Basic Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Essentials

Versions available: 00 & 03

Length:  Two 3½ hour Classes
Prerequisite: Essentials of Windows (any version)

Become proficient on the world’s most popular word processing program! You’ll learn how to create and save documents, then insert, edit, delete, copy, move and replace text. You’ll come away knowing how to find answers to any Word question with the powerful help features. Then, you’ll discover how to format documents including margins, spacing, tabs, orientation, alignment, fonts, indent paragraphs, and bulleted text. To jazz up the documents, you’ll learn how to insert and format graphics. After you’re finished creating the document, you can spell check and use the thesaurus, create envelopes, find and replace text, and select printing options.

Get Started

  • Know the parts of Word's window (toolbars, menus, status bar, & formula bar)
  • Switch Views
  • Use Word's powerful on-line help

Building Documents

  • Create a new document
  • Enter and edit text
  • Save a document
  • Open an existing document

Formatting Documents

  • Understand document design
  • Set margins
  • Change page size and orientation
  • Adjust line spacing
  • Change paragraph alignment
  • Set tabs
  • Change text styles and sizes

Add Objects and Graphics

  • Draw an object
  • Scale an object
  • Move an object
  • Format an object
  • Use an AutoShape
  • Create text with WordArt
  • Insert a new object
  • Insert an object from file
  • Crop an object

Printing

  • Print preview a document
  • Make changes from Print Preview
  • Print entire document
  • Change number of copies
  • Select pages to print