Learn Home Tab Uses In MS Word

Learn Home Tab Uses In MS Word

Most of those frequently used commands are located on the Home Tab.

                Toolbars and drop-down menus are replaced by a Ribbon when you first use Microsoft Word 2007. The Ribbon is located close to the top of the Word processor. The Ribbon is organized into task-specific tabs, each containing a group of commands. The Home Tab displays a collection of the most frequently used Word commands. From the Ribbon, select the tab you wish to use. Basic Knowledge of MS Word.  
    

I'll be practicing this lesson utilizing my resume. This is a print screen of Microsoft Word 2007's Home Tab.

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Learn Home Tab Uses In MS Word


The Home Tab Group are as follow:
  • Paragraph
  • Styles
  • Editing

Clipboard

                            To rapidly bring up the Clipboard task pane, click the dialog launcher located in this group's lower right corner.
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Paste- ( Ctrl + V).A drop-down button. The commands Paste, Paste Special, and Paste as Hyperlink are in the drop-down menu.

Cut- ( Ctrl + X). Cuts the current selection to the clipboard.

Copy- ( Ctrl + C).The active selection is copied to the clipboard.

Format Painter-( Ctrl + Shift + C).Copies the formatting from one place in a document and lets you apply it somewhere else. This works across multiple documents. More Detail For Clipboard

Font

                All of the commands for character formatting are accessible through his group.

            By clicking on the dialog box launcher in the lower right corner of this group, you may easily bring up the Font Tab, or "Font" dialog box.
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Font - (Ctrl + Shift + F). Provides a list of all the available fonts (based on your current printer selection.

Font Size - (Ctrl + Shift + P). Lets you adjust the character size (based on your current printer selection.

Increase Font Size - (Ctr + Shift + >). Increases the font size of the current selection to the next larger size in the Font Size box.

Decrease Font Size - (Ctrl + Shift + <). Decreases the font size of the current selection to the next smaller size in the Font Size box.

Change Case - Drop-Down. Changes the selected text to either uppercase, lowercase or another type of capitalisation. The drop-down contains the commands: Sentence Case, Lowercase, Uppercase, Capitalize Each Word and Toggle Case.

Clear All Formatting - (Ctrl + Spacebar). Clears all the formatting from the current selection.

Bold - (Ctrl + B). Toggles bold on the current selection.

Italic - (Ctrl + I). Toggles italics on the current selection.

Underline - (Ctrl + U). Button with Drop-Down. The button toggles bold on the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Underline, Double Underline, Thick Underline, Dotted Underline, Dashed Underline.

Strikethrough - Draws a line through the middle of the selected text.

Subscript - (Ctrl + =). Converts the selection to small letters below the text baseline.

Superscript - (Ctrl + Shift + +). Converts the selection to small letters above the text baseline.

Text Effects and Typography - Drop-Down. Apply text effects such as Outline, Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Number Styles, Ligatures and Stylistic Sets.

Text Highlight Color - Button with Drop-Down. Shades the background behind the current selection.The drop-down contains the commands: No Color and Stop Highlighting. 

Font Color - Button with Drop-Down. The button changes the colour of the font of the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Automatic, Theme Colors, Standard Colors and More Colors.

Paragraph

          Access to every command related to paragraph formatting is granted by this group.

         The "Paragraph" dialog box, Indents and Spacing Tab can be viewed quickly by selecting the dialog box launcher located in the lower right corner of this group.

Learn Home Tab Uses In MS Word

Bullet- A drop-down button. The selected paragraphs' single level bullets can be toggled by pressing this button. The commands Recently Used Bullets, Bullet Library, Document Bullets, Change List Level, and Define New Bullet are all contained in the drop-down menu. Levels 1 through 9 are visible using the Change List Level extension. The "Define New Bullet" dialog box appears when you select Define New Bullet.

Numbering- A drop-down button. Toggle single level numbering from the chosen paragraphs using this button. The commands in the drop-down menu are: Recently Used Numbering, Set Numbering Value, Define New Number Format, and Modify List Level.

Multilevel List- Drop-Down. The commands Current List is contained in the drop-down menu. Enumerate Library Specify a new list style, change the list level, and define a new multilevel list. Rather than displaying the list of items at a single level, a multilevel list displays the list at multiple levels. This has taken the role of outline numbering and was formerly accessible from the Outline Numbered tab on the Bullets & Numbering dialog box. For further information, please see the Bullets  Multilevel List.

Decrease Indent- Decreases the indent by 1 or removes the indent completely.

Increase Indent- Increases the indent by 1.

Sort- enables you to sort text within tables or between paragraphs of text by displaying the "Sort Text" or "Sort" dialog boxes. The "Sort Text" dialog box appears if the selection you are currently working with is not in a table. The "Sort" dialog box appears if the selection being made is in a Table. Originally found on the Table drop-down menu in 2003, this command can now be found on the Home Tab as well as the contextual Table Tools - Layout tab.

Show/Hide Paragraph Mark- (Ctrl + *). Toggles the display of paragraph marks and other hidden formatting.

Align Left - (Ctrl + L). Aligns text to the left.

Center - (Ctrl + E). Aligns text to the center.

Align Right - (Ctrl + R). Aligns text to the right.

Justify - (Ctrl + J). Aligns text to both left and right margins adding extra space between words where necessary.

Line Spacing - Drop-Down. The drop-down contains the commands: 1.0, 1.15, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, Line Spacing Options, Add Space Before Paragraph and Add Space After Paragraph. The Line Spacing Options command displays the "Paragraphs" dialog box (Indents and Spacing tab). The default line spacing is 1.15.

Shading - Button with Drop-Down. The button applies the selected shading to the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Theme Colors, Standard Colors, No Color and More Colors.
Border - Button with Drop-Down. The button applies the selected border to the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Bottom Border, Top Border, Left Border, Right Border, No Border, All Borders, Outside Borders, Inside Borders, Inside Horizontal Border, Inside Vertical Border, Diagonal Down Border, Diagonal Up Border, Horizontal Line, Draw Table, View Gridlines and Borders and Shading.

Styles

                       By clicking on the dialog box launcher located in the bottom right corner of this group, you can easily switch between the Styles Task Pane's display.

Learn Home Tab Uses In MS Word
Quick Styles - Displays a gallery of available styles (with auto preview). Is the Heading 1 style different in 2007 and 2010 to 2003. Yes the Normal template and styles are very different.

Editing
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Find - Button with Drop-Down. The button displays the "Find and Replace" dialog box and displays the Find tab. The drop-down contains the commands: Find and Go To. The Go To tab can also be displayed by clicking on the Page: 1 of 2 indicator on the status bar in the bottom left corner.

Replace - This displays the "Find and Replace" dialog box and displays the Replace tab.

Select - Drop-Down. The drop-down contains the commands: Select All, Select Objects and Select Text with similar Formatting. The Select Text will select text with similar formatting.