left
most column; this will display a number of options to Save & Send, you will
have to select the Send using Email option available in the middle column.
Step 3 − The third column will have various options to send email which
allows you to send your document as an attachment in DOC format or
you can send your Word document in a PDF format. Click a method to
send the document. I'm going to send my document in PDF format.
When you click the Send as PDF option, it displays the following screen where you
can type the email address to which you want to send your document, email subject
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Step 1 − Click the Review tab and then click the Spelling & Grammar button.
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Ignore − If you are willing to ignore a word, then click this button and Word ignores the
word throughout the document.
Ignore All − Like Ignore, but this ignores all occurrences of the same
misspelling, not just once but throughout the document.
Add to Dictionary − Choose Add to Dictionary to add the word to the Word spelling
dictionary.
Change − This will change the wrong word using the suggested correct word.
Change All − Like Change, but this changes all occurrences of the same misspelling, not
just once but throughout the document.
AutoCorrect − If you select a suggestion, Word creates an AutoCorrect entry that
automatically corrects this spelling error from now on.
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In this chapter, we will discuss auto correction in Word 2010. The AutoCorrect feature
automatically corrects common typographical errors when you make them. Let us learn how to use
the auto correction option available in Microsoft Word 2010 to correct the spelling automatically
Setting AutoCorrect
The following steps will help to enable the AutoCorrect feature in Microsoft Word.
Step 1 − Click the File tab, click Options, and then click the Proofing option
available in the left most column, it will display the Word Options dialog box.
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In Word, you can automate frequently used tasks by creating and running macros. A
macro is a series of commands and instructions that you group together as a single
command to accomplish a task automatically.
To save time on tasks you do often, bundle the steps into a macro. First, you record
the macro. Then you can run the macro by clicking a button on the Quick Access
Toolbar or pressing a combination of keys. It depends on how you set it up.
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3. To use this macro in any new documents you make, be sure the Store macro in box
says All Documents (Normal.dotm).
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5. Click the new macro (it’s named something like Normal.NewMacros.<your macro
name>), and click Add.
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The button for your macro appears on the Quick Access Toolbar.
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3. Click Run.
To make a macro from one document available in all new documents, add it to the Normal.dotm template.
3. Click Organizer.
QUESTIONS
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Part-A
1. What is a Word Processor? State some applications 2.
What are the different View Buttons in Microsoft Word?
3. “Justified Text”-Explain?
4. What is the function of Format Painter?
5. Give the steps for merging a cell in a table in MS-Word.
6. State the different formulas used in MS-Word.
7. What is Mail merge?
8. Define a Macro.
Part-B
1. What are the steps for formatting a document and aligning a paragraph in MS Word?
2. Write a note on Mail Merge and Macros.
3. What are the Procedure to set Autocorrect in Spellcheck?
4. Explain the steps to create a table, delete a table. Also explain the other necessary features of tables.
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