Using Word

open up the computerloginleft double-click on Applications

Left double-click on the Word icon

You are now in Word and can start work!

Type some text

Tools at the top

Option to add more tools here

Big Button: Main tasks – Open, Save As, Print etc

Save (to save changes) Undo /

redoStart a new document Quick print (only

if you are connected to the right printer)

Save your work – in the ‘M’ drive

Save As

Save to a memory stick or the ‘M’ drive on the computer

Give your work a title you will be able to remember easily

Close, and then Open your work from the place it was saved > i.e. My Computer >>>

Open your document

From Applications, Open Word – then select the Big Button > Open > go to My Computer > the M drive/pen drive, and select your document

OrFrom Start, go to My Computer, then

the M drive or pen drive, and double-click your document to open it

Tabs: We are in the ‘Home’ tab

Format your document – ‘Home’ tab

Bold, Italic & Underline

Cut, Copy & Paste.Paste in a link from the Internet

Left / Right/ Centre text

Choose Font and Size

Bullet points

Find

The ‘Insert’ tab

Insert a picture – from Clip Art or from a File

Insert a Header or a Footer, and Page numbers

Insert a Text Box. Useful for pictures – easy to move about

‘Page layout’ tab

Orientation: Portrait or Landscape

Borders

‘Review’ tab

Check the Spelling & Grammar

‘View’ tab

‘View’ layouts

Zoom

Further help…..

UCH website page:http://www.uch.ac.uk/information_skills.html

Ask Study Guide > Computer skills

and the Document Library