WordPerfect 8 for Windows 95
Computing Services Information Document	PC Windows95

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If you need help with Word Perfect, and you see the topic listed below, click on the link below. If you are starting a new document from scratch and do not know where to start, begin with "About Word Perfect". This web page is a step by step process for creating and editing a wordprocessed document.

Page 1 Getting Started  To Open a New Document Window  Loading a Previous File  To Move or Copy Text  To Underline, Bold or Italicize Text  To Indent Text  Laying Out a Document Using the Ruler  To Change Tab Settings Using the Ruler or Tab Bar  Setting and Adjusting Columns  To Change Margins   To Change Line Spacing  To Center Text on a Page  Create Footnotes for Your Document  Numbering Pages in a Document

To Save File   Printing a Document   Using Word Perfect Help  To Exit Word Perfect  Page 2 Spell Checking Your Document  Using Grammar Checker  Inserting an Image in Your Document  Inserting Text Art in Your Document  Creating a Table  Inserting Columns or Rows in a Table  Edit Records in a Data Table  To Create a Web Document  Converting your Wordperfect Document to Web (HTML) Document  Inserting a Bulleted/Numbered List into your Document  Inserting Special Characters into Your Document

Once you have entered your user name and password, you will be viewing Windows 95 with folders containing shortcuts to programs.
1. Double-click on the folder called "Word Processing."
2. Double-click on WordPerfect v8.

WordPerfect 8 (WP8) will now be open. Notice, there are three bars across the top.

• The first bar, called the Menu bar, will have the options of File, Edit, View and so on. *Menu Bar
• The second bar, called the Toolbar, provides quick and easy access to commonly used features. Example:   New, Open, Save, Print, List (numbered and bullet), Columns, Tables, and so on. *Tool Bar
• The third bar, called the Property bar, it also provides quick and easy access to commonly used features. Example: Font Style, Font Size, Bold, Italicize, Underline, Symbols, and so on. *Property Bar

4. At this point you will have a new document with a blinking cursor in the top left corner. Begin typing text.

Note: While you are entering text you will not need to hit <ENTER> at the end of each line. The program takes care of the text  formatting for you. You only need to hit <ENTER> when you want to start a new paragraph or put blank lines in your text. If you make a mistake, simply use the backspace key or the delete key to erase the error. The backspace key will erase the information to the left of the cursor and the delete key will delete the information at the current cursor position.

As with many documents, you may have the need to move and edit text. WordPerfect 8 allows you to edit quickly and
effortlessly and move text in your document. 

1. Click File, highlight and click New. The New Dialog box will open and offers a selection of prefab document layouts.  2. Select a type of document to build by clicking on and highlighting it. Or, create a blank document, under [Corel Word Perfect 8], double-click in the drop-down  [WordPerfect Document].

*The New Dialog Box

1. Click on File. highlight and click Open.  2. Check to insure that you have the correct drive. If the drive is incorrect, click on the arrow under Look In: and scroll down choose the correct drive. (drive A: is the floppy drive, and if you completed step 2 in the "Getting Started" section, then drive H: will be your Rutgers Home directory/e-mail account).  3. Double click on the filename you wish to load.

To Move or Copy Text

1. Place the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to move or copy.
2. Press and hold the left mouse button.
3. Highlight the text you want to move or copy by moving the mouse until you have all the desired text
selected and then release the mouse button.
4. From the Menu bar click on Edit. To move text click on Cut. To Copy text click Copy.
5. Move the cursor the position you want to move the text to.
6. From the Menu bar click Edit on the menu bar, than highlight and click Paste.
---Or---
1. Follow steps 1-3 above.
2. To move text click on Cut  on the toolbar. To copy text click on the image of the two documents
over each other just to the right of the scissors.
3. Move the cursor to the position you want to move the text to.
4. From the toolbar, click on the Paste icon  (image of a clipboard with a small document on it). 

1. Before typing the text you want to emphasize, click on the B button, the U button , and/or the I button  on the Toolbar to start the bold/underline/italicize function(s). You will notice that the buttons will appear to have been pressed down.
2. Type the text you wish emphasized.
3. Click on the B button , U button  or I button  to turn that function off.
---If the text is already typed in---
1. Block or highlight the text you want to modify (steps 1-3 above, under the instructions to move or copy text).
2. Click on B  or U  or I  to bold, underline or italicize text. 

To Indent Text

1. Click Format, highlight Paragraph, highlight and click Indent.
2. Type the text you want to indent.
3. Press Enter or Return key to end the indentation.
---Or---
1. Put cursor at the beginning of the sentence, or highlight a paragraph, and click the Indent icon  on the format menu bar.
* Format Menu Bar
Tips: You can also press F7 

Laying Out a Document Using the Ruler

1. To view the document Ruler, click View on the Menu Bar, highlight and click Ruler.  ---Or---  1. Click on the Ruler icon  on the Format Menu Bar.  Use the Ruler to change page format elements. You can drag the tab markers (triangles) to change tabs on the Ruler, to change left and right margins, column width, table column width, and paragraph format.

Left/Right Margins: Drag the outside markers at the end of white space to change margins.
Paragraph Format: Drag the inside triangles at each end of white space to adjust paragraphs.
Column Width: Drag the column markers inside white space to change column width.
Table Column Width: Drag the table column markers inside white space to change table width.

To Change Tab Settings Using the Ruler or Tab Bar
 

1. On the menu bar, click View, highlight and click Ruler.  To delete a tab setting: drag the tab marker (triangle) off the bar.  To move a setting: drag the marker.  To add a setting: click the bar where you want the setting.  To clear multiple tab settings: right-click a tab marker, then click Clear All Tabs.  Start Tab Set Dialog box

Setting and Adjusting Columns 

1. On the menu bar click Format, and highlight and click Columns. (The Columns dialog will open.)  ---Or---  1a. On the Tool Bar click the Columns icon , than click Format.  2. Next to Number of Columns, type or scroll to the number of columns you would like your document to have.  Note: Default settings are preset. Under type of columns, click one of the choices and view how it will look on your document. Ex: newspaper, balanced newspaper, parallel, parallel w/block protect.  ---Or---  Under Column Widths in the dialog box  3.  Next to Column 1, type the width of your column.  5. Next to Space, specify the amount of space between column 1 and column 2.  6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until to specify the width and spacing for additional columns.

Note: WP8 sets up certain default settings, such as one inch margins all around, your initial font and font size, left justification, and a line spacing of one. If you do not need to change any of these settings, you can begin typing your document at this time. 

To Change Margins
 

1. Click on Format on the menu bar. Go down to Margin, highlight and click. The Page Setup dialog will appear.  2. Enter new desired margin settings.  3. Click OK.

*Page Setup dialog box

If you want to change the entire document's margin, you must move the cursor to the top left corner of the document.

1. Using the mouse pointer, click on the upper left corner of the document.  2. Click on Format. Go down to Line, highlight and click Spacing. The Line Spacing dialog box will appear.  3. Enter the desired line spacing. Example: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 (this is double space).  4. Click OK.

1. Click on Format. Go down to Justification, highlight and click Center.
2. Type in Text.
3. After you have typed in the text that you wanted centered, go back and click Format on the menu bar. Go down to Justification highlight and click either Left  (normal setting), Right , Full  or All , these icons are located on the Format bar.
---Or---
1. Press and hold the first mouse button.
2. Highlight the text you want. (Note: If you highlighted text accidentally you can remove the highlight by moving the mouse back to the end of the text you wanted to move.) After you have finished Blocking the text you want emphasized, release the mouse button.
3. Follow Step 1-3 above.
---Or---
Press Ctrl-E or find the third information bar. This shortcut and will automatically center your highlighted text. 

Create Footnotes for Your Document
 

1. Click in the text where you want to insert the reference number for a new footnote.  2. Click Insert, highlight and click Footnote\Endnote. In the Footnote dialog box click Create.  3. Type the text of the footnote.  4. Click outside of the footnote or click  to return to the main text of your document.

1. Click Format, highlight Page, highlight and click Numbering. This opens the Select Page Numbering Format dialog box.
2. From the Position drop-down list, select a page position for the numbers. Ex: Bottom Center, Bottom Right, Top Left.
3. In the "Page numbering format box", click the format you want to use. You will be able to view your changes on the right.
 
Save a File

1. Click on File. Highlight and click  Save As.  At this point, you can select the directory and the drive you wish to save your work on. Drive A: will save it on a floppy disk, and drive "H" will save to your Rutgers account (this is only available if you completed step 2 in the "Getting Started" section).
2. Enter the name of the file.  3. Check to insure that file will save to correct drive. If the drive is incorrect, click on the arrow under Drives and choose the correct drive.  4. Choose OK.  ---Or---  1. Click on Save (the diskette icon) on the Toolbar, and follow steps 2-4 above.        *Save As dialog box

1. Load or create the document as specified in this document.
2. Click on File. Go down to Print.
3. Choose number of Copies.
4. Click OK.
---Or--- 
5. Click on the Print icon, repeat steps 3 & 4.

Using Word Perfect Help

1. On the menu bar click Help, highlight and click Help Topics.
2. Click the Contents tab for visual examples, help with tasks (How Do I...?), help with macros, and other Corel information.
3. Click the Index tab (default) to look up a topic or task in an alphabetical list, (type in help here and get help topics).
4. Click the Find tab to search for a word in the text of all Help topics.
5. Click Ask the PerfectExpert to search for help in your own words.

Tips:

	Click Help PerfectExpert or File  New for help creating specific types of documents.
	The Showcase Corel WordPerfect page in Contents illustrates many tasks you can do. Click in the illustrations for specific help about a task.
	Each book listed in the How Do I book in Contents represents a category of tasks. The pages represent individual topics.
	Ask the PerfectExpert lists several topics that should match your query. Click different books if the topic you want is not listed
	When you search with Find, all topics containing the word you type are listed. Type a second or third word to narrow the search.
	You can keep the Help window displayed on top of the application you're working in. In the Help window, click Options   Keep Help on Top  On Top.

To Exit Word Perfect

1. Click on File.
2. Highlight and click Exit.
3. If you have not saved your document or changes, WordPerfect will prompt you to save the document(s).