Microsoft Word Tutorial
The Basics of Formatting with MS Word
Practice
Typing
1. Type two
paragraphs (4-5 sentences per paragraph) on either what you plan to do this
summer or what you did last summer.
Label your
paragraphs Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2.
Solutions
to Common Problems
Activity
2
Copying and Pasting
Solutions
to Common Problems

Formatting
Font from the Toolbar
1.
Change the first paragraph to Courier
font.
2. Change Paragraph 2 to
3. Change the very
last
paragraph
to Arial Black font.
4.
5. Change the font size of Paragraph 2 to size 16
font.
6. Change the very
last
paragraph
to size 18 font.
7. Change
the font
color of the first
paragraph to red.
8. Change
the font color of Paragraph 2 to blue.
9. Change
the
font color of the very
last
paragraph
to green.
Solutions
to Common Problems
Activity
4
Formatting
Font from the Format Menu
1. Highlight the very last paragraph
again. By using the Format menu
described by the Bianchi
Learning Video
complete the following:
a) Change the font to Verdana
b) Change the size to 10
c) Change the color to red
d) Click on the Double strikethrough
and All caps categories
Solutions
to Common Problems
Activity 5
Spell
Check your document
1.
Spell check your document. Learn by viewing the
Bianchi
Learning Video above.
Solutions
to Common Problems
Activity
6
Aligning
your paragraphs
1.
Align your first paragraph to the right.
2.
Align your Paragraph 2 to the center.
Activity
7
Aligning
your paragraphs
1.
Highlight the very last paragraph . By using the Format
menu described by Bianchi
Learning Video complete
the following:
a) Change the Alignment to Justified
b) Change the Line Spacing to Double
Solutions
to Common Problems
Activity
8
Saving
your Work
1. Watch the Bianchi
Learning Video to
see how to save your work.
2. If you don't save it correctly it can be erased.
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