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Creating a Document

Word processing – the use of a program (software application) running on a computer to create, edit, format, and store documents.

Create a new blank document

1. Start Word.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Click New command.
4. Click Blank document. A new blank
   document appears.
5. Type your document (text you type will be
   inserted into the document).

Open an existing document

1. Start Word.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Click the Open command.
4. Choose the location on the computer that stores your file (the drive and folder).
5. Click the name of the file you want to open.
6. Click Open or double click the file name.

Check Spelling and Grammar

Method 1

1. Open an existing document.
2. Right-click a word that is underlined with a wavy line (that indicates a
   misspelled word).
3. Select the correct spelling from the suggestion list (to change the spelling
   error). For each error, Word will offer one or more suggestions.

Method 2

1. Open an existing document.
2. Click the Review tab.
3. Click the Editor button (it may also be called Spelling & Grammar). If the program finds spelling errors, the Editor pane will
   appear.
4. Click one of the options from the suggestion list to change the spelling error.
5. The program will move to the next misspelled word.

Find Synonyms

Method 1

1. Open an existing document.
2. Right-click a word for which you wish to find a synonym.
3. Click the Synonyms command on the pop-out menu.
4. Find a desired word in the list and click it to replace the original word.
5. If none of the synonyms is desired, click the Thesaurus command to open the full
   thesaurus. (The Thesaurus pane will appear.)
6. Find a desired word in the Thesaurus pane list and right-click it, or point to a desired
   word in the Thesaurus pane gradient and
   click the list arrow.
7. Click Insert [the desired word] on the menu
   that opens.

Method 2

1. Open an existing document.
2. Select a word for which you wish to use the thesaurus.
3. Click the Review tab.
4. Click the Thesaurus button.
5. Find a desired word in the Thesaurus pane and right-click it, or point to a desired word in the Thesaurus pane list and click the list arrow.
6. Click Insert [the desired word] on the menu that opens.
7. Close the Thesaurus pane.