Course Outline
Word - Basics
Versions 97/2000/2002(XP)/2003/2007

Phone:717-560-3552
Fax:717-569-1135
E-Mail: Registrar@pceasy.com

Program Objectives: Students will learn the basic skills necessary to create, edit, and format documents using Microsoft Word.
 

• Defining Word Processing
• Five Minute Lesson in Word
• Typing Tips
• Word Screen
• Pull-Down Menu Conventions
• Menu Bar Commands
• Standard Toolbar
• Formatting Toolbar
• Ruler
• Status Bar
• Help Feature
• Saving Your Document
• Opening a Document
• Save As Feature
• Save Vs. Save As
• Printing a Document
• Starting a New Document
• Switching Between Documents
• Closing a File
• Insert Vs. Overstrike Modes
• Moving Around to Make Corrections
• Undo Feature
• Moving Around the Word Screen

• Enhancing the File Appearance
• Selecting Text to Change
• Formatting Your Document
• Bold Text
• Underlining Text
• Double Underlining Text
• Bold and Underlining Text
• Italicizing Text
• Changing Fonts and Point Sizes
• Changing Other Type Styles
• Justification
• Line Spacing
• Moving Text
• Copying Text
• Inserting the System Date
• Setting Margins
• Ending a Page
• Hard Page Break
• Spell Checker
• Automating Frequently Used Text
• Setting Tabs
• Quick Lesson in Graphics
• Exiting from Word