The most commonly used items from the Tools, Window and Help menus will be explained. A quiz will follow.Tools menu
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Spelling and Grammar - Choose either sub-menu and the same window opens. Questioned spelling is in red, grammar in green. |
Language/Thesaurus - Have you used the word "like" too many times? Highlight the word, select Thesaurus and get suggestions like similar and analogous. |
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Word Count - Need to know how many words are in your document? Select Word Count and find out how many pages, words, characters, paragraphs, and lines. |
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Auto Summarize - Exactly what it sounds like, Word summarizes the document, reducing the length of the document, keeping the meaning. |
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Auto Correct - Word will automatically correct some things. If this feature is irritating to you, come here to change what is corrected. |
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Customize- Opens the same window that you get by going to the View menu and selecting Toolbar/Customize. |
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Options - Modify Word settings here. Modify print, editing, spelling and other options from this sub-menu. |
Window menu
New Window - This opens another window with a copy of the active document. |
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Arrange All - Displays all open files in the window. This makes dragging and dropping from one document to another much easier. |
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Split - Splits the active window into panes. |
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Open Document List - There is no need to drag windows to the side so you can see other documents open in Word. Come to the bottom of this window for a listing of all open documents. The active document has a check mark beside it. |
Help menu
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Microsoft Word Help - Open Word's Assistant and get a search box to type in. Word displays possible matches for you to read about. |
Contents and Index - See an index of all topics available in Word's Help documentation. |
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Microsoft on the Web - That's right! It is exactly what it sounds like. Select a link and a Microsoft help page is opened in your browser. If you are not online, Word will make the connection and then display the page. |
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About Microsoft Word - Not sure which version of Word you working with. Check here for version information and for the produce ID number. |
In the Table below, select which menu you would use to perform the stated action.
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You want to see two documents at the same time so you can
drag text from one document to another. Which menu do you
select? |
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A word has been used too many times in your document and
you need suggestions for another word to use. Which menu do
you select? |
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Grant application rules state that a maximum of 500 words
are allowed and you don't want to count each word you typed.
Which menu do you select? |
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You have seven documents open at the same time and want
to move from one to another. Which menu do you select? |
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A button is missing from the formatting toolbar. You want
to put it back in the bar. Which menu do you select? |
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A friend wants to send you a document by Email and you
are not sure which version of Word you are using. Which menu
do you select? |
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You want to open another window with the same document.
You are about to make changes, but don't want to take a
chance on losing the original document. Which menu do you
select? |
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You want to be |
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Your document is too long to be included in a report and
it needs to be summarized. Which menu do you select? |
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