Microsoft Word (or simply, Word) is described in detail in the second section of your blue, spiral bound book (Grauer). Even if you are familiar with Word or other word processing software, there is much to learn from this lab. There are 3 chapters in the Word section, and a number of exercises. You should most of them, in order, as described below. Note that Appendix B contains information on the toolbars in Word, make sure to look it over and use it as a reference when you need to know about a particular toolbar.

Hand In: All the printouts from the hands-on exercises, and Lab 5 question sheet.

Goals for Lab 5: Learn word processing concepts by learning about Microsoft Word; put images into documents; use MS Word image manipulation tools, get images off the WWW.

1. The Office Toolbar: In the lab there is a skinny margin on the right hand side of your screen with a bunch of pictures on it and the word "Office". This is the "Office Toolbar". If you double click on this toolbar NOT on a button, a dialog box comes up. You can customize the look of the toolbar, including changing the background color (view tab), etc. If you double click on the toolbar background and drag the toolbar away from the side of the computer it will become rectangular in shape, you can drop it anywhere on the desktop. You can move the toolbar to the top, bottom, or other side of the desktop by dragging it over there. Give this a try!
2. Starting Word: The book tells you how to start up Word from the Start menu. This will always work. However, if you have the Office toolbar on your desktop (as you do in the lab), you can use it to start Word. The way to get started depends on whether you are creating a new document from scratch or editing a document that already exists. Once Word is started you can open documents or create new documents, there is no need to get in and out of Word to do this. The options for these operations are part of the file menu. If you haven’t started up Word, here are two ways you can get it started:

Open a document: If you want to open a Word document that already exists, move your mouse to the open folder icon (text should say "Open Office Document") and click on it. Browse in the window that comes up until you find the file you are looking for.

New document: If you want to create a new document, click on the "New Office Document" button. For a generic Word document, double click on the blank document choice under the generic tab.

3. Practice Files: ftp them from the Lab 5 web page, not from the Prentice Hall web site: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~burhans/Courses1/CS101FALL98/wrd97.exe
4. Hands on Exercises in the Grauer Book: The "appropriate drive" for saving files is the Z drive if you are working in the lab, and the C drive if you are working at home.
5. Toolbars: If part of a toolbar is visible, but not the whole thing, undock it to see all the choices. To find out about undocking, read Appendix B on toolbars.
6. Hands-On Exercise 1 Chapter 3: Clip Art is not currently installed in the lab, if you want to experiment with this exercise at home or elsewhere please feel free to do so, but it is not required to hand in for this lab
7. Hands-On Exercise 2 Chapter 3: Use the Kennedy picture and quote if you are at all unsure of how to manipulate images and text in Word. It will be much less confusing, and will follow the example in the book exactly.
8. Hands-On Exercise 3 Chapter 3: Wizards and Templates are not currently installed in the lab, if you want to experiment with this exercise at home or elsewhere please feel free to do so, but it is not required to hand in for this lab.