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Word Processing

1. USING THE APPLICATION

FIRST STEPS WITH WORD PROCESSING

To start Word using the Windows Start menu

To close the Word program

To open a file

Tools to help you with opening files

To select a continuous block of files to open

To select multiple files (to open) which are not in a continuous block

To create a new document based on the default template

To create a new document based on another template

To save a document using the Save icon

To create a new folder in which to save your document

To save a file to a diskette

To save using "Save As"

To save a file in a format other than Microsoft Word format

What is an RTF file?

What is a TXT file?

Saving a file as a template

To save a file in Web page format

What is an HTML formatted file?

To save a file using a software specific file extension

To switch from one open document to another one (using the Taskbar)

To switch from one open document to another one (using the Window drop down menu)

Today's Tip

What is the Microsoft Office Assistant?

Displaying the Office Assistant Help

To hide the Office Assistant

"What is this" Help

To close a document in Word

ADJUST SETTINGS

Different Word views

To view a document using different modes

The Zoom feature

To zoom a document using the Zoom icon

To display or hide a toolbar

The quick way of displaying / hiding toolbars

What are the non-printing characters?

To display non-printing characters

To hide non-printing characters

To control which non-printable characters are displayed

To modify preference options within Word

2. MAIN OPERATIONS

INSERT DATA

To switch between Insert and Overtype text entry

Using Insert Mode to enter text

To insert a new paragraph

What is "Click and Type"?

To use "Click and Type"

What are special characters and symbols?

To insert special symbols

To use AutoCorrect to insert symbols

To reverse the automatic changing of text by AutoCorrect

SELECT DATA

The importance of selection

Sometimes you do not need to select first!

To select a character

To select a word

To select a line

To select a sentence

To select a paragraph

To select all text

EDIT DATA

To insert text

To modify existing text

Using Overtype Mode to enter text

To use Undo to reverse your last actions

To repeat a command, action, or typing

To undo or repeat a specific number of commands, actions, or typing changes

DUPLICATE, MOVE, DELETE

To copy text within a document

To copy text from one document to another

To move text within a document

To move text from one document to another

To delete a character

To delete a word

To delete a line or lines

To delete a sentence

To delete a paragraph

To delete a block of text

SEARCH & REPLACE

What is "Find and Replace"?

To find text in a document

To find and replace text in a document

3. FORMATTING

TEXT FORMATTING

What is Word font (text) formatting?

To change the font size or type

Keyboard shortcut for making text bigger or smaller

Using the Font dialog box

To format selected text as bold or italic

To underline selected text in a document

To vary the type of underlining applied to selected text (such as single, double or words only)

To apply subscript or superscript formatting

To change the text case

To apply colors to selected text

To apply different background colors to selected text

To copy formatting using the Format Painter.

What are Styles?

To apply a style

Use automatic hyphenation.

To set automatic hyphenation

To set manual hyphenation

PARAGRAPH FORMATTING

To insert a paragraph mark

To remove a paragraph mark

To insert a soft carriage return (line break)

To remove a soft carriage return (line break)

What is text alignment?

To align text in a document

Using the Indent icons

To indent a paragraph

To adjust line spacing in a document

To control spacing above and below paragraphs

What are Tabs?

To set or change tabs using the Ruler

To set, change or clear tabs using the drop down menus

What are Bulleted Lists?

To apply bullets to a list using the Bullets icon

To remove bullet formatting from a list

To add numbering to a list using the Numbering icon

To apply alternate bullet formatting to a list

To add alternative numbering styles to a list

To control whether separate lists within a document use continuous numbering (or not)

What are Borders?

To add a border using the Border icon

To add a border to an object using the drop down menus

To remove a border from an object

To add a Page Border

What is shading?

To add shading

To format white text on a black background

DOCUMENT FORMATTING

Change document orientation - portrait or landscape. Change page size.

To select a page size for the paper you are printing to

To set the page orientation

What are Page Margins?

To set margins using the Page Setup command

To insert a hard (manual) page break

To delete a hard (manual) page break

What are Headers and Footers?

To create a header or footer

To modify a header or footer

What are Word Fields?

What is an automatically updating field?

To insert a date field which will update automatically each time a document is opened

To insert a date which will not be automatically updated.

To insert page numbering into a header or footer

To insert the date or time into a header or footer

To insert the author's name into a header or footer

To insert the author's name, date and page numbering into a header or footer

To insert the file location

What is Page Numbering?

To number pages within a document

4. OBJECTS

TABLES

What are Tables?

To create a table using the Insert Table icon

Insert, edit data in a table.

To insert data into a table

To edit data within a table

To select parts within a table, using the Table drop down menu

To insert a column or row into the table

To delete a column or row within a table

To insert rows or columns using toolbar icons.

Tables and the Del key

To specify row height

To specify column width (the long way)

To specify column width (the easy way)

To add a border to a table

To specify a border width, style and color.

To apply shading to cells within a table.

PICTURES, IMAGES AND CHARTS

Using pictures within Word

To insert Clipart

To insert a picture held as a file on your hard disk

To insert a chart into a document

To select a graphic

To copy a graphic within a document

To copy a graphic between open documents

To move a graphic within a document

To move a graphic between open documents

To resize a graphic within a document

To delete an image

5. MAIL MERGE

CONCEPT AND PRACTICE

What is Mail Merging?

Creating a new main document and merging to a personalized letter

Creating a mailing list, data file.

Mail merging to labels

6. PREPARE OUTPUTS

PREPARATION

Manually check your documents!

Spell Checking

To immediately correct a word you have incorrectly spelt

To disable automatic spell checking

To check spelling in a document

To add a word to the custom dictionary

Always proof read before and after printing

To preview a document

PRINTING

To specify what to print

To specify the number of copies required

Why print to disk (as a print file)?

To print a document to a file

Printing within Word

To select a printer

To print to the default printer

7. APPENDIX ONE - KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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Microsoft Office 2007 Courseware

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Windows XP Courseware

Microsoft Office 2003 Courseware

Microsoft Office XP Courseware

ECDL Module Three

The European Computer Driving Licence

Word Processing

1. USING THE APPLICATION

FIRST STEPS WITH WORD PROCESSING

ADJUST SETTINGS

2. MAIN OPERATIONS

INSERT DATA

SELECT DATA

EDIT DATA

DUPLICATE, MOVE, DELETE

SEARCH & REPLACE

3. FORMATTING

TEXT FORMATTING

PARAGRAPH FORMATTING

DOCUMENT FORMATTING

4. OBJECTS

TABLES

PICTURES, IMAGES AND CHARTS

5. MAIL MERGE

CONCEPT AND PRACTICE

6. PREPARE OUTPUTS

PREPARATION

PRINTING

7. APPENDIX ONE - KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Computer Courseware Library for Schools, Collages, Universities & IT Trainers A complete set of training materials for computer trainers & computer training organizations

ECDL 4.5 / ICDL 4 Courseware
European Computer Driving Licence

Computer Courseware Library for Schools, Collages, Universities & IT Trainers
A complete set of training materials for computer trainers & computer training organizations