Welcome to Menu 1:

A. FILE	(Locate the "File" on the Menu Bar, click on it, observe the drop down menu)
	New: Document (selection creates new document) [NOTE: Has an icon button also] Find the icon button.
.	Open: will open document you have previously saved. [NOTE: has an icon button also.]
	Save: Will save the document. You must name it first. Remember SAVE OFTEN!!! [NOTE: has an icon button also.]

	[NOTE: You will save your documents in "MY DOCUMENTS" folder. It will be helpful to set up some folders in your "My Documents".For example, for each class you teach, set up a folder. Then save all your lecture notes, syllabi, etc. in each class's folder.]
PRACTICE:	Goal: Set up a folder named "Word99" in your folder called "My Documents". In this folder you will save the document you started during this lesson. Name the document Firsttry. FILE > SAVE AS > MY DOCUMENTS > NEW FILE Icon (Folder with star on it) name it "WORD99" > Click on the new folder named "Word99". Name the file "Firsttry". Save the document.


4.	Save As: This selection allows you to name your file and select where you would it saved to. (i.e. A Drive Floppy Disk or your C Drive.) Remember to name your file soon after starting a new document. This way, you can save it frequently.
5.	Save As HTML: This selection will save your file as a HTML file to be posted to your web site later. We will use this later to create an online syllabus.
6.	Page Setup: You have four choices here: Margins: Set your right, left, top and bottom margins by clicking the up and down arrows. Page Setup: Here you select paper size and orientation (landscape or portrait.) Paper Source: Select the appropriate printer if you have access to more than one. Layout: Used in specialty publications.
PRACTICE:	Here you'll start a new document and set up the page. FILE > NEW DOCUMENT FILE > PAGE SETUP > Make margins 2" right and left, 1.5" top and bottom. FILE > PAGE SETUP > Make paper orientation portrait. FILE > SAVE AS > Name this new document anything you'd like.

	Send To: Gives you options to send the document to another person via fax or e-mail.
	Properties will give you information about the document: number of words, paragraphs, etc. You can also type in additional information about the title, author, etc.
	Listing of recently used, and saved, documents: This is a list of recently used documents for easy retrieval. You can increase the number of documents shown here to a total of nine.
PRACTICE:	Goal: Increase your recently used file list to "9". TOOLS > OPTIONS > GENERAL >: Then change the number on the "recently used file list" to 9.

B. EDIT:	(Locate the "Edit" on the Menu Bar, click on it, observe the drop down menu)
	UNDO: God's gift to word processors. Did you make a mistake? Delete something you shouldn't have? Select UNDO before you do anything! NOTE: Also has a button -- the arrow pointing to the left.
	REPEAT: Will repeat the last thing you typed. Place your cursor where you want the information repeated. Select "repeat".
	CUT, COPY: Using these selections places text or pictures on the "clipboard" for future. Once on the clipboard, you can "paste" it anywhere and as many times as you wish. CUT: Highlight an area of text by placing the cursor in front of the text, click, drag the cursor over the text you want to cut or copy. [NOTE: Also has button (Scissors) will do the same action. You may also highlight the text you want to cut, RIGHT CLICK the mouse, select "cut".] COPY: Highlight an area of text by placing the cursor in front of the text, click, then drag the cursor over the text you want to copy. Click COPY. Then place your cursor where you want the text to be. Click PASTE. Job done. [NOTE: Also has button (Double sheet of paper)] Highlight the text, RIGHT CLICK the mouse, select COPY. PASTE: Place the cursor where you want the material and select PASTE, or click the Clipboard button, or RIGHT CLICK and select "paste."
PRACTICE:	Goal: Type text, copy it to a new paragraph, delete new text with undo button. In your new document type some text. Maybe a letter to your friend or something else. Highlight the first paragraph > CLICK COPY > Put the cursor where you want to place the copy of the text > CLICK PASTE. Now, CLICK UNDO (backwards arrow) and the new paragraph will disappear.

	SELECT ALL: By clicking this, all text will be highlighted. You may then do anything you want to ALL the highlighted materials: bolding, underlining, italics, cut & paste, change font and size.
	FIND & REPLACE: This is used when you want to replace one word in a document with another. For example, in nursing we may want to replace the "patient" with "client". So we would enter the word "patient" to be replaced with the word "client". The program will then search the entire document and replace each example with the new word.
	GO TO: Can take you to a specific page in the document. [NOTE: Can also use the scroll bar on the right side of the screen--page numbers should appear as you scroll through lengthy documents.]

C. VIEW	(Locate the "View" on the Menu Bar, click on it, observe the drop down menu)
	Normal (Layout or view of the document). I prefer this view.
	Online Layout: Gives you an "Outline" view of your document on the left 1/2 of the screen and the text on the right half. This seems kinda awkward to me, but you might find a use for this.
	Page Layout: Gives you a more distant view of the screen. Sometimes this can be helpful in demonstrating how the page looks. Careful, the font gets pretty small.
	Outline View: Shows an outline of the document.
PRACTICE:	On the letter/document you started above, view it from the different options: Normal, Online, Page Layout, Outline View. One more step: FILE > PRINT PREVIEW. Now you can see what your document looks like.

	Toolbars: It is here you select the specific tool bars you want continually displayed on your screen. Select the ones you'll use most frequently: STANDARD & FORMATTING
PRACTICE:	Set up your tool bars now... VIEW > TOOLBARS > CHECK STANDARD, FORMATTING, DRAW.
	RULERS: Places rulers across the top and left side of your document. You can adjust margins from here (or via FILE > PAGESETUP > MARGINS). If you double click on the ruler, the "Page Setup" box appears.
	HEADERS & FOOTERS: This is where you enter your header or footer text. Then select the "#" button and Word will insert your page number. Make a header for your letter/document now.
	FULL SCREEN: Selecting this blows up the document and will not show any menu or button bars. It will give you a selection to "Close Full Screen" to return to normal.
	ZOOM: This selection gives you a chance to shrink or enlarge your screen. The default is set at 100%.

Congratulations on completing Menu 1. Go to Menu 2 now for more fun with Microsoft Word.

FDW Home	Helpful Hint: When working with long document....CTRL + HOME moves you to the first page. CTRL+END moves you to the last page.
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