Overview

Word processing is the use of computers to create, revise, and save documents for printing and future retrieval. This course provides you with the techniques required to produce basic business documents. .

Course Objectives

You will create, edit, and enhance standard business documents using Microsoft Word.

Prerequisites

Basic computer skills would be helpful, but are not necessary

Target Student

This course is designed for any professional whose goal is to achieve ECDL certification. .

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create a basic document.
• edit documents by locating and modifying text.
• format text.
• format paragraphs.
• control a document's page setup and its overall appearance.
• add tables to a document and customize the tables.
• add graphic elements to a document.
• perform mail merges.
• use Word tools to make your documents more accurate, then preview and print a document.

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration 1 Day(s) Course outline

Lesson 1: Creating a Basic Document

Topic 1A: Examine the Word Environment

Topic 1B: Open and Close a Document

Topic 1C: Enter Text in a Document

Topic 1D: Save a New Document

Topic 1E: Change the Default Folder Location and User Name

Topic 1F: Create a Document Based on a Template

Topic 1G: Get Help Using Word

Lesson 2: Editing a Document

Topic 2A: Insert Text

Topic 2B: Insert Symbols and Special Characters

Topic 2C: Select Text

Topic 2D: Move and Copy Text

Topic 2E: Delete Blocks of Text

Topic 2F: Undo and Redo Changes

Topic 2G: Find and Replace Text

Topic 2H: Insert Page Numbers

Lesson 3: Formatting Text

Topic 3A: Change Font and Size

Topic 3B: Apply Font Styles and Effects

Topic 3C: Change Text Color

Topic 3D: Apply Text Formatting

Lesson 4: Formatting Paragraphs

Topic 4A: Set Tabs

Topic 4B: Change Paragraph Alignment

Topic 4C: Indent Paragraphs

Topic 4D: Add Borders and Shading

Topic 4E: Apply Styles

Topic 4F: Create Lists

Topic 4G: Change Spacing Between Paragraphs and Lines

Lesson 5: Controlling Page Appearance

Topic 5A: Set Page Orientation

Topic 5B: Change Page Margins

Topic 5C: Add Headers and Footers

Topic 5D: Modify Headers and Footers

Topic 5E: Insert a Page Break

Topic 5F: Delete a Page Break

Lesson 6: Adding Tables

Topic 6A: Create a Table

Topic 6B: Enter Data in a Table

Topic 6C: Modify Table Structure

Topic 6D: Apply Borders and Shading

Lesson 7: Inserting Graphic Elements

Topic 7A: Insert a Clip Art Picture

Topic 7B: Copy Clip Art Pictures

Topic 7C: Move Clip Art Pictures

Topic 7D: Create a Chart from a Word Table

Topic 7E: Copy and Move a Chart

Topic 7F: Insert an Image

Topic 7G: Move an Image

Lesson 8: Performing Mail Merges

Topic 8A: Examine the Mail Merge Process

Topic 8B: Perform a Merge on Existing Documents

Topic 8C: Merge Labels

Topic 8D: Use Word to Create a Data Source

Lesson 9: Proofing and Printing a Document

Topic 9A: Check Spelling and Grammar

Topic 9B: Create a New Default Dictionary

Topic 9C: Preview a Document

Topic 9D: Print a Document