MODULE 2:

MICROSOFT WORD FEATURES

 Module 2: Microsoft Word Features

1. Documents and Microsoft Word Templates

When you open up this tool, you’ll be prompted to “create” one of these two: a blank document
or a new/ existing Microsoft word template.

 Documents are essentially like text files that support complex formatting. Each format
has a page size and a layout.
 Microsoft word templates are essentially pre-defined formats.

2. The Tabbed Ribbon in newer versions of Microsoft Word Features

Newer versions of Microsoft Word Features (2007 and above) come with the now-famous
“Ribbon,” which is a sequence of Screens that capture all the capabilities of your Microsoft
Word templates Software application.
Through this, MS Word makes its utilities available to use. The ribbon, in turn, contains:

1. Tabs
Each tab is an individual screen available on the ribbon. Commonly used tabs include home (the
default tab that opens up when you open a word document), file (for file operations like save,
new, etc.), insert, page layout, view, etc.

2. Commands
These enable you to use your Microsoft Word templates software to do something to your word
document (or post, template, etc.). While you can simply type out your text in the document,
commands empower you to format/ insert/ handle this text in multiple ways.

3. Command Groups
Commands are grouped together based on their functionality for easy access. For instance, basic
text-formatting commands are put together in one group, paragraph formatting commands in
another group, and so on. In some cases, you’ll see a tiny arrow at the bottom of the group. You
can click on it to open up additional commands and options related to the group.

In addition, here are some special commands available on the Ribbon:

  The caret symbol (^) at the top right-hand side corner of the Ribbon can be used to
hide/show the command/groups. This is useful when you want to review your word
document in a larger screen space without distractions.

You can customize this ribbon at any time: to add new commands to an existing group, create a
new tab altogether with your favorite commands, etc. To do this, right-click on any part of the
ribbon and choose “Customize the Ribbon….”
You will become familiar with the File, Home, Page Layout and View tabs through the rest of
this post, as these are most commonly used for editing word documents.

3. The FILE Tab

When you click on the File Tab, you are immediately taken to the “Backstage View”, containing
all the tiny details about your document. We’ll keep it simple in this basic tutorial and introduce
you to the frequently used file-related commands.

 Save and Save As:

This is possibly the first command you should use when you type some text. It enables you to
save your document on the hard disk as a .docx file (by default). Take note of the type of file
here. If you wish to open your word document with older versions of Microsoft Word Features,
you will need to explicitly choose a backwards-compatible file type. You can additionally choose
to save your file as a PDF file, self-contained web file, text file (.txt or .rtf, formatting changes are
lost), etc.

 New, Open, Close

Names are self-explanatory as they enable you to open/close or create a new document/ blog
post or template.
 Recent
This stores the list of recently accessed documents and folders so you can quickly open the last
document you worked on.

 Options:
This dialog box houses the master preferences for your document and controls your display and
editing options. Here, the default setup will nicely do for most documents, so you will need to
alter this only on rare occasions. But do explore each dialogue when you’re more familiar, for an
advanced understanding of Office Word.
4. The HOME Tab
The Home Tab is perhaps the most commonly used Tab in Microsoft Word Features. And it looks
like this:

As you can see, this contains 5 formatting command groups. And there lies its most significant
utility: formatting. You see, this is where Microsoft Word Features wins heads over any other
Word processing software tool (including Microsoft’s own WordPad), as it provides users with a
host of complex formatting Features all available with a mouse-click or two.
Before we dig in deeper, we suggest you play around a bit with a document. Type some
sentences and be prepared to edit and format them to your heart’s content. Once you’re done,
the Command groups in the Home tab can be used as below.
1. Clipboard group:
This has the mandatory copy and pastes commands. The paste command has additional options
(click on the bottom-arrow symbol below) to paste formatted/ unformatted text/pictures. Also,
spend time with Office Word’s special command, “Format Painter,” which allows you to paste
formatting across text blocks.

Select a portion of text from anywhere in your document (using the Shift Key).

 Use the Keyboard shortcut (Control + B + I). This will make the selected text bold and
italicized. Copy this selected text using the (Control + C); these copies everything in Word,
text, and formatting.
 Now, select some other portion of (plain) text in your document and click on the Format
Painter command. And voila, the formatting (alone) gets copied!
This is especially useful when formatting long documents with complex styles; you don’t have to
repeat your special formatting needs across pages of a document. Capture

them through the copy command and then “paste” them all over using the Format Painter
command! which allows you to paste formatting
2. Font group:
Here, we’ll tell you to highlight text in your document and have a free play with this group.
(There’s no better way to become familiar with Microsoft Word introduction font options). You
can set the font typeface for text (based on your system’s inbuilt fonts), and change its look
(includes size, bold, italics, underline, superscript, subscript, color highlight, etc.) and use
Microsoft Word introduction Art to add instant drama to your text. Also, explore the command
that changes the casing of selected text with just one click, to uppercase, lowercase, sentence
case, etc. (refer pic above for details).
Microsoft Word introduction also provides for more advanced options through a single right-click
of your mouse. Again, try this right now as you select some text, right-click, and choose
the “Font…” option.
This window has advanced options that give you greater control of your text. Of special interest
are the “Text Effects” and “Advanced” tabs to capture Microsoft Word introduction coveted
formatting Features. You can add shadows and reflections to your text, give it an outer glow,
change the spacing between letters, and a lot more.
3. Paragraph:
The Paragraph command group allows you to control the alignment, numbering and line spacing
of paragraphs in your document.

Do take note of:

 Text alignment: This determines how your text looks on your page and is left-aligned by
default.
 Line spacing: This is the space between lines and is a single line spaced by default.
 Line and Page Breaks: This determines how a Style spawns across pages. For instance,
if you check the “Widow/Orphan control” option, then when text with a Heading style falls
towards the end of a page, it will automatically be bumped to the top of the next page.
4. Styles:
Styles are formatting templates used within a document. For instance, you’ll notice that all
the Major Headings in this document are in blue, Georgia font size 16, bold and italicized, and
have a light shadow. Likewise, all Minor Headings are in Italics, Georgia size 14. Now imagine
that you want to consistently capture these format “styles” through a large text document (say
100 pages). Even with the Format-Painter command, it’s a lot of work. It’s also prone to manual
error. With styles, you can do this with minimal effort.
Microsoft Word introduction comes in-built with default style templates like Title, Sub-Title,
Heading1, Heading2, Body Text, Normal, etc. To apply a style to your text, select text and click
on the chosen style in the command window. You can additionally right-click on the style and
“modify” it as desired. You can alter the font settings, text effects, paragraph settings (explained
below) and other options in your document, all through the “Format tab” of the Style edit
window.

Word also allows you to add your own custom styles. For this:

 Select formatted text.

 Right-click and select Styles…
 Choose the option, “Save Selection as a New Click Style”.
 Name your custom style.
However, custom styles are limited within the document in use (not available as a template in
other documents).
5. Editing:
The final command group available in the Home Tab is the Editing tab. Like any good word
processor, Microsoft Word introduction allows you to easily select, find and find-and-
replace text blocks across your document. Of this, you can bring up the much-used find-replace
dialog box with the Keyboard shortcut (Control + H), and it looks like this:
Do remember to click on the “More>>” button to bring up additional options. You can further
choose the “Format” and “Special” boxes to find text based on specific formatting criteria.
So that was the Home Tab in a nutshell. Phew! But as you are sure to have noticed, more than
50% of your most used commands lie in this Tab. Explore this thoroughly until you’re
comfortable with it, as this will determine your success with the Microsoft Word introduction.
5. The Page Layout Tab
This tab contains a host of command (groups) to control the behavior of each page in your
document. And it roughly looks like this:
We’re going to keep it simple here and discuss (only) the Page Setup command group as this
houses 2 commands you will most likely need to play with.
 Size:
By default, a Microsoft Word Features document is set to a letter’s size (8.5” X 11”). You can
change this to A4, A3, Executive or other standard sizes or even define a custom size. Changes
will apply to the whole document.
 Orientation:
By default, this is set to “Portrait”; you can alternatively set it to Landscape. Again, the
orientation applies to the whole document by default. (You can alter this by setting specific
“Section Breaks”, but this is outside the scope of this Beginner’s guide).

 Breaks:
The most commonly used “Break” in a Microsoft Word Features document is a Page Beak. When
you insert a page break, the following text is bumped to a new page; This is immensely useful
when you want to start new chapters/ headings on a fresh page.

6.
The View Tab
The View Tab is the final list of command (groups) we will visit in this guide. Here, take special
note of the “Document Views” command group, as this is perhaps the most reviewed group.

Highlights of this view are captured below.

 The “Print Layout” command allows you to showcase your text page at the center and
view it much like how it would appear when printed on paper.
 In this view, you can further use the “Zoom” command (group) to increase or decrease the
size of your page (impacts only the view and not the actual page size).
 The Full-Screen Reading view allows you to remove all toolbar distractions and is best
used to review a document. Pressing the Escape key will bring you back to the (default)
Print Layout view.
 The Web Layout view is typically used to review Blog posts.
 You can additionally toggle views of the Ruler, Gridlines and Navigation Pane (useful to
search key text in your document) using the “Show” command group.
And that marks the end of our Beginner’s guide to knowing Microsoft Word Features!

7. Next Steps
As a beginner, your encounter with Word is sure to open up endless possibilities, for better
formatting, for a cleaner layout and alignment, for an overall superior experience with any digital
word processing tool. We encourage you to actively explore Microsoft word Features software on
your own, even as you look to more advanced micro-tutorials for guidance. Your efforts will be
well worth it!
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