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Word 2003
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Setting Up Word
1.1
Setting some Important Options
1.2
Setting up the Toolbars you Need
Setting Up Your Page

2.1
Setting the Paper Size
2.2
Changing the Page Orientation
11
2.3
Changing the Size of the Page Margins
13
2.4
Adding a Header and a Footer
15
2.5
Setting a Different Header and Footer on the First Page
18
Changing the Format of Text

3.1
Changing the Text Font
21
3.2
Changing the Colour of Text
23
Changing Text Layout

4.1
Altering the Alignment of Text
25
4.2
Altering the Line Spacing of Text
28
4.3
Altering the Indentation of Paragraphs
30
4.4
Indenting Only the First Line of a Paragraph
31
4.5
Placing Text into Columns
32
Reorganising Your Document

5.1
Finding a Specific Block of Text
35
5.2
Moving Text Around
36
5.3
Adding Page Breaks
38
5.4
Adding Column Breaks
40
Inserting and Adjusting Images

6.1
Adding ClipArt to Your Document
43
6.2
Inserting an Image from a File
46
6.3
Cropping an Image
48
6.4
Adjusting the Size of an Image
50
6.5
Rotating an Image
52
6.6
Flipping an Image
53
6.7
Changing How Text Wraps Around an Image
54
Inserting and Editing Tables

7.1
Adding a New Table
57
7.2
Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns
59
7.3
Merging Table Cells
61
7.4
Changing the Borders (Lines) of a Table
62
7.5
Changing the Background Colour (Shading) of Table Cells
63
Checking Spelling in Your Document

8.1
Running a Spell Check
65
Setting Up Word
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Setting some Important Options

There are some important settings that you should change when working on documents for the
exam.
This lesson will show you which settings to change
Open the Options window

Click the Tools menu, then Options...
Set the measurement units to centimetres

Go to the General tab and check / change the
Measurement Units to centimetres
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Stop the computer resizing your print-outs

Go to the Print tab and untick the Allow
A4/Letter paper resizing box
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Setting up the Toolbars you Need

Word has many toolbars that can be shown or hidden.
This lesson will show you how to only show the toolbars you need
Make sure the correct toolbars are visible

Click the View menu, then go to Toolbars.
You only need the Standard, Formatting and
Drawing toolbars to be visible.
Untick any other toolbars
Move the Formatting toolbar under the Standard toolbar

By default Word places the Standard and
Formatting toolbars side-by-side.
Unless you have a very wide monitor, this can
mean some useful buttons get hidden.
Use the 'handle' with the four dots at the left of

the Formatting toolbar to drag it down then across
Placing the Formatting toolbar under the Standard

toolbar makes all of the buttons visible
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Setting Up Your Page
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Setting the Paper Size

This lesson will show you how to alter the size of the paper that you are working on
Document paper size is very important!

Your document might look ok - on the screen it's
hard to tell if the paper is A4 or not.
Open the Page Setup window

Click the File menu...
Then click Page Setup...
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Set the Paper Size to A4

Go to the Paper tab, then choose A4 from the
Paper Size menu
Check the page

In this example, you can see that now the paper
size is A4, a lot more writing fits on one page
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Changing the Page Orientation

Some documents are best formatted with the paper aligned vertically (portrait), and some with
it horizontally (landscape).
This lesson will show you how to alter the page orientation

Change the page Orientaton

Select the Margins tab, then chose the Orientation
required
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Check your page
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Changing the Size of the Page Margins

The margins of a page are the white spaces around the sides of the writing. Changing the
size of the margins can dramatically affect how a document looks.
This lesson will show you how to alter the size of the page margins
The margins of a page are the white spaces around the sides of the writing
Margins help to 'frame' the page.
Margins also provide space for headers / footers,
and for stapling / binding a document

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Change the Margins

Select the Margins tab, then chose the Margin
sizes required
Note: Usually you only need to worry about the top
, bottom, left and right sizes.
Check the margins look ok
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Adding a Header and a Footer

Headers and footers are used in documents to place items of information on every page, e.g
document author, title, date, page numbers, etc.
This lesson will show you how to add and edit a page header and footer
The Header of a page is the area at the top of the page, the Footer is at
the bottom
The Header and Footer provide places for you to
add text such as:
- Document title
- Page number
- Your name
- The date
Normally, the same header and footer appear on
every page
Show the Header and Footer

Click the View menu, then Header and Footer
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Header and Footer are now visible

You should now see the Header and Footer area.
You can now add text and other items to the
Header and Footer
The Header and Footer toolbar

The Header and Footer toolbar should be visible
Add text to the Header and/or Footer

Simply click and type text like names, numbers,
etc.
Align text in the centre or right of the Header / Footer

To add text in the centre of the header / footer,
move the mouse cursor to the approximate centre
and double-click
To add text in the right of the header / footer,
move the mouse cursor to the right edge and
double-click
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Add automatic Page Numbers

Position the cursor (double-click)
Then click the Page Number button on the toolbar
Add an automatic Date

Position the cursor (double-click)
Then click the Date button on the toolbar
Add other AutoText items

Other items such as the document filename can
be added from the Insert AutoText menu on the
toolbar
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Setting a Different Header and Footer on the First Page

When a document has a title page, it is common to not want to see the header / footer on this
page
This lesson will show you how to turn off the header / footer for the first page of a document
Headers and Footers usually appear on every page

In this example, you can see the same header /
footer on every page of the document, including
the title page

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Seelct the option to have a Different First Page header and footer
Select the Layout tab, then tick the Different
First Page option box
Check the first page

You should see that there is a blank header and
footer on the first page
(You can still edit this header / footer - it is just
different from the rest of the document)
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Changing the Format

of Text
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Changing the Text Font

There are thousands of different fonts that you can use for text - plain fonts, traditional fonts,
fun fonts, etc.
This lesson will show you how to change the font of text in your document
Select the text that you wish to change

Highlight the text
Pick a font from the Font menu

If you are asked to select a Serif font, use Times
New Roman
If you are asked to select a Sans-Serif font, use
Arial
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Pick a font size from the Size menu

Pick a size from the menu list (all sizes are points)
If the size you need is not in the list, just type in
the size and press Enter
Select Bold, Italic or Underline style

Use the toolbar buttons to make the text...
- BOLD
- ITALIC
- UNDERLINED
Check the final result looks ok
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Changing the Colour of Text

Changing the colour of text can make it more attractive, or highlight important parts of a
document
This lesson will show you how to change the colour of text in your document
Highlight the tex that you want to change

Highlight the text with the cursor
Pick a colour from the Text Colour toolbar menu

The Text Colour menu can be accessed from the
toolbar
(Alternatively you can click the Format menu, then
Font)
Check the final text colour looks ok
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Changing Text Layout
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Altering the Alignment of Text

Text alignment describes how a block of text 'lines up' at the edges
This lesson will show you how to alter the alignment of text
Select the text that you want to change

Highlight the text
Select the alignment required

The Text Alignment toolbar buttons are: Left,
Centre, Right and Justify
Paragraph and change the Alignment there)
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Left aligned
The text is adjusted so that the left edge lines up
straight.
(The right edge is 'ragged')
Centre aligned
The text is adjusted so that the centre of each line
lines up straight
(Both the left and right edges are 'ragged')
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Right aligned
The text is adjusted so that the right edge of each
line lines up straight
(The left edge is 'ragged')
Fully justified text

The text is adjusted so that the both the left and
right edges line up straight
(Neither edge is 'ragged')
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Altering the Line Spacing of Text

Space can be added between lines of text to make it easier to read (or so that there is space
to add comments, e.g. by a teacher)
This lesson will show you how to adjust the line spacing of text
Select the text that you want to adjust

Highlight the text
Chose the line spacing required

The Line Spacing toolbar menu is located next to
the Text Alignment buttons
Chose:
- 1.0 (single)
- 1.5
- 2.0 (double)
Paragrah, and adjust the Line Spacing there)
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Check that the text looks ok

You should now see spaces between the lines of
text
E.g. Double line spacing should mean that there is

a whole blank line between every line of text.
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Altering the Indentation of Paragraphs

Text can be indented (pushed across the page) to emphasise it
This lesson will show you how to adjust the indentation of text
Select the text that you want to indent

Highlight the paragraph(s)
Note: You can highlight any type of paragraph,
including bulleted lists or numbered lists
Use the Indent buttons to change the indentation

The left button decreases the indent (moves the
paragraph left)
The right button increases the indent (moves the
paragraph right)
See the text indentation change

As you click the buttons, you can watch the
highlighted text indent change.
You can see how big the indentation is by
watching the ruler (in this example, it is just over
2.5cm)
For more accuracy, use the Paragraph formatting window

Click the Format menu, click Paragraph and then
adjust the Left Indentation value
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Indenting Only the First Line of a Paragraph

Often (e.g. in novels) the first line of prargraphs are indented.
This lesson will show you how to indent only the first line of a paragraph
Select the paragraphs that you want to change

Highlight the text
Open the Paragraph formatting window

Click the Format menu, then Paragraph...
Set the First Line indentation

Chose First Line from the Special menu, and
enter a value for the indent
Check the text looks ok

Each paragraph should now have an indented first
line
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Placing Text into Columns

It is hard to read long lines of unbroken text, so it is common to place text in columns.
This lesson will show you how to put text into columns
Select the text that you want to put into columns

Highlight the text.
(If you want to highlight the all of the text, use the
Select All keyboard shortcut Ctrl-A)
Open the Columns settings window

Click the Format menu, then Columns...
(Note: There is a toolbar button to set the number
of columns, but it doesn't allow you to control
exact width, spacing, etc.)
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Select the number of columns, spacing, etc.

Chose:
1. The number of columns
2. The space (gap) you want between the columns
3. If you want the columns to be equal width
4. If you want a line between the columns
Check the columns look ok

In the example you can see that the text is in two
columns, with a 1.5cm gap, and a line between
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Reorganising Your
Document
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Finding a Specific Block of Text

Sometimes you need to find a specific bit of text in your document.
This lesson will show you how to quickly find text.
Open the Find window

Click the Edit menu, then Find...
Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shorcut:
Ctrl-F
Search for the text you want to find

Type in the text that you are looking for, then click
Find Next
The computer will search your document, and if it
finds the text, it will highlight it
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Moving Text Around

Sometimes you decide that you want to move some text from one part of your document to
another
This lesson will show you how to easily move a block of text
Find the text that you want to move

Find the text and decide where you want to move
it to
Select the text

Highlight the text
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Cut the text from its present location

Click the Cut toolbar button (the scissors)
Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcut:
Ctrl-X
Or, you can right-click the slected text, and pick
Cut from the pop-up menu
Paste the text into its new position

Click where you want the text to go (Note: you
might have to add in some blank lines to make
room)
Click the Paste toolbar button (the clipboard)
Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcut:
Ctrl-V
Or, you can right-click and pick Paste from the
pop-up menu
Check the document

After you have moved your text you might need to
add or remove blank lines to make it look ok.
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Adding Page Breaks

Page breaks allow you to force parts of your document to start on a new page.
This lesson will show you how to insert a page break.
Click where the page break should go

Click just in front of the line that you want to push
down onto a new page
Open the Break window

Click the Insert menu, then Break...
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Select a Page Break

Chose the normal Page Break
Check the document

You should see that the text has been pushed
down onto the next page because of the page
break
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Adding Column Breaks

A column break is similar to a page break, but moves text to the start of a new column rather
than a page
This lesson will show you how to insert a column break
Click wher you want the column break to go

Click just before the text that you want to push
into the next column
Open the Break window

Click the Insert menu, then Break...
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Insert the column break

Select a Column Break
Check the document

You should see that the text has been pushed
over to the top of the next column
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Inserting and
Adjusting Images
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Adding ClipArt to Your Document

ClipArt images can enhance your document.
This lesson will show you how to insert ClipArt images
Click where you want your image to go

Click at the location you want your ClipArt
Open the ClipArt search pane

Click the ClipArt button in the Drawing toolbar
Alternatively, click the Insert menu, then Picture,

then ClipArt
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The ClipArt search pane is visible

The ClipArt search pane will open on the right
side of the window
Search for the image you want

Type in a key word or two.
Note: Word will search your computer, and also online
. This may take some time - be patient!
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Insert the image that you want

Click the ClipArt image that you like.
Check the image

The image will be inserted into your document at
the location you clicked
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Inserting an Image from a File

Adding images can enhance your document.
This lesson will show you how to insert images that are saved as files on your computer
Click where you want your image to go

Click at the location you want your ClipArt
Open the Insert Picture window

Click the Insert Picture button in the Drawing
toolbar
Alternatively, click the Insert menu, then Picture,

then From File...
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Find the image and insert it

When the file browser window open, go to the
folder containing your pictures.
Select the picture you want, and click Insert
Check your document

Your image will be inserted at the place you
clicked before
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Cropping an Image
Sometimes an image contains sections that you don't want. You can crop (trim) these away.
This lesson will show you how to crop an image
Select the image that you want to crop

The Picture toolbar should appear.
(If the toolbar does not appear, right-click the
image and click Show Picture Toolbar)
Select the Crop tool

Click the Crop button on the toolbar. You should
see your cursor change to the cropping cursor
Decide which part of the image you want to keep

Which part of the image do you want to focus on?
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Crop the image

Drag the image edges inwards to crop the edges
off
Note: you need to drag the 'handles' (the small,
black squares)
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Adjusting the Size of an Image

If an image is too large or too small, you will need to resize it.
This lesson will show you how to resize an image
Select the image that you want to resize

Click the image
Drag the corners to resize

Always drag the corners, not the sides.
This will ensure the aspect ratio (the ratio of the
height to the width) of your image stays constant
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To specify exact measurements, open the Format Picture window

Right-click the image and click Format Picture
(Alternatively, you can just double-click the
image)
Go to the Size tab

Set the height / width
If you need the height to width ratio (the aspect
ratio) to stay constant, you can tick the Lock
Aspect Ratio box
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Rotating an Image
This lesson will show you how to rotate images
Select the image that you want to rotate

Click on the image
Rotate the image

Click the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar
Click Rotate or Flip
Choose Rotate Left or Rotate Right
Check the image

The image will have rotated
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Flipping an Image
This lesson will show you how to flip (make a mirror image of) an image
Select the image you want to flip

Click on the image
Flip the image

Click the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar
Click Rotate or Flip
Choose Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical
Check the image

You should now see a flipped (mirror image) of
the image
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Changing How Text Wraps Around an Image

Text can be made to flow (wrap) around images in different ways.
This lesson will show you how you can adjust text wrapping for images
Select the image

Click the image
The Picture toolbar should be shown

If the toolbar is not visible, right-click the image
and select Show Picture Toolbar
Chnage the text wrapping for the image

Click the Text Wrapping button (the dog) and
select:
- Square to make text flow around the image
- Behind to put the image under the text
- In Front of Text to put the image over the text
- Top and Bottom to make the text sit above and
below the image
Usually, Square is the setting that you will want
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See how the text flows around the image

In this example, the wrapping is set to Square and
the text flows around the image
Move the image to the required position

As you move the image, the text will reposition to
flow around it
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Inserting and Editing

Tables
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Adding a New Table

Tables are used to display data in rows and columns.
This lesson will show you how to insert a new table into your document
Choose where you want the table to go

Click to place the cursor
Insert the table

Go to the Table button on the toolbar
Then click with the mouse and, with the button held
down, drag to select how many rows and columns
you want
Alternatively, you can click the Table menu, select

Insert and then Table...
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Your new table

You will see the table inserted where you clicked
the cursor
Add data to your table

Click in the cells and type the data
Note: to get from cell to cell, press the TAB key
Alter the fotmatting of the table cells

Just like any other text, you can select the table
cells and alter font, bold, alignment, etc.
Cell column widths can be adjusted by dragging
the vertical table borders
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Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns

This lesson will show you how to insert or delete rows and columns in your tables
Go to the table that you want to alter

This table has four columns - we want to add a
fifth one on the right side
This table has five rows - we want to delete the
bottom row
Select where the new column should go

Highlight the place where you want the new
column to go
Add a new column

Click the Table menu, go to Insert, then pick
where to want the new column to go
In this example, we will add the column to the
right of the one we highlighted
You can see the new column added on the right
Select the row to delete

Highlight the row that you want to delete
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Delete the row

Click the Table menu, pick Delete, then click Rows
You can see that the row has been deleted
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Merging Table Cells

This lesson will show you how to merge (join) table cells
Highlight the cells to be merged

Click and drag to highlight several cells
Merge the cells

Right-click the cells and pick Merge Cells from
the pop-up menu
The cells have been merged into one
Repeat for other cells as needed

Cells can be merged vertically and horizontally
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Changing the Borders (Lines) of a Table

The lines around a table and between rows and columns are called borders.
This lesson will show you how to change table borders
Highlight the table

Click and drag to highlight the table
(Note: you can just select a group of cells if you
only want to change part of the table)
Open the Borders and Shading window

Click the Format menu, then click Borders and
Shading...
Alter the borders as required

Select the Borders tab then:
Click All to adjust every border in the table
Shose the line Style, Colour and Width
Chek the table borders

The table borders should now have the settings
you chose
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Changing the Background Colour (Shading) of Table Cells

Shading cells in a table is a good way of highlighting special cells, such as headings
This lesson will show you how to change the shading of table cells
Highlight the cells that you want to shade

Click and drag to hightlight the cells
Open the Borders and Shading window

Click the Format menu, then click Borders and
Shading...
Select the colour for the shading

Select the Shading tab then pick a colour for the
cell shading
Note: Selecting No Fill will clear any previous
shading
Check the table

You should see your shading colour applied to
the selected cells
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Checking Spelling in
Your Document
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Running a Spell Check

It is always important to check the spelling of your work
The lesson will show you how to check for spelling mistakes
Right-click words that are underlined in red

Mis-spelled words are automatically underlined
with a red, wiggly line
Right-click the word and spelling suggestions
will be shown in the menu
Click the correct spelling to change the word
Check the spelling of the whole document

Click the Spelling and Grammar button on the
toolbar
Fix highlighted spelling errors

The computer will search your document for
spelling errors
If it finds one, it will be highlighted and
suggestions shown
Pick the correct spelling and click Change
Note: If the spelling is actually correct (e.g.
someone's name), then click Ignore
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Setting some Important Options

Setting up the Toolbars you Need

Setting Up Your Page

Setting the Paper Size

Changing the Page Orientation

Changing the Size of the Page Margins

Adding a Header and a Footer

Setting a Different Header and Footer on the First Page

Changing the Format of Text

Changing the Text Font

Changing the Colour of Text

Changing Text Layout

Altering the Alignment of Text

Altering the Line Spacing of Text

Altering the Indentation of Paragraphs

Indenting Only the First Line of a Paragraph

Placing Text into Columns

Reorganising Your Document

Finding a Specific Block of Text

Moving Text Around

Adding Page Breaks

Adding Column Breaks

Inserting and Adjusting Images

Adding ClipArt to Your Document

Inserting an Image from a File

Adjusting the Size of an Image

Changing How Text Wraps Around an Image

Inserting and Editing Tables

Adding a New Table

Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns

Merging Table Cells

Changing the Borders (Lines) of a Table

Changing the Background Colour (Shading) of Table Cells

Checking Spelling in Your Document

Running a Spell Check

Copyright 2009 Steve Copley (www.igcseict.info) CC Licensed

Setting some Important Options

Open the Options window

Set the measurement units to centimetres

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Stop the computer resizing your print-outs

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Setting up the Toolbars you Need

Make sure the correct toolbars are visible

Move the Formatting toolbar under the Standard toolbar

Use the 'handle' with the four dots at the left of

Placing the Formatting toolbar under the Standard

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Setting Up Your Page

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Setting the Paper Size

Document paper size is very important!

Open the Page Setup window

Then click Page Setup...

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Set the Paper Size to A4

Check the page

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Changing the Page Orientation

Open the Page Setup window

Then click Page Setup...

Change the page Orientaton