Practice: (Spelling and Grammar Check, Word Count)

• Click Start , choose Programs, click Microsoft Word to open Microsoft Word 97 and type the sentence below into your computer:

Will you be home tomorow?

• Word underscored your misspelled word (tomorow) by a red wavy line.
• Now, right click on the word tomorow.
• Choose tomorrow.
• Your revised sentence should look something like this:

Will you be home tomorrow?

• Press Ctrl + End to bring your insertion point to the end of your document.
• Hit the Enter key three times to insert two blank lines.
• Type the following sentence:

My daughter, Jacki, is in grade five.

• Right click on the word Jacki.
• Choose Ignore All.
• Your revised sentence should look something like this:

My daughter, Jacki, is in grade five.

• Press Ctrl + End to bring your insertion point to the end of your document.
• Hit the Enter key three times to insert two blank lines.
• Type the following sentence:

These two book are very good books.

• Word underscored your grammatical error (book) with a green wavy line.
• Right click on the word book.
• Choose books to replace the grammatical error.
• Your revised sentence should look something like this:

These two books are very good books.

• Click Tools on the Menu bar. Choose Word Count.
• The Word Count dialog box appears, it should show you your document has 19 words.

• Click the Close button on the Word Count dialogue box.
• Click the Close button on the Title bar to exit Microsoft Word.
• We do not want to save this document, therefore, when the computer asks you Do you want to save the changes you made to Document1? Click No.