Microsoft Word 2003 Fundamentals
Details
Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: AP Courses Training Room
Cost: £295
Included in the price: Learning manual for the course; lunch, refreshments and post-course support.
Course Description
Microsoft Word 2003 Fundamentals is designed for users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the software. The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Word 2003 Fundamentals are sufficient to be able to use and operate the software at an elementary level.
Course Design
The course is a full-day tutor-led course that combines tutoring and practical work.
Target Audience
Although Microsoft Word 2003 Fundamentals assumes little or no knowledge of the software, it would be beneficial but not compulsory to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment. The course is intended for persons pursuing Microsoft Office Specialist Certification in Microsoft Word 2003 or for those in employment that involves using Microsoft Word to perform word processing tasks such as creating and formatting letters, memos, faxes and tables.
Learning Objectives
On completion of Microsoft Word 2003 Fundamentals, you should be able to:
- Find your way around the Microsoft Word 2003 screen
- Open, save and close documents and understand how documents are presented on the screen
- Create a new document
- Select and work with text in a document
- Format text in a document
- Create and use tabs stops and leaders
- Access and use the help system and work safely with your computer
Course Content
Word 2003 Orientation
- Starting Word
- The Word 2003 screen
- Using menu commands
- Using keyboard shortcuts
- Using the toolbars
- Using shortcut menus
- Using the ruler
- The status bar
- Exiting Word
Working with a Document
- Opening a document
- Navigating with the keyboard
- Scrolling through a document
- Document views
- Page zooming
- Simple editing
- Formatting marks
- Saving a document
- Print preview
- Printing a document
- Closing a document
- Using Go To
- Performing a word count
Creating a Document
- Creating a blank document
- Typing text
- Typing numbers
- Inserting a date
- Spelling and grammar checking
- Saving a new document
- Creating a document based on a template
Working with Text
- Techniques for selecting text
- Selecting text using the mouse
- Selecting text using the keyboard
- Insert and overtype modes
- Deleting text
- Cutting and pasting
- Copying and pasting
- Find and replace
- Using undo
- Using redo
Click and type
Drag and drop cutting
Drag and drop copying
Using repeat
Inserting symbols
Searching for words and phrases
Replacing words and phrases
Using paste special
Formatting Text
- Formatting essentials
- Toolbar formatting
- Quick alignment
- Instant bullets
- Instant numbers
- Increase indent
- Decrease indent
- Quick fonts
- Changing the text colour
- Using the format painter
- Click and type
- Paragraph spacing
- Line spacing
- Revealing text formatting
Working with Tabs
- Using default tabs
- Setting tabs on the ruler
- Modifying tabs on the ruler
- Using the tabs dialog box
- Tab leaders
- Bar tabs
- Setting varied tabs
- Removing tables