Watch this with a 10-15 minute audiotrack at http://vimeo.com/novusprogram/word1 This lesson provides information on the basics of Word, Microsoft’s powerful word processing tool. The topics covered include a basic review of the program’s toolbars and options, an introduction to text entry and formatting, and document setup through orientation and margins. The objective of the lesson is for the user to be comfortable with operations like opening and creating Word documents, saving Word documents, navigating the Ribbon options toolbar, using the various program views, text entry and formatting, and setting document margins and orientation. The lesson teaches concepts through a combination of image-based slides and video tutorials. The Novus project is a combination of video tutorials designed to be used in conjunction with a free business simulation software program. The Novus Business and IT Program contains 36 business and IT training videos, covering basic finance, accounting, marketing, economics, business strategy, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Users will have an opportunity to apply the lessons in the Novus Business Simulator. Over six rounds, the user or teams will have to make decisions on capital purchases, financing, production, financing, and human resources for a microbrewery. This channel has arranged the 36 video lessons into the order in which they are meant to be used with the simulator. To watch this slideshow as a video, please go to our Vimeo page at: https://vimeo.com/novusprogram. To download our free business simulation software, please go to our SourceForge page at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/novus/.

1. Microsoft Word 1: Word Basics
Objective: To provide an overview of Word’s various toolbars and options,
and look at how to use Word’s text formatting and document setup tools.
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2. Capabilities
• Word processor that helps in the creation of
documents:
– Letters
– Announcements
– Resumes
– Mailing labels
– Essays
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3. Capabilities: Word Processing
• Constantly updated display showing changes to
document.
• Add multimedia to your document for clarifying
the information or increasing design.
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4. Basic Layout
Top
Middle
Bottom
– Start menu (All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Word)
To Open Word: – Word program shortcut
– Saved Word file
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5. Office Button & Quick Access Toolbar
• The Office Button
• The Quick Access
Toolbar
• Office Button Menu
– Opens when you click on
the Office Button.
– Main program options.
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6. Office Button: Save Window
• Saving your
document is very
important.
Popular Directories
Current Directory
File Name
Save Button
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7. Ribbon Bar
Ribbon Bar Tabs
• The Ribbon bar is made up of seven tabs:
– Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, and View
• Contains the main document options.
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8. Ribbon Bar: Home, Page Layout, & View Tabs
The Home tab provides many options for editing and formatting text in your document.
The Page Layout tab gives you control over document settings such as borders, colors, and page size.
The View tab provides options for changing how your document is displayed.
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9. Work Area
Document Rulers
Document Body
• In Print Layout view, all Ribbon Bar tabs are available.
• Three other views besides the normal Print Layout view:
• Full Screen Reading view, Outline view, & Draft view
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10. Work Area: Full Screen Reading View
Document Tools
Navigation Buttons
Document Body
• In Full Screen Reading view, the Ribbon Bar and other distractions are removed.
• Best used for reading and simple editing.
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11. Work Area: Outline View
Outlining Tab
Outline Body
• Organizes document information into an outline.
• In Outline view, all Ribbon Bar tabs are still available, including a new “Outlining” tab.
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12. Work Area: Draft View
Document Body
• Similar to Print Layout view, except only text is displayed.
• In Draft view, all Ribbon Bar tabs are still available.
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13. Status Bar
• Provides information about your document:
• The current page’s number
• Your total page count
• Your total word count
• Switch between the various view options.
• Use the Zoom Slider to change the zoom on your document.
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14. Video 1
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15. Video 2
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16. Video 3
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17. Microsoft Word 1: Wrap-Up
• Become an expert at the basics:
– Program layout
– Basic options
– Basic text entry
– Basic text formatting
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