This course provides competency in using toolbars and menus, opening documents, moving through documents, closing documents, and using document views; creating documents and entering text, saving documents and working with document properties; selecting, editing, copying and moving text; inserting date and time fields, using automatic text features; previewing and printing documents, creating and printing envelopes and labels; formatting text using various tools and task panes, formatting paragraphs by changing alignment and spacing, using tabs and indents, adding borders and shading, and creating and sorting lists; formatting document pages by setting margins, alignment and page orientation and adding borders, backgrounds and themes; using Find and Replace; checking spelling and grammar and using research tools; and working with templates.
Guided, step-by-step labs provide opportunities to practice new skills. You can challenge yourself and review your skills after each lesson in the Lesson Summary and Lesson Review sections. Additional skill reinforcement is provided in Activities, Optional Labs, Lesson Quizzes and a Course Assessment that are available from your instructor.
This coursebook includes a supplemental CD-ROM containing the lab files used in class. To practice the skills presented in class or to try any labs that were not completed, refer to the Classroom Setup section for information about system requirements and using the lab files.
Topics
Introduction to Word
PreAssessment Questions
Starting Word and Exploring the Word Environment
Exploring Toolbars and Menus
Opening and Closing Documents
Moving Through Documents
Viewing Documents
Quitting Word
Case Study
Review
Creating and Saving Documents
PreAssessment Questions
Creating Documents
Saving Documents
Working with Document Properties
Case Study
Review
Editing Documents
PreAssessment Questions
Selecting Text
Editing Text
Using the Undo and Redo Features
Copying and Moving Text
Case Study
Review
Using Automatic Text Features
PreAssessment Questions
Overview of Automatic Text Features
Inserting Date and Time Fields
Using AutoComplete and AutoText
Using AutoCorrect
Case Study
Review
Printing Documents, Envelopes and Labels
PreAssessment Questions
Previewing and Printing Documents
Creating and Printing Envelopes and Labels
Case Study
Review
Formatting Text
PreAssessment Questions
Introduction to Formatting Text
Using the Formatting Toolbar
Using the Font Dialog Box
Using the Format Painter
Using the Styles And Formatting Task Pane
Specifying the Format of Pasted Text
Highlighting Text
Case Study
Review
Formatting Paragraphs
PreAssessment Questions
Introduction to Formatting Paragraphs
Changing Paragraph Alignment
Changing Paragraph Spacing and Line Spacing
Using Tabs
Indenting Paragraphs
Applying Borders and Shading to Paragraphs
Creating Bulleted, Numbered and Outlined Lists
Sorting List Data
Case Study
Review
Formatting Document Pages
PreAssessment Questions
Introduction to Formatting Document Pages
Setting Page Margins
Aligning Text Vertically
Changing Page Orientation
Adding Page Borders
Using Document Backgrounds
Applying Themes to Documents
Case Study
Review
Using Find and Replace
PreAssessment Questions
Using the Find Feature
Using the Replace Feature
Using the Go To Feature
Case Study
Review
Checking Spelling and Grammar and Using Research Tools
PreAssessment Questions
Checking Spelling and Grammar
Using the Thesaurus Feature
Using the Research Task Pane
Case Study
Review
Working with Templates
PreAssessment Questions
Introduction to Working with Templates
Using BuiltIn Document Templates
Creating a Template
Deleting Document Templates
Case Study
Review