11 Topic C: Basic word processing
Creating a Document
Word processing – the use of a program (software application) running on a computer to create, edit, format, and store documents.
Create a new blank document
- Start Word.
- Click the File tab.
- Click New command.
- Click Blank document. A new blank
document appears. - Type your document (text you type will be
inserted into the document).
Open an existing document
- Start Word.
- Click the File tab.
- Click the Open command.
- Choose the location on the computer that stores your file (the drive and folder).
- Click the name of the file you want to open.
- Click Open or double click the file name.
Check Spelling and Grammar
Method 1
- Open an existing document.
- Right-click a word that is underlined with a wavy line (that indicates a
misspelled word). - Select the correct spelling from the suggestion list (to change the spelling
error). For each error, Word will offer one or more suggestions.
Method 2
- Open an existing document.
- Click the Review tab.
- Click the Editor button (it may also be called Spelling & Grammar). If the program finds spelling errors, the Editor pane will
appear. - Click one of the options from the suggestion list to change the spelling error.
- The program will move to the next misspelled word.
Find Synonyms
Method 1
- Open an existing document.
- Right-click a word for which you wish to find a synonym.
- Click the Synonyms command on the pop-out menu.
- Find a desired word in the list and click it to replace the original word.
- If none of the synonyms is desired, click the Thesaurus command to open the full
thesaurus. (The Thesaurus pane will appear.) - Find a desired word in the Thesaurus pane list and right-click it, or point to a desired
word in the Thesaurus pane gradient and
click the list arrow. - Click Insert [the desired word] on the menu
that opens.
Method 2
- Open an existing document.
- Select a word for which you wish to use the thesaurus.
- Click the Review tab.
- Click the Thesaurus button.
- Find a desired word in the Thesaurus pane and right-click it, or point to a desired word in the Thesaurus pane list and click the list arrow.
- Click Insert [the desired word] on the menu that opens.
- Close the Thesaurus pane.
definition
the use of a program (software application) running on a computer to create, edit, format, and store documents.