THE WORD PROCESSOR

OPENING A DOCUMENT

Open Microsoft Works 3.0 from the student file server. Go to File on the menu bar and drag down to Open.

Click on the Desktop button and your disk name will appear in a small window. Double Click on the name of your disk, then double click on the file named PIZZA. return to table of contents

THE CURSOR

Move the mouse around the screen. Notice that the cursor changes from an arrow to an I-beam as you move across the text area of the document.

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The following illustration shows the word processor window.

THE MENU LINE

Move the cursor to the menu line at the top of the screen. Click and hold the mouse button at each choice, and other choices will appear.

These are called pull-down menus. If a choice is black, it can be selected. If it is gray, it cannot be selected at this time.

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THE RULER

The ruler is located at the top of the screen below the title bar.

Just above the ruler are icons, or pictures, which allow you to format your document. From right to left, these are: spacing, justification, tab settings, time and date. The ruler itself has arrows at left and right which allow you to set margins.

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THE SCROLL BAR

There are scroll bars at the right and bottom of the screen. You use these to scroll through a document. There are several ways to scroll, from slow to fast.

Go to the arrow at the bottom of the right scroll bar and press the mouse button.
Go to the arrow at the top of the right scroll bar and press the mouse button.
Go to the arrow at the right of the bottom scroll bar and press the mouse button.

The scrolling can also move more quickly if you are working with a longer document.

Go to the gray bar in the middle of the right scroll bar and click the mouse button.

The scrolling can move even faster.

Go to the box on the scroll bar, click and hold the mouse button, and drag the box to another position on the bar.

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THE SIZE BOXES

The document window can be changed in size. This is very helpful when you have several documents that you're working on. It allows you to see other windows that are open.

At the lower right corner of the screen, there is a shape that looks like two nested boxes. Move the pointer to the box, click the mouse button and drag the corner up and to the left. This makes the window smaller.

There is also a size box at the top right corner of the window. Click once to quickly re-size the window. Click once to re-size it back.

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THE TITLE BAR

The window can also be moved around the screen. Again, this is a help when you have more than one application or document open..

Position the pointer on the title bar at the top of the document. Press the mouse button, and drag the window around the screen.

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2 WAYS TO CLOSE

A document can be closed by moving the pointer to File on the menu bar, and dragging to Close.

A document can also be closed by clicking once in the close box at the upper left corner of the title bar.

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MODIFYING A DOCUMENT

INSERTING TEXT

Move the cursor to the space after the word by and click once. The cursor changes again, from an I-beam to an insert style.
Type your name.
Move the cursor under the p in the first word, pizza. Type in a descriptive word. Do the same for each of the other pizza words.
Move the cursor to the space after pizza in the and type a word.
Do the same for the next three sentences.

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CHANGING FONT AND STYLE

Move the cursor to the first word you chose to describe pizza at the top of the poem.
Double-click the mouse button. Notice that the word is highlighted.
Move the cursor to the word Font on the menu bar. Drag down to any font and let up the mouse button.
Change the fonts on the other descriptive words, as well.
Double-click on the first word again.
Move to the word Font on the menu bar, and select another font size.
Repeat the process, using other sizes and styles.

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Copy and Paste

At times, it is faster to copy and paste text than it is to retype the same

thing over again.

Move the cursor to the first line in the poem and click the mouse button.
Hold the button down as you drag the mouse down the screen to highlight the first stanza of the poem.
Let up the mouse button and go to the Edit menu.
Press the mouse button, drag to Copy and let up on the button.
Move the cursor to the end of the poem, click, and press return.
Go to the Edit menu and drag to Paste.
Scroll up and down through the document to check that you have pasted the verse in.

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PIZZA

pizza

pizzaAny kind of pizza.

I like pizza.

Pizza in the

pizza for

pizza in the

pizza for

pizza in the

pizza for

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CREATING A NEW DOCUMENT

Double click on the MSWorks icon to open the program.
***If it doesn't open properly, click on it again, then - go to File and drag to Open and let up on the mouse button.
Click on Word Processor.
Click on New.

This is a sample of what the window should look like.

SAVING TO YOUR DISK

Go to File on the title bar and drag to Save as...

Your window should look like the next figure.

Type a name for your document and click Save.

WORD PROCESSING EXERCISES

Write a story - a rough draft - about a pet you once had. Try to put in as much detail as you can so that your reader will know your pet as well as you do. You may wish to tell some of the things that make this pet important to you.

Save and Print the draft of your story.

Center a word or phrase.

Boldface a word or phrase.

Underline a word or phrase.

Double space the document.

Change the font of the title to Monaco, 14 point, shadow.

Spell check the document..

Select some words, use the Thesaurus, and choose alternatives.

Use the margin arrow to move the left margin 1/2 inch to the right.

Use the indent arrow to make your paragraphs automatically indent.

Save your document with another name and Print the new draft.

Good Luck!

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