Word 97 Tutorial

By Mr Ding Ding Ding

You can use this free online tutorial to learn Microsoft Word 97. Click here to start. If you are using a a more recent version of Word, click here for our Word 2003/2002 tutorial or click here for our Word 2007 tutorial.

Lesson One: Getting Familiar with Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processing software package. You can use it to type letters, reports, and other documents. This lesson introduces you to the Word window. You use the Word window to interact with Microsoft Word.

The Title Bar
The Menu Bar
Toolbars
The Ruler
Document View
Text Area
Exiting Microsoft Word
Lesson Two: Things You Need to Know

Before you get started with Word, there are a few concepts with which you need to be familiar. This lesson explains those concepts.

Click On
Options
Highlighting Text
Highlighting Menu Items
Placing the Cursor
Menu Commands Using the Alt Key
Shortcut Notations
Starting a New Paragraph
Exiting Microsoft Word
Lesson Three: Microsoft Word Basic Features

You are now ready to learn how to create a Word document. This lesson covers typing, using the Backspace key, using the Delete key, inserting text, bolding, underlining, and italicizing.

Typing and Using the Backspace Key
The Delete Key
Inserting Text
Overtype
Bold, Underline, and Italicize
Save File and Exit Microsoft Word
Lesson Four: More Basic Features

The features in Word can make your work easier, make your documents more attractive, and/or enable you to work more efficiently. This Microsoft Word lesson teaches you how to open a file, cut, copy, paste, use AutoText, use spell check, use Find and Replace, and work with fonts. All of these features either make your work easier or make your document more attractive.

Open File
Cut and Paste
Copy and Paste
AutoText
Spell Check
Find and Replace
Font Size
Fonts
Save File and Exit Microsoft Word
Lesson Five: Working with Paragraphs

When you type information into Microsoft Word, each time you press the Enter key Word creates a new paragraph. You can format paragraphs. For example, you can indent the first line of a paragraph, you can set the amount of space that separates paragraphs, and you can align a paragraph left, right, center, or flush with both margins. In this lesson, you will learn about the various formats you can apply to a paragraph.

Space Before and Space After
Line Spacing
First-Line Indent
Indentation
Alignment
Hanging Indent
Save File and Exit Microsoft Word
Lesson Six: Tab Key, Bulleting, Numbering, Undo, Redo, Printing, and Help

If you have lists of data, you may want to bullet or number them. When using Microsoft Word, bulleting and numbering are easy. The first part of this lesson teaches you to bullet and number. After you have completed your document, you may want to share it with others. One way to share your document is to print and distribute it. In this lesson you will learn how to print your documents.

The Tab Key
Bullets and Numbering
Undo & Redo
Save File
File Close
Open New File
Printing
Help
Lesson Seven: Tables

By using a table, you can organize your data into rows and columns. In this lesson you learn how to work with tables.

Creating a Table
Moving Around a Table
Entering Text into a Table
Selecting a Row and Bolding the Text
Right-Aligning Text
Adding a New Row to the End of the Table
Adding a New Row Within the Table
Resizing the Columns
Adding a New Column to a Table
Sorting a Table
The Sum Function
Deleting a Column
Deleting a Row
Recalculate
Merge Cells
Table Headings
Converting Text to a Table
Splitting a Table
Table AutoFormat
Save File