6. Margins

 Use
You can set customized margins for the entire page or a selected box of text.  How to   To set the Top, Bottom, Left and Right margins for your page, click on FILE and select PAGE SETUP. A dialog box appears where you can manipulate all the margins for the page by clicking on the up and down arrows to increase and decrease the margin size.
How to
 To change the margins for part of the document, select the text, and then set the margins you want. In the dialog box for the Apply to drop-down option, click SELECTED TEXT.  

5. Setting Borders

 Use
You can add a border to any or all sides of each page in a document, to pages in a section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options.), to the first page only, or to all pages except the first. You can set apart text from the rest of a document by adding borders. You can also highlight text by selecting a section of the text and applying a border to it.  
How to 
  This functionality will format each of your pages or paragraphs to have a border. Click on FORMAT from the menu bar at the top of the application. Select BORDERS AND SHADING from this menu. A dialog box pops up showing the various types of borders possible. Choose BOX Setting and select the required Style, Color, Width required for the document. Now set the Apply to option to PARAGRAPH or select the same options in the PAGE BORDER tab to create a border for a page.  

4. Set the Background

 Use :

 Using the Background feature, you can apply a different color or a texture to the background of your document.

   How to   To change the background of the document, click on FORMAT from the menu bar at the top of the application. Move your cursor to BACKGROUND. Using the sub-menu, you can select any COLOR or FILL EFFECTS for the background of the document.   

3. Basics

B. For MACINTOSH Users:  

1. Click on the Word Icon present in the application dock. 2. The application opens a blank page similar to a text pad with scroll bars to the right
and at the bottom. 3. Now you can type your essay in the blank area using your keyboard. 4. To save this document on the desktop:
a. Click on FILE at the top of the page. b. Next, select SAVE from the drop-down list. c. This opens a pop-up window where you can specify the location on your
computer where you want to save the file. You can click the Desktop option on the left and give an appropriate name for the file before clicking on the SAVE button.
5. Microsoft Word files are saved as Document files (the file extension for word files is .doc ).
6. To open your file again for further editing, you can double click on the file, which will automatically load the application and open your file.