Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a software application

that allows the user to perform word
processing and create beautiful and
engaging documents
This lesson includes instructions along
with screen shots and text bubbles to
demonstrate how easy it is to create highquality documents using Microsoft Word
The following slides show some of the
most commonly used features located
under the menu bar

File
Select a Blank
Document or
choose from a
variety of
Templates

Hom
e

Font Style
and Size

Bold, italics
Font
and underline Color

Bulleted Lists

Align and
Center Text

WordArt

Insert

Tabl
e

Clip
Art

Shape
s

Text
Box

Note: The following slides show

more details about Shapes, Tables,
Clip Art, WordArt, Text Boxes and
Headers

Insert Shapes

A variety of shapes
can be inserted onto
your document
The shapes can be
formatted with many
colors and line styles

Steps for creating a

Table

Insert Table

1.Select the Table icon

2.Determine the
appropriate number of
rows and columns
3.Enter your data
4.Format the table with
line and background

Insert Clip
Art

Word has a
variety of Clip
Art images preloaded into the
program
Type a word to
search through a
category for

Insert WordArt
Designate a
WordArt
style and
color

Insert Text
Box

Select from a
variety of Built-in
Text Box layouts

Insert
Header

Adopt a Builtin Header

and/or Footer
layout

Page
Layout

Margin
s

Page
Size

Orientatio
n

Page
Borders

Note: The following slides explain margins,

orientation, page color and borders in more
detail

Divide the
page into
columns

Portrait or
Landscape for
page orientation

Page Layout Orientation

Page Layout Margins

Page Layout Page

Color

Select a
backgroun
d color for
the
document

Place a border
around the whole
page
Place
Borders
around
selected
text

Shade a
selected area
of the
document

Page Layout Borders and

Shading

Referen
ces

Table of
Endnot
Content
e and
s
Footno
te

Citatio
n

Mailings

Labels
Select the Vendor
and Product
Number for
Labels and Word
will create labels
with the proper
dimensions for
each
specific size

Review

Thesaur
us

Check
Spelling and
Grammar

View

Change the view of your

document
Zoom into a specific area
to carefully examine
smaller text or objects
Zoom out to view the
whole document layout

Microsoft Word Activity

1. Create the title BTT Word Processing in 20pt Gill Sans Ultra Bold font at the top of the
document
2. Type your first and last name in 14pt Comic Sans font below the title
3. Center and Bold the title and your name
4 Create a table that is 2 Columns and 4 Rows
5. Merge the top row of this table and shade this top row in light grey
6. Enter information and pictures about Google, Computer Crime or Web Design into the cells of
this table. (Use the top row as your title)
7. Change the font inside the table to 12pt Corbel
8. Below the table create a subtitle Pause Before You Post
9. Below this title type the following
Before I make a post, I pledge to ask myself:
Who will be able to see what I post?
Will anyone be embarrassed or hurt by it?
Am I proud of what Im posting?
How would I feel if someone posted it about me?
10. Create bullets for each of the bulleted points above
11. Use spell-check and correct any errors
12. Change the page margins to 1.5 or all the way around (Top, Bottom, Left and Right)

Marking Scheme
Title 20pt Font

/2

Name 14 pt. Comic Sans

/2

Center and bold

/2

Table (2 columns x 4 rows)

/2

Merge and Shade top row

/2

Information about Google etc.

/2

Font 12pt. Corbel

/2

Pause Before Post subtitle

/2

Pledge

/2

Bullets

/2

Spell Check

/2

Margins

/2

TOTAL

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Table in Microsoft
Word
Summer Camp Agenda
Times

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesd
ay

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

9:00

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

10:00

Games

Tug of
War

Free Time

Fishing

Games

Fishing

Free Time

11:00

Swimmin
g

Tennis

Swimmin
g

Tug of
War

Swimmin
g

Diving

Swimmin
g

12:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:00

Canoeing

Chess

Canoeing

Tennis

Chess

Sailing

Canoeing

Swimmin
g

Diving

Swimmin
g

2:00

Swimmin
g

3:00

Games

Fishing

Games

Sailing

Tug of
War

Chess

Fishing

4:00

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Note: the next slide includes instructions for

creating this table

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Instructions for creating the

Summer Camp Table

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Construct a table that is 8 Columns and 10 Rows by selecting Table along the top toolbar and pressing New Table.
Type in all the required information into the cells
Merge the top title cells and the Canoeing cells. (You do this by selecting the cells that you want to merge and then press the Merge button under the table tab)
The title should be Centered, 20pt Franklin Gothic Book
All the other information should be in 12pt Arial Font
Change the Fill of the appropriate cells to orange
Outline the cells in orange

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Table Rubric
Category

Marks

Table

/2

Information

/2

Merge

/2

Title (20pt Centered

Franklin Gothic)

/2

Body (12pt Arial

Font)

/2

Orange Fill and

Outline

/2

TOTAL

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Shapes using Microsoft

Word
Path > Insert Shapes
Task: Put together a group of shapes and create an object or picture

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