Introduction To Computer and Technology: Lab 1 Ms Word

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
AND TECHNOLOGY
LAB 1 MS WORD
OCTOBER 11, 2018

DEPARTMENT OF CS & IT
UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE, CHENAB CAMPUS, GUJRAT
TOPIC 1: OPENING MS WORD
1. Click the Start button
2. Click on the Word icon on your desktop or All

programs>>Microsoft Office>Microsoft Word
4. MS WORD: Explore Window
5. Ribbon
TOPIC 2: Exploring the File Tab
TOPIC 3: Exploring the HOME Tab
1. Clipboard
The Home ribbon has a clipboard where you can cut, copy and paste text in your
document.
Steps:
1. Highlight text that you want to copy or cut.
2. Click either the Cut or Copy icons. Alternatively, in the text you can right
click and select Copy or Cut or use keystrokes Ctrl C for Copy and Ctrl X for
Cut.
3. Select a place where you want to paste in text from a section that you either
copied or cut on the Clipboard.
4. Click the Paste clipboard or right click and select Paste. Alternatively, use
the keystrokes Ctrl V. If you click the little arrow under the Paste clipboard
you will see options to paste with the source formatting or just keep the
text.
2. Font
You can use the dropdown to select a different font. Calibri 11 is the default. You can
use the Bold, Italic or Underline buttons to change those font features. Once you click
the small arrow next to Font a familiar font menu will open.
You can change the fonts, size, color and even add effects such as strikethrough or all
caps.
3. Paragraph –Bulleted and Numbered Lists
The paragraph section gives you the ability to add Bulleted and Numbered Lists.
Steps:
1. Click on the bullet icon for bulleted lists and the number icon for a numbered
list.
2. Press Enter at the end of a line to add the next bullet or number. (You then may
shift click the end of the line to add a space if desired.
3. Alignment buttons are used to align text in a document
4. Indent button used to move your paragraph closer or farther to the margin
4. Styles
Headings are increasingly important for creating accessible documents. Screen readers
can jump to different sections of the document. Use Heading 1 for your largest
document section and heading 2 for the subsection.
Roll your mouse down to Heading 1 and use the dropdown to open the dialog and
select Modify to change the heading font type, size, and color.
Topic 4: Exploring the Insert Tab

The Insert tab is particularly useful. You can quickly make a table, insert an image or
hyperlink, and add page numbers, headers and footers as well as special features like
the date and time.
1. Pages
2. Table
Let’s try to insert a table. Tables are useful for aligning information in columns or rows.
Steps:
1. Select the Insert tab and click on the Table icon.
2. Roll your mouse over the squares for the number of rows and columns you want.
3. Double click and your table will insert
3. Pictures
You may also insert a Picture either from an image on your hard drive or clip art.
Steps:
1. Select the Pictures icon
2. Navigate to the place on your pc where you stored the picture.
Click insert.
4. Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks are very useful in documents particularly if the file is being used online.
Steps:
1. Select the Hyperlink icon on the Insert tab.

2. You will open a window with a dialog to create a hyperlink.
3. Enter the text that will display in the document and the Address of the webpage where you will take
the user.
4. Press ctrl then click on the link to launch the webpage.

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5. Header & Footer

You may want to add a header or footer for items such as page numbers, dates and headings
that will appear on every page.
Steps:
Select the header or footer icon on
2. You will see several formats from which to
choose.
3. Click the format you would like and then

start to type in the header or footer.
4. If you want to create your own header, click

on the Edit Header link.
5. Footers are created by clicking on the Footer

icon.
6. Page Numbers
You may insert page numbers from the Page Number icon on the Insert ribbon.
Steps:
1. You will be able to choose specific preformatted locations and styles.

2. Once you select a type of format you will open the header or footer and be able to
change the format for the first page to make a cover, for example. You can close the
dialog by clicking the Close Header and Footer X.
3. If you click, Format Page Numbers you will open a dialog where you can change the
numbering, such as a different first page for the cover. I will start the numbering at 0
with no number on the cover so the first page of the text will start with “1”.
Lab Practice 1: Write a sample letter
Lab Practice 2: Make Assignment Front Page
Lab Practice 3: Make Professional CV

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INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER

OCTOBER 11, 2018

2. Click on the Word icon on your desktop or All

Topic 4: Exploring the Insert Tab

2. Navigate to the place on your pc where you stored the picture.

1. Select the Hyperlink icon on the Insert tab.

4. Press ctrl then click on the link to launch the webpage.

5. Header & Footer

3. Click the format you would like and then

4. If you want to create your own header, click

5. Footers are created by clicking on the Footer

1. You will be able to choose specific preformatted locations and styles.

Lab Practice 1: Write a sample letter

Lab Practice 2: Make Assignment Front Page

Lab Practice 3: Make Professional CV

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