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Microsoft Word Basics:Home Tab Computer Information Technology – Section 4-2 Some text and examples used with permission from: http://www.jegsworks.com

Word Ribbon • Objectives: • The Student will: • Understand the Ribbon in Word • Know the function of the commands on the Home tab of the ribbon

Word Ribbon, Rulers and Gridlines Ribbon • The Word window includes the ribbon, rulers and gridlines to help with your word processing tasks. Which ones are showing can be changed by clicking on the  View tab in the ribbon and turning the parts on or off. Rulers Gridlines

Word Ribbon – Home Tab • The Home tab has the most commonly used commands. Some of these groups are common in most Windows products. • The groups on the Home tab are: • Clipboard • Font • Paragraph • Styles • Editing

Word Ribbon – Home Tab • Some groups have a dropdown arrow which will open a taskbar or a dialog box for that group.

Word Home Groups: Clipboard • Clipboard group allows you to Cut, Copy, Paste or format paint. • Cut (scissors button) removes the selected text to the Clipboard. • Copy (two pages button) places a copy of selected text on the Clipboard • Paste (clipboard and paper button) places a copy of what was on the Clipboard at the cursor location. • FORMAT PAINTER: (paint brush) Copies the formatting of the selected text and then applies it to other text that you drag across. Double-click the button and you can apply the formatting many different places.

Word Home Groups: Font • Font group allows you to change the font, font size, clear formatting, set the font style, highlight the text and change font color. • We will cover the details of the Font group tomorrow.

Word Home Groups: Paragraph • The paragraph group allows you to set the alignment, indent text, begin lists, etc.

Word Home Groups: Paragraph • Start a list (bullet, number or multi-level list) • Decrease or Increase indent • Sort text or numbers • Show or hide paragraph and other hidden formatting symbols • Align the text (left, center, right, justify)

Word Home Groups: Paragraph • Line spacing – the dropdown allows you to choose the spacing • Shading – Color the background of the selected text or paragraph. The dropdown allows you select the color • Borders – Customizes the borders of the selected cell or text.

Word Home Groups: Styles • The Styles group allows you to set the style of the selected text. • The Styles group displays the styles available in the current template. A style is a way to easily apply a whole set of characteristics at once to selected text or to a whole paragraph.

Word Home Groups: Styles • Setting a different Style will change the look of an entire document. • Change the style of the document by clicking the dropdown for Change Styles and then clicking on Style Set.

Word Home Groups: Editing • The Editing group allows you to find, replace and select text.

Summary • The Ribbon in Office 2007 replaces the menus and the toolbars in previous versions. • The most commonly used commands are included on the Home tab of the Ribbon. • The small arrows at the bottom of each group will open a dialog box for the commands in that group.

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Create a new presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint

Note:  This feature is available to customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license or Copilot Pro license.

Create a new presentation in PowerPoint.

Select Send  and Copilot will draft a presentation for you!

Edit the presentation to suit your needs, ask Copilot to add a slide , or start over with a new presentation and refine your prompt to include more specifics. For example, "Create a presentation about hybrid meeting best practices that includes examples for team building.”

Create a presentation with a template

Note:  This feature is only available to customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 (work) license. It is not currently available to customers with a Copilot Pro (home) license.

Copilot can use your existing themes and templates to create a presentation. Learn more about making your presentations look great with Copilot in PowerPoint .

Enter your prompt or select Create presentation from file to create a first draft of your presentation using your theme or template.

Edit the presentation to suit your needs, ask Copilot to add a slide , organize your presentation, or add images.

Create a presentation from a file with Copilot

Note:  This feature is available to customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license for full options, or a Copilot Pro license for limited options.

With Copilot in PowerPoint, you can create a presentation from an existing Word document—or a PDF if you have a Copilot for Microsoft 365 (work) license. Point Copilot in PowerPoint to your document, and it will generate slides, apply layouts, create speaker notes, and choose a theme for you.

Select the document you want from the picker that appears. If you don't see the document you want, start typing any part of the filename to search for it. You can use a Word document—or, if you have a Copilot for Microsoft 365 (work) license, you can use a PDF, and encrypted documents are available as well.

Note:  If the file picker doesn't appear, type a front slash (/) to cause it to pop up.

Select Send  and Copilot will draft a presentation for you!

Best practices when creating a presentation from a Word document

Leverage word styles to help copilot understand the structure of your document.

By using Styles in Word to organize your document, Copilot will better understand your document structure and how to break it up into slides of a presentation. Structure your content under Titles and Headers when appropriate and Copilot will do its best to generate a presentation for you.

Include images that are relevant to your presentation

When creating a presentation, Copilot will try to incorporate the images in your Word document. If you have images that you would like to be brought over to your presentation, be sure to include them in your Word document.

Start with your organization’s template

If your organization uses a standard template, start with this file before creating a presentation with Copilot. Starting with a template will let Copilot know that you would like to retain the presentation’s theme and design. Copilot will use existing layouts to build a presentation for you. Learn more about making your presentations look great with Copilot in PowerPoint .

Tip:  Copilot works best with Word documents that are less than 24 MB.

Welcome to Copilot in PowerPoint

Frequently Asked Questions about Copilot in PowerPoint

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Copilot Lab - Start your Copilot journey

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