Introduction / Intermediate Microsoft Word

Objectives: After completing this course delegates will be able to produce word processed documents to a high standard.

Pre Requisites: An understanding of Microsoft Windows is recommended.

Duration: 2 days

The topics covered are as follows:

Introduction

1 Introduction to Word
• Tour of the Screen
• Menus and Toolbars

2 Word Basics
• Simple Typing/Inserting/Deleting
• Saving and Closing Documents

3 Editing Documents
• Moving around Documents
• Text Selection Techniques
• Undoing Mistakes

4 Automatic Corrections
• Automatic Spell Checking
• Using AutoCorrect

5 Formatting Characters
• Bold, Italics and Underlined
• Changing the Font
• Format Font dialog box

6 Formatting Paragraphs
• Paragraph Alignment / Indenting
• Using Tab Stops

7 Introduction to Tables
• Creating / Formatting Tables
• Inserting Table Rows / Columns
• Borders and Shading

8 Multi-Pages / Views / Printing
• Inserting Page Breaks
• Normal / Page layout views
• Print Preview

Intermediate

9 Sections and Page Setup
• Splitting a document into Sections
• Setting Margins
• Page Orientation and Paper Size
• Paper Source
• Page Layout

10 Using Headers/Footers
• Inserting Headers/Footers
• Header/Footer Toolbar
• Using Page Numbers
• Layout Options

11 Paragraph Styles
• Creating Styles
• Applying and Revising Styles

12 AutoText
• Creating AutoText Entries
• Using Standard Paragraphs

13 Templates
• Creating a new Template
• Using a Template

14 Searching for Text
• Using Find and Replace
• Moving to defined Bookmarks

15 Spelling & Grammar
• Manual Spell Checking
• Checking Grammar
• Using Thesaurus

microcomputing serves the Tyne & Wear, Northeast England region, with software training courses arranged for all types of companies in Sunderland, Washington, Gateshead and Newcastle as well as County Durham, Northumberland and the Teeside area with courses for organisations in Middlesbrough, Darlington and Stockton.