The Ribbons in Microsoft Word

An ideal starter lesson for learners who are novices with Word or who need revision of Word at the start of a semester. A great hands-on start in 'ready to go Word documents' about learning how to use the ribbon commands to help the learner increase skills and Word knowledge about how Word works. This is an ideal starter for skills practice for MOS certification exams.

Pre-Requisites: Word navigation skills, good mouse skills and the ability to copy, cut and paste. The learner needs good reading skills and the ability to follow instructions independently.

A complete lesson to remind or teach learners about the Word Screen and using the most common commands on the ribbons in Word. No teacher prep necessary. Great for teacher directed or self-paced learning. Learner needs digital access to Word and PowerPoint documents. All activities can be digital for a paper free classroom or puzzles can be printed.

My students say that they learn a lot from these activities and find them very helpful to increase their Word knowledge.

Resource Includes:

A PDF slideshow

that explains the

• start screen
• Word screen
• ribbons
• ribbon groups
• commands
• shortcuts
• quick access toolbar
• different ribbon types
• show and hide ribbon or ruler
• status bar
• backstage view

Ribbon Activities

The Ribbons Part A: The File and Home Tab – the learner works through the activities in an editable Word document

They cover:

• Commands on the File tab – what they do, find information about the document.
• Home Tab – Minimize the ribbon, find shortcuts, recognize groups, apply commands to text and objects, align and space text, apply bullets and numbers, apply indents, shade and apply borders to text, sort text and numbers, apply styles to text and use the find & replace command.

The Ribbons Part B: The Insert Tab – the learner completes the activities in an editable Word document

They cover:

• Insert and format a tables, add and resize a picture, add and resize an online picture, add picture styles to photos, add and format shapes, add and format SmartArt, add a screenshot, find information in Wikipedia, add a footer, add and format a text box, add WordArt, add a drop cap, add the date and time and add symbols.
• For office 365 users: Add and format an icon, add a 3D model.
  From the Draw Tab – choose pens and make drawings, use the ink editor, use ink to shape and try ink replay.

The Ribbons Part C: The Design, Layout, Review and View Tab – the learner works through the activities in an editable Word document

They cover:

• Practise themes, view styles, add a watermark, change the page color, add a page border, change the margins, add columns, try text wrapping, practice forwards and backwards and grouping, try rotating, try aligning, check spelling & grammar, use the thesaurus, find synonyms, check the word count, try smart lookup, translate text, try different views and zooming.
• Office 365 – Read aloud and page movement

Screen Label – helps learners to remember parts of the Word screen - both Print and Digital version

Label the screen worksheet

Word Commands Crossword - a good revision of the Word icons - both print and Digital version

Using pictures of the command icons, the learner completes the crossword with the command names

Word Commands Quiz - a great revision or practice activity of the ribbons, groups and icons - Both Print and Digital version

Comprehensive multiple choice, fill in the blanks, match the commands and icons activities

Solutions for

The Ribbons Part A

The Ribbons Part B

The Ribbons Part C

Screen Label

Word Commands Crossword

Word Commands Quiz

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Acknowledgement to realisticshots.com for pictures in The Ribbons Part B.

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