STARTING MICROSOFT WORD AND CREATING, SAVING AND RETRIEVING FILES
Every Word project you create—whether it’s a personal letter, a
TV sitcom script, or a thesis in microbiology—begins and ends the same way. You
start by creating a document, and you end by saving your work. Sounds
simple, but to manage your Word documents effectively, you need to know these
basics and beyond.
If you want, you can use Word’s Outline view when you’re
brainstorming, and then switch to Print view when you’re ready for hard copy.
Launching Word
The first
time you launch Word after installation, the program asks you to confirm your
name and initials.
You
have three primary ways to fire up Word, so use whichever method you find
quickest:
·
Start menu. The Start
button in the lower-left corner of your screen gives you access to all programs
on your PC—Word included. To start Word, choose Start → All Programs →
Microsoft Office → Microsoft Office Word.
·
Quick Launch toolbar. The Quick
Launch toolbar at the bottom of your screen (just to the right of the Start
menu) is a great place to start programs you use frequently.
Microsoft modestly assumes that you’ll be using Word a lot, so it usually
installs the Word icon in the Quick Launch toolbar.
·
Opening a Word document. Once you’ve created some Word documents, this method is
fastest of all, since you don’t have to start Word as a separate step. Just open an existing Word document, and Word starts itself. Try going to Start → My Recent Documents, and then, from the
list of files, choose a Word document. You can also double-click the document’s
icon on the desktop or wherever it lives on your PC.
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