This course is for delegates who want to learn to be more productive with Microsoft Word. Delegates will learn how to use the essential day to day functions of Word including how to create and edit documents and use character and paragraph formatting. Delegates will also be shown ways to ensure word documents are consistent and engaging using headers and footers, SmartArt and many other design features.

Prerequisites

• • Delegates should have some working knowledge of windows or they should have completed the Introduction to Windows course. Delegates should feel at ease performing tasks such as arranging, sizing, switching between windows, and starting programs. Previous use of a mouse and keyboard is assumed on this course.

Objectives

• • Create and save new document that contains text that has been aligned and formatted to suit the content.
  • Change the page layout of a document so it is displayed in landscape, use the Spelling & Grammar check facility and the thesaurus to search for alternative words & meanings.
  • Add diagrams, charts and tables to a document to create engaging and interesting reports.
  • Use the Quick Parts Gallery to create, store, and find reusable pieces of content.

What's included

• • Laptops are available for training delivered at client's premises
  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
  • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
  • Telephone and Email Support

Course Content

• • An Introduction to Microsoft Word
    Starting and Exiting Word
    Getting to know the Ribbon
    Using the Quick Access Toolbar
    Add shortcuts to the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Screen Options
    Zooming in and out
    Changing the view options for Word
    Different views of same document (Print/Full screen)
    Status Bar
  • Documents
    Creating a new document including using a template
    Saving a document for the first time
    Saving a document with a different name or location
    AutoRecover settings
    Opening and closing a document already created
    Saving the document as a PDF file
    Password protecting a document
  • Starting a Document
    Moving around the screen
    Entering text
    Working with multiple documents
    Selecting text using the mouse and keyboard
    Deleting text
    Undoing your last action and undoing many actions
    Redoing a recently undone action
    Inserting a space or line
    Inserting a new line within the same paragraph
    Overwriting text
    Inserting and removing a manual page break
  • Formatting
    Removing all manual character formats
    Character formats, case changing and font size
    Using strike through, subscript and superscript
    Changing the font colour
    Highlighting text using the highlighter, bold and italics
    Paragraph formatting and text alignment
    Indenting text, decreasing the indent of text
    Line and paragraph spacing
    Using the Format Painter
    Borders
    Background colours on Paragraphs
  • Styles
    What are Styles and why use Styles?
    Character and paragraph styles
    Applying a character and paragraph style
  • Bullets and Numbering
    Applying bullets and numbers to an existing list
    Changing the bullet shape or a different number style
    Removing bullets or numbering
    Starting a new list and have it automatically number itself
    Turning off this automatic feature
  • Copying & Moving Text
    Moving text using drag and drop
    Cut, Copy and Paste text
    Accessing the clipboard
    Paste special
    Find and Replace text
  • Proofing
    Checking the spelling of a document
    Switching the spell check on as you type
    How to correct the spelling as you type
    Final inspection of your completed document
    Using the thesaurus
  • Columns & Breaks
    Convert text to columns
    Remove columns
    Inserting and deleting a column break
    Insert and remove a line break
  • Page Set-up
    Controlling hyphenation options
    Adding a built in watermark
    Changing the page background colour
    Adding a border to each page
    Cover Pages
  • Tabs
    Inserting and deleting tabs (Print layout and draft view)
    Changing the unit of measure on the ruler
    Clearing all tabs
    Inserting tab leaders
  • Header & Footers
    Creating and editing a Header and a Footer
    Different Header and Footer on the first page of a document and odd and even pages
    Adding Page Numbers and the date to either a Header or a Footer
  • Tables
    Inserting and deleting a table
    Inserting and deleting rows and columns
    Increasing and decreasing column and row widths and heights
    Adding text above a table
    Centring a table on a page
    Adding shading to cells, rows, columns and tables
    Adding and editing table cell borders
    Using the Table Style options and the available styles
    Editing the table properties
    Setting and removing a heading row
    Splitting rows across pages
    Sort data in tables
  • Charts
    Inserting a chart
    Editing the chart type and options
    Editing the data source
    Applying a different chart style
    Activate or deactivate the legend
    Editing the titles for axis
    Deleting the chart
    Wrapping it to existing text
  • Using SmartArt, Pictures and Screenshots
    Create SmartArt diagrams e.g. Flow Diagrams, Hierarchy Structures etc.
    Modify the diagrams and add extra information
    Insert Pictures and use the new modifications tools such as Crop, Pictures Styles etc
    Insert Screenshots from other windows and programs
  • Automatic Features
    Autocorrect overview
    Creating and Undoing an Autocorrect entry
    Adding misspellings to the autocorrect list
    Turning on and off some of the autocorrect options
  • Quick Parts
    Creating and storing a new Quick Parts
    Inserting a Quick Part as desired
    Deleting a Quick Part
    Editing the contents of a Quick Part