Following is a brief introduction to some basic formatting commands available in MS WORD .

MS WORD is a word processor with many available features. It is an excellent resource for writing papers, reports, cover letters, and the like. Many of the features can be found on the Toolbar buttons, located at the top of the window. Documents can be formatted with various column and table styles. In this brief tutorial, we walk you through some basic WORD commands that may become useful for many of your applications in the future.


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How Do I Get Started?


All you need to do to start a WORD session is to move the mouse pointer over to the MS WORD icon in the Application Manager Window and double-click on it. WORD will put you into a new document window, with a Toolbar and Ruler displayed beneath all the menus.

You can display the Toolbar buttons by pulling down the View menu with the mouse, and then choosing Toolbars or Ruler.

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Getting Help for WORD


To get help on any kind of question you may have, you can ask WORD for help by clicking on the Help menu or the Help button, which is the rightmost button on the Toolbar. The F1 key also does this for you.

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Creating a New Document


To create a new document, click on the File menu with the mouse and choose New . You may also click the leftmost button (the White Page button) on the Toolbar.

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Opening a New Document


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Saving a Document


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Closing Without Saving


If you want to close a document without saving it, click on the File menu and choose Close . WORD will then ask you to save your file with "Yes, No, or Cancel". Click on No .

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Cut and Paste Options


To copy or move some text:

Cut [Crl+X]

Copy [Ctrl+C]
Paste [Ctrl+V]

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How do I Undo a Command?


Undo [Ctrl+Z]

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Formatting Text


To format some text, highlight it by holding down the mouse button over the desired words.

To Bold, Underline, Italicize, and change Font and Size :

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Inserting in a Document


To insert symbols and special characters, do the following:

To insert a page break, column break, or section break in a document:

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Text Alignment


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Creating a Table


To insert (create) a table into a document:
To insert or delete a row:

To insert or delete a column:

You can also change the width of the columns:

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Creating Column Paragraphs


You may put your document in a multi-column format (similar to a newspaper or newletter format) by doing the following:

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Spell Check


To check the spelling in a document, do the following:

Printing a Document


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How Do I Quit WORD?


Note: If you didn't save all your files before quitting, WORD will ask you if you want to save them before closing the session.

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You have now completed the WORD intro!