Microsoft Word Course Titles

Word Introduction

Duration:  1 day | Book this course
Cost: $375.00 + GST

Course Description

This introductory course teaches participants how to create a new document and work with existing document. The participant will learn how to add and edit text in a document, then make simple editing changes to the text.  The participant will then learn how to change the page layout of the document, add page numbers and add and edit headers and footers.  In addition the participant will discover how to change paragraph formatting, add tables and graphics to the document and finally how to spell check, preview and print the document.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the Windows operating system is essential. If you are unsure, please complete a Training Needs Assessment form by clicking here or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Who Should Take This Course

New users of Microsoft Word.

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:

  1. Open, close and save a document.
  2. Manage documents, use Word's Help function, and make simple editing changes.
  3. Edit and check text.
  4. Format text (font, size, colour etc.)
  5. Change the page layout and view, and use page numbers, headers and footers.
  6. Change paragraph formatting (aligning text, line spacing, indents).
  7. Add tables and graphics to a document.
  8. Preview and print your document.

Course Outline

Course Outline

The Microsoft Word Screen

  • The File menu, the Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, Zoom, Views

Starting to Use Microsoft Word

  • Creating a new document
  • Opening, closing and saving documents
  • Saving your file using a different file name
  • Using Help within Microsoft Word

Text Formatting

  • Applying font types, sizes, and colours
  • Changing cases
  • Text highlighting
  • Copying text formatting (Format Painter)
  • Removing text formatting

Manipulating Text

  • Undo and redo
  • Copying and moving text (Cut, Copy, Paste)
  • Understanding the Clipboard

Paragraph Formatting

  • Aligning text
  • Indenting paragraphs
  • Applying single or double line spacing within paragraphs
  • Adding borders and shading
  • Finding and replacing text
  • Setting Tabs
  • Overview of Styles formatting

Page Formatting

  • Setting page orientation, paper size, and margins
  • Setting page breaks
  • Inserting headers and footers
  • Applying page numbering
  • Inserting a cover page

Tables

  • Inserting a table
  • Navigating within a table
  • Inserting and deleting rows and columns
  • Modifying column width or row height
  • Adding shading to cells
  • Modifying cell border width, colour and style

Graphics

  • Inserting Pictures
  • Inserting Shapes
  • Inserting Smart Art
  • Selecting, resizing and deleting graphics
  • Copying or moving graphics

Multiple Documents

  • Switching between open documents
  • Tiling or cascading documents on your screen
  • Comparing documents side by side
  • Copying or moving selected items between documents

Proofing and Printing

  • Spell checking a document
  • Adding words to the built-in custom dictionary
  • Removing a word from the spell checking dictionary
  • Printing options
  • Printing only odd or even pages
  • Previewing and printing a document