Beginner’s Guide To Using Microsoft Word That Will Certainly Encourage You to Accomplish Your Very First Writing Project Right Away

Microsoft Word is a word processor, popularly and frequently used by most individuals working on a computer document. It is considered to be a standard or basic platform in both Windows and Macintosh.

Microsoft Word often is a popularly used in creating or composing documents like brochures, letters, tests, learning activities, quizzes and students' assignments. Microsoft Word offers many features that make using it easy, even to individuals with disabilities.

Latest Microsoft Word versions permit you to insert charts and pictures into your documents.

Composing your document in Microsoft word

1. Open Microsoft word office, then on the upper left corner, click “file” then click “new”. This will open a new blank document.

2. Start typing your letter and when you notice a word underlined in red, it means that, that particular word is misspelled. Point the cursor to that word, right clicks your mouse and spelling suggestions will be displayed. Click the appropriate spelling and Microsoft Word will automatically change the misspelled word.

3. A phrase or group of words underlined in green means that there is something wrong with how you constructed the phrase and you need to revise it. However when Microsoft word detects the problem, it will display “suggestions”.

4. When you want to insert certain letters or words, just position the cursor to the place where you want to insert the words and type in.

Microsoft word “save” and “save as” functions:

1. At least every three paragraphs, you should save your work in case something wrong happens. To save, do the following:

2. Point the cursor to the upper left corner of your toolbar, then click “file”, then Microsoft word file menu will be displayed. Choose “save”.

3. A Microsoft word dialogue box will be displayed read carefully; typically, Microsoft word will ask you where to save your document. For instance, you want to save it on the desktop.

4. At the lower portion of the Microsoft word dialogue

5. Click the arrow in the upper portion of the Microsoft word dialogue box then look for the word “desktop” and click it.

6. Find the “save” button, located at the lower right corner of the Microsoft word dialogue box, click it and you are done saving your document.

7. “Save as” functions similar as “save” only that “save as” lets you save your same document that you have saved for instance on the desk top, in another folder or location.

Microsoft word “Edit” function:

While working on your Microsoft word document, there might be times when you unintentionally reformat it, or delete a paragraph; whatever mistake you did, you can recover it by clicking on the “edit” button on your Microsoft word tool bar, then click “undo”.

By clicking “undo” your last “action” will be recovered.

Microsoft word “cut”, “copy” and “paste” functions:

1. Microsoft word allows you to move any paragraph to another area of your document.

2. With the cursor, highlight the paragraph you want to transfer.

3. Right click on your cursor, then find and click the “cut” button.

4. When you click the “cut” button, the paragraph will be erased.

5. Point the cursor to the location where you want the paragraph to be moved at. Right Click the cursor then find and click the “paste” button. There, now the paragraph has been moved successfully.

These are just the very basics of Microsoft word. Do not be afraid to go ahead and click those buttons so that you will know what they are for. Experiment and explore, it is necessary to gain knowledge and understanding.

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