Course Outline

Microsoft Word Level 1
Learn how to produce professional looking documents! Create, edit and format text; run spell-check, and print. Enhance your productivity with shortcuts, toolbars and special characters. Use tabs and indents. 6 hours
Getting Started with Word
  • Touring the Word workspace
  • Pointer shapes
  • Choosing menu commands
  • Using the task panes
  • Word processing operations

Creating and Saving a Document

  • Creating a new document

Entering Text in a Document

Saving a Document

  • Saving an unnamed document

Closing and Opening Documents

  • Closing a document
  • Opening a document

Editing a Document

  • Scrolling and moving the insertion point
  • Selecting text
  • Using Undo and Redo

Cutting, Copying and Moving Text

  • Cut text
  • Copy text
  • Move text

Changing Your View

  • Normal
  • Web
  • Print
  • Outline
  • Reading
  • Print preview

Displaying Menus and Toolbars

  • Personalized vs. Full menus
  • Personalized toolbars
  • Displaying toolbar menus
  • Displaying shortcut menus
  • Displaying or hiding toolbars
Formatting Text
  • Character formatting
  • Using key combinations
  • Changing the default character formatting

Formatting Paragraphs

  • Formatting toolbar
  • Paragraph alignment
  • Indents and spacing controls
  • Text flow controls
  • Inserting text breaks

Formatting with Styles

  • Apply an existing style
  • Modify an existing style
  • Define a new style

Setting and Using Tabs

  • Use the Format Tab commands

Creating Indents and Lists

  • Format bullets and numbering command

Creating Headers and Footers

  • Header and footer command
  • Creating a footer

Checking Your Spelling

  • Automatic spell checking
  • Spelling and grammar checking
  • Spelling dialog box options

Preparing to Print

  • Print preview toolbar
  • Editing text in Print Preview
  • Print command
Prerequisites:  Introduction to Windows or equivalent experience.
Revised 9/15/08
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