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Overview
In Word 2013 Level 1 students will learn all the basics of creating, editing and formatting documents in this powerful word processing software. Topics covered include editing and formatting text, creating and inserting tables, inserting headers and footers, adding graphics and clip art, and proofing, printing and exporting documents.
Intended Audience
This course is designed for users who need to learn the fundamental skills needed to create, format, edit and enhance basic documents.
At Completion
After completing this course, students will know how to:
- Navigate a document and select text by using both the keyboard and mouse
- Create and save a document
- Insert and delete text
- Insert the date
- Insert symbols and special characters
- Cut, copy and paste text
- Use Find and Replace
- Apply character formatting
- Align text by using tabs
- Add borders
- Use bullets and shading
- Change paragraph indents, line spacing and paragraph spacing
- Create tables and convert text to tables
- Format a table
- Add headers and footers to a document
- Set and change margins of a document
- Set text flow options
- Insert and modify graphics and clip art
- Use AutoCorrect to insert text automatically
- Create PDF and XPS Documents
Prerequisites
To be successful in this course, students should have a basic understanding of the Windows operating system, including how to launch an application and create and save files.
Exams & Certifications
The Microsoft Office Specialist certification is for individuals who use Microsoft’s business desktop software and seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more proficiency exams in order to earn the Microsoft Office Specialist certification.
Materials
Course Outline
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: The Word window
Topic B: New documents
Topic C: Document navigation
Unit 2: Editing text
Topic A: Working with text
Topic B: The Undo and Redo commands
Topic C: Cut, copy, and paste
Topic D: Find and replace
Unit 3: Text formatting
Topic A: Character formatting
Topic B: Tab settings
Topic C: Paragraph formatting
Topic D: Paragraph spacing and indents
Unit 4: Tables
Topic A: Creating tables
Topic B: Working with table content
Topic C: Changing the table structure
Unit 5: Page layout
Topic A: Headers and footers
Topic B: Page setup
Unit 6: Graphics
Topic A: Adding graphics and clip art
Topic B: Working with graphics
Unit 7: Proofing, printing, and exporting
Topic A: Spelling and grammar
Topic B: AutoCorrect
Topic C: Printing and exporting documents
