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Microsoft Word Getting Started

Getting Started Course   

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?  Those with little knowledge; returning to the workforce and who wish to produce electronic or printed paper documents which look professional.

PREREQUESITE:  It is expected that participants will be familiar with the basic operating systems, and basic windows operations such as selecting a program, opening and closing files and saving files.

RESOURCES:  As part of the course you will be asked to bring with you a USB (thumb drive) to save your work onto.

OUTCOMES

This Course is designed to introduce students to Microsoft Word.  The Course will allow students to –

·        Understand and utilise the basic features of Word

·        Make use of the Office Assistant and Help menu

·        Open, create, edit, save, enter text

·        Cut, copy and paste information in and around documents

·        Insert page breaks

·        Format pages and layouts

·        Change screen views

·        Understand Bulleting and Numbering

·        Insert Comments

·        Use the find and replace function

·        Print documents

·        Use the spell checker

OUTLINE

Week 1

Introduction

        1.      Toolbar Command Functions, Customising

        2.      Shortcut Menus and Keystrokes, Right mouse click, (Minimise, Maximise, Restore)

        3.      Task Pane

        4.      Office Assistant / Help

        5.      Closing Word

Managing

        1.      Create a new document

        2.      Open, Save, Duplicate and Print (Print Preview)

        3.      Explorer (explain drives and how to save)

        4.      Zooming

        5.      Different viewing techniques

        6.      Page setup (Margins, Orientation)

Week 2

Editing

        1.      Review Week 1

        2.      Shortcuts (Ctrl + C, X, V, P, S, Z, Y, N, O, A), Double and Triple click

        3.      Utilising the Tab and arrow keys, Delete and ESC

        4.      Selecting text (White arrow, Cursor)

        5.      Undo / Redo

        6.      Cut, copy and paste

        7.      Drag and Drop

        8.      Clipboard

        9.      Spelling and Grammar

Formatting

        1.      Font (Size, Colour, Highlight, etc)

            2.      Paragraph (Left, Right, Centre, Justification)

            3.      Character spacing, effects

            4.      Line Spacing

Week 3

1.      Review Week 1 and 2

2.      Format Painter

3.      Drop Cap

4.      Borders and Shading (Horizontal Line)

5.      Finding and Replacing text

6.      Go To

Week 4

1.      Review ALL weeks

2.      Bullet Lists/Numbered Lists

3.      Inserting Comments

4.      Page Breaks (Ctrl + Enter)