Microsoft Word 2003 Introduction Training Course

Overview and objectives

This one-day course is designed to help you to obtain the basic skills required to create simple documents using Microsoft Word. You will learn to create, edit, format, print, and review short documents such as letters and memos.

You will learn to apply basic page, paragraph, and character formatting options, create a document from a template, insert pictures and clip art, and create a simple table. You will also learn to review a document using features of Word.

Target audience

This course has been created for students wanting to obtain basic skills in using a word processor to create, format, and print simple documents, such as letters or memos.

Course prerequisites

Ideally, you will have completed the course "Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows XP Introduction". You should be able to use Microsoft Windows and basic functions in Office to start an application, get help, and open, close, and save files.

Creating a Document

• Create a new document
• Enter text
• Change page display modes (Print Layout, Normal, Reading Layout, Full Screen)
• Use zoom to view a document at different magnification

 Editing a Document

• Move the insertion point
• Select text
• Insert new text
• Use Click-and-Type
• Type over existing text
• Delete text
• Use the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands
• Insert the date and time
• Insert symbols and special characters
• Use the automatic spelling checker

 Moving and Copying Data

• Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Move and copy text from one document to another
• Use the Paste Options smart tag to change the format of pasted text
• Use drag-and-drop to move and copy text
• Use Paste Special to choose different formats for data

 Page Setup

• Set the default measurement units
• Show and hide the rulers
• Set page orientation and paper size
• Set margins
• Insert page breaks

 Paragraph Layout

• Set left, right, hanging, and first line indents
• Align paragraphs relative to the margins
• Control automatic hyphenation of words
• Set line and paragraph spacing options
• Remove paragraph formats

 Character Formatting

• Select and change font and font size
• Apply font formats (bold, underline, and italics)
• Apply character effects and colours
• Copy formats using the Format Painter
• Remove text enhancements

 Printing a Document

• Use Print Preview
• Print a document
• Print the current page, selected text, or a range of pages
• Print multiple copies of a document
• Set print options
• Cancel a print job

 Using a Template

• Use a template to create a new document
• Create a new document using a wizard
• Work within a document created from a template

Applying a Style

• Apply a paragraph style
• Apply a character style
• Apply a list style
• Apply a table style • Use the Styles and Formatting pane

 Formatting a Simple List

• Start a bulleted or numbered list automatically
• Add bullets and numbering to a list
• Change the appearance of bullet characters

 Inserting Pictures and Clip Art

• Understand Object Linking and Embedding
• Insert a Clip Art object
• Insert a picture from a file
• Insert a Print Screen graphic
• Insert an image from a scanner or digital camera
• Modify a picture using the Picture toolbar
• Crop a picture

Headers and Footers

• Create and modify headers and footers
• Insert fields in headers and footers to show variable data
• Format page numbering

 Creating a Table

• Draw or create a table
• Apply Auto Formatting to a table
• Move the insertion point around in a table
• Edit cell contents
• Insert and delete columns and rows
• Change the height and width of rows and columns
• Add borders and shading to a table

 Proofing Tools

• Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker
• Add unrecognised words to the custom dictionary
• Use the Browse Selector
• Find and replace text