Microsoft Word XP Tutorial

Peter Kitson

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Introduction

Microsoft Word is a word processing program that can be used to create various types of
documents from letters and memos to calendars and lists. Documents can be created,
saved, and edited at the desire of the creator from a blank document or via one of the
many Wizards included with Word. This class presents introductory features and
commands that are available in Microsoft Word XP (or 2002).

Creating a Document

When you start Microsoft Word, a new, blank document appears on the Word screen and
the Standard and Formatting toolbars are displayed just below the menu bar. Initially,
these toolbars are set to what are referred to as \'default\' settings. Generally when you
change the font or spacing or margin in a document, you only have changed it for that
specific document. When you create a new document or close and reopen Word,
everything returns to the default settings. There are some default settings that you\'ll find
yourself changing periodically such as font styles, font sizes, margins, etc.

When you open Word, you will see a blank page. This blank page is entitled,
\'Document1\'. With no other preparation, you can start typing immediately. What you
type appears with all the \'default\' settings. You can easily change the settings, as you\'d
like.

Toolbars

Many of the basic items can be found on the MS Word toolbars. You can use these
toolbars to set your font styles and sizes, start a new document, print, cut, copy, paste,
change the justification, and many other things.

You can display or hide toolbars as you work. For example, you can hide the Formatting
toolbar until you are ready to format text.

If at least one toolbar is visible, you can use a shortcut menu to display or hide built-in
toolbars. To do this, click the toolbar by using the right mouse button (Windows), or hold
down the [CTRL] key and click the toolbar (Macintosh).

If no toolbars are displayed, click the View menu, choose Toolbars and then select the
desired toolbar from the list. By selecting Customize… at the bottom of the list, you can
choose to enlarge the toolbar buttons, add color to some of the buttons, and hide
ToolTips. If you use large toolbar buttons, you may need to resize the toolbars to see all
of the buttons.