Microsoft Word Introduction
Explore the fundamentals of Microsoft Word in this comprehensive introductory course designed for beginners. Whether you're new to word processing or looking to enhance your skills, this course covers essential topics to help you create, format, and edit documents efficiently
Audience
Our Microsoft Word Introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Word.
Pe-requisites
No pre-requisites required
Duration
6 hoursDelivery Method
Face to face or VirtualCourse Objectives
At the end of this one-day Word training course you will have a good working knowledge of Word basics. You will feel more confident using Word and be able to create a document from scratch. Understanding and using some of the built-in layout and text editing functionality will enable you to produce far more striking and effective documentation in your work and home Word environments. Documents that you create will be easier to read and look more presentable.
Course Content
Getting started
- Exploring the Word window
- Creating and saving documents
- Printing documents
- Getting help
Moving and copying text
- Selecting text
- Cutting, copying, and pasting text
- Finding and replacing text
Creating and managing tables
- Creating tables
- Working with tables
- Modifying tables
Proofing and printing documents
- Checking spelling and grammar
- Previewing and printing documents
Editing documents
- Opening and navigating in documents
- Automated tasks
- Editing text
- The undo and redo commands
Formatting characters and paragraphs
- Character formatting
- Using tabs
- Paragraph formatting
- Advanced paragraph formatting
Controlling page layout
- Creating headers and footers
- Working with margins
- Working with page breaks
Web features
- Saving documents as web pages
- Working with hyperlinks
- Emailing documents
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