Introduction
Microsoft Word is a state-of-the-art application program that is capable of several functions, including creating and typing letters, reports, memos, proposals, newsletters, brochures, graphic presentations, Web pages, tables, form letters, and essentially, all the other communication-related functions commonly found in today's businesses.
Accessing Microsoft Word
From the Start menu select
Programs. Another menu will pop up, and it is in this new menu that
you will find Microsoft Word. Select Microsoft Word to launch the application.
You can also select the MS Word icon from the taskbar next to the Start
menu: 
You are now
ready to start typing.
Double-spacing and Paragraph Alignment
If you are typing a document
that needs to be spaced to a specific setting, go into the Format menu
and select "Paragraph". A dialog box will appear. Click on the down
arrow of "Line spacing" and select the desired setting. To align to
a specific setting, all you need to do is to click a button on the toolbar.
The four settings are: left alignment , center alignment , right alignment
, and justified alignment. 
(justified not shown here). Click on the desired setting and your text
will be automatically be changed to the new settings. If you need only
a part of the text to be altered, highlight the desired text first,
and then click the buttons.
Adding Formats to Text (i.e., bold, italics, underline)
Adding formats to text is
accomplished by highlighting the text with the mouse or keyboard and
performing the desired operation. To highlight text, use the mouse to
place the cursor at the beginning of the text, then drag until you reach
the end so that the text is "highlighted". By clicking on the appropriate
box, 
(bold), 
(italics),
or 
(underline),
you can alter the text to the desired formats. To undo the formats,
make sure that the text is still selected and simply click on the bold,
italic, or underline box again.
Adding Page Numbers
To add page numbers to a document, go to the Insert menu, select Page Numbers, and choose the desired settings by clicking on the down arrows. Click "OK" to initiate the operation. This adds page numbers to all the pages of the entire document (you do not need to manually add a number to each page).
Adding Footnotes or Endnotes
From the Insert menu, select Footnote..., and when the footnote window comes up, select the desired setting: footnote or endnote. The cursor will be automatically moved to the note location where the note can be typed in. When the note is completed, click back onto the document to continue on with the text.
Spell and Grammar Checking
The spell and grammar check
utilities can be found in the Tools menu. Select Spelling and Grammar
or click on 
in
the toolbar (In Word, or any other Microsoft Office application, when
you point the arrow at any pictorial button, a little yellow flag will
appear that describes its function in a few words). The spell checker
will start at the beginning of the document, unless it is told to do
otherwise. As the spell checker progresses through the document, it
will display a list of suggested corrections to words that it believes
to be spelled incorrectly. If the word is spelled correctly, the Ignore
button should be pressed. Otherwise, select one of the suggestions from
the list and press Change. Another way to correct spelling is to correct
the misspelled word directly on the text (you can see misspelled words
and incorrect grammar statements directly on the text because misspelled
words will be automatically underlined by a red line and incorrect grammar
will be underlined by a green line).
Saving, Printing, and Opening a Document
All three of these functions
can be found in the File menu.
Save your document before doing anything else to prevent losing
it. When you select under the File menu or click on 
in the toolbar, a window will appear for you to save onto a floppy disk
or onto your hard drive. Click on the black down arrow to view the list
of save options. If you want to save to a floppy disk, make sure that
the disk is in the disk drive, and that "3 1/2 Floppy" drive is selected.
If you want to save your document onto your hard drive, select "Desktop"
instead of "3 1/2 Floppy". At the bottom of the window, the name of
your document ("Doc 1") can be changed by highlighting it, and typing
in the desired name. Then click Save to save your document.
To print your document, go back into the File menu and select
Print or click 
on
from the toolbar. Press "OK" to print your document (your computer's
printing settings should already be configured).
To open an already existing document, select under the File menu
or click on 
from
the toolbar. If you are opening a document that is saved on the hard
drive of you computer, highlight the appropriate drive in the "Look
in" option. If the document is on a floppy disk, make sure you highlight
the floppy disk drive (3 1/2 Floppy). Highlight your document by clicking
once on the icon. Then click "Open".