Microsoft Word Introduction Course Overview

• Find your way around the Microsoft Word 2003 screen
• Open, save and close documents and understand how documents are presented
  on the screen
• Create a new document
• Select and work with text in a document
• Format text in a document
• Create and use tabs stops and leaders
• Create tables of figures and text
• Access and use the help system and work safely with your computer.

Specific Topics: Microsoft Word Introduction Course

Word 2003 Orientation

1. Starting Word
2. The Word 2003 Screen
3. Using Menu Commands
4. Using Keyboard Shortcuts
5. Using the Toolbars
6. Using Short Cut Menus
7. Using the Ruler
8. The Status Bar
9. Exiting Word

Working With A Document

1. Opening a Document
2. Navigating With the Keyboard
3. Scrolling Through a Document
4. Document Views
5. Page Zooming
6. Simple Editing
7. Formatting Marks
8. Saving a Document
9. Print Preview
10. Printing a Document
11. Closing a Document

Creating a Document

1. Creating a Blank Document
2. Typing Text
3. Typing Numbers
4. Inserting a Date
5. Spelling and Grammar Checking
6. Saving a New Document
7. Creating a Document Based on a Template

Working with Text

1. Selecting Text Using the Mouse
2. Selecting Text Using the Keyboard
3. Insert and Overtype Modes
4. Deleting Text
5. Cutting and Pasting
6. Copying and Pasting
7. Find and Replace
8. Using Undo

Formatting Text

1. Formatting Essentials
2. Toolbar Formatting
3. Quick Alignment
4. Instant Bullets
5. Instant Numbers
6. Increase Indent
7. Decrease Indent
8. Quick Fonts
9. Changing the Text Colour
10. Using the Format Painter
11. Line Spacing
12. Paragraph Spacing

Working with Tabs

1. Using Default Tabs
2. Setting Tabs on the Ruler
3. Modifying Tabs on the Ruler
4. Using the Tabs Dialog Box
5. Tab Leaders

Creating Tables

1. Creating a Table
2. Adding Data to a Table
3. Inserting Columns and Rows
4. Deleting Columns and Rows
5. Changing Column Widths
6. Shading and Colouring Cells
7. Modifying Borders
8. Auto Formatting a Table

General Computer Usage

1. The Help Task Pane
2. Searching For General Help
3. Searching For Specific Help
4. Understanding a Help Window
5. Disabling Online Content
6. Enabling Online Content
7. Setting up an Ergonomic Workstation
8. Breaks and Exercises
9. Backup Procedures
10. Electronic File Management
11. Managing File Folders in Word 2003

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