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 text
- Format a document
- Utilize basic tabs
- Insert headers & footers
- Work with bulleted and numbered lists
- Create tables
- Check for accessibility issues
- Work with spelling and grammar check
- Save as a PDF
- 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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- 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:
Explore the Word interface.
Open existing documents, turn on formatting marks, select text, and copy text between documents.
Explore ways to format your document.
Apply styles to text and explore how to select text that has similar formatting.
Explore various ways to check and correct spelling and grammar errors.
Explore the find and replace options in Word.
Add margins and indents to the text and use the ruler to adjust indents. Hanging indents are also covered.
Insert an image into the document, add alternative text to the image, and see how to add the alternative text button to the Quick Access toolbar.
Use the ruler and tab stops to organize information.
Explore ways to sort information.
Convert text into a table then format and add alternative text to the table.
Learn how to organize information using bulleted and numbered lists.
See the full content for Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists.
See how to create a header that contains the date of the most recent revision and a footer that contains page numbers.
Learn about page breaks and insert a forced page break.
Explore some of the print options in Word.
See how to save a Word document as a PDF file.
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