Course Outline

Word 2007 - Level 1

Spending too much time struggling with simple documents? Want to eliminate time-consuming workarounds and create documents quickly? Learn techniques to professionally format and edit your Word docs! Use tabs and indents to prevent alignment issues. Create visual impact with tables. Solve the mystery of headers and footers. Insert graphics, borders, colors and watermarks to add pizzazz! 6 hours

Creating a Basic Document

  • Explore the User Interface
  • Explore the User Interface
  • Open and View a Document
  • Customize the Word Environment
  • Obtain Help
  • Enter Text
  • Save a Document
  • Preview and Print a Document
  • Open and View a Document
  • Customize the Word Environment

Editing a Document

  • Navigate and Select Text in a Document
  • Insert, Delete, or Rearrange Text
  • Undo Changes
  • Search and Replace Text

Formatting Text

  • Change Font Appearance
  • Highlight Text

Formatting Paragraphs

  • Set Tabs to Align Text
  • Control Paragraph Layout
  • Add Borders and Shading
  • Apply Styles
  • Create Lists
  • Manage Formatting

Adding Tables

  • Create a Table
  • Modify the Table Structure
  • Format a Table
  • Convert Text to a Table or Tables to Text

Inserting Graphic Objects

  • Add Visual Effects Using Symbols and Special Characters
  • Insert Illustrations

Controlling Page Appearance

  • Control Page Layout
  • Apply a Page Border and Color
  • Add Watermarks
  • Add Headers and Footers

Proofing a Document

  • Check Spelling, Grammar and Word Count
  • Enhance Textual Meaning Using the Thesaurus
  • Customize AutoCorrect Options

Prerequisites:  Students should be familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer.

Revised 8/15/2011
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