Laboratory No.

1: Knowing Microsoft Word

Objectives
1. To acquaint the students with the different features of Word Processing software.
2. Describe the different parts of Microsoft Word environment and understand the functions of
the different toolbars.
Materials
 Pencil/Pen

Background

Madrid-Hirata(2009). Microsoft Word is a general-purpose word processing program that offers an

unprecedented number and variety of features. It offers various tasks you can perform using Word range
from writing simple documents, such as memos and letters, produce the camera-ready materials for
professional looking publications, such as newsletters and boos and create striking and dynamic pages for
the World Wide Web or internet.

Features of Microsoft Word:

1. Easy to use visual tools like menus and toolbars.

2. Provide predefined templates, styles, and visual themes that assist to produce an attractive and
effective documents or web pages.
3. Can choose “automatic” or “manual methods to control virtually any features of the documents you
create.
4. Customize the Word tools like menus, toolbars, and shortcut keys.

Procedure

1. Start computer. Click the Start button, select All Programs, click Microsoft Office, then point to
Microsoft Word.
2. Name and label the parts of the Microsoft Word environment.

Activity No. 1

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 Microsoft Word Environment

Parts Description

1.Title Bar Shows name of program and open document. Also

contains minimize, maximize and close buttons.
2. Tab The ribbon is broken down into 7 tabs. Each tab has a
common purpose and consists of several groups. To select
a tab, simply click on it and the appropriate groups will be
displayed
3. Ribbon The Ribbon is the strip of buttons and icons located above
the work area in Word 2007. The Ribbon replaces the
menus and toolbars found in earlier versions of Word.
Each ribbon contains groups of command buttons with
common purpose. Each ribbon contains 7 tabs.
4. Ruler Gives you an idea of where you are on the page

5. Document This is what you are typing/what will print out.

6. Insertion Point It is the blinking vertical line in your document. It

7. Horizontal Scroll Bar
8. Vertical Scroll Bar
9. Minimize Button
indicates where you can enter text on the page. You can
use the insertion point in a variety of ways: Blank
document: When a new blank document opens, the
insertion point is located in the top-left corner of the
page.
Scroll bar to use when you want to scroll horizontally
through the document window.
Scroll bar to use when you want to scroll vertically
through the document window.
Minimizes the document

10. Maximize Button Maximizes the document

11. Close Button Closes that document

Name the tools of the Home Tab below:

The Home Tab

1.
2.
1. Cut
3.
2. Copy
 3. Format Painter

4. Font

5. Strikethrough

6. Font Size

7. Change Case

8. Grow Font

9 Font Color

10. Bullets

11. Numbering

12. Justify
11. 15.
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13. 14. 13. Increase Indent
12.

14. Shading

15. Sort