Preface to Microsoft Word

Preface to Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is part of the Microsoft Office. Its main function is for producing documents that can includes text, graphics, table, clip art, etc.

To start Word using the Windows Start menu

· Click on the Start button, point to Programs, following by Microsoft Office and click on Microsoft Office Word 2003.
Note: For Office previous version of Office - Click on the Start button, point to Programs and click on Microsoft Word.

· Immediately you will see the screen shown below. In the right hand side of the screen, the Getting Started task pane provides help to you.

To insert text into a document

· To enter text, just start typing! The text will appear where the blinking cursor is located. For example, you can type the following text into it accordingly. My name is

To save a file

· From the File menu, click Save.

· From the Save in drop down menu, select the location where you want to save the file or to the different folder by clicking on it.

· In the File name box, type in the file name that you would like to give (e.g. File1).

· Click on the Save button.