Name: Word: Basics
Overall Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (9 ratings)
Category: All Learners
Duration: 4.00 hour(s)
Individual Fee: Free

Word is designed to help you when creating professional-looking documents. Its features and powerful tools can make your work easy. In this course, you'll learn how to use Word to create and edit simple documents, format documents; use the proofing tools, add items such as bullets and symbols and printing documents.

This Development Activity has not been scheduled.
College of Lake County
19351 West Washington Street
Building E, Suite E186
Grayslake, IL 60030
United States
Importance: Why this competency is important to our organization, mission, strategy, or goals.

It's impossible to avoid word-processing software in today's world.  Everyone from managers, lawyers, administrators, and home office owners rely on this software to do their jobs. Even email programs use word processing as the basic text editor.  You must know how to use word processing in today's business environment.  

Know and Explain: Information you will know, be able to explain, or be able to find.
  • Navigate and perform common tasks such as opening, viewing, editing, saving, and printing documents
  • Format text and paragraphs.
  • Perform repetitive operations efficiently using tools such as Find and Replace and Format Painter
  • Use Word's proofing tools including  spelling, grammar, and the thesaurus
Do and Show: Important tasks or skills you will be able to perform and demonstrate to others.

The Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

Changing Word’s Default Settings

Adding Tools to the Quick Access Toolbar

  • Working with Text
  • Typing Text with Word Wrap
  • Show/Hide Formatting Marks

Saving a File

Navigating a Document

Selecting Text

Inserting and Deleting Text

Using Undo and Redo

Using Cut, Copy and Paste

Hiding White Space

Formatting Text

  • Working with Fonts, Font Color and Font Size
  • Using the Format Painter
  • Using Line Spacing, Indents, and Alignment Options
  • Adjusting Line spacing options
  • Indenting Paragraphs

Reviewing a Document

  • Understanding the Spelling and Grammar Checker
  • Setting Spelling and Grammar Options
  • Using Autocorrect
  • Using the Thesaurus

Using Find and Replace

Adding Items to a Word Document

  • Using Bullets and Numbering
  • Adding Symbols
  • Inserting the Date and Time
  • Creating Envelopes
  • Creating Labels

Printing Documents

  • Using Print Preview
  • Exploring Page Setup Options
  • Inserting Page Breaks
  • Removing Page Breaks
  • Printing a Document

Topics

Getting Started with Microsoft Word

· The Microsoft Word 2016 Interface

· Word Default Settings

· Changing Word’s Default Setting

· Add Tools to the Quick Access Toolbar

Working with Text

· Typing Text with Word Wrap

· Show/Hide Formatting Marks

· Saving a File

· File Types

· Navigating a Document

· Selecting Text

· Inserting and Deleting Text

· Using Undo and Redo

· Using Cut, Copy and Paste

· Copy and Paste with Keyboard Shortcuts

· Hiding White Space

Formatting Text

· Working with Fonts, Font Color and Font Size

· Using the Format Painter

· Using Line Spacing, Indents, and Alignment Options

· Line Spacing Options

Reviewing a Document

· Understanding the Spelling and Grammar Checker

· Setting Spelling and Grammar Options

· Using Autocorrect

· Using the Thesaurus

· Using Find and Replace

Adding Items to a Word Document

· Using Bullets and Numbering

· Adding Symbols

· Inserting the Date and Time

· Creating Envelopes

· Creating Labels

Printing Documents

· Using Print Preview

· Exploring Page Setup Options

· Inserting Page Breaks

· Printing a Document

SkillPrerequisiteExpected Outcome
Computer Skills1 - BeginnerNot specified
Word Basics1 - BeginnerNot specified
Class Costs
Class Value$125.00
Individual Fee$0.00
Private Class Fee$0.00
5.0 out of 5 (9 ratings)

Great Job!!! Wed, Jan 19, 2022
Thank you!
Excellent training - Thanks Tue, Jan 18, 2022
I learned a lot from this class. Thanks!
Word Basics Wed, May 19, 2021
Cathy is an incredible instructor. She keeps your interest. She covers all your questions. She thinks of things ahead of time and addresses any possible issues. She is always prepared and has several working files to practice on as well as an excellent guidebook to follow along in. Great course!
[See all User Reviews…]