Tutorial/Tips for basic course in computer application

Protect Document We can protect the document and make our document personal by keeping password. For that we have to follow the simple process as given below; At first open the required document or make the document ready by typing or doing any work in Ms-Word.  Then click on (Office Button) which is top of the document.  After that click on (Prepare) then choose (Encrypt

Header/Footer We can place required heading, text, quotation, saying or proverb either at the top or at the bottom of each pages of the current file. The text that is placed at the top is known as Header and the text at the bottom is said as Footer. Process Click on (Insert) tab which is on the top of the Ms Word.  Then click on (Header) or (Footer) as required.  After that you can choose any built in Header or Footer. Instead of that you can edit Header or Footer by clicking on (Edit Header) or (Edit Footer).  Type the topics or any required information for the header or footer.  Text Box We can insert text box inside which text, picture or symbol can

Add Picture We can add any picture in Microsoft Word and do different formatting with the picture. For that we have to follow simple process; At first we have to open the Ms word. Then go to (Insert) tab which is on the top of the Ms Word. Then click on (Picture) . after that you will get a dialog box to browse picture. So browse required picture from your computer. Select the required picture and click on (insert) button. Then you will get a picture in Ms Word. But you are not able to move picture anywhere inside the document.  So to move the picture we have to click on (Format) which is

  The Thesaurus The thesaurus offers a list of synonyms, antonyms and related words for the text you look up. Look up words in the thesaurus. Select or type a word for which you want to find a synonym, an antonym, or related words Then go to (Review) tab which is on the top of the Ms Word. Then click on (Thesaurus) . (Or press Shift + F7) After that you will get a dialog box where you will get a list of synonym, an antonym or related words. If you like synonym words and likes to replace

Screen Shots 1) What are Screen Shots?  By the use of Screen shots we can take a picture of whatever is on the computer screen (i.e. the desktop, software, windows etc.) 2) What can you use them for? We can use them to provide exact picture representations for computer activities or communication boards. They are also useful in making instructions for running a particular software program. 3) Macintosh users: Press [Shift+z] + 3 to take a picture of the screen. You will hear a shutter-click sound. The file will appear as (Pic1) on the desktop. Open the file and

Adding Border We can add border in our document to make it more attractive and beautiful. Here are ways to add border in our document. To add border we have to go to (Page Layout) menu on the top of the page. Then click on Page Borders from Page Background group. After that a dialog box appears called (Border and Shading) You can add different styles of border as you want. For example dotted, lined, arts etc.

Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft Corporation USA. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems.[1][2][3] Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), the Apple Macintosh (1984), the AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1986), SCO UNIX, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows (1989). It is a component of the Microsoft Office software system; it is also sold as a standalone product and included in Microsoft Works Suite. Some of the special features of the Ms-word are as listed below: Easier to operate Popular word processing software Spelling and grammar checking facility

Shortcut Command Used in Microsoft Word Shortcut Key                 Command to be applied Ctrl+N                                                        Get a new blank document Ctrl+O                                                        Open the file that is saved already. Ctrl+S                    ...