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Getting Started with WordPad 2010 Our Major Sponsors Are © All material content is copyright SeniorNet Hutt City and may not be reproduced by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval, without the written permission of SeniorNet Hutt City inc. File: Getting Started Wordpad 2010-G Edition 1.2. Issue Date 9 August 2013
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Getting Startedwith

WordPad 2010

Our Major Sponsors Are

© All material content is copyright SeniorNet Hutt City and may not be reproduced by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval, without the written permission

of SeniorNet Hutt City inc.

File: Getting Started Wordpad 2010-G Edition 1.2. Issue Date 9 August 2013

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Getting Started - WordPad –– Ed. 1.2 – Aug 2013. Contents

CONTENTSAbout This Course......................................................................................................... ii

Lesson 1...........................................................................................................................1

Switching on the Computer...........................................................................................1

Exercise 1.1- Identifying the Parts of the Desktop Screen............................................1

Exercise 1.2 - Using Your Mouse.................................................................................2

Exercise 1.3 - Mouse Practice.....................................................................................3

Exercise 1.4 - Using the Start Menu.............................................................................4

Exercise 1.5 - WordPad................................................................................................4

Exercise 1.6 - The WordPad Button.............................................................................5

Exercise 1.7 - Turning off or Shutting Down Your Computer........................................6

Lesson 2...........................................................................................................................8

Exercise 2.1 – Putting a Shortcut on the Desktop.........................................................8

Exercise 2.2 - Quick Access Toolbar............................................................................8

Exercise 2.3 - Using Keys and Characters...................................................................9

Exercise 2.4 – Using the Keyboard and Arrow Keys..................................................10

Exercise 2.5 - Saving and Opening a Document........................................................12

Exercise 2.6 - Selecting and Deselecting Text............................................................13

Exercise 2.7 – Copy, Cut, and Paste..........................................................................13

Exercise 2.8 – Scrolling..............................................................................................14

Exercise 2.9 - Formatting a Document........................................................................15

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Getting Started - WordPad –– Ed. 1.2 – Aug 2013. Course Description

GETTING STARTED - WORDPADObjectives

To introduce members who have little or no computer skill to the basics of using a computer.

Description

This course uses the Microsoft WordPad program to carry out the exercises.

This program is one of the features of a computer that has the Microsoft Vista or Windows 7 operating system installed.

The course is aimed at providing the learning opportunity for students to gain confidence in the use of a computer and develop the basic skills to produce simple documents. By the end of the course students should have the knowledge required to enter further classes provided by SeniorNet.

Prerequisites

A keen interest in learning the basic skills of operating a computer in a friendly and helpful environment and in a small class of people of a similar age.

A willingness to practice at home.

Duration

2 sessions of 2 hours per session

About This CourseThis course is a first introduction to computers supplied with Windows7 as the operating system. It is a preview of the essential features of using a computer. During further courses, you may find it useful to refer back to this manual, to refresh your memory.

The course uses the Windows Wordpad application, a simplified version of Microsoft Word to illustrate some of the basic features.

The manual uses step-by-step instructions to facilitate learning at your own pace and to make it easy to repeat these at home.

In computing there are usually several methods of carrying out an action. During the course, we will show you one, or sometimes two, different ways.

Tutors offer their services voluntarily and aim to pass on knowledge and skills they themselves have acquired, often only recently.

Practice is essential.

Remember how you used every opportunity to get on your new bike so as to learn and get familiar with the skills required to ride it properly. Computing is no different. It is important to review what you have learnt, to become familiar with it, in preparation for the next lesson. Procedures you learn in this course, for opening a file, and saving your new work, and other important routines, apply in every course, so learning them thoroughly now will help you make faster progress.

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Don’t be afraid to ask for help; there are no dumb questions!

You may also feel concerned about damaging your computer or its information well please don’t, it is easier to win Lotto than to damage anything on a computer.

Neither tutor nor member has to prove anything to anyone. With goodwill and a sense of humour, you will enjoy this course.

This manual is for your personal use only. Please do not lend it to others. If you have a friend who would like to get involved in the wonderful world of computers, encourage them to join us at SeniorNet Hutt City.

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Getting Started – Wordpad - Ed. 1.2 – Aug 2013. Lesson 1

Lesson 1In this lesson we will learn how to:-

Start the computer

Use the different parts of the Desktop

Use the Mouse

Open and use Wordpad

Turn off the computer

Switching on the ComputerAt SeniorNet the computers are turned on ready for use.If using your Laptop – Press the Start button usually around the top left of keyboard.

The first screen is referred to as the Desk Top. So called because that is where we start our work with all the tools required to complete our tasks.The DesktopImage(This is the picturecovering the entirescreen)

Icons(Each icon willrun a program)

The Pointer

The Task Bar

The Start Button

Exercise 1.1- Identifying the Parts of the Desktop Screen.1. Float the pointer over the Icons without clicking to see their labels.2. The pointer moves on the screen as you move the mouse.

Icons

The little pictures on the Desktop are called Icons. They are shortcuts to particular programs such as a word processor or to individual files or documents.

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Task Bar – Windows 7

The taskbar is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of your screen; the taskbar is almost always visible. It has three main sections:

a) On the left, the Start button opens the Start menu. b) The middle section shows you the Icons for Programs and Files you have open

or have been pinned to the Taskbar for ease of access and allows you to quickly switch between them.

c) The notification area, which includes a Clock and Icons (shortcuts) that communicate the status of certain programs and computer settings.

3. Float the pointer over the Icons to see what they are.

4. If you click on the Digital Time showing (far right) you can access the Clock and Calendar. Click on the Desktop to close it.

Windows Operating System.

What you have done, so far, is to set the Windows 7 operating system running. This allows you to access programmes to write a letter, open E-mail, draw pictures, or use whatever programs are installed on your computer.

Exercise 1.2 - Using Your MouseYou use your mouse to interact with items on your computer screen. You can move objects, open them, change them, throw them away, and perform other actions, all by pointing and clicking with your mouse.A mouse has two buttons: a left and a right.

You will use the Left button most often. It also includes a scroll wheel between the buttons to help you scroll the page up and down.

Holding And Moving The MouseMouse pointers

1. Place your mouse on a mouse pad, beside your keyboard. 2. Hold the mouse gently, with your index finger resting on the Left

button and your thumb resting on the side. 3. To move the mouse, slide it slowly in any direction. Don’t twist it

—keep the front of the mouse aimed away from you. 4. Move the mouse around the screen and watch the pointer move with it.

Pointing to an item on the screen means moving your mouse so the tip (Hot Point) of the pointer appears to be touching the item.

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Left buttonRight ButtonScroll Wheel

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5. When you point to something (i.e hover the pointer over an icon), a small box appears that describes the item. Try this now.

6. If you run out of room to move your mouse on the mouse pad, just pick it up and bring it back closer to you on the mat.

Clicking (single-clicking)

Clicking gives the computer a command to do something and is most often used to select (mark) an item or open a menu.

1. To click an item, point to the item on the screen, and then press and release the left button. This is called single-clicking or left-clicking.

2. Click the Recycle bin on the desk top – a small box appears around the Icon this shows you have selected it.

Double-clicking

1. Double-clicking is most often used to Open items on your desktop or in other programs.

2. To double-click an item, point to the item on the screen, and then click twice quickly. The first click selects the program the second opens it.

3. If nothing happens the clicks need to be faster - tap Enter and the program opens.4. Practice this by double clicking the Recycle Bin Icon on the Desktop. 5. Close by clicking the X in the top right corner of the window.

Right-clicking

Right-clicking an item usually displays a list of things you can do with the item.

1. To Right-click an item, point to for example, the Recycle Bin on the screen.2. Press and release the Right button. You will see a menu with options to open it,

empty it, or see its properties. Click on the desktop to close the menu.If you’re ever unsure of what to do with something, right-click it.

Dragging

You can move items around your screen by dragging them.

1. To drag an object e.g. The Recycle Bin point to it on the screen.2. Press and hold the left button, drag it to a new location, and then release the left

button. Return it to its original position in the same way.Dragging (sometimes called dragging and dropping) is most often used to move files and folders to a different location.

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Exercise 1.3 - Mouse PracticeIf you are new to using the mouse the following program will be helpful to you.

Double click the link on the Desktop to begin and have Fun!

Exercise 1.4 - Using the Start Menu.The Start button provides access to the Start Menu. We will not go into a lot of detail about the Start menu in this course – suffice to say this is where you go to find and access all the Libraries

1. Click the Start button to open the menu.

2. Click the Documents Button on the top right pane. This opens the Documents Library where all the Folders and Files that have been saved are stored.

3. Close – click the X in the top right corner.

4. Click the Start button - Click Pictures this time. The pictures Library opens this is where all the photos are stored.

5. To Close – click the X in the top right corner of the screen.

6. Click the Start button click music and the music library opens.

7. To Close – click the X in the top right corner of the screen.

Exercise 1.5 - WordPad.

WordPad is a simple word processing program which is similar in layout to E-mails. In this lesson we will show some basic skills which will be useful when working with E-mails or other courses at SeniorNet. To open this program, follow these steps:-

1. Click the Start Button

2. Click All Programs - Click Accessories. This opens the folder.

3. Click WordPad on the list. The program opens on the screen.

4. Check out the parts on the screen as you read.

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4.Triplet Buttons

Close Restore Down or MaximiseMinimise

3. Program Name

1.Title Bar

2.Quick Accesstoolbar

5.Word Pad MenuButton.

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1. At the top of Word Pad window, is the Title Bar.

2. Quick Access Toolbar is on the left of the Title bar.3. Next to the Quick Access bar - the Program Name Document WordPad is

displayed.4. On the right are the Window Size Icons:

Float the mouse pointer over them to see their pop up labels Minimise, Restore Down or Maximise & Close.

5. Under the Title bar is the Word Pad Button. Where more options are found.

6. The Home Ribbon.7. Flashing Insertion Point on A4 page – Typing starts here.8. Zoom Bar – This makes the page larger or smaller by clicking the Negative – or

Positive + button at each end.

When the mouse pointer is inside the typing area, it changes to an I-beam shape. In the left margin or outside the page it reverts to an arrow. Move the mouse to see the difference.

Exercise 1.6 - The WordPad Button.1. With the mouse, point to the Word Pad Button, click it.

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4.Triplet Buttons

Close Restore Down or MaximiseMinimise

3. Program Name

1.Title Bar

2.Quick Accesstoolbar

5.Word Pad MenuButton.

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A drop down menu with a list of options will appear as shown below. These are the most commonly used tools. They can be accessed from here or from the Quick Access Toolbar, which we will discuss shortly.

2. Review the options. 3. Close the drop down menu by clicking out in the white space on the right of the page.

It is important to understand what these icons are for and how they work as they are used in most programs on your computer including the E-mail program.An explanation for each one follows –

Click WordPad button – The New button to opens a new page. Nothing appears to change in the window.

Click WordPad button - Click Open button to go to the Documents Library where your files are saved. Close window - click X in top right corner

Click WordPad button - Click the Save Icon to save the document you are working on that has previously been saved using Save As. Close window - click X in top right corner.

Click WordPad button - Click - Save As - to save a new or renamed file to Documents. Close window - click X in top right corner.

Click WordPad button - Clicking the Print button opens a new window with three options, click the one required. Close window - click X in top right corner.

Click WordPad button - Click Page Setup to open a new Dialogue Box which gives you further options to change the paper size etc. Close window - click X in top right corner.

Clicking Send in E-mail allows you to attach a note written in Word Pad to an E-mail ready to address and send.

1. Type your name on the WordPad page.2. Click WordPad button 3. Click the Send in E-mail button. Windows Live Mail is opened and then an E-mail page appears with the document attached. Close window - click X in top right corner.

Click WordPad button - Click this button to Exit the program. A dialogue box appears asking you - Do you want to save changes to the document – there are 3 options Save – Don’t Save – Cancel - Click - Don’t save for now.

Exercise 1.7 - Turning off or Shutting Down Your Computer.

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When you have finished using your computer and have saved your files, it’s important to turn it off properly.

Using sleepYou can choose to make your computer sleep instead of shutting it down if you intend to return to it in a short period of time

1. Click the Start Button. 2. Click the Reveal arrow beside Shutdown- 3. Click the Sleep option.

The procedure is the same with a Laptop, or simply close the lid.

When the computer goes into sleep mode, the display turns off and the computer’s fan stops. Usually, a light on the outside of the computer case blinks or turns yellow to indicate that the computer is asleep.Note - When your computer is in Sleep mode, it uses a very small amount of power to maintain your work in its memory.

To turn the computer off – First Save and close all open programs!

4. Click the Start button 5. In the lower-right corner of the Start menu, click Shut down.

When Shut down, your computer closes Windows itself, and then completely turns off. Shutting down doesn’t save your work, so you must save your files first.

If your computer is set to receive automatic updates, and the updates are ready to be installed, the Shutdown button will look like this.

When you click the Shutdown button, Windows installs the updates and then shuts down your computer. The computer will go through the shutdown procedure and turn itself off. Do not press the Power button.

6. Turn the Monitor off.

Refer to the list of subjects at the beginning of this lesson and check that you have an understanding of each.

Please practise the exercises in this lesson at home.They will be used frequently in later lessons and courses.

Happy Computing.

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Lesson 2

In this exercise we will:- Put a shortcut icon on the desktop

Look at the Quick Access Toolbar and the Home ribbon

Look at the use of the keyboard

Save and open a document

Select text to be edited

Cut, copy and paste text

Scroll a document up and down the screen

Format the text in a document

Exercise 2.1 – Putting a Shortcut on the Desktop1. Click the Start Button2. Click All Programs3. Click Accessories. This opens the folder.4. Look down the list to find Word pad.5. The pointer changes to a hand now Right Click, in the Menu that pops up 6. Click – Send to Desktop.7. Deselect.

In future all you do to open Word pad is Double click the WordPad Icon on the Desktop, it opens on the screen. Do this now.

Exercise 2.2 - Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access Tool Bar (Found on left of Title Bar) can be used instead of the Word Pad menu It has three options on it which are very useful.

Save – Opens the Save As window or Saves as you add to typing. Undo – Undoes last action Redo – Redoes last action

To move the Quick Access Tool bar to just above the ruler (below the ribbon)

1. Click the small arrow at the end of the toolbar.2. A drop down menu appears click ‘Show Below the Ribbon’.

This makes the Quick Access toolbar more accessible when typing.

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Save Undo Redo

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The Home Ribbon

The Home Ribbon has all of the formatting options used in Word Pad and E-mails. The buttons each have an icon illustrating its use. These are shortcuts to menu options. 1. Float the pointer over the buttons (do not click) 2. Read the Pop-up labels giving a description of its action. 3. Slide to each Button in turn.

Some of these will be used in a later exercise.

Exercise 2.3 - Using Keys and CharactersWhenever you need to type something in an E-mail message, or Word Pad you’ll see a blinking vertical line (I) on the page. That is the Insertion Point or IP mark. It shows where the text that you type will begin. Once there is text on the page you can move the IP mark by clicking in the desired location with the mouse, or by using the Arrow keys. (Covered later in this lesson)

In addition to letters, numerals, punctuation marks, and symbols, the typing keys also include Shift, Caps Lock, Tab, Enter, Spacebar, and Backspace. See chart on next page to find where they are located on the keyboard.

Key Names and how to use them – Try each of these now.

Shift Key: Most keys on the keyboard have two sets of characters. The top characters are accessed through the Shift key.

1. Hold down the shift key and tap the first letter of your name to make a capital letter.

2. Release the shift key, type the rest in lower case.3. Tap Enter.4. Hold down the shift key and tap some of the number keys to create the

symbols shown above the number on the key. 5. Tap Enter.

Caps Lock: This allows the letter keys to be typed in capitals.When the Caps Lock key is pressed a light appears on the upper right of the keyboard to indicate that Caps lock is on.

1. Tap Caps Lock once (a light comes on) and type - urgent message - all letters appear in uppercase.

2. Tap Enter.3. Tap Caps Lock again to turn off this function. (the light goes off.)Tap Enter.4. Type – urgent message again, this time it appears in lower case. 5. Tap Enter.

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Tab Key: This key moves the IP mark forward across the page when pressed or tapped. Tab can be used to move to the next text box on a form. E.g. E-mail letter form.

1. Tap Tab to move the cursor several spaces forward, type - Well done!

Enter Key: This key when tapped creates a new line and also confirms an action or command.

1. Tap Enter to move the cursor to the beginning of the next line.

Spacebar: Moves the cursor one space forward between words.

1. Place the IP mark between two words. 2. Tap the Spacebar twice to see what happens.

Backspace:

1. Tap this key to delete the character before or to the left of the IP mark,

Delete Key:

1. Tap this key to delete the character after or to the right of the IP mark. 2. Click in the middle of the last words you typed and use Delete and

Backspace keys to remove the letters.3. Click Redo button until deleted words reappear.

Arrow Keys: move the cursor around text in the direction of the arrow.

1. Tap each Arrow key in turn and watch the IP mark move around the text.

2. Close WordPad Don’t save.

These are the keys it is necessary to know for this course and others you may take at SeniorNet. Exercise 2.4 you will help to become familiar with them.

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Exercise 2.4 – Using the Keyboard and Arrow Keys.

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Tab Key Caps Lock Back space Key Delete Key Lights

Shift Key Space Bar Enter Arrow Keys

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1. With WordPad open, type your full name, address and telephone number in a straight line. Remember to hold down the Shift key and Tap the letter key to make capitals. The IP Mark is now flashing at the end of the line.

2. Tap the left arrow key to place the IP Mark in front of the street number.

3. Tap Enter. The address jumps down one line.

4. Tap the right arrow key and move the IP Mark in front of the Suburb name

5. Tap Enter. Once again the text has moved to the next line down.

6. Using the Mouse place the IP Mark in front of the City name and left click it.

7. Move the pointer away and the IP Mark remains where you clicked.

8. Tap Enter.

9. Tap the Delete Key until the city name disappears.

10. Tap the caps lock key and retype the city name in capitals.

11. Tap the caps lock key again to turn it off.

12. Tap Enter to move the telephone number under the address.

13. Using the Arrow keys move the IP mark to the end of your name.

14. Tap the Backspace Key until the name disappears.

15. Using the mouse pointer click the Undo Button. Redo ButtonYour name should reappear.

16. Click the Redo Button and then the Undo Button again.

17. Tap the down arrow ↓ until you reach the end of the phone number. Tap Enter twice.

18. Putting a space between each character, hold down the Shift Key and tap all the keys with characters on the top.

19. Finally place The IP Mark in the middle of the characters you have typed.

20. Tap Backspace key to delete characters to the left.

21. Tap the Delete key to delete characters to the right.

If you notice a mistake after you have typed several lines, either click the mouse beside the mistake to place the IP Mark, or use the arrow keys to get you there, then click backspace or delete accordingly. There is no need to delete the text and type again.

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Exercise 2.5 - Saving and Opening a Document.Now that you have created a new File it can be saved in the Documents Folder on the computer Hard Drive by following these steps:

Click the WordPad button, in the menu choose Save As – the Save As window opens.

This list and diagram shows the important parts of the Save As window.

Title Bar Shows name of window, i.e. Save As Address Slot Shows which folder you are saving the file to, ensure it

shows Documents. File Name Slot The text in this slot is selected (white text on blue

background). You can change the file’s name to any name you wish by simply typing it in.

Save button Tap this to complete the action of saving the file. The file is now saved to the hard drive on the computer.

The Save As Window

Close WordPad.

To Open the File:

1. To open WordPad – click Start button, point to WordPad in the Start menu. 2. Look in the Recent Documents on the right side of the list.3. Click the file you wish to open and it appears on the screen.

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1. Title Bar2. Address Slot

3. File Name slot

4. Save Button

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Exercise 2.6 - Selecting and Deselecting Text.Before any changes to text can take place, the text must first be selected. There are several ways of doing this but for this course we will show you three of them.

Method One:

1. Click to place the IP Mark at the beginning of the text you wish to change.2. While holding down the Shift key tap the Right arrow key.

This selects or places a blue band of colour over the letters as shown. Selected TextMethod Two:

1. Click in front of the text and, while holding down the left mouse button, drag the

pointer across the text. 2. Release the button when you get to the end of your selection.

Method Three:

1. To select one line of text, with the mouse place the pointer in the left margin, next to the line you wish to select. It changes to an arrow.

2. Left click the mouse and the whole line is selected.3. To remove the selection or Deselect, move the mouse pointer away to the right

of the screen and click.

Exercise 2.7 – Copy, Cut, and Paste.

In this exercise you will copy and paste a line of text so you have several lines to work with.

1. Tap Enter twice.

2. Type - The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. As you probably already know, this phrase uses all the letters of the alphabet and will help you to become familiar with the keyboard.

3. Select the text using one of the above methods.

4. Place the pointer into the selected area and Right click the mouse.

5. A Context menu appears, click Copy.(Context menus provide a range of options that differ according to what you are doing at the time).

6. Deselect the text by one left click of the mouse on the right of the page.

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When you select text it becomes highlighted to show what you have selected. Your selection can be corrected, if necessary.

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7. Tap the Enter key and Right click the mouse again.

8. In the Context menu click Paste. You now have two lines of text!

9. Repeat steps 7and 8, six times and you should finish with eight lines of text.

Congratulations you have learnt to Copy and Paste. Now you have several lines of text, practice selecting text using the three methods shown in Exercise 2.6. Remember – one left click on the right of the page to Deselect

The next step is very similar to copying but this time we will underline the text then Cut and Paste it.

10. Select a line of text using any of the above methods.

11. On the Home Ribbon, in the Font section, click the U. The selected text is now underlined.

12. Place the tip of the pointer into the selected area and Right Click the mouse.In the Context menu that appears, click Cut.The underlined text has disappeared. Fear Not! It is safe on the clipboard on the Home Ribbon.

13. Left click beneath the lines of text – Right click then. in the Context menu, click Paste. The underlined text now appears at the bottom of the list.This is the result of using Cut and Paste. These techniques can save time and extra typing.

Exercise 2.8 – ScrollingSometimes the text on our document is too big to fit on the screen. We need to be able to Scroll it up and down to see the other parts of it.

1. Place the pointer on the Slider on the right of the screen, click and hold down the mouse button, drag it up or down to scroll the text.The page will move up or down several lines.

2. Click the arrows at the top and bottom of the Scroll Bar. The page will move up or down line by line.

3. Click the spaces above and below the Slider.The page will move up or down several paragraphs

4. Tap the Page Up and Page Down keys. They will move up or down by a page.

5. Turn the Wheel on the mouse. It will scroll the text as many or few lines you choose to scroll and the slider on the Scroll Bar moves with it.

6. Click on the Wheel and move the mouse up or down.This will scroll the pages up or down quickly – Click again to stop the scrolling.

7. Leave the document open for the next exercise.

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Exercise 2.9 - Formatting a DocumentFormatting refers to how the text in your document looks as well as how it’s arranged. You can use the Home Ribbon, to easily change the formatting in your document. For example, you can choose from many different fonts and font sizes, and you can make your text almost any colour you want. You can also easily change how your document is aligned

You have read the labels for the buttons on the Home Ribbon, now you can see what they do, using this part of the ribbon.

1. Select the 1st line of text. In the Font section of the ribbon in the slot that shows Calibri click the Reveal arrow beside itand choose a different font by clicking on it.

2. Click the Reveal Arrow next to the number in the next slot and click 16 in the drop down menu.

3. Deselect and see the changes you have made

4. Select the 2nd line on the page and click the on the Ribbon – it now shows as Bold text.

5. Deselect. (click away to right of page.)

6. Select the 3rd line of text on the page and click the on the Ribbon – it now shows as Italic text.

7. Deselect

8. Select the 4th line of text on the page and click the on the Ribbon – it now shows as Underlined text.

9. Deselect

10. Select the 5th line of text on the page and click the beside the Font colour slot, when the drop down window appears choose Red

11. Deselect.

12. Select the 6th line of text on the page and click the next to theHighlighter button, choose a colourThis makes text look like it was marked with a highlighter pen.

13. Deselect.

14. Click the pointer into the middle of a line.

15. Click each of the four Alignment buttons in the Paragraph section to see what happens, finishing with the Left alignment

16. Click the Select all button on the ribbon Right side).

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17. Click the alignment buttons again.Finish with the left alignment.

18. Deselect.

19. Click Save on the Quick Access Toolbar to save the changes you have made.

This exercise has shown you a few things you can do to format letters and E-mails. We hope you practice at home to see what else you can discover.

To Close a File

In Word Pad when you close the file, the whole program closes; click the X in the Top right corner of the screen, or click the WordPad button and click Exit at the bottom of the menu. A dialogue box usually appears asking if you wish to save any changes made to the document, Click Yes or No accordingly.

Refer to the list of subjects at the beginning of this lesson and check that you have an understanding of each.

Don’t be afraid to play! Practice these exercises and you will soon become more competent and comfortable with your computer.

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Well, that’s it folks!

You are now equipped in basic skills We trust this has given you the confidence to enjoy your computer.

There is much more to learn about E-mail and the wonderful world of the Internet. Also, many other modules that you may enjoy at your own time

and pace.We look forward to seeing you at SeniorNet again in the future.

Remember - Don’t Grow Old, Keep Growing Up!


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