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UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON –COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING-
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL.
WEEK 5:Microsoft Word

Introduction
COURSE TITLE: PRINCIPLE OF Asst. Prof Dr. Hanaa Mohsin Ali

COMPUTER Al Abboodi
STAGE: FIRST YEAR

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Microsoft Word Introduction
What is Microsoft Word?

• Microsoft word is an application software developed by
Microsoft Inc.
• Microsoft is an American multinational technology company.

It is word processing software.
• Microsoft Word is used to create, edit, print and share

professional-looking documents such as applications, forms,
templates, business cards, letters, paper, reports, and booklets
by using Microsoft Word.
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Functional bars in Microsoft
Title Bar: – Title bar is on the top of the window when you open
a Microsoft Word application. The title bar contains opened
application name (Microsoft Word in this case), by default file
name (document1) in the center, control buttons (close, maximize,
minimize) in right side and quick access tools (word logo, save,
undo-redo function) on the left side.
Menu Bar: – Menu bar contains all the menus such as File,
Home, and Insert, Page Layout, etc. These menus and functions
are tools that are used to create all kinds of professional-looking
documents in Microsoft Word.
Standard Formatting Bar (Sub Menu): – These are the
category of functions and features dived under Menus according
to their use. For example, Font, Paragraph, etc. these are
subcategories of Main Menu Bar. 3
• Ruler Bar: – Ruler bar is most important to understand. A

rule bar is used to align the document. You can set margin and
paragraph spaces by using it. You can find left indent, the right
indent in the ruler bar. This is used to align the documents,
page margins so when you print the document it will look
professional. There are two rule bars in Microsoft Word, one
is on the top of the white page(typing area) and the secondly is
on the left side.
• Scrolling Bar: – Scrollbar is used to scroll the page
up/down and right/left when page zoom is high or low. There
are two scrolling bars. One is the horizontal bar and the
second one is the vertical scrolling bar.
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Status Bar: – The Status bar showcase page number, total words,
selected words, etc. Its main work is the display the status of the
page. You can find spelling and grammatical proofreading option
in the right after page number and words. And on the right side of
the status bar, there are page views, zooming options.
The identification of MS-Word File
You can identify Microsoft Word File in your computer by seeing
.docx at the end of the file name. In other words .docx is an
extension of Microsoft word file. It is similar that you find a song
file in which you see .mp3 at the end of the song name and in MS
word for the document file it as .docx. .docx is the identification of
file names such as sir name.
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Basic uses of Microsoft Word: –
➢ You can create, design, and edit letters, resume, bills,
reports, applications, forms, birthday cards, business
cards, calendars, books, articles, assignments in
Microsoft Word and you can share them with your
friends and also in public. And you can work with your
team members in real-time on the same document. There
are pre-designed templates that you can use to create
various kinds of personal and official documents.
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The Top 10 powerful uses of Microsoft Word
❖Business and workplace use of Microsoft Word:

❖MS word uses in Education:
❖Home-based users of Microsoft Word:
❖Microsoft Word helps you to get a job:
❖Help to create resumes, notes, and assignments:
❖You can create books, articles, and newsletters:
❖Used to create edit, transcribe, and convert PDF documents:
❖You can start an offline/online business after learning the
Microsoft word:
❖ Collaborate with team members anytime and from anywhere:
❖You can use Microsoft Word to teach student: –
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Using Microsoft Word.
There are three methods you can follow to use Microsoft Word.
• To create anything such as forms, resume, business cards,
applications, and bills, etc. you need to visualize first, what kind of
document you want to create. Such as if you want to create
business cards in MS-Word then you need to visualize the colors,
shapes, text, and alignment, etc. to give it a look you’re imagining.
Basic knowledge of official documents is important to utilize the
features of MS-Word.
• See the samples of existed documents on the Internet and then
create similar by seeing the sample. Also, you can watch video
tutorials on YouTube. So, you can learn the basics of this method.
But more advanced knowledge of Microsoft features and function
it’s better than you can join an online course if really want to
learn quickly.
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Using Microsoft Word.(continued)
•You can also download a template related to your documents
such as the current account opening application for a bank. After
downloading the template then replace exists text with your own.
Save the document by pressing Ctrl+S and Print the document or
use Ctrl+P.

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UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON –COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING-

WEEK 5:Microsoft Word

COURSE TITLE: PRINCIPLE OF Asst. Prof Dr. Hanaa Mohsin Ali

STAGE: FIRST YEAR

What is Microsoft Word?

• Microsoft is an American multinational technology company.

• Microsoft Word is used to create, edit, print and share

• Ruler Bar: – Ruler bar is most important to understand. A

❖Business and workplace use of Microsoft Word:

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