MS Word 2008 Tutorial
For Mac users wanting to use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word 2008 is available specifically for Macs. Create documents such as reports, research papers, stories and letters through MS Word 2008. To help users learn to use the program, Microsoft has created a thorough group of MS Word 2008 tutorials. These tutorials include both basic and advanced tasks to help users learn how to fully take advantage of all Word 2008 has to offer.
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Instructions
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Open MS Word 2008. A new document is created automatically.
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Type at least two paragraphs of text into your blank document. This can be any text you want. The text is to test and learn more about the features in MS Word 2008.
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Explore the pallets located on the right side of the document window. This includes formatting text such as changing your font or font color, saving and printing documents, adding hyperlinks and changing the alignment of text. Each pallet has a different set of options and tools. Click a pallet title to view available options.
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Visit the Microsoft website listed in the Resources section.
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Press the plus sign beside each individual section to view tutorials on basic, intermediate and advanced topics. Each tutorial takes you step by step through completing tasks within MS Word 2008.
Some topics listed include formatting text, adding graphics, applying styles, adding tables, securing documents, creating mailing lists and automating tasks with macros. The tutorials walk you through which pallets to access, which buttons to press and how to edit and customize anything you add to your document, such as changing the size of a graphic, customizing an existing style, adding rows to a table, adding passwords to your document and editing macros after recording them.
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Read all available articles and view any videos to help reinforce the steps.
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Search for specific tasks or answers to problems in the Word 2008 forum. A shortcut is located on the right side of the website.
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Tips & Warnings
For more tutorials on MS Word 2008, see the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire tutorial page in the Resources section.
