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Word 2013
step-by-step quick reference guide
Microsoft Word 2013 offers the best of all worlds: enhanced features
to create professional-quality documents, easier ways to work together
with people, and almost-anywhere access to your files.
Designed to give you the greatest document-formatting tools,
Microsoft Word 2013 also helps you easily organize and write your
documents more efficiently, and stay within reach so you can capture
your best ideas whenever and wherever they occur.
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Microsoft Word 2013
main screen and layout
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Your Microsoft Word 2013 main screen and layout breakdown
File tab
Displays the
Backstage View
which allows you
to save, open and
create documents.
Quick Access
Toolbar
A location to
place your most
commonly used
commands.
Horizontal
ruler
Used to gauge the horizontal
positioning of elements
and a place used to set
margins and tab stops.
Title bar
Located at the top
of the Word 2013
screen,
this displays the
name of the document.
Styles Gallery
Located at the top
of the Word 2013
screen,
various stylized themes
for your document.
Document Views
Click these buttons to
enter full screen, minimize
your document, maximize
your document or close your
document.
The Ribbon
Located across the top
of your window and
below the title bar, this
customizable interface
contains a set of
commands for working
in a document.
Vertical
scroll bar
Gives easy vertical
navigation through
your documents.
Vertical
ruler
Used to gauge
the vertical positioning
of elements.
Status Bar
This customizeable
area displays various
items about your
current document.
Horizontal
scroll bar
Gives easy
horizontal navigation
through
your documents.
View buttons
Allows
you to switch
between
Word’s various
document views.
Zoom
control
Allows the
zooming
in or out of
your
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Microsoft Word 2013
new document creation and keyboard shortcuts
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Creating a new document in Microsoft Word 2013
Keyboard Shortcuts
Method #1 (if your Microsoft Word 2013 isn’t open)
General
Creating a new document in Microsoft Word 2013 has never been easier. To create a new
document, do the following:
Open a document
Ctrl + O
Create a new document
Ctrl + N
Save a document
Ctrl + S
Print a document
Ctrl + P
Close a document
Ctrl + W
Help F1
1. Open your Microsoft Word 2013 and the below screen will open.
2. Click on the New option located on the left side
3. Next, a menu will open up containing iconic previews of various document types
click and open the document template you’re looking to use.
Navigation
Up one screen
Down one screen
Beginning of Line
End of Line
Beginning of document
End of Document
Open Go To dialog box
P1
STE
PAGE UP
PAGE DOWN
HOME
END
Ctrl + HOME
Ctrl + END
F5
Editing
P2
STE
Cut
Copy
Paste
Undo
Redo or Repeat
Ctrl + X
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + V
Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + Y
Formatting
Method #2 (if your Microsoft Word 2013 is open)
Creating a new document in Microsoft Word 2013 is very easy and one is bound to find
many other potentially useful documents while using the New option. To create a new
document, do the following:
1. Click on the File tab located at the top left corner
2. Click on the New option located on the left side
3. Next, a menu will open up containing iconic previews of various document types
click and open the document template you’re looking to use.
Bold
Italics
Underline
Align Left
Center
Align Right
Justify
Ctrl + B
Ctrl + I
Ctrl + U
Ctrl + L
Ctrl + E
Ctrl + R
Ctrl + J
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Microsoft Word 2013
page layout and margin options
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To make any adjustments or changes to your Page Layout or Margins, please begin by clicking on the PAGE LAYOUT tab located on the top of your
Microsoft Word 2013 menu bar.
Adjusting your document margins
Adjusting your document size
1. Click on the Page Layout tab located
at the top of your word document.
1. Click on the Page Layout tab located at the top
of your word document.
2. Next, click the Margins button and a
drop down menu will appear displaying
many predefined margin layouts.
2. Next, click the Size button and a drop down
menu will appear displaying many predefined size
layouts.
3. Lastly, click on a predefined margin
layout or create your own custom margin
layout located at the bottom of the drop down menu.
3. Lastly, click on a
on a predefined
document size or
create your own
custom page size.
Adjusting your document orientation
1. Click on the Page Layout tab located
at the top of your word document.
2. Next, click the Orientation button
and a drop down menu will
appear displaying two document
layouts; horizontal layout
and a vertical layout.
3. Lastly, click on one of two
document orientations
and your Microsoft Word
2013 document will
change accordingly.
To create a custom
document size
simply click on the
More Paper Sizes
option located at
the bottom of the
drop down menu.
A Page Setup
menu will next
open where you
can input your
sizing particulars.
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Microsoft Word 2013
formatting your word document
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Character and paragraph formatting
One of the most simple of Microsoft Word 2013 elements is the ability to change a documents letters, numbers and characters. You have varied
controls like formatting text to bold, underline, italicized,change type, size or colour. Microsoft Word 2013 has some of the most common text-formatting commands on the Home ribbon in the font group. The command buttons in the format group contain some of the most basic formatting options.
Format method #1
Format method #2
1. Highlight the characters or paragraph you
wish to change the formatting of.
2. Next, right click your mouse button to
open up a formatting pop-up menu.
3. Next, make the changes to fonts, font
size, text colours, paragraph, styles etc.
1. Highlight the characters or paragraph you wish to change the formatting of.
2. Next, click on the Home tab ribbon located at the top of your document window.
3. On the Home tab ribbon, in the font group, click the down arrow to display your
collection of fonts. Depending on the number of fonts installed on your computer
this list may be long.
4. Listed in alphabetical order, scroll through your list to the font you want to use.
5. Left click to make your change.
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STEP 2
- Right
mouse
click
P2
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P3
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STE
P1
Right
click
pop-up
menu
Listed are
the most
common
formatting
options for
Microsoft
Word 2013.
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Microsoft Word 2013
proofing tools - spell check and thesaurus
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To use any of the Microsoft Word 2013 proofing tools, click on the REVIEW tab located on the top of your menu bar.
Spell check an entire document
1. Next, open up the Spelling Grammar menu by clicking on
the Spelling Grammar button.
Correcting a misspelled word
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Your typ
1. Identify all misspelled
words in your word
document
by
the
distinct red zigzag
underneath them.
2. Select from the Spelling and Grammar pop-up menu the
correct spelling of misspelled words in your document. The
pop-up menu will highlight in red, words it suspects are spelled
incorrectly and suggest the right one underneath.
2. Next, right mouse click
over the red zig-zagged
word. A mini spell check
toolbar will pop-up.
3. Click the Change button to the suggested word is to correct.
If the suggested word is spelled correctly but doesn’t appear in
Word’s user dictionary you have 3 additional options: Ignore,
Ignore All or Add to Dictionary.
3. Select from the pop-up
tool-bar the word you
intended to correct.
Use the Microsoft Word 2013 Thesaurus
1. Highlight the word from within your document you wish to find an
alternative word for. Select from the top menu in the Proofing Tools
Section the Thesaurus Proofing Tool.
2. From the Thesaurus Menu, select a Microsoft Word 2013 suggested
word you wish to replace your highlighted word with.
3. Right click the word you wish to replace. Next, click the right mouse
button to insert and replace.
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Microsoft Word 2013
inserting illustrations, pictures and shapes
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To use any of the Microsoft Word 2013 illustration tools, click on the INSERT tab located on the top of your menu bar.
Inserting a picture into your document
Inserting Shapes into your document
1. Click on the Picture button from the
Illustration group.
1. Click on the Shapes button from the
Illustration group.
2. An Insert Picture dialog box will next
pop open. Use the insert dialog box to
locate the image you want imported.
2. A Shapes drop box will open up
revealing a collection of lines,
rectangles, basic shapes, equation shapes,
flowcharts,arrows, stars and banners and
conversation call outs.
3. Select the image and click the insert button.
3. Select the shape you wish to use and next move
your mouse onto your document. Clicking the left
mouse button, drag and create your shape.
Inserting clip art or images into your document
1. Click on the Online Pictures button from the
Illustration group.
2. A pop up window will next open. From the
this menu you can insert Office.com Clip Art,
Bing Images and your Microsoft SkyDrive.
3. Located and insert your clip art or image from your
various respectful sources.
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