0033 - MS Word Level 1

Course Description

This course is intended for students who want to learn basic MS Word skills, such as creating, editing, and formatting documents; inserting simple tables and creating lists; and employing a variety of techniques for improving the appearance and accuracy of document content.

Objectives

• Navigate and perform common tasks in Word, such as opening, viewing, editing, saving, and printing documents, and configuring the application.
• Format text and paragraphs.
• Perform repetitive operations efficiently using tools such as Find and Replace, Format Painter, and Styles.
• Enhance lists by sorting, renumbering, and customizing list styles.
• Create and format tables.
• Insert graphic objects into a document, including symbols, special characters, illustrations, pictures, and clip art.
• Format the overall appearance of a page through page borders and colors, watermarks, headers and footers, and page layout.
• Use Word features to help identify and correct problems with spelling, grammar, readability, and accessibility.

Outline

• Getting Started with Word
  • Navigate in Microsoft Word
  • Create and Save Word Documents
  • Manage Your Workspace
  • Edit Documents
  • Preview and Print Documents
  • Customize the Word Environment

• Formatting Text and Paragraphs
  • Apply Character Formatting
  • Control Paragraph Layout
  • Align Text Using Tabs
  • Display Text in Bulleted or Numbered Lists
  • Apply Borders and Shading

• Working More Efficiently
  • Make Repetitive Edits
  • Apply Repetitive Formatting
  • Use Styles to Streamline Repetitive Formatting Tasks
• Managing Lists
  • Sort a List
  • Format a List
• Adding Tables
  • Insert a Table
  • Modify a Table
  • Format a Table
  • Convert Text to a Table
• Inserting Graphic Objects
  • Insert Symbols and Special Characters
  • Add Images to a Document
• Controlling Page Appearance
  • Apply a Page Border and Color
  • Add Headers and Footers
  • Control Page Layout
  • Add a Watermark
• Preparing to Publish a Document
  • Check Spelling, Grammar, and Readability
  • Use Research Tools
  • Check Accessibility
  • Save a Document to Other Formats