Microsoft Word

Topics & Behaviors

Remarks : This program is very popular in the Central Alberta area and is gaining converts every day. It is a full-featured professional word processor with virtually every option that you would want in a word processing package. It has near desktop publishing capabilities, and is very well integrated with the various other Microsoft products in the Windows environment. Word Perfect users will have to a little time and patience to get accustomed to the use of this program.

Beginner IntermediateTopics include:

Overview of the Menus & Menu options,

- Using the mouse, Buttons and their use;

- Moving & sizing the document.

- Moving around the document

Entering Text, Text Formats and attributes,

- Entering text, using the Undo option;

- Character formats bold, italics etc., using the buttons and/or character menu options;

- Setting character attributes ‘on the fly’ with Ctrl keys vs. using the icons;

- Selecting/highlight text with the mouse.

Paragraph Formats

-Setting alignment using the buttons;

-Setting the tabs & indents using the ruler line;

-Types of tabs, types of leaders, critical elements in using this feature

- Setting paragraph formats using the menu;

- Setting paragraph formats 'on the fly';

- Setting formats for Borders.

Cut/Copy/Paste & Edition Features

- Cut, Copy & Paste text, paste text;

-- Using the Speller,Thesaurus & Grammar

-- Using the Find and Replace facilities;

Overview of Sections & Breaks

- What are Sections breaks, uses & purposes?

- Inserting page breaks, section breaks;

- Strategies in using Breaks.

Saving & Printing Documents

- Save vs. Save As menu options;

- Saving and Printing documents;

- Setting Headers & Footers;

- Page numbering schemes,

Bullets, Line Numbering, Indents etc.

- Tabs & Indents using the ruler line vs. Menu;

- Setting Bullets, selecting Bullets etc.

- Setting Line Numbering Schemes;

- Borders and Shading features

Setting Columns

- Setting Columns using Icon vs. Menu;

- Display options, Viewing & Printing;

- Inserting Breaks: Section Breaks, Column breaks, Continuous Breaks etc.

- Changing Column width using Ruler line vs. menu options.

Intermediate Advanced Topics

Styles : Uses and purposes of styles,

- Defining a Style, Invoking a Style

- Linking Styles, Assigning Quick keys buttons

- Creating a Table of Contents using Styles,

Merge Facility : setting up the Data Document

- Inserting and viewing fields and field codes;

- Creating & printing forms & mailing labels;

- Inserting Form fields, protect document etc.

Tables : Creating & using tables, formatting etc.

• Inserting tabs in tables,
• Formula mode & mathematical capabilities.

Templates : creating & using templates,

• Inserting form fields,
• Saving and strategic us of templates

Macros : overview of macros, uses & purposes;

• Creating & using Macros,
• Assign quick keys and toolbars,
• Strategic use of Macros as a productivity tool.

Object Linking & Embedding : OLE objects

- Inserting linked objects, excel sheets, charts etc

- Updating Links, strategic use of linking

Further Advanced Topics include:

- Creating Tables of Authorities, Indexes;

- customizing Word with toolbars, Menus, shortcut keys, and various add-ins;

- Desktop publishing features, strengths & weaknesses;

- Using the equations editor, creating & editing mathematical equations;

- Using Add-ins with Word;

- Integrating Word with other applications.

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