Microsoft Courses > Microsoft Word 2002 Level 1 Training Course

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Word processing is the use of computers to create, revise, and save documents for printing and future retrieval. Microsoft Word is a proven and powerful word processing application. This course is the first in a series of three Microsoft Word courses. It will provide you with the basic concepts required to produce common business documents as well as give you the opportunity to apply them.

You will create basic documents using Microsoft Word.

This course is designed for persons interested in learning the basic features of Microsoft Word for creating and revising basic business documents. It is also intended for persons desiring to prepare to be certified a Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) in Microsoft Word.>br>
This course assumes that you are familiar with the benefits of using personal computers and that you 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 Microsoft Word from a different word processing program.

This course is rated as a Fundamentals Course, suitable for novice computer users and beginners.

Topics covered on the 2 day Microsoft Word 2002 Level 1 course

Creating a Document

• Enter Text
• Save a Document
• Use Automatic Text Features
• Obtain Online Help

Editing Text

• Open an Existing Document
• Delete Blocks of Text
• Move and Copy Text
• Copy Multiple Items

Formatting Text

• Apply Character Formats
• Change the Font and Font Size
• Add Highlighting and Color to Text
• Copy Text Formatting
• Paste Options

Formatting Paragraphs

• Change Paragraph Alignment
• Change Line Spacing Within a Paragraph
• Add a Border and Shading to a Paragraph
• Set a Custom Tab
• Add Indents
• Create Numbered and Bulleted Lists
• Create an Outline Numbered List

Adding Tables

• Create a Table
• Change Table Structure
• Add Table Borders and Shading
• AutoFormat a Table

Using Word Timesavers

• Create a New Document Using a Template
• Create a New Document Using a Wizard
• Insert a Symbol
• Insert the Date or Time
• Find and Replace Text
• Check Spelling and Grammar
• Replace a Word Using the Thesaurus

Setting Page Display and Printing Options

• Preview a Document
• Set the Page Orientation
• Create Headers and Footers
• Change Margins
• Insert a Page Break
• Align Text on a Page
• Print a Document

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