Word Basic Course

 

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Duration

One Day

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Course Description

This Word Introduction Training Course provides you with comprehensive skills in each of the basic features of Word  such as navigation, adding and formatting text, formatting paragraphs, using spell check, adding tables and more. 

 

Course Pre-requisites

Be familiar with using the keyboard and Windows

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Course Contents

The Fundamentals

• Word interface

• Use tabs and ribbons

• Mini toolbar

• Save, open and close a word document

• Creating a new document

• Typing and deleting Text

• Use undo and redo

• Navigate the document

• Selecting Text

• Use undo and redo

• Use help

• Right-click

• Keyboard shortcuts

• Find and replace

 

Character Formatting

• Change the font

• Change the font size

• Clear formatting

• Apply bold, italic and underline

• Use strike through

• Change case

• Use super and sub script

• Use text effects

• Highlight text

• Font colour

• Font dialog box

 

Paragraph Formatting

• Change alignment

• Line and paragraph spacing

• Bullets and numbering

• Increase and decrease indenting

• Shading and borders

• Use show/hide

• Paragraph dialog box

 

Move and Copy

• Drag and Drop

• Cut and Copy

• Paste

• Clipboard

• Copy to a different document

• Paste options

 

Document Layout

• Page breaks

• Margins

• Paper size

• Orientation

 

Printing

• Print a document

• Print options

 

Tables

• Create a basic table

• Insert and delete columns and rows

• Apply a table style

 

Viewing and Printing

• Layouts - Web; Print; Reading

• Views - Outline; Full Screen

• Basic Viewing Tools

• Zoom and View Controls on the Status Bar

• Using Thumbnails

• Advanced Viewing Tools

• Showing Special Characters

• Using the Show/Hide Tools

• Using Print Preview

• Opening Print Preview

• Navigating Print Preview

• Print Preview versus Print Layout

 

Document Layout Options

• Using Page Setup

• Setting Margins

• Changing Paper Size

• Changing Orientation

• Printing a Document

• Using Basic Print Options

• Using Advanced Print Options

• Modifying Printer Properties

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