Quick Launch - Word

Course Specifications

Course Length: 1/2 day, 8:30 am – Noon or 1:00pm - 4:30 pm

Location: Entre Technology Services, LLC  1501 N. 14th St. West, Suite 1511

Registration: Call your Account Manager at 406.256.5700 or use our Registration Forms

Course Description

Overview: 

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.

Benefits: 

After taking this course, students will be able to create, edit, format, add tables to, and print basic business documents using Word.

Target student: 

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

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful 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.
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.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating a Document

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

Lesson 2: Editing Text

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

Lesson 3: Formatting Text

Apply Character Formats
Change the Font and Font Size
Paste Options
Change Paragraph Alignment
Set a Custom Tab
Add Indents
Create Numbered and Bulleted Lists

Lesson 4: Using Word Timesavers

Create a New Document Using a Wizard
Insert the Date or Time
Find and Replace Text
Check Spelling and Grammar

Lesson 5: 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