How to Operate MS Word

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Click on the 'Home' tab located above the ribbon at the top of the screen. The commands displayed in the 'Home' ribbon will allow you to cut and paste, edit fonts, paragraphs and styles, and select and replace text.
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Insert items into the document by clicking the 'Insert' tab. In this ribbon, you can insert pages, tables, illustrations, bookmarks, headers, footers and other items. After adding an illustration such as a photo or clip art, if you click on the image and a new 'Picture Tools' tab will appear at the top of the screen. Click on the 'Picture Tools' tab to edit illustrations such as adding borders, editing the image and adjusting the placement on the page.
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Adjust the page layout by clicking the 'Page Layout' tab above the ribbon. You can add themes, edit the page setup (such as margins), add watermarks or page colors, and adjust indents and spacing. From this ribbon, you can edit text boxes added to the page.
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Click the 'References' tab to add a table of contents, footnotes, citations, bibliography, captions or an index to the document.
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Prepare mail merge by clicking on 'Mailings.' On the 'Mailings' ribbon, you can create envelopes and labels, and prepare a mail merge.
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Check the spelling and grammar in the document by clicking on 'Review.' In the 'Review' ribbon, research the thesaurus, add comments and compare documents.
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Adjust how you see the page by clicking on the 'View' tab. In the 'View' ribbon, a ruler or grids can be added to the page, you can zoom in on the document, and you can change your page-viewing layout.
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Manage the add-on programs by clicking the 'Add-Ins' tab. Additional software you've added to use with Word can be accessed from this ribbon.
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Click on the round 'Office Button' located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. A new menu will open, and it will give options for saving and printing the document. From this menu, you can send emails, publish to the Web and change Word options.