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Microsoft Word 2003 Guided Tour

Objectives

This course will enable Microsoft Word users to create a broad range of the most common professional documents.

Duration

One Day

Delegates will learn ...

  • How to create, format and print a range of proffesional documents including letters, memos, faxes, CV's and reports
  • How to create, save, close, open and edit a Microsoft Word 2003 document.
  • How to navigate around the Word application environment.
  • How to navigate around a large document.
  • How to take advantage of the Help system that is provided with Word 2003.
  • How to apply and alter character formatting such as font and point size.
  • How to apply and alter paragraph formatting such as indentation and justifcation.
  • How to apply and alter page-level formatting such as margins, page breaks, and headers or footers.
  • How to set and use tab stops to improve page layout.
  • How to create and amend a table structure.
  • Word processing concepts that help to consolidate the experience gained.

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for new users to MS Word 2003 or users who have had no formal training and have been using MS Word for a few of months.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge of Microsoft Word 2003 is required, although a good understanding of the Windows environment is recommended.

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Topics covered

Beginning the tour

  • Introduction to Microsoft Word 2003
  • The basics of entering text
  • How to save a document to the file system for retrieval at a later time

Managing files

  • Closing, Opening and Editing a document
  • Shortcut key navigation
  • Previewing and printing a document
  • Creating a new document

Navigating in Word

  • Scrolling in a document
  • Understanding and distinguishing the mouse position, the cursor and scroll position
  • Moving the insertion point

Using Word for Windows Help System

  • Basic Help features
  • Advanced Help features
  • Searching for a help topic
  • Other sources of help

Improving editing techniques for greater productivity

  • Moving and copying text
  • Using the clipboard viewer to store and insert edits
  • Speeding up text selection
  • Finding and replacing all instances of a specific text
  • AutoCorrect
  • Using Print Preview
  • Editing in Print Preview

Character Formatting

  • Fonts and font sizes
  • Bold, italic and underline

Paragraph Formatting

  • Justification - left, centre, right, full
  • Spacing paragraphs automatically
  • Paragraph borders
  • Indentation
  • Numbered lists and bullet points
  • Line breaks and line spacing

Tabs and tables

  • Setting and adjusting Tabs
  • Creating Tables
  • Using Table AutoFormat to format a table

Page-level Formatting

  • Different kinds of page breaks
  • Inserting and deleting page breaks
  • Headers and footers
  • Margins

Proofing tools

  • Using the spell checker
  • Using the thesaurus
  • Using the grammar checker

Tips and tricks

  • Using Smart Tags
  • How to E-mail directly from the Word application