Word 2003 - Basic

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Course Cost: $218.50 (includes GST of 15%)

Overview

Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin using Word 2003.

Pre-requisite

Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer (PC). Windows 95 / 98 / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP: Introduction or equivalent knowledge.

No prior knowledge of Word is assumed.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the Word environment and use it to create, save, and print a document as well as use the Help system.
• Navigate in a document; use some of Word's automated tasks; use basic editing techniques; and use the Undo and Redo commands
• Select text; copy and move text; and use the Find and Replace commands to modify document text.
• Change the appearance of a document by applying character formats, by setting tabs, by aligning paragraphs and creating lists, and by setting paragraph indents and line spacing
• Create, edit, and enhance tables.
• Control page layout by adding headers and footers, setting page margins, and inserting page breaks.
• Proof documents using the Spelling and Grammar feature.

Topics covered in the comprehensive manual

Getting started

• Exploring the Word window
• Creating and saving documents
• Getting Help

Editing documents

• Opening and navigating in documents
• Automated tasks
• Editing text
• The Undo and Redo commands

Moving and copying text

•  Selecting text
• Cutting, copying, and pasting text
• Finding and replacing text

Formatting characters and paragraphs

• Character formatting
•  Using tabs
• Paragraph formatting
• Advanced paragraph formatting

 Creating and managing tables

• Creating tables
• Working with tables
• Modifying tables

Controlling page layout

• Creating headers and footers
• Working with margins
• Working with page breaks

Proofing and printing documents

•  Checking spelling and grammar
•  Previewing and printing documents

 Web features

•  Saving documents as Web pages
•  Working with hyperlinks
•  E-mailing documents

Appendix A: Instant messaging

• Sending and receiving instant messages

 Appendix B: Alternative user input

• Speech recognition
• Handwriting recognition
• Working with Office Document Imaging

Appendix C: MOS exam objectives maps

• Core exam objectives
• Expert exam objectives