Microsoft Word, Level I

Course Length:  1 day

Course Overview

This course is to introduce a user to the basic operations of Microsoft Word and provide the user with the knowledge necessary to create, edit, and format a document.

At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Start Word
• Use the Word Menu System and Word Toolbars
• Display Help Information
• Reset the Working Folder
• Enter Text into the Document Window
• Save, Print and Close a Document
• Insert and Delete Text
• Reverse an Edit Operation
• Move and Copy a Text Block
• Apply Attributes to Text
• Apply a New Font and Font Size to Text
• Indent a Paragraph
• Create a Numbered/Bulleted List
• Reset the Left and Right Margins of a Document
• Set and Clear Tab Stops in a Document
• Reset Line and Paragraph Spacing in a Document
• Reset Text Alignment in a Document
• Insert a Section Break into a Document
• Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker
• Use the Thesaurus
• Customize the AutoCorrect Dictionary
• Draw Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Objects into a Document

Prerequisites

• A knowledge of personal computer fundamentals
• Experience in working within the Microsoft Windows environment
• A reasonable degree of keyboard proficiency
• Experience in using a mouse

Course Outline

Section 1: Getting Started with Word

Introduction

Starting Word

The Word Application Window

Using the Word Menu System

Using the Word Toolbars

Displaying Help Information

Section 2: Creating a Document

Resetting the Working Folder

Entering Text into the Document

Saving, Printing, and Closing a Document

Section 3: Editing a Document

Reopening a Document

Moving the Insertion Point

Inserting the Current Date and Time

Inserting and Deleting Text

Reversing an Edit Operation

Moving a Text Block

Copying a Text Block

Section 4: Formatting a Document

Applying Attributes to Text

Applying a New Font and Font Size

Simultaneously Applying Multiple Font Options to Text

Indenting a Paragraph

Formatting Existing Text

Creating a Numbered/Bulleted List

Changing the Zoom Level

Resetting the Left and Right Margins

Setting and Clearing Tab Stops

Using Decimal Tab Stops

Setting a Tab Stop with a Leader

Resetting Line and Paragraph Spacing

Resetting Text Alignment

Using the Click and Type Feature

Inserting a Hard Page Break

Creating a Multiple-Page Document

Section 5:  Writing Tools

Using Spelling and Grammar Checker

Using the Thesaurus

Customizing the AutoCorrect Dictionary

Section 6:  Intermediate Editing and Formatting Techniques

Finding Specific Text in a Document

Finding and Replacing Specific Text

Applying Underline and Effect Options to Text

Adjusting Character Spacing

Inserting Symbols

Using the Format Painter

Section 7:  Setting Up a Table

Setting Up Multiple-Column Documents

Formatting a Table

Inserting and Deleting Rows/Columns

Totaling Numeric Entries in a Table

Merging Cells in a Table

Entering Vertical Text into a Table Cell

Using Table AutoFormat

Section 8:  Setting Up Multiple-Column Documents

Creating Parallel Columns in a Document

Creating Newspaper Columns in a Document

Editing and Restructuring Newspaper Columns