Course duration: 1 Day

Course Description

You will create, edit, and enhance standard business documents using Microsoft Office Word 2010.

Target Student:

This course is intended for individuals who want to gain basic knowledge of working with Word.

Prerequisites:

To be successful in this course, you should be familiar with using personal computers and you should have used the mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on the computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create a basic Word document.
• edit a document.
• format text.
• format paragraphs.
• insert a table.
• insert special characters and graphical objects.
• control the page setup and appearance of a Word document.
• proofread documents for accuracy.

Course Content

Creating a Basic Word Document
Identify the Elements of the User Interface
Customize the Word Environment
Enter Text in a Document
Save a Document
Print a Document
Obtain Help in Word
Editing a Word Document
Navigate Through a Document and Select Text
Modify Text
Undo Text Changes
Find and Replace Text
Formatting Text in a Word Document
Change Font Styles
Highlight Text in a Document
Formatting Paragraphs in a Word Document
Set Tabs to Align Text
Modify the Layout of a Paragraph
Create Lists
Apply Borders and Shading
Apply Styles
Inserting Tables in a Word Document
Create a Table
Modify a Table
Format a Table
Convert Text to a Table
Inserting Special Characters and Graphical Objects
Insert Symbols and Special Characters
Insert Illustrations in a Document
Controlling the Appearance of the Pages in a Word Document
Control the Layout of a Page
Apply a Page Border and Colour
Add Watermarks
Add Headers and Footers
Proofreading a Word Document
Check Spelling and Grammar
Use the Thesaurus
Customize the AutoCorrect Options