ICT in ELT in the Czech Republic

Basic skills in WORD:   Multiple-lesson material for students


Before you start
List of Skills
Tasks
Word Preset Hotkeys
Some Bilingual Instructions and Tips

Before you start:
Activate WORD, open any previously saved document longer than 2 pages, and save it as experiment.doc into your personal folder.  Do not delete the original document; in case you happen to lose everything, you can always start again from a scratch.

Note for teachers: The best way is to send all students the same document by e-mail, or give them a floppy.

Important:
In the course of the lesson you will be asked to edit the text you saved. Not to lose your changes, set the automatic saving time at 3 minutes.
The following set of instructions deals with many useful commands introduced in WORD that are normally used when editing a text, i.e. a diploma thesis. If you feel you have already mastered some of them, or use it regularly, feel free to skip the incriminate step and get on to more demanding tasks. You can go through the instructions in any order you choose, just be sure you do not omit the most important skills. The vital ones are written in bold - you should be able to use those, in order to survive in the world of WORD.

Any action you regret can be eliminated by the hotkey Ctrl+Z or using the command Undo (Zpět).
 

                List of skills

    1.   Opening and saving a file
    2.   Marking a block of text
    3.   Choosing fonts, size and style
    4.   Choosing alignment
    5.   Inserting and deleting words, sentences, paragraphs using hotkeys
    6.   Using Help
    7.   Framing the text
    8.   Changing colour, background, adding cute little pictures
    9.   Changing the scale of viewed document
    10.   Switching among open files, transferring blocks of text
    11.   Saving a block of text as a new document
    12.   Choosing a language, spell check
    13.   Counting words, pages
    14.   Inserting symbols
    15.   Inserting a table
    16.   Converting a text into a table and vice versa
    17.   Inserting formulas into a table (adding, subtracting)
    18.   Formatting, adding or deleting columns or rows in a table
    19.   Ordering a list alphabetically
    20.   Applying newspaper columns
    21.   Numbering lines, inserting bullets; Aligning the numbers
    22.   Finding and/or replacing a word or text (hotkeys)
    23.   Numbering pages
    24.   Printing, print format
    25.   Protecting your document


            Tasks 

     Task 1
    Highlight the skills in the list that you can do without any problems.
    Highlight that ones you have never tried. Consider whether they might become useful.
    Task 2
    Practice the bold printed skills, using the text you saved as experiment.doc.
    Use Help or ask the tutor if in trouble.
    Task 3
    Try any other skills, feel free to play with the computer and explore its abilities. Do not worry when something seems not to work; how can you trust a machine controlled by a mouse?
    Do not hesitate to call for help – the computer, your mates or the tutor will advice you.                              
    Task 4
    Test your knowledge: what do the following hotkeys mean? How do you find out?
    Which applications use them? Are they valid for Word only?
    Find the answers and write them into the chart. Check your results with your partner.
                   Word Preset Hotkeys 
Alt+Arrows  
Alt+F10  
Alt+F4  
Alt+F5  
Alt+Shift  
Alt+Tab  
Shift+F3  
Ctrl+Arrows  
Ctrl+Shift+Arrows  
Ctrl+Shift+End  
Ctrl+F10  
Ctrl+F5  
Ctrl+F6  
Ctrl+A  
Ctrl+B  
Ctrl+C  
Ctrl+D  
Ctrl+E  
Ctrl+F  
Ctrl+H  
Ctrl+I  
Ctrl+J  
Ctrl+L  
Ctrl+N  
Ctrl+O  
Ctrl+P  
Ctrl+R  
Ctrl+S  
Ctrl+U  
Ctrl+V  
Ctrl+W  
Ctrl+X  
Ctrl+Y  
Ctrl+Z  


                    Some Bilingual Instructions and Tips
                    (The numbers refer to the list above.)
  

  1.  Opening and saving a file  Soubor ->
  2. Marking a block of text  táhnout myší nebo Shift+Arrows
 slovo: dvakrát kliknout
 odstavec: třikrát kliknout
 po slovech či odstavcích: Ctrl+Shift+Arrows
 unmark: Arrows nebo kliknout mimo blok
   3.   Choosing fonts, size and style  Formát -> Písmo
   4.   Choosing alignment  lišta nástrojů nebo Formát -> Odstavec
 totéž platí pro řádkování: Formát -> Odstavec
  5.   Inserting and deleting words, sentences, paragraphs  mazání: Del nebo Backspace
 mazání po slovech: Ctrl+Del nebo Backspace
 mazání bloku: označit a stisknout Del
 náhrada bloku: označit a začít psát nový text
   6.   Using Help  F1, výběr z rejstříku
   7.   Framing the text  Formát - Obrysy a stínování
 12.   Choosing a language, spell check  Nástroje - Nastavit jazyk - vybírat britskou angličtinu!
 Nástroje - Pravopis, nebo hotkey F7
 13.   Counting words, pages  Nástroje - Počet slov
 19.   Ordering a list alphabetically  Tabulka - Seřadit text
 21.   Numbering lines, inserting bullets; Aligning  the numbers  Formát - Odrážky a číslování
 22.   Finding and/or replacing a word or text  Ctrl+F, Ctrl+H
 23.   Numbering pages  Vložit - čísla stránek (zarovnání: uprostřed, umístění: pata)
  příkaz formát umožňuje začít číslování od libovolného čísla
 24.   Printing  Soubor>Tisk>zadat čísla stránek, počet kopií a další  parametry
 před tiskem raději zkontrolovat podobu stránky pomocí Soubor>Náhled

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