MICROSOFT WORD

BY: WALAA TAMMO

 HEADLINES
• INTRODUCTION
• PAGE NUMBERS
• HEADERS AND FOOTERS
• COVER PAGES
• WATER MARKS
• SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
• SECTIONS
• MARGINS AND ORIENTATION
 INTRODUCTION
WITH WORD ON YOUR PC, MAC, OR MOBILE DEVICE, YOU CAN:
• CREATE DOCUMENTS FROM SCRATCH, OR A TEMPLATE.
• ADD TEXT, IMAGES, ART, AND VIDEOS.
• RESEARCH A TOPIC AND FIND CREDIBLE SOURCES.
• SAVE TO ONEDRIVE, TO GET TO YOUR DOCUMENTS FROM YOUR COMPUTER,
• TABLET, OR PHONE.
• SHARE YOUR DOCUMENTS, AND WORK WITH OTHERS.
• TRACK AND REVIEW CHANGES.
 PAGE NUMBERS
THE APPLICATION AUTOMATICALLY INCREMENTS AND ADJUSTS PAGE NUMBERS
WHILE ADDING OR DELETING PAGES. PAGE NUMBERS CAN BE INSERTED WITHIN
THE HEADER OR THE FOOTER OF THE PAGE.
TO ADD A PAGE NUMBER:
• “INSERT” TAB ►“PAGE NUMBER” BUTTON ►“FORMAT PAGE NUMBER”
OPTION.
• DOUBLE CLICKING THE HEADER OR FOOTER WILL OPEN A NEW “DESIGN” TAB
FROM WHICH YOU CAN ADD, STYLIZE OR REMOVE THE ALREADY-EXISTING
PAGE NUMBER.
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 HEADERS AND FOOTERS
USUALLY THE HEADER WOULD CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR, THE TITLE OF THE

DOCUMENT OR THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE FOOTER WOULD CONTAIN THE DATE OR

THE PAGE NUMBER. CHANGING THE HEADER/FOOTER OF ANY PAGE WILL REFLECT ON THE REST

OF THE PAGES.

TO ADD A HEADER OR FOOTER:

• “INSERT” TAB ► “HEADER” OR “FOOTER” ► DROP-DOWN MENUS WILL CONTAIN A

COLLECTION OF STYLES.

• DOUBLE CLICKING THE HEADER OR FOOTER WILL OPEN A NEW “DESIGN” TAB FROM

WHICH YOU CAN ADD, STYLIZE OR REMOVE THE ALREADY-EXISTING PAGE HEADER/FOOTER.
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 COVER PAGES

COVER PAGES CONTAIN FIELDS FOR AUTHOR NAME, ORGANIZATION, DOCUMENT TITLE AND SO ON.
ANY OF THE MENTIONED FIELDS CAN BE REMOVED BY THE USER.

TO ADD A COVER PAGES:

• “INSERT” TAB ► “COVER PAGE” BUTTON ► DROP-DOWN MENUS WILL CONTAIN A COLLECTION OF
STYLES.
• USERS CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD MORE COVER PAGES FROM THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
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 WATER MARKS
THIS IS ADDED TO DOCUMENTS BY COMPANIES TO INDICATE THAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE RESERVED.
WATER MARKS CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO NOTIFY THAT A PAGE OR A DOCUMENT IS CONFIDENTIAL,
OFFICIAL OR IS A DRAFT. WATER MARKS APPEAR AS LIGHT TEXT ON THE BACKGROUND.

TO ADD A WATER MARKS:

• “DESIGN” TAB ► “WATER MARKS” BUTTON ► DROP-DOWN MENUS WILL CONTAIN A COLLECTION
OF STYLES.
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 SPELLING AND GRAMMAR

AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS SPELLING AND GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES.

THE RED SQUIGGLY LINE THAT APPEARS UNDER A WORD INDICATES A SPELLING ERROR.
THE TWO BLUE LINES INDICATE A GRAMMATICAL OR A PUNCTUATION ERROR.

• TO EASILY FIX A MISTAKE RIGHT CLICK THE WORD, THE MENU HAS A “SPELLING” OPTION THAT
GIVES A LIST OF SUGGEST FIXES.
• FOR WHOLE DOCUMENT GO TO THE REVIEW TAB AND CLICKING ON SPELLING & GRAMMAR
BUTTON. THIS WILL OPEN A SPLIT PANE THAT WILL MARK THE MISTAKES FOUND IN THE
DOCUMENT.
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document

One word at a
time
 SPELLING AND GRAMMAR

TO USE A THESAURUS:
• “REVIEW” TAB ► “THESAURUS” BUTTON ► THESAURUS TASK PANE TO SEARCH FOR SYNONYMS.
• BY RIGHT CLICKING THE WORD AND CHOOSING “SYNONYMS” OPTION FROM THE MENU.
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Synonyms
 NEW PAGES

TO START A NEW PAGE IN MICROSOFT WORD, WE USE PAGE BREAK BY:

• PRESSING ON CTRL + ENTER
• “LAYOUT” TAB ►“BREAKS” BUTTON ► “PAGE” OPTION FROM THE DROP-DOWN MENU.
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 SECTIONS

SECTIONS IN MICROSOFT WORD ALLOW US TO DIVIDE OUR DOCUMENT SO THAT WE CAN APPLY
DIFFERENT FORMATS TO DIFFERENT PAGES FOR EXAMPLE :
DIFFERENT PAGE NUMBERING, MARGINS, HEADER/FOOTERS, PAGE ORIENTATION AND BORDERS.
TO CREATE A SEPARATE SECTION:
• “LAYOUT” TAB ►“BREAKS” BUTTON ► “NEXT PAGE” OPTION FROM THE DROP-DOWN MENU.
BY DEFAULT “LINK TO PREVIOUS” BUTTON IS ACTIVATED IN THE HEADER/FOOTER DESIGN TAB.
CLICKING ON IT WILL DEACTIVATED IT.
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A MARGIN IS THE WHITE SPACE BETWEEN THE TEXT AND EDGES OF THE PAGE. ORIENTATION IS THE
WAY THE PAGE IS BEING VIEWED WHICH CAN BE EITHER PORTRAIT OR LANDSCAPE.
TO ACCESSED A MARGINS:
• “LAYOUT” TAB ►“MARGINS” BUTTON ► DROP-DOWN MENUS WILL CONTAIN A COLLECTION OF
OPTIONS.
TO ACCESSED A ORIENTATION:
• “LAYOUT” TAB ►“ORIENTATION” BUTTON ► DROP-DOWN MENUS WILL CONTAIN TWO OPTIONS
(PORTRAIT OR LANDSCAPE).
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