—•— Introduction to Microsoft Word —•

—•—

Course Description: Introduction to Microsoft Word®

Word processing has taken many shapes and forms over the years. From the hieroglyphics of the great Egyptians to the wax tablet, to the quill and papyrus, pen and paper, the typewriter, to the electronic format using desktop computers and laptops and, the more recent, the cell phone or Blackberry and all the hardware in between. Undoubtedly, technology has made the job a lot easier and cleaner and made those who care about the environment a lot happier in the process. The monitor or screen has replaced the actual paper until the final printing takes place.

Since the introduction of word-processing on personal computers, there has been three products which made a name for themselves: WordStar by MicroPro being the grand-daddy of them all, Corel's WordPerfect and Microsoft's Word. In this course we will be dealing exclusively with Word, Version 2002 although most of the instructions will be just as usable in Word 6 on up.

Although the course is aimed at the beginner to intermediate user it does get intense in certain lessons. It has been prepared for those who MUST learn how to use Word but have never gotten around to it, although some advanced users may find it useful.

For more detail on what will be covered during the six weeks please see the Course Outline below.

Week 1

User Interface Toolbars
Customising Word
Document Window
Ruler
Layout Icons
Status Bar
Saving and Exiting
Assignment 1

Week 2

Scroll Bars
Special Characters
Find and Replace
Recent Files List
Text Highlighting
Assignment 2

Week 3

Typing
Backspace and Delete keys
Inserting Text
Bolding, Underlining, and Italicizing your text
Alignment of Text and Paragraphs
Fonts and Font Sizes
Assignment 3

Week 4

Cut
Copy and Paste
Spell Check
Assignment 4

Week 5

Changing Font Colour
AutoText
Page Setup
Margins
Undo and Redo
Indenting
Line Spacing
Formatting Paragraphs
Assignment 5

Week 6

Tab Key
Decimal Tabs
Bullets
Numbering Lists
Printing
Print Preview
Assignment 6

Week 7 - Review and wrap-up

What you will need for the course:

access to a computer or workstation with a recent version of MS Word, preferably Ver. 2002 or 2003.
access to a printer.
some of the instructions in this courseware may not look or act the same on an Apple or Mac PC.
you are required to be familiar with the operating system you're using (i.e. Windows 95, 98, XP) and how to navigate with your mouse, keyboard or touchpad.
you are required to know how to click, double-click, right-click and drag with your mouse.
finally, you are required to know how to open Word.

Certificates:

Certificates will be issued according to Visual Arts Academy policies at the time but none will be issued unless all assignments are completed.

Links