Microsoft Word - Beginner

Course subjects

Basics

• Starting Word from the Desktop

• Understanding the Start Screen

• Creating a New Blank Document

• How Word Works

• Using the Ribbon

Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon

• Understanding the Backstage View

• Accessing the Backstage View

• Using Shortcut Menus

• Understanding Dialog Boxes

• Launching Dialog Boxes

• Understanding the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

• Adding Commands to the QAT

• Understanding the Status Bar

• Exiting Safely from Word

Documents

• Creating Documents in Word

• Typing Text

• The Save As Place

• The Save As Dialog Box

• Saving a New Document

• Typing Numbers

• Inserting a Date

• Document Proofing

• Checking Spelling and Grammar

• Making Basic Changes

• Saving an Existing Document

• Printing a Document

• Safely Closing a Document

Navigating

• The Open Place

• The Open Dialog Box

• Opening an Existing Document

• Navigating With the Keyboard

• Scrolling Through a Document

• Page Zooming

• Viewing the Ruler

• Showing Paragraph Marks

• Counting Words

Viewing

• Viewing Multiple Pages

• Viewing Page Width

• Viewing 100 Percent

• Splitting the Window

• Opening a New Window

• Understanding Document Views

• Changing Document Views

• Understanding Read Mode

• Viewing a Document in Read Mode

• Viewing Gridlines

Text

• Techniques for Selecting Text

• Selecting Text Using the Mouse

• Selecting Text Using the Keyboard

• Editing Text in Insert Mode

• Editing Text in Overtype Mode

• Understanding Find and Replace

• Deleting Text

• Using Undo

• Using Redo

• Using Repeat

• Using Click and Type

• Inserting Symbols and Special Characters

• Finding Words

• The Find and Replace Dialog Box

• Replacing Words

• Performing Advanced Searches

• Using Go To

Formatting

• Understanding Font Formatting

• Understanding Font Formatting Tools

• Working With Live Preview

• Changing Fonts

• Changing Font Size

• Superscripting Text

• Increasing and Decreasing Font Size

• Making Text Bold

• Italicising Text

• Underlining Text

• Applying Strikethrough

• Subscripting Text

• Highlighting Text

• Changing Case

• Changing Text Colour

• Applying Text Effects

• Using the Format Painter

• Using the Font Dialog Box

• Clearing Font Formatting

Paragraphs

• Understanding Paragraph Formatting

• Understanding Text Alignment

• Changing Text Alignments

• Changing Line Spacing

• Changing Paragraph Spacing

• Indenting Paragraphs

• Outdenting Paragraphs

• Starting a Bulleted List

• Adding Bullets to Existing Paragraphs

• Removing Existing Bullets

• Starting a Numbered List

• Numbering Existing Paragraphs

• Creating a Multilevel List

• Removing Existing Numbers

• Borders and Shading Dialog Box

• Shading Paragraphs

• Applying Borders to Paragraphs

• The Paragraph Dialog Box

• Indents and Spacing

• The Paragraph Dialog Box

• Line and Page Breaks

• Using the Paragraph Dialog Box

Pages

• Changing Page Margins

• Setting Custom Margins

• Changing Page Orientation

• Changing Paper Sizing

• Setting Custom Paper Sizes

• Inserting Page Breaks

• Removing Page Breaks

• Inserting Page Numbers

• Formatting Page Numbers

• Removing Page Numbers

Tabs

• Using Default Tabs Setting

• Tabs on the Ruler

• Modifying Tabs on the Ruler

• Setting Tabs in the Tabs Dialog Box

• Setting Tab Leaders

• Setting Bar Tabs

• Setting Mixed Tabs

• Removing Tabs

Tables

• Understanding Tables

• Creating a Table

• Adding Data to a Table

• Selecting in Tables using the Ribbon

• Selecting in Tables using the Mouse

• Inserting Columns and Rows

• Deleting Columns and Rows

• Changing Column Widths

• Changing Row Heights

• Autofitting Columns

• Shading Cells

• Modifying Borders

• Adding Custom Borders

• Choosing a Table Style

ClipArt Pictures

• Understanding Clip Art and Pictures

• Inserting Clip Art

• Selecting Clip Art

• Applying Text

• Wrapping Styles

• Positioning Clip Art

• Resizing Clip Art

• Applying Picture Styles to Clip Art

• Resetting Clip Art

• Deleting Clip Art

Mail Merge

• Understanding Printing

• Previewing Your Document

• Quick Printing

• Selecting a Printer

• Printing the Current Page

• Specifying a Range of Pages

• Specifying the Number of Copies

• Printing

• Understanding Mail Merge

• Understanding the Mail Merge Process

• Creating a Recipient List

• Creating the Starting Document

• Starting the Mail Merge Wizard

• Selecting a Recipient List

• Inserting Mail Merge Fields

• Previewing the Merged Documents

• Completing the Merge

Helps

• Understanding How Help Works

• The Help Window

• Using the Office Website

• Googling Help

• Printing a Help Topic

Tips

• Meeting Organisational Requirements

• The Four Pillars of Great Design

• Perfect Page Layouts

• Make It Readable

• Pictures Tell a Story

• The Tips and Traps of Writing