Microsoft Word

Learn how to do the following with Microsoft Word:

Basics and Shortcuts

The standard word-processing features, along with numerous shortcuts for making the daily word-processing tasks easier and more efficient, are covered in this course. These features include: Creating and saving a document; selecting, formatting, and aligning text; moving, copying, pasting text; maneuvering in large documents; using the Autocorrect feature; proofing and printing the document and envelopes.

Tables, Tabs, Columns, and Pictures

This course assumes that the Basics course was taken, or that the user is sufficiently familiar with the features covered in that course. The course includes the proper setup and use of tabular information in Word. It includes the setup of multi-column documents, newspaper and parallel formats. Inserting and graphic images is also covered.

Lists and Merging

The use of lists (particularly mailing lists) together with form letters to produce a customized letter for each addressee is covered. It includes the proper setup of the list and the associated documents, and sorting and printing options.

Desktop Publishing

Within Microsoft Word there is a wide variety of tools which allow you to go well beyond the standard word processing features. These tools can be utilized for desktop publishing, allowing the MS Word user to create flyers, brochures, announcements, etc., with various typographical effects, graphics, reverse text, lines, boxes, and frames.