Word Processing 101

What is a mail merge? Mail merge is a feature that allows you to create a bundle of personalized documents. You can create things like letters, e-mails, and labels. There is two parts to a mail merge. The first part is the template, which is basically the whole letter. The second part is the list of contacts you want to send the document to. Mail merge will fill in the blanks, so you don't have to copy and paste over and over.  How to use a mail merge: 1.  You are going to go to the Mailings section in Word and select Start Mail Merge . Select what type of document you are wanting to create.    2. Type out your document. 3. Once you have your document typed out, you are going to select the Select Recipients . Then select Type a new list. Then, you will fill out all of the contacts you want to send your document to. Once you have completed the list, select OK . 4. If will direct you to save your document, so you do that. 5. Now you need to insert the contacts to your ...

How to insert a Text Box in Word: First, you are going to either go to the insert tab and select text box, or you could use the search bar and type text box. After selecting text box, you can either draw your own text box or select one that is already designed. Once you have made your choice, you can select the text box and drag it to wherever you would like on the document.    Why do we use a Text Box? If you are wanting to draw attention to specific texts in your document, then a text box would be great for this. Using a text box allows you to move specific text around your document. When using a text box, you can change the colors, add textures, change the borders and many other options. This allows you to spice up your document if you would like. 

How to use a template in Word: Word offers 1000s of different templates. So, whether you are looking for resumes, cover letters, flyers, or even Christmas cards, you will definitely find it on Word. It is super easy to use a template.  Step 1 : When you have Word opened, select File , then select New . Step 2 : Under Office , you are going to type whatever type of template you're looking for. (For this example, I am going to use Christmas cards). Step 3 : Select whatever design you like and select Create .  It will automatically add the template to your document.  When you have your template on your document, you can delete any parts you don't want by selecting them and pressing delete. You can add your own words to the text boxes. If you do not like the pictures that are on the template, you can delete them and simply add your own pictures. You can use Clipart or add photos from your computer.  Since templates are already set up, it saves so much time when you do no...

Changing the casing in Word is super simple and easy. We can achieve this by two different methods.  UPPERCASE If you want to capitalize the whole word ( WORD PROCESSING ), you can hold down the SHIFT key as you type the word out. Trying to hold down SHIFT while typing can be a little difficult, but there is an easier way. You can simply press the CAPS LOCK key one time, and it will capitalize each word until you press the key again to turn it off.  LOWER CASE If you want to type words in lower case ( word processing ), you will make sure CAPS LOCK is turned off, and you will not hold down the SHIFT key as you type out the words. TITLE CASE Title case is known as the headline case. The first letter of a major word, such as a title, subtitle or heading is capitalized. To do this, you can turn CAPS LOCK on and type the first letter of the word ( Word processing ) and before you type the second letter, turn it off. You can also hold down the SHIFT key and type the first letter in...