Word 2002-2003

Introduction Level Course

Description

This course aims to enhance computer productivity by providing skills to use Word to create a great variety of documents.  It is designed to introduce the participant to the techniques and concepts associated with using Word.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

• access and exit Word for Windows; create, change and print documents.
• format text and paragraphs in a variety of ways
• work with tab to tabulate numeric and text data.

Pre-requisites

• Participants must have a basic understanding of Windows.

Course Content

Getting Help

Accessing On-Line help

Office Assistant

  Office Assistant Tips

Microsoft Word Help

What’s This?

Getting Started

What is Word Processing?

  What is Word ?

Starting Word

The Word Screen

Choosing Menu Commands

  Choosing Commands with the Mouse

  Choosing Commands with the Keyboard

Choosing Toolbar Buttons

Working with Dialog Boxes

  Using the Mouse within Dialog Boxes

  Using the Keyboard within Dialog Boxes

Shortcut Menus

Exiting Word

Creating a Document

  Keying in Text

  Click and Type

Naming and Saving a File

Entering Document Properties

  Using the File, Save Command

Closing a Document Window

Open Dialog box

Opening an Existing File

  Opening a Recently Edited Document

Data Entry

Navigating your Document

  Navigating with the Mouse

To Position the Insertion Point

  Using the Cursor Movement Keys

Highlighting Text

  Highlighting Text using the Mouse

  Turning the Highlight off

Viewing Non-Printing Characters

Basic Editing Techniques

  Inserting New Text

  Deleting Existing Text

  Using the Undo Command

Copying and Moving Test

Using the Clipboard

  To Copy Text using the Clipboard

  To Cut Text using the Clipboard

  Copying and Moving Text Without the Clipboard

Toolbars

Formatting

Character Formatting

Using the Font Dialog Box

  Using the Task Pane for Formatting

  Removing all Character Formatting

Using the Repeat Command

Changing Case

Paragraph Formatting

Selecting Text within Paragraphs

Using the Paragraph Dialog Box

  Using the Task Pane

Indenting text

  Using Hanging Indents

Line and Page Breaks Tab

Applying Bullets and Numbers

  Stopping and Removing Bullets and Numbering

Applying Borders and Shading to Text

  To place a Horizontal Line across a Page

  Page Border

  Applying Borders using the Toolbar

Proofing

Checking Spelling and Grammar

  Checking the Spelling of a Word

  Spell Checking using a Shortcut Menu

  Checking the Spelling of your Whole Document

  Checking Grammar

Using Find and Replace

Thesaurus

Printing and Page Setup

Printing a Document

  Selecting a Printer

Previewing a Document

Printing a Document

Changing the Screen View

Using the Page Setup Command

  Margins

  Paper

Layout

Adding Headers and Footers

  Creating a Header

  Creating a Footer

Tabs

Working with Tabs

Setting Tabs Using the Ruler

Setting Tabs Using the Format Tab Dialog Box

Using Tab Leaders