Becoming familiar with the buttons

Step 1 - Launch Microsoft Works and select Word Processor

Step 2 - Become familiar with the toolbar buttons

Basic Operations

	Opens a document stored on your hard drive, or on a disk
	Saves a document to your hard drive, or to a disk
	Print preview - see the entire document as it will look when printed
	Print the document

Text formatting

Text must be highlighted to be changed using these buttons

	Shows the name of the current font. The down arrow indicates other fonts are available. Click on the arrow to see a list of fonts.
	Change font type to Bold, Italic, or Underlined by selecting the button. These are toggle buttons, click to turn on, click to turn off.
	Select a new font size. Click on the arrow to see the available sizes.

Text editing

	Cuts highlighted text or objects from the document. The cut text or object is stored in the clipboard.
	Copies highlighted text or objects in the document. The copied text or object is stored in the clipboard.
	Pastes the text or object stored in the clipboard. The text or object goes wherever the cursor is placed in the document.
	Check the spelling in the document

 

Step 3 - Become familiar with the ruler buttons

Insertion

	Insert today's date in a document. If this field is used on a saved document, the date inserted will be the date the document is printed.
	Inserts the time into a document. Time displayed while you are creating a document will be the time Microsoft Works was opened. Time on the printed document will be the time the document was sent to the printer.
	Inserts bullets for a bulleted list. To get back to normal, click on this button to deselect bullets. These bullets are formed on the left margin of the paper. Using the keyboard combination Option+8 on a Macintosh produces bullets wherever the cursor is located

Alignment	Spacing
Left alignment Centered Right alignment Justify left and right	Single spaced Space and a half Double spaced

Setting tabs
To set tabs in a document click on the tab style you want to use and then click in the place on the ruler where you want the tab to be placed
Align text on the left of the word	Align text on the center of the word	Align text on the right of the word	Align a set of numbers on a decimal

Step 4 - Become familiar with the tool palette  

Buttons on the palette serve as links to explanations of the function of that button. Click on the button to find out what it will do.

	Select an object to move, change or edit the object			Displays a list of OLE objects available
	Creates a Works spreadsheet in the document			Creates a table of rows and columns
	Creates one or more story frames that you can link and fill with text or graphics			Creates a paint object, and activates other paint tools for use in painting objects
	Draws a text box for typing text			Draws a line
	Draws a rectangle or square			Draws a rectangle or square with rounded corners
	Draws an arc or wedge			Draws an oval or circle
	Draws a polygon			Freehand tool, draws as if with a pencil
	Draws a shape from a palette of pre-drawn shapes			Paints with a brushstroke
	Simulates the effect of spray painting			Draws freehand in a paint object
	Eraser, removes painted regions			Fills a region with the selected color
	Selects part of an existing paint object			Fill pattern tool - click and hold to display choices
	Line pattern tool - click and hold to display choices			Line width tool - click and hold to display choices
	Arrow tool - adds an arrowhead to a line			Overlay object - changes the way two objects look when one is drawn on top of another
	Color tool - white represents background, black represents foreground, click and hold to display choices			Select a color from any object on the screen, click to load the color.

 

Step 6 - Choose what you want to do next.

• Become familiar with the buttons
• Become familiar with the menu items
• Use the tool palette
• Design a flyer with a border