Microsoft Word Fundamentals Training Course

Course Aim

Course Objectives

Those who attend this Microsoft Word Fundamentals Training Course will be able to:

• Create a variety of documents using Microsoft Word
• Format Microsoft word documents
• Set up pages
• Open, Save and Print documents

Course Content

Here’s what we cover in our Microsoft Word Fundamentals training course:

The Basics of Microsoft Word

• The Word Window
• Working with the ribbon and commands
• Using the help facility

Navigating Word and Creating Documents

• Creating, Saving and Closing documents
• Opening existing documents
• Using templates to create documents
• Entering, editing and deleting text and images
• Selection techniques
• Using different views i.e. print layout
• Using other functions such as find and replace

Formatting Documents

• Changing the font, text size, colour and effects
• Using paragraphs (justification, indents etc)
• Line spacing
• Page breaks
• Adding a border and shading to your document
• Cut, copy and pasting
• Revealing and clearing formatting

Bullet Points and Numbering

• Adding bullet points
• Creating and changing the bullet point image/character
• Adding numbered lists
• Changing numbered lists

Setting Up a Document

• Page orientation
• Headers and footers
• Using margins
• Adding page borders
• Inserting a watermark

Using Tabs

• Overview of tabs
• Changing the default tab stop
• Using the ruler and tab dialogue box to set and change tab markers
• Leader tabs and bar tabs
• Setting the ruler measurement unit
• Using tabs in a document

Printing a Document

• Setting print options
• Using the print preview
• Selecting a printer