This hands-on course will teach you how to use Microsoft Word for WINDOWS on an IBM or IBM-compatible computer. Through demonstration and lecture, all the key aspects of the program will be taught. Take notes to be used as a reference guide to prepare for exams, and for future use of the program.

Reference manual: Learning Word 6 for Windows, Mike Singleton & Iris Blanc, DDC Publishing, 1994.

1. Introduction

Selecting Microsoft Word icon

Using the Mouse

Insertion Point Title Bar

Scroll Arrows Menu Bar

Status Line Toolbar, Ribbon, Ruler

Typing

Wraparound Feature

Errors: Backspace, Delete Keys---

Keyboard

Function Keys Ctrl/Alt/Shift Keys

Numeric Keys Tab Key

Enter/Return Key Arrow Keys

Insertion Point Movement

(Mouse, Arrow Keys, Shortcut Movement Keys)

Highlighting (Selection)

Click & Drag; Double Click; Margin Click; Ctrl/Mouse Button; Double-Click From Margin

2. Menus

Review of features

Toolbar

Icons-- Relation to Menus features

Ribbon

Review of Icons

Undo, Bold, Italics, Underlining, Alignments

Save, Save As (.Doc; use of floppy disks; C, A, B Drives)

Open command

Editing existing document

Spellcheck (Icon, Menu feature. Ignore, Ignore All, Change, Add)

Grammar

Find File

Functions View Menu

Scroll Bar Command Menu

4. Business Letter

Insert Menu

Use of Tab Keys

Enter Key

Review of Movement Keys; Multiple Undo, Review of Spellcheck,

5. One Page Report

Margins, Spacing Page Setup

Default Margins Line Spacing

Page Layout Text Boundaries

Print Preview

Block Indent

Indentation Command under Format Menu

7. Moving Text (Cut & Paste)

Icons

Clipboard

Show/hide Icon

Copying Text

8: Hanging Indents

3 Methods

Review Spellcheck

Relationship to Hanging Indents Bullet Styles

Setting up prior to typing Number Styles

Adding after typing

Removing Bullets and Numbers

Shortcut Menu (Right Mouse button)

Stop Numbering

Skip Numbering

10. Resume

Review Undo, Tabs, Enter Key, Indent, Bold, Italics, Etc.

Thesaurus:

Synonyms, Antonyms

Singulars, Plurals

Search Text

Find Go To

Replace Replace via Find command

12. Keyboard Shortcut keys review

Reference Guide

13. Hyphenation

Manual

Automatic

Non-breaking Spaces

14: Outlining

(Automatic Numbering, Lettering, Indenting-- Up To 9 Levels Of Numbers & Letters)

Different levels

Promote/Demote

Format Menu, Heading Numbering

Editing the Outline

Simple Outlining: (Multi-Level List)

Three levels

Two Page Letters With Special Notations

Hard Page Break

Changing Case

Review of Block Indent; Cut & Paste

Moving Text From 1 Page To Another

Editing in Print Preview

15: Autocorrect

Tools Menu

Misspellings, abbreviations

Footnotes/Endnotes:

Page Layout View

Normal View

Viewing Footnotes, Endnotes

Deleting

Custom marks, symbols

Header/Footer Defaults

Toolbar

Date, time, page numbers, Page Setup

Page Numbers

Insert Menu vs. Header/Footer

AutoText

Editing AutoText

18: Merging Text (Combine Form Letter Or Other Document With A List Of Names, Addresses And Other Variable Information.)

Three Steps: Create Data Document

Create Main Document

Merge Both

Reference Guide

Editing

20: Macros

Difference between Macro & Auto Text

Keyboard Shortcut Keys

21: Tables

Gridlines Adding Rows, Columns

Icon Vs. Menu Deleting Text in Cell

Movement in Tables Delete Rows

Tab key Use of Border to Print Table Lines

Changing Column Width Vertically & Horizontally Center Table

22: Custom Tabs For Tables

Decimal Tabs

Changing Default Tabs

Calculations In Tables

Addition, Multiplication, Formulas

23: Newspaper Columns

Column Icon, Format Menu

Justify, Hyphenate

Column Break

Unequal Columns

24: Opening Multiple Documents

Methods:

Ctrl/F6

Clearing Ruler, Toolbar

Symbol Shortcut Keys

25: Change Typeface (Font) & Type Size

True Type Fonts PRINTS.

SERIF

SANS SERIF

SCRIPT

Insert Menu Page Layout

Picture Deleting Graphics

Select/ Deselect Text Wrapping & Move With Text

Size/Scale Moving Graphic Around Text

Inserting Frame-- Drawing Icon

Insert Menu Plain Text

Object Button Pour

Ms Wordart 2.0 Icons

Best Fit

Borders

Icon Insertion Point

3/4 Pt/ Line Style Bordering A Letter

Clear/ Shading Format Menu options

Drop Caps

Page Layout

Format Menu, Drop Cap

29: Excel Summary

Relationship to Word for Windows

Copy and Paste

Keyboard/Mouse shortcuts

Relationship to Word for Windows

Copy and Paste

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