MS Word 2007-lesson Six-Documents Formatting Continuation

Changing Font Size Using the Dialog Box Launcher
The size of letters used in a document is termed the font size. Microsoft Word, you can change the size of you font.
To change the font sizes of texts in document using the dialog box launcher, take the following steps:
1. Highlight texts whose font sizes are to be changed.
2. Click on the Home Tab.
3. Click the dialog box launcher in the Font group, a font dialog box appears showing various font sizes.
4. Click on the desired font size.
Note: If you know the font size you want, you can type it in the Font Size field.
5. Click OK for the desired font size to be applied.

Alternative Method- Changing Font Size With Grow Font and Shrink Font
You can also change the size of your font by clicking the Grow Font and shrink Font buttons. Selecting text and then clicking the Grow Font button makes your font larger. Selecting text and then clicking the shrink font button makes your font size smaller.

Changing Fonts
The typeface of text in a document is termed font. In Microsoft Word, you can change the font that should affect your texts. Word 2007 has several inbuilt fonts from which one can choose. The following exercise illustrates how to change font of texts using the dialog box launcher.
Exercise
1. Type the following: Changing Fonts
2. Highlight the words: "Changing fonts."
3. Choose the Home Tab.
4. Click the dialog box launcher in the font group, a font dialog box appears showing various fonts
5. Click to select the font you want.
6. Click OK for the text to be affected.

Applying Colour to texts using the dialog box launcher
1. Highlight the text you wish to apply colour.
2. Click on the dialog box launcher in the font group.
3. Click on the drop Down arrow in front of the font colour.
4. Select the the colour you want.
5. Click on the OK button for the texts to be affected with the selected colour.

Ms Word Lesson Five- Document Formating

Bolding, Italicizing, Underlining
These three formatting actions are used in making emphasis in a word document. When you create a document, you may want to emphasize particular words or phrases by bolding, italicizing and underlining. Also, certain grammatical constructions require that you bold , italic, underline. We shall learn how to bold , italic and underline texts using different methods.

How to Bold Texts Using the Dialogue box Launcher
To bold text using this method, do the following:
1. Highlight the text.
2. Click on the Home tab.
3. Click the dialogue box launcher in the font group. The font dialogue box appears.
4. Click Bold in the font style box- the effect of your action will be shown in the preview window. To remove the bold, click Regular.
5. Click OK to close the dialogue box.
6. Click any where in the text area to remove the highlighting. The selected text becomes bold.

Alternative-Bolding Text with the Ribbon
1. Highlight texts.
2. Click on the home tab
3. Click the bold button in the front group. At once the selected texts becomes bold.
4. Click any where in the text area to remove highlighting. To remove the bolding, you can highlight the text and click the bold button again.

Alternative- Bolding Text with Keys
1. Highlight the texts.
2. Press Ctrl + B (I.e. hold down the Ctrl key while pressing B)
Note: To remove the bolding, press Ctrl +N again. You can also remove the bolding by pressing Ctrl + Space bar.
3. Click any where in the text area to remove the highlighting. The selected text will become bold.

How to Italicize Texts with the Dialogue Box Launcher
1. Highlight the text to be italicized
2. Click on the Home tab.
3. Click the dialogue box launcher in the font group. The font dialogue box appears.
4. Click italic in the font Style box
5. Click OK to close the font dialogue box.
6. Click any where in the text area to remove the highlighting. The text will be italicized.

Alternative- Italicizing Text with the Ribbon
1. Highlight the text to be italicized.
2. Click on the Home tab.
3. Click the italic button (/)on the Ribbon. The text will be italicized.
Note: To remove italics, select the text and click the Italic button / again.
4. Click any where in the text area to remove the highlighting.

Alternative Method- Italicizing Texts with Keys
1. Highlight the text to be italicized
2. Press Ctrl + I (Hold down the Ctrl key while pressing I).
3. Click anywhere in the text area to remove highlighting.

How To UnderlineText With the Dialogue Box Launcher
You can underline text using word 2007. Word provides you with different types of underlines from which to choose. The following are some of the the underlines that are available if you use the dialogue box launcher;
1. Full underline.
2. Words only underline
3. Double underline.
4. Thick underline.
5. Dotted underline.
6. Dashed underline.
7. Dot-dash underline.
8. Dot-Dot-Dash underline.
9. Wave underline.
To underline a group of texts using the dialogue box launcher, take the following steps:
1. Highlight the text to be underlined.
2. Choose the Home tab.
3. Click the dialogue box launcher in the font group. The font dialogue box appears.
4. In the underline Style box, click the down arrow to open the pull-down menu.
5. Click the type of underline you wish to use.
Note: To remove an underline, simply select none from the pull-down menu.
6. Click OK to close the dialogue box. The type of underline you selected appears under the words.
7. Click any where in the text area to remove the highlighting.

Alternative Method-Underlining Texts with Keys
1. Highlight the text to be underlined.
2. Press Ctrl + U (I.e. hold down the Ctrl key while pressing U).
Note: To remove the underlining, press Ctrl + U again.
3. Click any where in the text area to clear the highlighting.

INTRODUCTORY LESSON

Definition of a Computer: A Computer is an electronic device that is capable of accepting, processing and storing information at greater speed and accuracy. Basically it is made up of two parts, which is the handware and Software.
* Hardware: This represent the physical components of a computer, which can be seen and touched. E.g.
1.the monitor or Visual Display Unit (VDU)
2.The system unit or Central processing unit (CPU) 3.Keyboard and mouse (attached with a mouse pad)
* Software: This the part of a computer that can be seen and worked with but cannot be physically touched. It is also made up of two parts;
1. System software: Otherwise called an operating system is responsible for the computer operations or functioning E.g include;
1. Microsoft windows ME.
2. Microsoft windows XP.
3. Microsoft windows Vista.
4. Microsoft windows 7.
5. Microsoft windows 8 etc.
2. Application Software: This are software user's (YOU) you can apply to carry daily office work which include typing documents, performing simple and advanced calculations, creating impressive designs. examples includes;
1. Microsoft Word and Excel.
2. Microsoft Access and PowerPoint.
3. PageMaker and Corel-Draw etc.

Booting: is concerned with starting a computer so that it can prepare itself and become ready for use. Put in simple words, to boot a computer simply means to start it up. To boot a laptop computer, only one step is required however, to boot a tower or desktop computer at least three steps are required. Let's briefly look at the steps involved in starting a laptop and desktop computer.

How to Start a Tower or Desktop Computer
1. Put on the UPS
2. Put on the Monitor
3. Put on the System Unit. Relax and watch the display on the screen as the computer starts until the windows desktop is displayed showing icons, a mouse pointer and the start button. Any time a computer boot successfully; it displays the windows desktop with the mouse pointer, the icons and the task bar.

How to Boot Laptop Computer
In a laptop computer, the major parts such as the monitor, the system unit, the battery, the Keyboard and mouse are usually built together in compact form to form the System. These units are all powered by one switch. Thus to power on a laptop computer do, the following:
1. Press the power switch located on top of the system unit.
2. Relax and watch the system to get started.

The Windows Desktop
The first environment you see after booting is the windows desktop. It usually bears icons like My computer, My documents, Recycle bin etc. It carries the mouse pointer (arrow). Towards the end of the windows desktop is usually located the task bar which bears the start button and system clock.

Key Features of a Windows Desktop
1. Icons: refers to graphical symbols or small images or pictures on the desktop that represents programs or devices installed on the computer.
2. Mouse pointer: The arrow found on the desktop.
3. The task bar: located at the bottom end of the windows desktop. It carries the start button and system clock which displays the time of the day.