Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About
Application Software:
Microsoft Word

In the process of schooling and work, there often comes a time that a word processed document is needed.  The advantages of utilizing a word processing program over a typewriter is that changes and modifications can be done without starting over.

These instructions are for new documents you wish to create:

• To open Microsoft Word, click on "START" on the bottom taskbar.  Go to Programs, click, and click on Microsoft Word.  You are now ready to start inputting your data.

• First select the font style and size you want to use by clicking on the drag down menus on the top toolbar.  The font type should vary depending on the type of document you are making. A resume would have a simple font, but a letter to a close friend could have a friendly, fun font.

• To set margins, click "FILE" and "Page Setup."  To change margins, you need to be on the margin tab.  You can also select landscape (which prints the document across the long side of the paper) in stead of the portrait (which prints the document across the short side of the paper).

• To center justify the document or a line, use the If a title is necessary or wanted, center justify the first line of the document and make the font size larger, in order to grab the reader’s attention. Hit enter or return upon making the title and return the font size and justification to the original set up.

• 4. Type the information you need to, hit enter to skip a line and tab to indent.

• 5. To make a document double spaced, go up to the menu bar at the type, select Format, and click on Paragraph. About half-way down the menu screen is a section titled Spacing. Select the drag down bar and pick the spacing you want.

• 6. For any other bells and whistles, see the Word Help files included with the software.