| The Standard
Toolbar

This entire
toolbar could become a floating window by double-clicking on the
control bar at the far left end of this toolbar. That gives the
following window, which can be placed anywhere on the screen:
This toolbar
can be restored to its original position by clicking in the gray
bar at the top and dragging it back to the top of the screen.
Push the top of the window up to the bottom of the menu bar.
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Function of commonly used buttons
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Creates a
new blank document based on the default template |
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Opens or
finds a file |
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Saves the
active file with its current file name, location and
file format |
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Prints the
active file - for more print options go to the File menu
and select Print |
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Print
preview - Shows how the document will look when you
print it. |
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Spelling,
grammar and writing style checker |
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Cut -
Removes the selection from the document and places it on
the clipboard |
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Copy -
Copies the selected item(s) to the clipboard |
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Paste -
Places the content of the clipboard at the insertion
point |
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Format
painter - Copies the format from a selected object or
text and applies to other objects or text |
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Undo -
Reverses the last command, use pull-down menu to undo
several steps |
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Redo -
Reverses the action of the Undo button, use the
pull-down menu to redo several steps |
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Displays
the Tables and Borders toolbar |
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Insert a
table into the document, or make a table of selected
text |
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Select
Color, Grayscale or Pure Black and White |
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Shows, or
hides, character formatting |
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Displays
or hides a grid on a slide |
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Zoom -
Enlarge or reduce the display of the active document |
Carefully
review the function of each of the buttons above. When you think
that you are familiar with each of the buttons take the short
quiz below. (The Standard toolbar has been included as a
reference)
V The Formatting
Toolbar
This entire toolbar could become a floating
window by double-clicking on the control bar at the far left end
of this toolbar. That gives the following window, which can be
placed anywhere on the screen:
This toolbar can be restored to its original
position by clicking in the gray bar at the top and dragging it
back to the top of the screen. Push the top of the window up to
the bottom of the menu bar.
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Function of
commonly used buttons |
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Select the style to apply to paragraphs |
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Changes the font of the selected text |
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Changes the size of selected text and numbers |
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Makes selected text and numbers bold |
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Makes selected text and numbers italic |
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Underlines selected text and numbers |
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Aligns to the left with a ragged right margin |
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Apply shadow formatting to text
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Aligns to the right with a ragged left margin |
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Centers the selected text |
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Makes a numbered list or reverts back to normal |
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Add, or remove, bullets in a selected paragraph |
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Decreases the indent to the previous tab stop |
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Indents the selected paragraph to the next tab stop |
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Formats the selected text with the color you click |
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Shows slide design templates
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Increase font size with the Big A, or decrease size
with the little A |
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Insert a new slide in your show
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Carefully review the function of each of the
buttons above. When you think that you are familiar with each of
the buttons take the short quiz below. (The Formatting toolbar
has been included as a reference)
The Drawing Toolbar
This entire toolbar could become a floating
window by double-clicking on the control bar at the far left end
of this toolbar. That gives the following window, which can be
placed anywhere on the screen:
This toolbar can be restored to its original
position by clicking in the gray bar at the top and dragging it
back to the top of the screen. Push the top of the window up to
the bottom of the menu bar.
Carefully review the function of each of the
buttons above. When you think that you are familiar with each of
the buttons take the short quiz below. (The Drawing toolbar has
been included as a reference)
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