To Launch Microsoft Word 97:
1. Click the START button
2. On the START menu, point to PROGRAMS
3. On the PROGRAMS menu, click MICROSOFT WORD
Entering and Saving Text in a Document
1. At the Insertion Point type your text
2. When you would like to save your work save the file by:
3. Click FILE from the File pull-down menu
4. Click SAVE AS...
5. Type in a Filename
6. Select the drive and folder where the file should be saved in the Save in: box
7. Click the SAVE button
Inserting and Deleting text:
1. To Insert text, place your insertion point where you want the text to appear and type the new text.
2. To Delete text, select it and type the Delete Key on the keyboard
To Copy text:
1. Select the text you wish to copy
2. From the Edit pull-down menu, choose Copy
3. Place your insertion point where you want the copied text to go
4. Choose PASTE from the Edit pull-down menu
To Move text:
1. Select the text you wish to move
2. From the Edit pull-down menu, choose Cut
3. Place your insertion point where you want the text to go
4. Choose PASTE from the Edit pull-down menu
To Insert a TABLE into your document:
1. Place your insertion point where you want the TABLE to go
2. From the TABLE pull-down menu, choose Insert Table
3. Specify the number of Rows and Columns
4. Click OK
5. Type your text into to cells, move to the next cell by pressing the TAB key
To INSERT a PICTURE into your document:
1. Place your insertion point where you want the picture to appear
2. Choose PICTURE from the Insert pull-down menu
3. Specify if you want the picture from a file or from Clip Art, they choose the file or clip art image you want
4. Click the INSERT button
To SPELL CHECK a Document:
1. Put your insertion point at the beginning of the document
2. From the TOOLS pull-down menu, choose SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
3. Make your choices as Word finds the words that are not in its dictionary
To PRINT a Document
1. Click FILE from the pull-down menu
2. Click PRINT
3. Click OK