Word Introduction

Duration:

One Day

Aims:

This course is designed to give an introduction to the essential aspects of Microsoft Word. Entirely 'hands on,' the course will give participants a good understanding of text production, including Formatting, Editing and Printing, with an introduction to Tables.

Prerequisites:

A basic understanding of PCs, use of a keyboard & mouse, plus knowledge of Microsoft Windows is required, gained either by previous experience or by attending an Apt Training course.

Getting Started
  • Starting Word
  • The Word screen
  • Menus and shortcut keys
  • Scroll bars and status bar
  • Dialogue boxes
  • Exiting Word
Creating Documents
  • Creating a new document
  • Entering text
  • Inserting the date and time
  • Spell and grammar checking
  • Print preview
  • Printing
  • Saving the document
  • Closing the document
Editing Documents
  • Opening an existing document
  • Moving the insertion point
  • Selecting text
  • Inserting text
  • Overtype
  • Deleting text
  • Undo/redo
  • Autocorrect
  • Thesaurus
Cut, Copy and Paste
  • The clipboard
  • Cut and paste
  • Copy and paste
  • Drag and drop
Tabs
  • Set tab stops
  • Set tab leeders
Working with Multiple Documents
  • Opening a second document
  • Switching between documents
  • Working with panes
Working with Fonts
  • The formatting toolbar
  • Text enhancements
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Format painter
  • Inserting symbols
  • Removing text formats
Working with Paragraphs
  • Aligning paragraphs
  • Indenting text
  • Line spacing
  • Removing paragraph formats
Introduction to Bullets
  • Symbols
  • Numbers
Printing
  • Print Preview
  • Print Properties
  • Page Set-Up