Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a software application
that allows the user to perform word
processing and create beautiful and
engaging documents
This lesson includes instructions along
with screen shots and text bubbles to
demonstrate how easy it is to create highquality documents using Microsoft Word
The following slides show some of the
most commonly used features located
under the menu bar
File
Select a Blank
Document or
choose from a
variety of
Templates
Hom
e
Font Style
and Size
Bold, italics
Font
and underline Color
Bulleted Lists
Align and
Center Text
WordArt
Insert
Tabl
e
Clip
Art
Shape
s
Text
Box
Note: The following slides show
more details about Shapes, Tables,
Clip Art, WordArt, Text Boxes and
Headers
Insert Shapes
A variety of shapes
can be inserted onto
your document
The shapes can be
formatted with many
colors and line styles
Steps for creating a
Table
Insert Table
1.Select the Table icon
2.Determine the
appropriate number of
rows and columns
3.Enter your data
4.Format the table with
line and background
Insert Clip
Art
Word has a
variety of Clip
Art images preloaded into the
program
Type a word to
search through a
category for
Insert WordArt
Designate a
WordArt
style and
color
Insert Text
Box
Select from a
variety of Built-in
Text Box layouts
Insert
Header
Adopt a Builtin Header
and/or Footer
layout
Page
Layout
Margin
s
Page
Size
Orientatio
n
Page
Borders
Note: The following slides explain margins,
orientation, page color and borders in more
detail
Divide the
page into
columns
Portrait or
Landscape for
page orientation
Page Layout Orientation
Page Layout Margins
Page Layout Page
Color
Select a
backgroun
d color for
the
document
Place a border
around the whole
page
Place
Borders
around
selected
text
Shade a
selected area
of the
document
Page Layout Borders and
Shading
Referen
ces
Table of
Endnot
Content
e and
s
Footno
te
Citatio
n
Mailings
Labels
Select the Vendor
and Product
Number for
Labels and Word
will create labels
with the proper
dimensions for
each
specific size
Review
Thesaur
us
Check
Spelling and
Grammar
View
Change the view of your
document
Zoom into a specific area
to carefully examine
smaller text or objects
Zoom out to view the
whole document layout
Microsoft Word Activity
1. Create the title BTT Word Processing in 20pt Gill Sans Ultra Bold font at the top of the
document
2. Type your first and last name in 14pt Comic Sans font below the title
3. Center and Bold the title and your name
4 Create a table that is 2 Columns and 4 Rows
5. Merge the top row of this table and shade this top row in light grey
6. Enter information and pictures about Google, Computer Crime or Web Design into the cells of
this table. (Use the top row as your title)
7. Change the font inside the table to 12pt Corbel
8. Below the table create a subtitle Pause Before You Post
9. Below this title type the following
Before I make a post, I pledge to ask myself:
Who will be able to see what I post?
Will anyone be embarrassed or hurt by it?
Am I proud of what Im posting?
How would I feel if someone posted it about me?
10. Create bullets for each of the bulleted points above
11. Use spell-check and correct any errors
12. Change the page margins to 1.5 or all the way around (Top, Bottom, Left and Right)
Marking Scheme
Title 20pt Font
/2
Name 14 pt. Comic Sans
/2
Center and bold
/2
Table (2 columns x 4 rows)
/2
Merge and Shade top row
/2
Information about Google etc.
/2
Font 12pt. Corbel
/2
Pause Before Post subtitle
/2
Pledge
/2
Bullets
/2
Spell Check
/2
Margins
/2
TOTAL
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Table in Microsoft
Word
Summer Camp Agenda
Times
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesd
ay
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9:00
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
10:00
Games
Tug of
War
Free Time
Fishing
Games
Fishing
Free Time
11:00
Swimmin
g
Tennis
Swimmin
g
Tug of
War
Swimmin
g
Diving
Swimmin
g
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:00
Canoeing
Chess
Canoeing
Tennis
Chess
Sailing
Canoeing
Swimmin
g
Diving
Swimmin
g
2:00
Swimmin
g
3:00
Games
Fishing
Games
Sailing
Tug of
War
Chess
Fishing
4:00
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Note: the next slide includes instructions for
creating this table
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Instructions for creating the
Summer Camp Table
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Construct a table that is 8 Columns and 10 Rows by selecting Table along the top toolbar and pressing New Table.
Type in all the required information into the cells
Merge the top title cells and the Canoeing cells. (You do this by selecting the cells that you want to merge and then press the Merge button under the table tab)
The title should be Centered, 20pt Franklin Gothic Book
All the other information should be in 12pt Arial Font
Change the Fill of the appropriate cells to orange
Outline the cells in orange
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Table Rubric
Category
Marks
Table
/2
Information
/2
Merge
/2
Title (20pt Centered
Franklin Gothic)
/2
Body (12pt Arial
Font)
/2
Orange Fill and
Outline
/2
TOTAL
/12
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Shapes using Microsoft
Word
Path > Insert Shapes
Task: Put together a group of shapes and create an object or picture
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