Microsoft Word 2002: Level 1

Revision: TE1350_20060318

Course Length:

1 Day

Course Description:

Students enrolling in this course will learn the basics for creating and revising business documents using Word 2002. Topics covered include creating a document, editing text, formatting text, adding tables, using Word timesavers, and displaying and printing options. It is also intended for persons desiring to prepare to be a certified Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) in Word.

Who Should Attend:

The target student for this course is someone who is comfortable with the Windows environment, and who needs to learn the basics of Word 2002 for getting his or her work done.

Benefits of Attendance:

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

• Create a simple document, save a document, use some automatic text features for entering text, and access online help.
• Edit a document using a variety of techniques.
• Change the appearance of a document by applying various character formats and effects.
• Change the appearance of a document by applying various paragraph formats and effects.
• Manipulate the layout of text by creating columns and adding a table.
• Use Word's templates and wizards, proofing tools, and special characters to efficiently do your work.
• Apply and remove formatting that affects entire pages, previews, and the printing of a document.

Prerequisites:

This course assumes that you are familiar with the benefits of using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to navigate to information stored on the computer, manage files and folders, and work with multiple windows at one time. This course also assumes that you have limited experience with a word-processing program or that you are switching to Word from a different word-processing program.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1: Creating A Document
  1. Enter Text
  2. Save a Document
  3. Use Automatic Text Features
  4. Obtain Online Help
• Chapter 2: Editing Text
  1. Open an Existing Document
  2. Delete Blocks of Text
  3. Move and Copy Text
  4. Copy Multiple Items
• Chapter 3: Formatting Text
  1. Apply Character Formats
  2. Change the Font and Font Size
  3. Add Highlighting and Color to Text
  4. Copy Text Formatting
  5. Paste Options
• Chapter 4: Formatting Paragraphs
  1. Change Paragraph Alignment
  2. Change Line Spacing Within a Paragraph
  3. Add a Border and Shading to a Paragraph
  4. Set a Custom Tab
  5. Add Indents
  6. Create Numbered and Bulleted Lists
  7. Create an Outline Numbered List
  8. Change Table Structure
  9. Add Table Borders and Shading
  10. AutoFormat a Table
• Chapter 6: Using Word Timesavers
  1. Create a New Document Using a Template
  2. Create a New Document Using a Wizard
  3. Insert a Symbol
  4. Insert a Symbol
  5. Find and Replace Text
  6. Check Spelling and Grammar
  7. Replace a Word Using the Thesaurus
• Chapter 7: Setting Page Display And Printing Options
  1. Preview a Document
  2. Set the Page Orientation
  3. Create Headers and Footers
  4. Change Margins
  5. Insert a Page Break
  6. Align Text on a Page
  7. Print a Document