Using these materials, you will create and format documents, utilize styles, insert images and lists, work with headers and footers, and create a PDF. We'll also cover how to organize information using tabs, sorting, and tables -- and we'll discuss how to address accessibility concerns.
Learning Objectives
- Format and edit a document
- Use styles to format text and create a table of contents
- Insert an image, a table, a header, and page numbers
- Work with bulleted and numbered lists
- Add alternative text to images and tables
- Check spelling and grammar with Microsoft Editor
- Print a document
Prerequisite Skills
- Perform basic actions with the keyboard and mouse
- Work with windows, menus, dialog boxes, and the Ribbon
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- Participants who are not affiliated with Indiana University will need your own access to installed and licensed software, according to the training topic. This will allow you to follow along and participate in the hands-on exercises.
- If you do not have access to the needed software, you can still enroll in the online course and read the course content.
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This course consists of a series of short lessons, examples, demonstrations, practice quizzes, and hands-on exercises.
To complete the course content, you will need:
- a web browser and internet access to use the course material on IU Expand.
- a copy of the software relevant to the training installed on your computer.
Word: The Basics Contents
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Explore the contents of Word: The Basics:
Open Microsoft Word and become familiar with the workspace.
Learn how to modify the font and the line spacing.
See how to use styles to format and organize a document.
Work with Microsoft Editor to correct spelling and grammar mistakes.
See how to find and replace text in a document.
Work with margins and indents.
See how to use tabs to align and organize data.
See how to add bullets and numbers to a list.
See the full content for Creating bulleted and numbered lists.
Explore how to use a table to anchor an image to the corresponding text.
Learn how to enter a forced page break.
Explore how to add a header to the document then add page numbers to the footer.
Explore how to use styles to create a table of contents.
See how to insert and adjust an image as well as add alternative text to an image.
See how to view document details such as word count, page count, and character count.
See how to change the print options as well as preview a document before it is printed.
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