Microsoft Word for Office 365 (Desktop or Online): Part 1

Overview:

These days, most people take electronic word processing for granted. While we may still write out our grocery lists with pen and paper, we expect to use a computer to create the majority of our documents. It's impossible to avoid word-processing software in many areas of the business world. Managers, lawyers, clerks, reporters, and editors rely on this software to do their jobs. Whether you are an executive secretary or a website designer, you'll need to know the ins and outs of electronic word processing.

Microsoft® Word is designed to help you move smoothly through the task of creating professional-looking documents. Its rich features and powerful tools can make your work easy, and even fun. In this course, you'll learn how to use Word on the desktop to create and edit simple documents; format documents; add tables and lists; add design elements and layout options; and proof documents.

Note: Most Office users perform the majority of their daily tasks using the desktop version of the Office software, so that is the focus of this training. The course material will also enable you to access and effectively utilize many web-based resources provided with your Microsoft 365 subscription. This includes brief coverage of key skills for using Word for the Web and OneDrive. Helpful notes throughout the material alert you to cases where the online version of the application may function differently from the primary, desktop version.

This course may be a useful component in your preparation for the Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps): Exam MO-110 and Microsoft Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps): Exam MO-111 certification exams.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will learn fundamental Word skills.

You will:

• Navigate and perform common tasks in Word, such as opening, viewing, editing, saving, and printing documents, and configuring the application.
• Format text and paragraphs.
• Perform repetitive operations efficiently using tools such as Find and Replace, Format Painter, and Styles.
• Enhance lists by sorting, renumbering, and customizing list styles.
• Create and format tables.
• Insert graphic objects into a document, including symbols, special characters, illustrations, pictures, and clip art.
• Format the overall appearance of a page through page borders and colors, watermarks, headers and footers, and page layout.
• Use Word features to help identify and correct problems with spelling, grammar, readability, and accessibility.

Target Student:

This course is intended for those with a basic understanding of Microsoft® Windows® and who need to learn foundational Word skills, such as creating, editing, and formatting documents; inserting simple tables and creating lists; and employing a variety of techniques for improving the appearance and accuracy of document content.

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word

Topic A: Navigate in Microsoft Word

Topic B: Create and Save Word Documents

Topic C: Edit Documents

Topic D: Work with Word for the Web

Lesson 2: Formatting Text and Paragraphs

Topic A: Apply Character Formatting

Topic B: Control Paragraph Layout

Topic C: Align Text Using Tabs

Topic D: Display Text in Bulleted or Numbered Lists

Topic E: Apply Borders and Shading

Lesson 3: Working More Efficiently

Topic A: Make Repetitive Edits

Topic B: Apply Repetitive Formatting

Topic C: Use Styles to Streamline Repetitive Formatting Tasks

Topic D: Customize the Word Environment

Lesson 4: Managing Lists

Topic A: Sort a List

Topic B: Format a List

Lesson 5: Adding Tables

Topic A: Insert a Table

Topic B: Modify a Table

Topic C: Format a Table

Topic D: Convert Text to a Table

Lesson 6: Inserting Graphic Objects

Topic A: Insert Symbols and Special Characters

Topic B: Add Images to a Document

Lesson 7: Controlling Page Appearance

Topic A: Apply a Page Border and Color

Topic B: Add Headers and Footers

Topic C: Control Page Layout

Topic D: Add a Watermark

Lesson 8: Preparing to Publish a Document

Topic A: Check Spelling, Grammar, and Readability

Topic B: Preview and Print Documents

Topic C: Use Research Tools

Topic D: Check Accessibility

Topic E: Dictate Text in a Document

Topic F: Save a Document to Other Formats