This document provides a guide for using Microsoft Word to construct texts for Year 1 students. It teaches students how to add borders, insert pictures from clip art or files, and format texts. The guide emphasizes that these features can enhance students' writing by helping the reader to understand the message. It also stresses the importance of regularly saving work in Word to have it for later.

1. Year 1 Literacy
A guide to using Microsoft Word
A guide to using Microsoft Word
A guide to using Microsoft Word
Created by Elizabeth Jones

2. For teachers
This presentation links directly to the Australian Curriculum-English:
Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including
word processing programs (ACELY1664) (ACARA, 2013).
This resource provides a ‘How to Guide’ for Microsoft word to develop the
ICT skills of students in your class. This will assist students in constructing
and presenting texts supported with images to further communicate the
message of their text.

3. How to use this resource...
Book a computer lab
Load this presentation onto projector so that all
students can see it from their computers
Go step by step through the presentation,
ensuring that no students get left behind
More competent students can assist lower ability
students to keep on track
You can revisit different steps at any stage as a
refresher

4. Welcome Year 1
Let’s start learning...
Let’s start learning...

5. Getting set up
1. Sit properly on your chair with feet flat on the ground
2. Turn your computer on
3. Log on
4. Remember to raise your hands if you have questions
5. We are working through together so we will work at the
same pace.
6.If someone near you is stuck, you may help them quietly

6. Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Word is a word processor used to produce
texts.
- This means that you can type up a text that you have
written such as a poem or a story and you can add a
border, pictures and colour.
- This makes it look professional and neat.
- Using pictures can help to enhance what you are
trying to say.

7. Opening Microsoft Word
Double click on the
Microsoft Word symbol

8. Typing
This is the cursor
Your words will appear
where this is
Libby Jones
Now, type your name
Always remember capitals and full stops.

9. Border time
- Borders are an outline of the page you are typing on.
- Borders can make your work look colourful and
presentable.
- They should suit the content of the text. For example
a poem about space would suit a star border.

10. Your turn...
Choose a theme for your text (can be anything you
like) and choose a suitable border. Type the heading
underneath your name.
1. Format
2. Borders and shading
3. Page border
4. Choose your border
5. Apply
Libby Jones
Rainforests

11. Inserting a picture
- Pictures are another great way to make your text more
exciting for you audience.
- Pictures will enhance your writing if they match your text.
Libby Jones
Libby Jones
Rainforests
Rainforests
•Rainforests are found
throughout the world.
•Rainforests are home to
many species of trees and
animals
Images from Best Clip Art Blog, n.d)

12. Inserting clip art
Clip art is a range of pictures (mostly cartoon) that
are given to you by Microsoft to use.
1. Insert
2. Clipart
3. Search
4. Choose
5. Apply

13. Inserting a photo
If you were writing a recount you may like to use a
photo from an excursion or a holiday.
1. Insert
2. Picture
3. From file
4. Choose folder
5. OK

14. Saving your work
- Remember to SAVE your work regularly.
- Saving your work is like having a tote tray - you put things
there that you might need to work on later on.
- Writing down where you save things can help
you to remember.
1. File
2. Save As
3. Type the name of the text
4. Choose where you want to save it
5. Save as

15. Summary
Next time you are using the computer to present your
writing, remember to make it exciting for your audience
with borders and pictures.
Using images will help the reader understand your
writing better.
Any questions?
(Dreamstime, 2014)

16. How much do you remember?
- How can photos and borders help to enhance
your writing?
- What is clip art?
- What is the first button you press to get to clip art?
-When might you use a photo in your text?
- Why is it important to save your work?

17. Well done Year 1!
Now you can use images to support your writing in
Microsoft Word
Now you can use images to support your writing in
Microsoft Word