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Word 2007 Essential Skills

Course Information

This one-day course is designed to introduce delegates to the concepts and functionality of a word processor.
Delegates will be able to use Word efficiently and confidently by creating documents to a good standard using simple editing and formatting techniques.

Pre-requisites

Those attending this course should have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and be comfortable with using a mouse.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

  • Recognise the different elements that comprise the Word screen.
  • Create, save and retrieve a document.
  • Edit text within a document using controlled deletion methods and utilising the Undo and Redo tools.
  • Apply character formatting to enhance the physical appearance of text.
  • Adjust the paragraph formatting to control the placement of text on the page.
  • Utilise the spelling and grammar checking features.
  • Move and copy text within a document and between two different documents.
  • Control the way in which the document is seen on screen using the View and Zoom tools.
  • Change the margins of a document.
  • Change the paper orientation.
  • Print the document specifying the range of pages to print and the number of copies required.
  • Create AutoText entries to speed the insertion of frequently used text.
  • Utilise the Office Assistant & Help features.

What you will learn:
Lesson 1 – Creating a New Document

Open Word
The Office Button
Ribbons & Groups
Create a document
Saving a document

Lesson 2 – Character Formatting

Opening an existing document
Changing font attributes
Apply special effects
Printing a document

Lesson 3 – The Proofing Tools

Checking spelling and grammar errors
Adding auto text entries
Using the thesaurus

Lesson 4 – Alignment and Line Spacing

Changing paragraph alignment
Changing line spacing

Lesson 5 – Indentation

Indenting using the ruler and indent icon
Format paragraph menu
Applying hanging indent

Lesson 6 – Tabs

Setting and moving tabs
Line spacing

Lesson 7 – Cut, Copy and Paste

Moving and copying information within a document
Copying information into a new document

Lesson 8 – Document Views & Save As

View Ribbon

Lesson 9 – Page and Paper Settings

Page Layout
Changing margins
Changing paper orientation
Changing vertical alignment

Lesson 10 – Printing

Print preview
Editing in print preview
Printing specific page ranges and multiple copies

Lesson 11 – Working with Quickparts

Inserting Building Blocks
Creating Building Blocks
Create and insert an AutoText entry
Edit an AutoText entry

Lesson 12 – File handling

Creating new folders
Moving and copying files

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