Microsoft Word Getting Started
Getting Started CourseWHO
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)
