Assignment 2
Today's Objectives:
1. We will open Microsoft Word.
2. We will enter text.
3. We will save text to our personal folder with our name in My Documents.
Directions: Type the following paragraphs exactly as you see them. Upper Case letters at the beginning of sentences and Proper Names are made by pressing the Shift key and the letter of choice at the same time. To type a series of letters in Upper Case, press the Caps Lock key (left side of keyboard, in the middle). A new paragraph is started by pressing the Enter key. After typing the following paragraphs, save the assignment as "wp2". (Don't forget to navigate to your personal folder.)
We have talked about how the cursor can serve many functions. The cursor can create an insertion point (or active cursor). The insertion point or active cursor is blinking at the beginning of the first line of the document when you start the Word Program. You can place it anywhere within your typed area by clicking in the exact spot that you wish to edit. The area in which you can type (the printable area) is bounded by the ruler on the top and left and the scroll bars on the right and bottom. When the pointer or cursor is inside the printable window, it changes from an arrow to an I-beam. The I-beam means you can add and edit text.
The controls to the left of the ruler, the ruler on the top of the printable area and the menu bar at the top allows you to:
Note: The dots in front of the individual topics above are called bullets. You can add bullets as dots (shown), or as numbers. To do this select the lines you want to make bullets and click on the appropriate bullet button on the toolbar.
These are just a few of the things that we are going to learn how to perform. It is also important to remember that you will only see the ruler on the left if you are in the Print View and Ruler View. The Print View and Ruler View are controlled on the drop down text menu, by clicking on View ->Ruler and Print Layout.
The Ruler - Notice that the ruler at the top of your page has a white area in the center. This is the area on the page that accepts your typing. The "default" setting (most common that Microsoft Word sets up automatically for you) shows 6 inches of typing area. Because your printed page is 8 1/2 inches wide, this implies that you have 2 1/2 inches of margin. How can you prove this to yourself? Click on File (drop down menu at the top of your screen), and look for Page Setup. If it is not showing click the double arrow heads pointing down to show the rest of the File Menu. Click on Page Setup and notice the Margins Tab in the resulting dialog box. The "default" (most common) setting for your margins is 1.25 inches for both the left and right side. So...6 inches of printing area + 1.25 + 1.25 inches of margin account for your 8.5 inches of paper width. Make sense?
As an exercise, change the margins to 1 inch on both the left and right sides in the Margins dialog box. Click OK at the bottom of the box and watch the effect on the white area of your ruler.
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