Course Details

1.    Explore Word

• Working in the user interface
• Creating, editing text and saving documents

o Creating a new blank document o Entering text

o Saving the document o Saving into a new folder

o  Compatibility with older versions

• Opening, Moving around in and closing Documents
• Viewing documents in different ways
• Switching between different views o Displaying non-printing characters o Zooming in the document

o  Switching between different word

documents

o Arranging windows of open documents o Displaying rulers in document window

• Accessing help feature

2.    Editing and Proofread Text

• Making text changes o Selecting text o Deleting text o Drag and drop

o Cut, Copy and Paste o Paste Options

o  Undo and redo

• Office clipboard
• Find and replace text
  • Using find and replace
  • Navigation pane

• Fine-tuning text
  • Thesaurus
  • Mini-translator

• Correcting spelling and grammatical errors
  • Spell check
  • Auto Correct
• Viewing document statistics
• Inserting saved text
  • Building Blocks
  • Create a new building block
• Inserting one document into another

3.    Changing the Look of Text

• Quickly formatting text o Paragraph styles o Character Styles
• Changing a documents theme
  • Switching between different themes
  • Saving a new theme
• Manually changing the look of characters
  • Changing font, font size and font colour
  • Bold, Italic and Underline
  • Using the Mini Toolbar
  • Format Painter
  • Font dialog box
  • Highlight text
  • Clear Formatting

• Manually changing the look of paragraphs
  • Indenting
  • First Line and hanging indents
  • Paragraph alignment
  • Setting up Tabs
  • Adjusting line spacing
  • Paragraph spacing
  • Borders and Shading

• Character formatting and case considerations
• Find and replace formatting
• Creating and modifying lists
  • Bullets and Numbering
• Customizing bullets and numbering o Sorting lists
• Formatting text as you type

4.    Organizing Information in Columns and Tables

• Presenting information in columns o Inserting columns

o Justify paragraphs o Column options

• Creating tabbed lists
• Presenting info in tables

• Inserting a table
• Inserting and deleting columns and rows o Resizing columns

o  Merge cells

o  Table alignment

o  Converting text to table

• Performing calculations in tables
• Other layout options
• Formatting tables
• Table style
  • Manual formatting

Add Simple Graphic Elements

• Inserting and modifying pictures o Insert Picture

o  Resize and crop a picture

o Picture corrections and picture styles o Artistic effects

• About ClipArt
• Changing a document background
• Inserting Building Blocks
• Inserting a Cover page o Inserting Page Numbers o Headers and Footers
• Drawing text boxes
• Adding Word Art
• Insert Word Art into the document o Wrap text around Word Art
• Formatting the first letter of a paragraph

6.    Preview, Print and Distribute Documents

• Previewing and adjusting page layout
  • Adjusting Page size and orientation
  • Setting up margins

• Controlling what happens on each page
  • Page breaks
  • Section breaks

• Printing documents
• Preparing documents for electronic distribution
  • Document properties

• Document inspector

• Marking a document as final