Basics of Word

• Microsoft Office Word allows you to create and edit personal and business documents, such as letters, reports, invoices, emails and books.
• By default, documents saved in Word are saved with the .docx extension.

How to Start the Word

• To start word application, follow the following steps at your PC:
• Step 1: Click on start button.

• Step 2: Click on All apps.

• Step 3: Click on Microsoft Office 2013.

• Step 4: Select Word 2013.

• Step 5: Click on Blank document.

• This will launch Microsoft Word 2013 application and you will see the following word window.

Basic Word window

• Following is the basic window which you get when you start word application. Let us understand various important parts of this window.

File Tab

• The File tab replaces the Office button from Word 2007.
• You can click it to check Backstage view, which is the place to come when you need to open or save files, create new documents, print a document, and do other file-related operations.

Quick Access Toolbar

• This you will find just above the File tab and its purpose is to provide a convenient resting place for the Word most frequently used commands.

Ribbon

• Ribbon contains commands organized in three components:
• Tabs: They appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related commands. Home, Insert, Page Layout are example of ribbon tabs.
• Groups: They organize related commands; each group name appears below the group on the Ribbon. For example group of commands related to fonts or or group of commands related to alignment etc.
• Commands: Commands appear within each group as mentioned below.

Title bar

• This lies in the middle and at the top or the window. Title bar shows the program and document titles.

Help

• The Help Icon can be used to get word related help anytime you like. This provides nice tutorial on various subjects related to word.

Dialog Box Launcher

• This appears as very small arrow in the lower-right corner of many groups on the Ribbon. Clicking this button opens a dialog box or task pane that provides more options about the group.

Zoom Control

Zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out, . and + buttons you can click to increase or decrease the zoom factor.

View Buttons

• The group of three buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch among Word's various document views.
• Print Layout: This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed.
• Read Mode: This gives a full screen look of the document.
• Web Layout: This shows how a document appears when viewed by a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer.

Status Bar

• This displays document information as well as the insertion point location. From left to right, this bar contains the total number of pages and words in the document, language etc.

Creating Document

• Click on FILE tab.

• Click on New.

Creating Document

• Click on Blank document.

• Click on text area of your document.

• Type the text in your document like see below image.

• If you want to change the font style see below image.

• If you want to change the font size see below image.

• If you want to change the text color see below image.

Saving a Document

• If you want to save the document follow this steps:
• Step 1: Click on FILE tab.

• Step 2: Click on Save.

• Step 3: Click on Computer and click on Browse.

• Step 4: Type the document name click on Save.

Opening a Document

• If you want to open the document follow this steps:
• Step 1: Click on FILE tab.

• Step 2: Click on Open.

• Step 3: Click on Computer and click on Browse.

• Step 4: Select the Document name and click on Open.

Uses of Word

• Microsoft Word can be used for the following purposes:
• To create business documents having various graphics including pictures, charts, and diagrams.
• To store and reuse ready-made content and formatted elements such as cover pages and sidebars.
• To create letters and letterheads for personal and business purpose.
• To design different documents such as resumes or invitation cards etc.