It is word processing application software program within windows environment. It is a member of MS-Office Package. It is developed by Microsoft Corp. USA. It can be used to create a letter, book let, thesis, pamphlet, inserting clip art, picture etc. for printing.
What is Word Processing ?
Word
processor refers to the use of computer to create, view, edit, format, store
and print document for future retrieval and make further revisions later. The
main advantage of a word processor over a conventional typewriter is that a
word processor offer many editing and formatting features. Word processing
permits better quality document preparation with increased speed and reduced
wastage both in terms of time and material. There are many word processing
software packages available for use with personal computers. Some of the
popular word processing software packages are Word Star, Word Perfect, MS-Word
etc
Note:
The file extension or format of the word is
.doc. The internal or executable
name of the MS-Word is winword.exe.
Starting MS-Word
Steps:
1.
Click on Start button
2.
Click Run ...
3.
Type the winword and click on Ok
button.
Then a MS-Word window will appear.
- Title Bar : - The bar top of the application window which contains the title of the application, minimize ( - ), Maximize or restore( ) and close( X ) button.
- Menu Bar : - The bar after title bar, which contains the name of the menu(file, edit, view, insert, format, table, window and help). The menu bar contains the all commands of the ms-word.
- Standard Tool bar : - The bar below the menu bar, which contains the short commands of the menu.(E.g new, open, save, print, print preview, cut, copy, paste, format painter, undo, redo etc
- Formatting Tool bar : - The bar below of the standard tool bar and above of the ruler bar. It also contains the short commands of the menu. It can be used to format the text. (eg. Heading, change font, font size, bold, italic, underline, alignment, bullet and number, color etc.
- Ruler Bar : - The bar above of the work space (document). It can be used for measurement of your document.
- Scroll Bar : - There are two types of scroll bar. One is horizontal and other is vertical. The scroll bar lets you to move left, right or up, down the document.
- Drawing Tool Bar : - It lets you to draw any thing on the document. It is below of the document and above of the status bar. which contains the (Draw menu, AutoShapes menu, line, arrow, rectangle, circle, Word Art etc.
- Status Bar : - The bar bottom of the application window which contains the information of the document. Such page, section, line, column etc.
Saving
Files
The
save command can be used to store the document on the disk by giving any name.
Steps:
1.
Click on File menu
2.
Click on Save
Or,
Press Ctrl + S
3.
Select your drive, folder from look in drop down list
box.
4.
Type the file name
5.
Click on Save
Open An Existing File
The Open command can be used to open an existing file.
Steps:
Click on File
menu
- Click on Open
Or, press
Ctrl + O
- Select your drive and folder which contains the file form the look in drop down list
- Select your file and click on Open
Or, You can Open icon from the Standard tool bar.
Open a New Blank Document
Steps:
1.
Click on File
menu à
New
2.
Click on New blank document from the dialog box
Or, press Ctrl
+ N
Or,
click on new icon from the standard tool bar.
Close a file
To close your file, use close command.
Steps:
1.
Click on File
menu
2.
Click on Close
Or Press Ctrl
+ W
Preview
The Document
The preview command
can be used to preview your document before printing.
Steps:
1.
Click on File
menu
2.
Click on Print Preview
Or,
press Ctrl + F2
Or, Click on Print Preview Icon from the standard
tool bar.
Undoing Text
The undo command
can be used to recover or undoing the recently deleted text
Steps:
1.
Click on Edit
Menu
2.
Click on Undo
Or,
Press Ctrl + Z
Redoing Text
Again
remove the undoing text, use redo command
Steps:
1.
Click on Edit menu
2.
Click on Redo
Or,press
Ctrl + Y
Copying the Text
Steps:
1.
Select required text
2.
Click on Edit
menu
3.
Click on Copy
Or,
Press Ctrl
+ C
4.
Place the cursor at required place
5.
Click on Edit
à Paste Or, Press Ctrl + V
Moving Text
The
cut command can be used to move the text from one place to another place
Steps:
1.
First Select the required text.
2.
Click on Edità Cut or Ctrl + X
3.
Place the cursor at the required place
4.
Click on Edit
à Paste Or Ctrl + V
electing All text
Steps
1.
Click on Edit
à Select All or Ctrl
+ A
Or
Drag and drop method by the mouse.
Finding the Text
The
Find command can be used to find or search the required text or word on the
document.
Steps:
1.
Position the cursor at the top of the document.
2.
Click on Edit
menu àFind or Ctrl
+ F
3.
Then type the required text at find what box.
4.
Then Click on Find
Next
Replacing the Text
The
replace command can be used to replace the old text into new text. First find
that word or text and then replace.
Steps:
1.
Click on Edit
à Replace or Ctrl +
H
2.
Type the old text at find what box
3.
Type the new text at the replace with box
4.
Click on Find
Next and Replace
Document Views
There are four types of document
views in winword or MS-Word. These are given below:
1.
Normal
: - It is a default view of the MS-Word. It does not contains the drawing
objects, pictures etc. The header and footer cannot be seen. The horizontal
scale or ruler bar only be seen. Vertical ruler bar cannot be seen. Separate
page can be seen as doted line.
2.
Web
Page : - This view
does not contains the header and footer, different pages. It can be used
to down load or open the internet documents. It contains long document.
3.
Print Layout : - This view contains the
vertical and horizontal rulers. Header and footer, Drawing objects page breaks
all are can be seen. It show the document as you print on the paper. You need
not to preview the document. We can use this view to create a document.
4.
Outline
View :- This view lets you to view the document in
tree view structure. You can read the document heading by heading. You can move
the heading in different indents. It cannot be used to create a document.
Show/Hide Ruler
1. Click on View menu
2. Click on Ruler
Zooming the Document
Steps:
1. Click on View menu
2. Click on Zoom
3. Select required zoom
percentage from the dialog box
4. At last click on Ok
button
Full Screen
The full screen command lets you
to view your document in full screen. It hides all tool bars and shows the only
document
Steps:
1. Click on View menu
2. Click on Full Screen
To close the full screen Press Esc key.
Document Map
The document map divides the
document in two parts. The first part contains the heading and second part
contains the normal text.
Steps:
1. Click on View menu
2. Click on Document view.
To close, again go to view and
document view.
Inserting Page Number
Steps:
1. Click on Insert menu
2. Click on Page Number
3. Select Position (Header and
Footer), Alignment (left, right, center) and format of the number.
4. Click on Ok button.
Inserting Date / Time
Steps:
1. Position the cursor at
required place
2. Click on Insert menu
3. Click on Date/ time
4. Select required date or time
from the dialog box.
5. Click on Ok
button.
Inserting Symbols
The symbol
command can be used to insert the special symbols which can not be typed from
the keyboard.
Steps:
1.
Click on Insert menu
2.
Click on Symbol
3.
Select the required symbols from the dialog box
4.
Click on Insert à Close
Inserting File
The file command lets you to
insert the contents of the file into document.
Steps:
1.
Click on Insert menu
2.
Click on File
3.
Then a file dialog box will appear
4.
Select required file and Click on Insert
Inserting Book marks
The Book marks
inserts the marks of the text at line or place of the document. If you have
long document with many pages, then you can use the book mark for search or go
to the required line or the page.
Steps:
1.
Select required line or the text
2.
Click on Insert
3.
Click on Book
Mark
4.
Then type the book mark and click on Add
5.
Click on OK
button.
Hyper Link
The hyper link
command lets you to link the document into another document, Program and web pages.
Steps:
1.
Select the required text for link
2.
Click on Inert
menu
3.
Click on Hyper
Link
4.
Then a hyper link dialog box will appear
5.
Click on File and select required file and click
on Open button.
6.
If you want to link with book mark then click on book
mark and select book mark name
7.
At last click on Ok
button.
Caption
The caption
command can be used to give the name of the table, graph, picture etc.
Steps:
1.
Insert Picture ,
Table etc.
2.
Position the cursor at required place
3.
Click on Insert menu
4.
Click on Caption
5.
Type the caption name form the dialog box
6.
Click on Ok button
Inserting Picture
To insert image or photo on your document flow the following Steps:
- Click on Insert menu
- Click on Picture
- Click on Picture form file
- Then The dialog box will appear select the picture
- Click on Insert.
Insert Object
The Object
command lets you to insert the different application on the word document. You
can use these applications because we
can use different features which can not be done in word document.
Steps:
- Click on Insert menu
- Click on Object
- Then select required application from the dialog box
- Click on Ok button
- Use these application after finish click on outside the document.
Microsoft Equation 3. 0
It is an application which can be used to
create the different drawings and shapes. It can be mainly be used to create
the mathematics papers.
Steps:
1.
Click on Insert menu
2.
Click on
Object
3.
Select Microsoft Equation 3.0 from the dialog box
4.
Click on Ok
button
5.
Use required symbols and type the text.
6.
When finish click on out side of the document
Page Break
The break
command can be used to insert new page.
Steps:
1. Click on Insert
à
Break à Tick on at Page Break àOk
button.
Alternate
Shortcut Keys
File
|
|
New
|
Ctrl + N
|
Open
|
Ctrl + O, Ctrl + F12
|
Save
|
Ctrl + S, Shift + F12, Alt + Shift + F2
|
Save As
|
F12
|
Print Preview
|
Ctrl + F2
|
Print
|
Ctrl + P, Ctrl + Shift + F12
|
Exit
|
Alt + F4
|
Edit
|
|
Copy Format
|
Ctrl + Shift + C
|
Create Auto text
|
Alt + F3
|
Book Mark
|
Ctrl + Shift + F5
|
Copy
|
Ctrl + C
|
Find
|
Ctrl + F
|
Cut
|
Ctrl + X, Shift + Delete
|
Goto
|
Ctrl + G, F5
|
Redo/Repeat
|
Ctrl + Y, F4
|
Replace
|
Ctrl + H
|
Select All
|
Ctrl + A
|
Undo
|
Ctrl + Z, Alt + Backspace
|
Go Back
|
Shift + F5, Alt + Ctrl + Z
|
Insert Auto Text
|
F3, Alt + Ctrl + V
|
Paste Format
|
Ctrl + Shift + V
|
Insert Spike
|
Ctrl + Shift + F3
|
View
|
|
Normal
|
Alt + Ctrl + N
|
Outline
|
Alt + Ctrl + O
|
Page Laout
|
Alt + Ctrl + P
|
Insert
|
|
Insert Annotation
|
Alt + Ctrl + M
|
Column Break
|
Ctrl + Shift + Enter
|
Date Field
|
Alt + Shift + D
|
Endnote
|
Alt + Ctrl+E
|
Page Break
|
Ctrl + Enter
|
Page Field
|
Alt + Shift + P
|
Footnote
|
Alt + Ctrl + F
|
Time Field
|
Alt + Shift + T
|
Update Field
|
F9, Alt + Shift + U
|
Drop Cap
The Drop Cap command lets you to make the decorative or
enlarge text of the first letter of paragraph.
Steps:
1.
Select the first letter
2.
Click on Format menu
3.
Click on Drop Cap…
4.
Then click on Dropped and select the dropped line and
font
5.
At last Click on
Ok button.
Change Case
The change case command can be
used to convert the small case letter into capital, Title Case, Sentence case,
toggle case and also convert into small case letter
Steps:
1.
Click on Format
menu
2.
Click on Change
Case…
Then Case dialog box will appear
3.
Tick on at required option
4.
Click on Ok button
Or, press Shift + F3
Macro
The Macro
command creates the command for the tool bar or keybord short cut where text can be records. Later we
can use this command to play that
recording text or things.
Steps:
1.
Click on Tools menu
2.
Click on Macro button
3.
Click on Record new Macro
4.
Select the Tool bar or keyboard
5.
If you want select tool bar then drop the new macro command at tool bar and
type the macro name and change the button.
6.
If you want to select keyboard then type the command
for short key any letter with Ctrl key or Alt key
7.
Click on Assign
8.
And at last click on Close
9.
Then type the text for recording after finishing click
on stop recording.
10.
To play the
macro use your command.
Customization the Tools
The customize
command lets you to add or remove the command form tool bar, menu bar and
keyboard short key.
Steps:
1.
Click on Tools
menu
2.
Click on Customize
3.
Then a customize dialog box will appear.
4.
Select the command from the dialog box and put the tool
bar. Or type the new command for keyboard for short key.
5.
If you want to remove the command from the menu bar or
tool bar, then select the tools and drag and drop on the dialog box.
6.
At last click on OK button
Thesaurus
The Thesaurus
command can be used to view the synonyms words of the related word. It is a old dictionary.
Steps:
1.
Select required text or word
2.
Click on Tools menu
3.
Click on Language
4.
Click on Thesaurus
Creating A Table
A combination of rows and columns
is called table. The Entire room of the table is called cell.
The table can be used to insert
the records or list of records.
Creating a Table by using Draw Table tool bar
Steps:
1.
Click on Table
menu
2.
Click on Draw
Table
3.
Then select a draw table tool from the tool bar and
draw on the document.
4.
Use other tools or buttons for the format the table.
Creating a table by Insert command
Steps:
1.
Click on Table menu
2.
Click on Insert
3.
Click on Table
4.
Type the number of rows or columns on the dialog box
5.
Click on Ok button.
Insert
the Rows
Steps:
1.
Position the cursor at required cell.
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Insert
4.
Click on Row Above or Row Down
Insert Column
Steps:
1.
Position the cursor at required cell
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Insert
4.
Click on Column Left or Column Right
Selecting Rows:
Steps:
1.
Position the cursor at require cell
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Select
4.
Select the Row
Selecting Columns
Steps:
1.
Position the cursor at required cell
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Select
4.
Click on Column
Selecting Table
Steps:
1.
Position the cursor at any cell on the table
2.
Click on Table
3.
Click on Select
4.
Click on Table
Deleting Table, Rows or Columns
Steps:
1.
Select Table, Required Rows, or Columns
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Delete
4.
Select table, or required Rows or Columns
Merge Cell
The Merge cell
command can be used to merge two or more
than two select cell into one.
Steps:
1.
Select required cells
2.
Click on Table
3.
Click on Merge
Split Cell
The Split cell
command divides the one cell into two or more
cells.
Steps
1.
Select or position the cursor at required cell
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Split cell
4.
Type the value for number of rows and columns.
5.
Click on Ok button
Convert Text to Table
When you have
typed the text by giving tab or space on the document, you can change these
text into table.
Steps:
1.
Type the text.
2.
Select the text
3.
Click on Table
4.
Click on Convert--> Text to Table
5.
Type the number or rows and columns
6.
Select the Separate text check box
7.
At last click on Ok button.
Formula
The formula command lets you to calculate the
data on the table. It contains the mathematical functions or formula. Such as
=Sum( ), =Average( ), =Count( ) etc.
Steps:
1.
Position the Cursor at required cell
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click on Formula
4.
Select the Required function or formula
5.
Type the value (Left or above) for example, =
sum(above)
6.
At last click on Ok button
Table Auto Format
The Auto format
command format the table in different styles.
Steps:
1.
Select the Table
2.
Click on Table menu
3.
Click Table Auto Format
4.
Select the required format
5.
Click on Ok button
Distribute the Columns or Rows
The distribute
the Columns or rows command makes the rows or column in equal size.
Steps:
1.
Select Table
2.
Click on Auto
fit
3.
Select the Distribute the Column or Rows
Sort the data on the table
Steps:
1.
Select the required data or table
2.
Click on Table
3.
Click on Sort
4.
Select the column to which you want to sort.
5.
Click On Ok button
Table Properties
You can align
the table, cell text, row height and column height from the table properties
dialog box.
Steps:
1.
Select the required table or required cell
2.
Click on Table
menu
3.
Click on Table
Properties.
4.
Then table properties dialog box will appear
5.
Specify the required option form the dialog box and
click on ok button
Mail Merge
The mail merge command lets you
to send the same letter in different
person and address. The letter is same but addresses are different. To create a
mail merge three document will be created.
- Main Document : - It contains the Letter. You can type a letter in this document.
- Data Document :- It contains the address of the persons(name, address, Phone etc.
- Merge Document : - It contains the different pages with same letter but different addresses.
Steps:
- Type the letter first and save it.
- Click on Tools menu
- Click on Letters and Mailings
- 3. Click on Mail Merge Wizard
- The tick on letter and click on Next
- Tick on Use the Current Document
- Click on Next
- Select or tick on Type a new List
- Click on Create…
- Click on Customize from the dialog box
- Then select field and click on Delete
if you want to
rename that field Click on Rename
and type the
new field.
- After Removing all fields Click On Add
and type the
new fields and again click on ADD.
- Then Click on Ok button.
- Type the record of the person and Click
On New Entry To enter another record.
- After finishing the entry record then click on Close button
- Then a save as dialog box will appear
- Type the file name and click on save to save the data document. à Ok
- Then you will see the mail merge Tool bar.
- Position the cursor at required place and insert the fields ( from insert merge field button)
- To view the record from the field click on View Merge Data <<ABC>>
- At last Click on Merge to New Document to merge the document in different page.
- Save that merged document and print the letter.
Envelops and Labels
The envelops
and Label command lets you to create a envelops and labels (to print the
address over the envelops).
Steps:
1.
Select the address from the document if you
have
2.
Click on Tools menu
3.
Click on Letters and Mailings
4.
Click on Envelops and Labels
5.
Then a dialog box will appear
6.
If you have selected the text then it will appear at
delivery address other wise type the delivery address.
7.
Type the return Address
8.
Set the size of the envelop
9.
If you want to print the envelop then click on Print if
you want to merge the envelop on the document then click on merge to document.
Spelling Grammar
The Spelling and Grammar
command lets you to check the spelling and grammar on the document. If there is spelling mistake then red
underline will appear. If grammar is mistake then green underline will appear.
Steps:
- Right button click at required spelling or word.
- Then select required option (Ignore, Ignore all, add etc)
Or,
- Click on Tools menu
- Click on Spelling and Grammar or press F7 key
Then a spelling and grammar
dialog box will appear.
- Select required spelling or word from suggestions box.
- Click on Change if you want to change , Click on Ignore to ignore the spelling
- At last click on OK button
Word Count
The word count command
counts the number characters with spaces, number of characters without spaces,
number of words, number of lines, number of paragraphs and pages.
Steps:
- Click on Tools menu
- Click on Word Count
Auto Text
The auto text command lets you to enter any text which occurs when typing on the document. It will appear above of the typing text. When user press the Enter key then it will automatically inserts on the document.
Steps:
- Click on Insert menu
- Click on Auto text --> Again Click on Auto Text
- Type the Auto Text (any text to insert).
- Click on Add--> OK
Auto
Correct
The Auto Correct
command lets you to automatically correction the word which you are recently
typed on the document. It can be stored first, when user types on the document
it will automatically occurs on the document.
Steps:
- Click on Tools menu
- Click on Auto Correct
Then a Auto correct Dialog box
will appear
Type the mistaken text at
left side at replace text box and type the correct word at with text box.
- Click on Add -- > Ok button
Drawing Tool bar
The drawing
tool bar can be used to draw line, circle, rectangle, different types of
shapes, word art, insert clip arts, and change the different shapes into 3D and
giving the shadows.
To open Drawing
tool bar
Steps:
- Click on View menu
- Click on Tool bars
- Select the Drawing
Then you will see the drawing
tool below of the scroll bar and above
of the status bar.
Drawing Line
Steps:
- Pick the Line tool and drag and drop on the document.
Drawing rectangle and circle
Steps:
1.
Pick the circle
or rectangle and drag and drop on the document.
Grouping Objects
He group command
can be used to group or join two or more than objects into one.
Steps:
- Select two or more then shapes by using shift key
- Click Draw menu on the draw tool bar.
- Click on Grouping
Ungrouping
The ungrouping command can be
used to split one object in to main parts.
Steps:
- Select that objects
- Click on Draw
- Click on Ungroup
- Click on Out side of the object then click required part and drag.
Adding text on the circle, rectangle or different shapes
Instead of text box, you can add
or type the text on the different shapes.
Steps:
- Right button click at required shapes or object
- Click on Add text
- Type the text
Text Box
The text box can be used
to type the text on the box. This text can be change the direction.
Steps:
- Pick the text box from the drawing tool bar or select text box from insert menu
- Then drag on the document and type the text.
Creating Work
Art
The Word Art creates the
different types of Arts of the word, such as Banners, or different styles of
text.
Steps:
- Click on Word Art Icon from the drawing tool bar.
- Select Word Style from the dialog box.
- Click on Ok button
- type the text for the Art.
- At last click on Ok button.
- Use the mouse to increase, decrease and change the style of the Word Art.
Apply or change the shapes,
arts, lines in to 3D box
Steps:
- Select the required shapes.
- Click on 3D icon
- Select required 3D style from the dialog box.
- If you can change color or setting then click on 3D settings and change the settings.
- If you want to change the shading then select the required shadow from shadow dialog box.
- In this way you can fill color, line color, font color, line weight, dash line, arrow line etc.
Ordering Objects or shapes
Wrapping the text
- Insert the picture, clip art, or drawing object.
- Click on Draw menu
- Click on Text Wrapping
- Select required wrapping style.
Picture Format
The picture format command
can be used to format the picture. You can format the size, Layout and Color
and Line of the picture.
Steps:
- Right button click at required picture
- Click on Format Picture
- Specify the required option from the dialog box
- At last click on Ok button
Rotate or Flip the objects
Steps
- Select required objects
- Click on Draw menu from the drawing tool bar.
- Click on Rotate or Flip
- Select required Rotate or Flip
Index And Table
The index and table command
lets you to create an index which is ending or last of the book and table of
contents which is front of the page containing the headings or chapters.
Steps to create Table
of contents
1.
Define each
heading of the document
2.
Then insert the
blank page on the beginning of the document.
3.
Click on Insert
menu
4.
Click on Index
and table
5.
Click on Table
of Contents
6.
Select the tab
leader and heading level
7.
At last click on Ok
button
Creating Index
Steps:
1.
Select required
text
2.
Click on Insert
menu
3.
Click on Index
and Table
4.
Click on Index
5.
Click on Mark
Entry
6.
Click on Mark
7.
Click on Close
8.
In this way
repeat the steps 1 to 7 for all document's index entry.
9.
When index entry
is finish then insert the blank page and click on Insert menu
10. Click on Index and table
11. Click on Index
12. Select the tab leader and format style of the index
13. At last click on Ok button.
Tab Setting
The tabs command lets you
to set the tab position, tab alignment(left, right, center, bar, decimal) and
tab leader.
Steps:
1.
Click on Format
menu
2.
Click on Tabs…
3.
Type the value
for the tab stop position.
4.
Select the
alignment.
5.
Select the leader
and click on Set
6.
If you want to
reset then click on clear or clear All
7.
At last click on
Ok button
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