Popular Course - Intro to Microsoft Word Training from Belfast Northern Ireland - Virtual Instructor Led

23 April 2022

Our 1 day Microsoft Word Introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Word. This 1 day Word introduction training course will provide you with a working understanding of the basic features of MS Word.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of Windows is required, or our Introduction to MS Windows course. No experience of Microsoft Word is required.

Benefits

At the end of this training course you will have a good working knowledge of Word basics. You will feel more confident using Word and be able to create a document from scratch. Understanding and using some of the built in layout and text editing functionality will enable you to produce far more striking and effective documentation in your work and home Word environments. Documents that you create will be easier to read and look more presentable.

After completing this Word Introduction Course, you will be prepared to attend our Advanced MS Word training course.

Course Content

Screen Tour

• Toolbars
• Control Box, Scroll Bar & Button
• Ruler

Basic File Operations

• Open & Close Files
• Save & Save As - Allocation Of Appropriate Filenames
• Print & Print Preview
• File Management ( & Rename Files, Create Folders)
• Password protect Documents (Open & Read Only)

Document Navigation

• Page Up, Page Down
• Skip words (CTRL and Arrow keys)
• GOTO (F5 function button)
• HOME and END (and use with CTRL key)

Enter & Format Text

• Vs Overwrite
• Apply Bold, Italic, Underline, Etc
• Create & Apply Styles
• Format Painter
• Cut, Copy, Paste

Paragraph Formatting

• Line Spacing, Tabs, Justification
• Indentation (inc Hanging Paragraphs)
• Bullets & Numbering (inc Nested Lists)

Tools

• Spell Check, Thesaurus, Word Count
• Find & Replace
• AutoText, AutoCorrect

Styles

• Create Paragraph Styles
• Apply Styles Using The Format Painter

Tables

• Create New
• Merge Cells
• And Rows/ Columns
• Apply Borders & Shading
• Adjust Column Width And Row Height
• Sort Rows
• Convert Paragraphs into Tables

Organising The Document

• Changing Page Setup - Line Length, Orientation, Paper Size
• Inserting Headers And Footers
• Switch Between Open Documents
• Templates

Mail Merge

• Create Form Letter
• Create & Maintain Database
• Merge Letters To Printer/ Document
• Print Envelopes & Labels

Customise Word

• Prevent Word from Applying Styles/ Bullets & Numbering Automatically
• Disable AutoComplete for AutoText Entries
• Display Frequently Used Formatting Icons & AutoText Entries On The Toolbar/ Menu Bar