Some Important Tips of Microsoft Word

 

Q1. How to move around a Document

The cursor (mouse pointer) in the document tells you where you’re typing. Wherever the blinking cursor is located, the letters that you type will be inserted at that position. When you start a plain document, the blinking cursor will be at the start of your document ready for you to start typing. As you type, the cursor will also shift with each letter.

 When the mouse pointer is moved over a text part, the pointer will change from an arrow to a ‘text select’ icon.

 Shift the text select mouse pointer with your mouse to where you would like to modify or add text. Click the left-hand mouse button. This will then position the blinking cursor at the point where you have clicked so that you can edit or insert text.

 

 You can also shift around your document using the arrow keys on the keyboard.

 Pressing these arrow keys will move the blinking cursor up a line of text, down a line or left one character or right one character. Using a mixture of keystrokes can also move the cursor further – example, holding down the Ctrl (control) key and pressing the left arrow key will move the cursor left one word. Holding down Ctrl and press the up arrow key will move the cursor to the beginning of each paragraph.

 Q2. How to select Text

The mouse can be used to select text. When the mouse indicator is moved over a text area, the indicator will change from an arrow to a ‘text select’.

 Shift the text select mouse indicator with your mouse to where you’d like to start your selection. Click and hold down the left mouse button. After this, shift the mouse across your text to where you’d like the selection to stop. As you move the mouse, the content will be selected. When you’ve completed your selection, release the left mouse button.

 The selected text can now be format or changed if required.

You can also shift and select text using the arrow keys on the keyboard, which some people may find easier than the mouse. If you use a mixture of keyboard keys – example, holding down Ctrl and Shift and pressing the left or right arrow key – you can shift the cursor and select the text in other directions.

 

Once text is selected, it can be changed or edited as required

 Q3. How to format Text

If you like to change some of the text that you have already typed to a different font, it will need to be selected with the mouse first. When the mouse indicator is moved over a text area, the indicator will change from an arrow to a ‘text select’.

 Select the text that you like to edit or change the formatting.

 To modify the selected font to bold, click B in the formatting ribbon at the top of the document.

 To modify the selected font to italics, click I in the formatting ribbon at the top of the document.

To modify the selected text so that it’s underlined, click U in the formatting ribbon at the top of the document.

It’s also possible to modify selected text using a mixture of keyboard shortcuts, which some people find easier than using the mouse.

 

Q4.  How to E-mail a Document

Follow these step-by-step instructions: -

 

Step 1: Log in to your email account so that you are on the dashboard of your mail account.

 

Step 2: Click Compose.

 

Step 3:  your new email is open, type your recipient’s email address in the ‘To’ field. Then put a title in the ‘Subject’ box and type your message.

 

Step 4: Click on the paper pin icon at the bottom of the compose window.

Step 5: Look around your Windows folders until you reach the document you want to attach to your email. Choose this by clicking on it and then click Open. This will add the document as an attachment to your email.

 

Step 6: Your document has been attached to you email by its file name seeming in blue text at the bottom of the compose dialogue box.

 

Step 7: If you want to attach another document, repeat steps 4 and 5.

 

Step 8: When you are ready to send your email, click Send.