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Computer and Technology
Group Meeting Highlights
June 16, 2005
by David Schlegel, Web Correspondent 

“Review of Microsoft Word Features”

Presented by Dick Curry

Dick Curry opened with a Q & A period that centered on the Microsoft Beta version Spy ware program. He runs it himself and quoted from a very favorable review of the program. It is a free download until July 31.  Microsoft hasn’t announced what will happen after that. Dick recommends running at least two other spy ware programs in addition. He has Ad-Aware and Spybot.

The complete outline of Dick’s presentation entitled “ Review of Microsoft Word Features” follows these notes that amplify some of the main points.

He first demonstrated how to develop a Stationary Template. Templates are very useful. Using this one to open a new letter provides a view already containing your Name, Address, Date line, a logo if desired and closing salutation.

An existing letter in your file could be used as a template but if by mistake you “save” the new version instead of using “save as” you have lost the original. This is not a problem with a template. It is convenient to put a short cut to your template on the desktop.

Dick then illustrated many of the steps that can go into creating a Word document as listed in his outline.

Mail merge is a very powerful tool. Dick demonstrated how to first create a form letter that would go to all recipients after the addition of personal information items. Then he displayed an Excel name list formatted especially to fill in the blanks in the form letter.

This can include salutation, first name last name, address, phone number, etc, The merge command then merges the information to produce individual letters with all of the information in the proper place.

Document 1 - Develop a Stationery Template

Normal View, Print Layout View, Ruler (Margins), Zoom

1. Insert Picture

· Adjust picture size

· Insertion point

· Text Formatting

· Highlighting text

· Justification (Left, Center, Right)

· Styles

· Font size

· Font color

· Tricks

2.        Date/Time Stamp – Update automatically

3.        Print Preview

4.        Save/Save As

5.        Use Windows Explorer – File Management Program

· Create Shortcut on Desktop

· Drag and drop

 

Document 2 – Creating a Document

1. Highlight text/copy/paste

2. Word-wrap

3. Show paragraph and formatting marks/Insert page break

4. Line spacing

5. Undo/Redo

6. Full justification/full justification last line

7. Heading 1

· Change formatting

      8.       Heading 2

      9.       Insert Text Box

· Create Text Box

· Insert Picture and Cut/paste

· Format Text Box

    10.     Create columns/tables

    11.     Bullets and Numbering

    12.     Font color and Highlight Background

    13.     Font Selection

· Effects – subscript, superscript, strike through

· Insert symbols/Special Characters

    14.     Tabs/Columns/Tables

    15.     Page Numbers/Headers/Footers 

    16.     Miscellaneous

· Non-breaking space

· Non-breaking hyphen

· Auto-correct options/Customize/Other Options

· Page orientation/Setup/Print

    17.     Mail Merge

· Create Data Source

· Create Main Document

· Merge and print document

    18.     Print Mailing Labels and Envelopes

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