Introduction to word 365

Document Composition

With the tools available, I can create two types of documents:

Short documents: CVs, Letters, or Articles

Long documents: Books, Essays, Theses (even a final study thesis)

1) The essential elements of a text:

• The character is the basic element of a text;
• The word is a string of characters without spaces;
• The paragraph is a series of words grouped into a “block”.

The Ribbon

With this toolset, I can start formatting my cover letter. We will add more as we go, including: Font, paragraph spacing, indentation (also known as tabulation), and even the spell checker.

And with the tools available, I can format it.

Using alignment tools, I can also:

Hello everyone, right aligned¶

Hello everyone, centered¶

Hello everyone, left aligned¶

The “Justify” alignment aligns the text on both left and right margins (even if it stretches it), as seen in newspapers or magazines.

Application Exercise

To create this document, I will cover the following concepts:

Writing

Indentation

Paragraph Spacing

Correction

Printing

In brief:

1) Write and remove paragraph spaces which are by default 6 pts (then set it to 20 pts)

2) Create an indent and write the recipient’s name, add a paragraph space below the last line, write “made at” and date

3) Reset alignment to the left and write the body of the letter.

4) Create an indent and add signature

5) Correct, save as PDF, and print (or send via email)