MS Word/File menu
Office Button File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Insert Menu
Format Menu Tools Menu Table Menu Window Menu Help Menu

This is menu is commonly used to manipulate the documents. In order to open a new document do this

File   New Blank document OK.




This will open a blank document that may look like this





You will notice when you selected New, a new window opens inside the current window. This is the format used in most of the window products. Once the page opens, you can start typing the text immediately. You will notice that if you type something incorrectly it will highlight the section with squiggly lines on the bottom. This is a nice feature that lets you correct mistakes as you type

In order to open an existing document, do the following

File   Open

You will see something like this.

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In order to print a document do the following

File Print OK

Before you print a document, it is always a good idea to check two things: Page Setup and Print Preview

File Page Setup

This will give you the settings for the page like margins, header and footer information


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File Print Preview

Print Preview gives you an idea of what the document will look like when it is printed. A good thing to do every time you want to print a document

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If you want to save a document do the following

File Save type a name for the document and click Save
The new window that opens for this operation looks like this


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If you want to look at properties of the current document, do the following

File Properties

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