Open a new document:                                                                                      Top

• Click on File in the menu
• Drag down and select New

Type the words "I am a student at Lubbock High School" into the blank document:

• A blinking I-beam will appear at the top left hand side of the blank document
• Type "I am a student at Lubbock High School."

Save the document:                                                        Top

• Click on the Save icon in the tool bar

Save with the filename First Document in the default drive (Drive C, My Documents):

• Notice in the Save as dialog box that the file is being saved in My Documents
• My Documents is located in Drive C
• Type the filename First Document in the File Name box
• Press the Save button

Print your document in portrait:                                                    Top

• Click on File in the menu
• Drag down and select Print

To select Portrait:

• In the Print dialog box, press the Properties button

• Select Portrait in the Document Properties dialog box                    Top
• Press the OK button

• Press the OK button in the Print dialog box

Change the font, font color and font size from the default of New Times Roman 12pt to Comic Sans MS 14pt blue

• Highlight the text
• Click the drop down arrow in the font box in the tool bar
• Drag down and select Comic Sans MS
  
   
• Click the drop down arrow in the font size box in the tool bar                    Top
• Drag down and select 14
   
• Click the drop down arrow in the font color box on the tool bar
• Select red

Your typed text should look like the picture below                            Top

Center your sentence:

• Press the Center icon on the tool bar

Right align your sentence:                                                                Top

• Press the Right Align icon on the tool bar

Save your work and close the document

• Click on the Save icon in the tool bar

• Click on File in the menu                                                        Top
• Drag down and select close

Retrieve your document:

• Click on File in the menu
• Drag down and select Open

• The Open dialog box appears                                                Top
• Select the document "First Document"
• Press the Open button

Rename the document to "Second Document"

• Click on File in the menu
• Drag down and select Save As

• In the Save As dialog box change the file name to Second Document
• Press the Save button

Edit the text by changing the alignment to left:                                        Top

• Click on the left align icon in the tool bar

Change the font to Arial:

• Highlight the text
• Press the drop down arrow in the Font box in the tool bar
• Select Arial

Change the font color to black:                                                        Top

• Highlight the text
• Click the drop down arrow in the font color box on the tool bar
• Select black

Add bold, italics and underline to the text:

• Highlight the text

• Click on the bold, italics and underline icons in the tool bar

Click outside of the text to see the final product                                    Top

Save the document:

• Click on the Save icon in the tool bar

Close the document:                                                                        Top

• Click on File in the menu

• Drag down and select Close

Exit Microsoft Word:

• Click File in the menu

• Drag down and select Exit

Another way to close:                                                                   

• Click on the X in the top right corner

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