Microsoft Word 2003/07 - Beginner

Introduction to Microsoft Word

• Loading and Quitting Microsoft Word
• The Main Screen
• Title Bar, Menu Bar, Truncated Menus
• Toolbars, Ruler Bars and Screen Tips
• Getting Started Task Pane

Creating and Saving Documents

• Open New and Existing Document
• Save Documents, Save As Another Name
• Save As Another Type (eg Web page, Text)
• Close a Document
• Delete a document

Editing Documents

• Document Views
• Moving Around In Documents
• Selecting (Highlighting) Text
• Typing in a New Document
• Deleting Text
• Undo and Redo Commands
• Smart Tags
• Font Formats (type, colour, size, bold, italics, underline, etc)
• Format as you type
• Format existing text
• Fonts and the Formatting Toolbar
• Formatting Fonts with Keyboard Commands

Page and Paragraph Settings

• Page Setup - Margins, Orientation
• Paragraph Formatting - Alignment, Line Spacing, Indents (Menu and Toolbar)
• Tabs - Default and Custom (Setting, Editing and Deleting)
• Bar Tabs and Leader Tabs

Search Tools

• Find Text
• Find and Replace Text
• Wildcards
• Go To

Previewing and Printing Documents

• Preview (working with and editing a document in Print Preview)
• Printing a Document (Print commands and settings)

Language Tools

• Spelling and Grammar
• Thesaurus
• Research Task Pane