MS Word

Microsoft® Word Course Description

Introduction to MS Word includes:

Exploring Word: Starting Word; Working with Windows; Using Menu Commands; Displaying & Hiding Toolbars; Exiting Word
Using the Office Assistant: Finding an answer; Selecting an Assistant; Changing Assistant Options; Hiding the Assistant
Using Basic Document Skills: Creating a New Document; Entering Text; Selecting Text; Using Insert Mode; Using Overtype Mode; Renaming an Existing Document; Closing a Document
Using Basic Text Editing: Removing Characters; Deleting & Replacing Selected Text; Moving & Coping Text; Reversing/Redoing Commands
Using Character Formatting: Changing or Modifying an Existing Font; Underlining Text; Using Font Effects; Copying Character Formats; Changing Character Case
Using Document Formatting: Inserting & Removing Page Breaks; Changing Document Margins, Page Orientation, Paper Size & Vertical Alignment
Setting Tabs: Setting Left-Aligned, Center, & Right-Aligned Tab Stops; Clearing all Tabs; Creating a Leader Tab; Removing a Tab Stop
Indenting Paragraphs: Creating Left, Right & Hanging Indents; Indenting the First Line
Working With Document Views: Switching Views; Document Magnification; Displaying/Hiding the Ruler; Viewing Nonprinting Characters; Switching between Documents; Accessing Full-screen Mode
Printing: Previewing a Document; Printing the Current Page; Printing Multiple Copies; Printing Envelopes & Labels
Using Numbers & Bullets: Creating a Bulleted or Numbered List; Adding & Deleting Numbered Items or Bullets; Changing Bullets & Numbers
Working with Headers & Footers: Inserting Page #’s & Dates; Adding a First Page Header/Footer; Applying Borders & Shading: Adding & Removing Borders; Adding & Removing Shading
Also, Using Find & Replace, Checking Spelling & Grammar, Using Online Help, Autoformat & Wizards.

Intermediate MS Word includes:

Using Autotext & Autocorrect: Creating, Inserting & Deleting Autotext & Autocorrect Entries
Inserting Dates & Symbols: Inserting Date & Time; Inserting Symbols & Special Characters; Assigning Shortcut Keys
Working with Tables: Creating & Navigating a Table; Entering Text & Inserting Lines; Using Table Autoformat; Converting Text into a Table; Hiding/Showing Gridlines; Editing a Table; Modifying a Table; Sorting Table Data
Using Mail Merge: Setting Mail Merge Options; Creating Main Documents & Data Sources; Entering Data Records; Rearranging Fields; Sorting Data Records; Creating Mailing Labels & Envelopes; Previewing Merged Data; Merging to a New Document or Printer; Merging a Range of Records; Filtering Data Records; Using Multiple Filters; Sorting the Merged Document; Sorting by Multiple Fields
Working with Columns: Creating Newspaper Columns; Changing # of Columns; Balancing Column Length; Adding a Line Between Columns
Using Styles: Applying a Paragraph Style; Creating or Deleting a Style
Working with Graphics, Page Borders & Shading: Inserting a Clip Art Image; Sizing & Positioning a Graphic; Changing Color, Brightness & Contrast; Wrapping Text Around a Graphic; Creating Page Borders Using Border Art; Applying Shading
Using WordArt: Creating & Resizing a WordArt Object; Using the WordArt Toolbar
Using the Thesaurus: Looking up Synonyms & Antonyms; Using Antonyms & Synonyms
Also, Using Custom Dictionaries, Working with Hyphenation and Customizing Word Preferences

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