Working with

Microsoft

Dapo Adebayo

Microsoft

About

Microsoft Word is a widely used commercial word

processor designed by Microsoft. Microsoft Word is a
component of the Microsoft Office suite of productivity
software, but can also be purchased as a stand-alone
product.
It was initially launched in 1983 and has since been
revised numerous times. Microsoft Word is available on
both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Microsoft Word is often called simply Word or MS Word.

Offer
Microsoft Word offers several features to ease document
creation and editing, including:
WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) display
Spell check:
Text-level features such as bold, underline, italic and strikethrough
Page-level features such as indentation, paragraphing and
justification
External support:
The default file format was .doc prior to the Microsoft Word
2007 version; in 2007, .docx became the default file format.

Creating & formatting a

Document

To create a document (Ctrl + N)

The Word Window

Quick Access Toolbar

Title bar

Rulers

Scroll bar

Status bar
View buttons

Zoom slider

The Word Window

Customize Word
Categori
es

Descriptio
ns

Saving
Save as type arrow

Word 97 2003

Font Attributes
Style
Font
Size
Color
Special Effects
Preview

Columns
Preset columns

Number of columns

Column width

Spacing between
columns

Text Wrapping
Wrap Text

Text wrapping

Inserting Comments
Initials of reviewer
Markup balloon

Comment

Inserting Comments
Initials of reviewer
Markup balloon

Comment

Show Markup
Show Markup

Tracking Changes
Track Changes active

Reviewers name,
date and time of
revision

Changed lines

Accept Reject

Markup balloon
for deletion

Markup Views
Original: Show Markup selectedDisplay for Review arrow

Deleted text

Inserted text

Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of resources cited or consulted by
the author. It should be included with the document when
it is published to give credit to the sources, allow
validation of your references for accuracy, and as a show
of respect to other authors.
Bibliography

Acknowledging a Source
Insert Citation

Type of Source

Fields for
bibliography

To insert footnotes or endnotes in Microsoft Word, place your

cursor in the text where you want to footnote or endnote to appear.
Select the References tab in the Office Ribbon and click Insert
Footnote (illustrated below) or Insert Endnote.

Indexing

Select text for the index

Select the text you want to reference in the index.
In the Index group on the References tab, click the Mark
Entry button.
Type a subentry in the Mark Index Entry dialog box
(optional).
Clickeitherthe Mark button or the Mark All button.
Continue scrolling your document and looking for stuff to
put into the index.