Today we will be working in one program on Microsoft Word on the Macintosh or Windows computers
For some labs, to use up the program you need to log in with the lab security.
MSW Tutorial
On the iMacs and Windows machines you should be able to find MS Word on the Start menu in the bottom left corner. Double click to open.
If you have never used Word before or if you feel need for a review, look at the top to open up Help and then Word Help. In the new window open up Contents, Start Using Word, and then Basic Operations.
Read some but not all of the sections for Basic Operations.
Most Important: Working with text: open Help, Word Help, Contents. Look at Basic Operations, especially Select or Enter Text. Also look at Add, Create, Change. Then open Close and Save.
Very useful later: Formatting and Graphics
Once you have finished reading about text, answer these questions. Don't know? Go back to help and look it up!
1. What does MS Word Help call a new page of text? Word d_______________
2. You know you are ready to type text if you see your curser in what form?_____-beam
3. What moving graphic tells you where your next letter will go?________ing cursor.
4. What are two ways to select text? d___________ or d__________ -click.
5. What are three ways to delete text? backspace, delete, and c______
6. Where is the Spell Check? T_______________________.
Now go back to MS Word Help and type in save and read how to save a document.
7. What do you click to save a document the first time? S______A___
8. What do you click to save new changes to the document under the same name? S_________
9. What do you click to change the name of the new document so that you will keep a copy of the old document?
S_________A__
Finished? Now show me or a lab assistant your answers.
Assignment
Your assignment is to word process a draft of your classmate interview. Write in paragraph form. For first drafts always double space (= Formats, Paragraph..., Indents and Spacing, Line spacing, double). Save the document on your disk or USB device. Spell check. Save your spelling changes. Check your spacing (View, Normal, Show/Hide invisible paragraph symbols, two spaces after periods, one space between words and after commas). Get a printout of the work you did. If you do not finish, save your work so that you can come back and finish later. This is not for a grade, but you may be able to use this work later when we do the next project.