Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ch.7--"How to format columns into Word"

If you are interested in putting columns into a Word document you must go to Format and then to Columns. From there you can choose anywhere from 2 to 12 columns. Once you have chosen your number of columns you are able to change the width in between two of your columns. This is very helpful because you are able to adjust the columns to what you need for your document. Another option on the Columns menu is for Microsoft Word to make columns from where your insertion point is. The program will make columns of all the words that are under your insertion point. This tool is also very helpful if you only need part of your document in columns.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Ch.6--"Graphics in Microsoft Word"

People would want to use graphics in Microsoft Word because it spices up the document. For something like an invitation it is fun to add graphics to make it look cool and to make people want to go to where the invitation is inviting them to. Graphics in a Word document can also be used to explain or emphasize something. If a company puts a document out that says that everyone needs to be on time in the morning, there may be a picture of a clock to emphasize it. These graphics come from three different places: the internet, my collections on my username and from Microsoft Office’s collections. Since there is three different places that they come from you will be able to get a wide variety of graphics. To put in a graphic you go to insert then picture then clip-art. You search for what you need and you scroll over it to the arrow that will appear. Click the arrow on the picture you want and then you do what you want with it, whether that is to copy it or insert it. Once it is in the document you can format the graphic to what you would like.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Ch.5--"Microsoft Word better than blogger software"

Microsoft Word has many features that the blog software does not. The one that everyone probably uses is the spell check in Microsoft Word. There are a lot of words out there and it is hard to spell them all, but when you type in Microsoft Word it identifies a word if it is spelled wrong or if the sentence is not complete. In blogs people like to be creative with the fonts and font colors and in Microsoft Word you can change those things very easily. There are things in Microsoft Word like a Thesaurus and Bulleted List made easy. Overall Microsoft Word is user friendly for someone who needs to type anything.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Ch.4--"Microsoft Word in the Future"

Right now I use Microsoft Word a lot because of all the schoolwork that I have. In the near future I will still be using it a lot because in college there will be even more work to do on Microsoft Word. I will use it for essays and projects. After college I plan to still use Microsoft Word. I will use it to create my résumé and letters. I wish to be an accountant and that will mean I will have a lot of typing to do and Microsoft Word will help me accomplish my goals at my job. It will help with its easy underlined and bolding words.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Ch.3--"A Newsletter in Microsoft Word"

At www.microsoft.com/mac there is an article on how to lay out a newsletter in publishing view in Microsoft Word. It gives you step-by-step instructions on how to make the newsletter. Step 1 is to set up the master page. The master page contains text and pictures. To maintain a consistent look for all imported pictures you use image drop zone. An image drop zone applies a consistent look to any image that is dropped on to it. Once you finish formatting what you newsletters will look like, you save and as a template so that you can use that same format every time you wish to write a newsletter. Once you have created the template you can start putting what you wish to have on this newsletter.