typing a simple recipe

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Typing a simple instruction


what you'll learn

● How to create a simple instruction– A “how to make pineaple juice” instruction

– Real-life examples

● Lessons– Reapplying basic Microsoft Word skills

– Using numbered and bulleted lists

– Working with font formating, paragraph and alignment

– How to preview and print a document


how should we start?

● Open a new file

● Save it as 'Recipe'

● Identify the style of the given text


before you type

● What are the best font faces?– Times New Roman

– Arial

– Verdana

● What is the usual size?– Anything from 10 to 12 for body text

– Something slightly bigger, bolder for titles, headings


more about the body

● Paragraph 1– Header

● Paragraph 2– Title 2

● Paragraph 3– Ingredients

● Paragraph 4– Instruction

● Paragraph 5– Class´s Schedule


Exercise > header and title

● Type out your header– Font size 16

– Bold

– Underline

– Italic

– Align Center

● Type out your title– Font size 14

– Underline

– Align Center


Exercise > ingredients and instruction

● Type out the ingredients– Font size 12

– Align center

– Font color -: Blue

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● Type out the instruction– Font size 12

– Align left

– Line spacing -: 1.5


exercise > numbering

● You can list paragraphs, sentences and important points using numbers

● To enable numbering, Format -> Bullets and Numbering– look for a shortcut on the Formatting

Toolbar!

– Bullets / Numbering will stay on when you move onto a new paragraph / sentence / point

– Use numbering to number your 2nd, 3rd and subsequent paragraphs

● Use indentation to format paragraphs!


exercise > bulleted lists

● Similar to numbering, we can also use bulleted lists

● For example, in paragraph 2, it is best to display the date, venue and time in the following format


intro to table

● For the 4th paragraph, create a table that shows the schedule of cooking class

● For example,


exercise > add table

● Adding a table using the menu

● Adding a table using the toolbar


exercise > working with table

● To work on a table– click on a table

– make sure cursor is inside the table

– the cursor will always be in a cell

– you can start typing in the cell!

● To move to another cell– just click on another cell, OR

– press TAB

● Type out the schedule of program activities


exercise > modifying tables

● You can do various tricks to tables– Insert/Delete/Select rows/columns

● Table -> Insert/Delete/Select

– Split cells

● Table -> Split Cells

– Change table style

● Table -> Table AutoFormat

– Autofit table to its contents

● Table -> AutoFit

– Make your own style

● Format -> Borders and Shading


exercise > modifying cells

● Select certain cells, and right-click– Merge few cells

– Change text direction in cells (left to right, right to left, up, down)

– Cell alignment (left, center, right, top, middle, bottom)

● Resizing using the mouse– Move the borders around


exercise > spelling and grammar

● If you type in English, you can use Word built-in Spelling and Grammar tool– Tools -> Spelling and

Grammar

● On spelling error– Ignore

– Change

● Remember to check this box for grammar check!


exercise > check all the time

● You can set Word to always check your spelling and grammar– Tools -> Options ->

Spelling & Grammar

– Misspelled words and grammatically incorrect phrases will be automatically underlined


exercise > print preview

● Before we print our document, it's good to preview the 'estimated' printout

● File -> Print Preview

● You can zoom in and out to judge how it will look on paper


exercise > print

● To print– File -> Print

● Basic things to play around– Select printer

– Number of copies / sets

– Specific pages to print

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