Microsoft Word Beginner Training Its important to get the basics right first. 

Learn how to get started in Microsoft Word. We will teach you how to create professional documents efficiently. Gaining an understanding of core Word skills will save you a lot of time and frustration. Learn to work the smart way.

Basics

• Starting Word from the Desktop
• Understanding the Start Screen
• Creating a New Blank Document
• How Word Works
• Using the Ribbon

Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon

• Understanding the Backstage View
• Accessing the Backstage View
• Using Shortcut Menus
• Understanding Dialog Boxes
• Launching Dialog Boxes
• Understanding the Quick Access Toolbar
• Adding Commands to the QAT
• Understanding the Status Bar
• Exiting Safely from Word

Documents

• Creating Documents in Word
• Typing Text
• The Save As Place
• The Save As Dialog Box
• Saving a New Document
• Typing Numbers
• Inserting a Date
• Document Proofing
• Checking Spelling and Grammar
• Making Basic Changes
• Saving an Existing Document
• Printing a Document
• Safely Closing a Document

Navigating

• The Open Place
• The Open Dialog Box
• Opening an Existing Document
• Navigating With the Keyboard
• Scrolling Through a Document
• Page Zooming
• Viewing the Ruler
• Showing Paragraph Marks
• Counting Words

Viewing

• Viewing Multiple Pages
• Viewing Page Width
• Viewing 100 Percent
• Splitting the Window
• Opening a New Window
• Understanding Document Views
• Changing Document Views
• Understanding Read Mode
• Viewing a Document in Read Mode
• Viewing Gridlines

Text

• Techniques for Selecting Text
• Selecting Text Using the Mouse
• Selecting Text Using the Keyboard
• Editing Text in Insert Mode
• Editing Text in Overtype Mode
• Understanding Find and Replace
• Deleting Text
• Using Undo
• Using Redo
• Using Repeat
• Using Click and Type
• Inserting Symbols and Special Characters
• Finding Words
• The Find and Replace Dialog Box
• Replacing Words
• Performing Advanced Searches
• Using Go To

Formatting

• Understanding Font Formatting
• Understanding Font Formatting Tools
• Working With Live Preview
• Changing Fonts
• Changing Font Size
• Superscripting Text
• Increasing and Decreasing Font Size
• Making Text Bold
• Italicising Text
• Underlining Text
• Applying Strikethrough
• Subscripting Text
• Highlighting Text
• Changing Case
• Changing Text Colour
• Applying Text Effects
• Using the Format Painter
• Using the Font Dialog Box
• Clearing Font Formatting

Paragraphs

• Understanding Paragraph Formatting
• Understanding Text Alignment
• Changing Text Alignments
• Changing Line Spacing
• Changing Paragraph Spacing
• Indenting Paragraphs
• Outdenting Paragraphs
• Starting a Bulleted List
• Adding Bullets to Existing Paragraphs
• Removing Existing Bullets
• Starting a Numbered List
• Numbering Existing Paragraphs
• Creating a Multilevel List
• Removing Existing Numbers
• Borders and Shading Dialog Box
• Shading Paragraphs
• Applying Borders to Paragraphs
• The Paragraph Dialog Box
• Indents and Spacing
• The Paragraph Dialog Box
• Line and Page Breaks
• Using the Paragraph Dialog Box

Pages

• Changing Page Margins
• Setting Custom Margins
• Changing Page Orientation
• Changing Paper Sizing
• Setting Custom Paper Sizes
• Inserting Page Breaks
• Removing Page Breaks
• Inserting Page Numbers
• Formatting Page Numbers
• Removing Page Numbers

Tabs

• Using Default Tabs Setting
• Tabs on the Ruler
• Modifying Tabs on the Ruler
• Setting Tabs in the Tabs Dialog Box
• Setting Tab Leaders
• Setting Bar Tabs
• Setting Mixed Tabs
• Removing Tabs

Tables

• Understanding Tables
• Creating a Table
• Adding Data to a Table
• Selecting in Tables using the Ribbon
• Selecting in Tables using the Mouse
• Inserting Columns and Rows
• Deleting Columns and Rows
• Changing Column Widths
• Changing Row Heights
• Autofitting Columns
• Shading Cells
• Modifying Borders
• Adding Custom Borders
• Choosing a Table Style

ClipArt Pictures

• Understanding Clip Art and Pictures
• Inserting Clip Art
• Selecting Clip Art
• Applying Text
• Wrapping Styles
• Positioning Clip Art
• Resizing Clip Art
• Applying Picture Styles to Clip Art
• Resetting Clip Art
• Deleting Clip Art

Mail Merge

• Understanding Printing
• Previewing Your Document
• Quick Printing
• Selecting a Printer
• Printing the Current Page
• Specifying a Range of Pages
• Specifying the Number of Copies
• Printing
• Understanding Mail Merge
• Understanding the Mail Merge Process
• Creating a Recipient List
• Creating the Starting Document
• Starting the Mail Merge Wizard
• Selecting a Recipient List
• Inserting Mail Merge Fields
• Previewing the Merged Documents
• Completing the Merge

Helps

• Understanding How Help Works
• The Help Window
• Using the Office Website
• Googling Help
• Printing a Help Topic

Tips

• Meeting Organisational Requirements
• The Four Pillars of Great Design
• Perfect Page Layouts
• Make It Readable
• Pictures Tell a Story
• The Tips and Traps of Writing

Private and Group Classes:
This course is available for individual enrolment and Private classes (min 10 students). Please contact Lumify to organise a quote.

What do I need to know to attend this course?

There is no requirement for the Word Beginner course.

Word Beginner Learning Outcomes

• Work with the basic features of Word
• Create a new document
• Work with a document
• Display documents using various views
• Select and work with text in a document
• Use a range of font formatting techniques
• Format paragraphs
• Create and modify tabs and tables
• Insert and work with clip art and pictures
• Use the Mail Merge Wizard to perform mail merges
• Print a document
• Find the information you need in Help
• Create high quality document designs and layouts
• Work effectively with features that affect the page layout of your document

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