Necessary
Functions to create a document
Group 1: the below listed activities
must be accomplished which is related to a new file
" Creating document
" Saving the document
" Locating the document (for further use)
" Opening the existing document
Group2:
During writing the document
" Inserting text
" Selecting text
" Deleting and Moving text
" Copying text
" Using of drawing toolbar
" Use of bold and font size
" Italic
" Use of outside border
" Use of
" Table creation
" Merging cell
" Inserting row in table
" Copy and paste
" Spelling and grammar
Creating Documents:
Before you write anything in Word 97 you have to create a new file,
to do so, follow the following steps:
1 .Select the "New" option from the file menu of the menu
bar
( A new dialog box will appear having different options like General,
Letters & Faxes, Memos, Other Documents & Report)
2. Select the "general" option in the dialog box
4. Select the Blank Document icon
5. Click on the "Document" radio button in the create
new box.
6. Click on the "OK" button
A blank new
document is displayed.
Alternatively,
a new document could also be created by clicking on the "NEW"
button of the standard toolbar or by pressing the Ctrl+N combination
of keys.
Saving document:
Once you start writing something in the recently created document,
it may be either finished or may not be. Whatever the situation
in order to preserve the document for future use, you must save
it on the disk. Following are steps that you required to do so:
1. Select the save option from the file menu, or you can click on
the "Save" button on the standard toolbar or press Ctrl+S
to open the Save As dialogue box.
2. Enter a file name in the File Name box and click on the Save
button.
By default,
the new document is saved as a Word document with an extension dot
doc ( .doc)
Saving a file
in a specific location:
If you want
to save the file other than the default directory then
1. Select the save option from the file menu, or you can click on
the "Save" button on the standard toolbar or press Ctrl+S
to open the Save As dialogue box.
2. select the desired directory using drop down list
3. double click on the selected directory
4. write your file name in the File name box
5. click the save button.
Locating and
opening the file:
To search files by their filenames and to open, follow these steps
1. Select the "Open" option from the File menu.
2. Eneter the file name you want to search
3. Select the Search Subfolders option from the Command and Settings
drop-down menu
4. Click on the Details button to see the size, type, date, and
time when the document was created.
5. Click on the "Preview" button to take a look at the
selected file's contents.
6. Double-click on the filename to open the file.
Inserting text:
The insertion point always stays within the text area. When you
type in the text, it is pushed to the right and down.
A chjaracter is deleted by pressing either the "Backspaces"
or "Del" key. The Del key removes a character from the
current cursor position; the backspace key removes the character
to the left of the cursor one position to the left.
To insert a line, position the cursor at the beginning of the line
or at the end of the line and press the "Enter" key.
Selecting Text:
To select one word, you require to:
" Place the insertion point on the word and double-click on
it.
To select a sentence. You:
" Hold down the "Ctrl" key while clicking any where
in the sentence
To select a paragraph, you
" Place the mouse pointer in the selection bar and double-click
on it
To select specific
text, you:
" Click and drag the I-beam pointer over one character, one
word or the entire screen.
Deleting and
Moving text:
To delete a text from a document you require to follow the following
steps:
1. Firstly you select the text that you want to delete
2. Select the "Cut" option from the Edit menu, or click
on the "Cut" button of the standard toolbar
Alternatively, select the text and press Ctrl+X
Moving the Text:
The steps you need to follow if you want to move the text from one
point to another:
1. Select the
text to be moved
2. From the Edit menu, select the "Cut" option
3. Position the insertion point where you want the text to be displayed
4. To paste the text to the required position select the paste option
from the "Edit" menu, or click on the paste button of
the standard toolbar
Alternatively,
you can use Ctrl+V to paste the text to the required position.
Copying Text:
It is possible to copy desired part of the text to another part
of the same document or in a different document. To do so, you have
to do
1. select the text to be copied
2. click on the "edit "menu and again click on the "Copy"
option
3. Move the insertion point to the location where you want to paste
the text.
4. Select the paste option from the "Edit" menu to paste
the selected text in the desired location.
Paste Method:
Press the "Ctrl+v" together to paste the document you
cut before to specify location.
Or
Click the right mouse button and select paste option.
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