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This course covers the essential concepts of Word 2007 and word processing, including guidance on using the Word interface and help creating a document from scratch. Students will concentrate on entering text, simple text editing, checking spelling and grammar, printing, and different ways of viewing a document. Additionally, they will gain information on character, paragraph, and document formatting, including styles, themes, tabs, numbered and bulleted lists, and headers and footers.

For this course, training is performed on student's equipment. We provide the software and data files for the training.

What You'll Learn

• Explore the Word interface
• Use basic document skills
• Use basic text editing
• Check spelling and gramar
• Print documents
• Work with document views
• Get help
• Use character formatting
• Use paragraph formatting
• Use section breaks
• Indent paragraphs
• Use styles
• Format with document themes
• Use document formatting
• Set tabs
• Use numbers and bullets
• Work with headers and footers

Who Needs to Attend

Business users new to Word 2007

Prerequisites

An understanding of Windows

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Exploring Word

• Working with Word
• Starting Word
• Using the Office Fluent User Interface
• Using the Office Button
• Using the Quick Access Toolbar
• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
• Using the Mini Toolbar
• Using Ribbons and Tabs
• Using Dialog Box Launchers
• Using Program Tabs
• Using Contextual Tabs
• Using Live Preview
• Exiting Word

2. Using Basic Document Skills

• Entering Text into a Document
• Saving a New Document
• Closing a Document
• Creating a New Document
• Opening an Existing Document
• Scrolling using the Mouse
• Moving using the Keyboard
• Selecting Text
• Using Overtype Mode
• Creating a New Folder
• Renaming an Existing Document
• Saving a Document in PDF or XPS Format

3. Using Basic Text Editing

• Removing Characters
• Deleting Selected Text
• Replacing Selected Text
• Cutting/Copying and Pasting Text
• Using the Paste Options Button
• Using the Office Clipboard Pane
• Changing Office Clipboard Options
• Sharing the Office Clipboard
• Using Drag-and-Drop Editing
• Using Undo and Redo

4. Checking Spelling and Grammar

• Checking Spelling/Grammar as You Type
• Adding to the Custom Dictionary
• Setting Global Spelling Checker Settings
• Setting Exceptions for a Document
• Using the Exclusion Dictionary
• Running the Spelling Checker
• Running the Grammar Checker
• Selecting Grammar and Style Options
• Using Contextual Spelling

5. Printing

• Previewing a Document
• Quick Printing the Current Document
• Printing the Current Page
• Printing Multiple Copies
• Printing Envelopes and Labels

6. Working with Document Views

• Switching Document Views
• Hiding White Space in Print layout View
• Using Full Screen Reading Layout View
• Changing Document Magnification
• Displaying/Hiding the Ruler
• Viewing/Hiding Formatting Marks
• Opening Multiple Documents
• Switching Between Documents
• Comparing Documents Side by Side
• Using Synchronous Scrolling

7. Getting Help

• Searching for Help
• Getting Help in Dialog Boxes

8. Using Character Formatting

• Formatting Characters
• Changing an Existing Font
• Modifying the Font Size
• Using Bold and italics
• Underlining Text
• Highlighting Text
• Copying Character Formatting
• Changing Character Case

9. Using Paragraph Formatting

• Formatting Paragraphs
• Aligning Paragraphs
• Using Click and Type to Align Text
• Modifying paragraph Spacing
• Revealing Formatting
• Modifying Line Spacing
• Copying Paragraph Formats

10. Using Section Breaks

• Working with Section Breaks
• Inserting a Next Page Break
• Formatting a Section
• Inserting a Continuous Break
• Inserting and Odd/Even Page Break
• Removing a Section Break
• Inserting Automatic Section Breaks
• Modifying a Section Break

11. Indenting Paragraphs

• Changing the Left Indent
• Indenting the First Line
• Creating a Hanging Indent
• Creating a Right Indent

12. Using Styles

• Using the Quick Style Gallery
• Using the Style Inspector
• Managing Styles
• Applying Styles
• Creating a Style
• Adding a Style to Style Gallery
• Editing an Existing Style
• Clearing Formats and Styles
• Deleting a Style

13. Formatting with Document Themes

• Selecting a Theme
• Creating New Color Themes
• Creating New Theme Fonts
• Changing Theme Effects

14. Using Document Formatting

• Formatting Documents
• Inserting Manual Page Break
• Removing a Manual Page Break
• Changing the Page Orientation
• Changing the Document Margins
• Changing the Paper Size
• Changing the Vertical Alignment

15. Setting Tabs

• Using Tab Stops
• Setting Tab Stops
• Deleting and Moving Tab Stops
• Clearing All Tabs
• Creating a Leader Tab
• Creating a Bar Tab

16. Using Numbers and Bullets

• Typing a Numbered or Bulleted List
• Adding Numbers or Bullets to Text
• Deleting a Numbered or Bulleted Item
• Adding a Numbered or Bulleted Item
• Removing Numbers or Bullets from Text
• Changing a Bullet or Number Style

17. Working with Headers and Footers

• Creating a Header/Footer using the Galleries
• Inserting Page Numbers Using Gallery
• Inserting the Current Date
• Creating a First Page Header/Footer
• Alternating Odd and Even Headers/Footers
• Setting the Starting Page Number