Course Offerings

Microsoft Word is used in nearly every modern workplace. In this course, you master all the basics of this powerful word-processing program, including how to type and edit text and how to format, spell check and print documents. You also learn dozens of different ways to modify the appearance and content of your documents and how to catch errors with Word's spelling and grammar checker. After completing the course, you will be able to use Word confidently at home or on the job.

Course Objectives

Learn how to add and edit text, move words from one part of your document to another, work on two or more documents simultaneously and format your text

Explore dozens of ways to modify the appearance and content of your documents by adjusting page margins, paragraph tab settings and line spacing to create great-looking documents quickly and easily

Outline of Instruction

Getting Started
Learn how to use the different parts of Word 2016's user interface, how to look at your document from different types of views, how to zoom in and out to magnify or shrink your text and how to change the margins of individual paragraphs

Typing and Navigation
The whole purpose of Word is to let you create and edit text. Learn the basics of moving the insertion point and deleting text. By knowing the pros and cons of navigating through a document with the keyboard and mouse, you can use both to help you work faster in Word.

File Management
Learn how to save the documents you create in Word and how to rename, copy and even delete any files you have created, so you will always be in complete control of all the files you create

Editing Text
After you've typed some text in a Word document, you may need to edit that text. The easiest way to edit text is to delete it, but a more sophisticated way to edit text is to copy text and paste a duplicate of that text in another location.

Working With Multiple Documents
Most people use Word to view and edit a single document at a time, but Word actually lets you open and view two or more documents at the same time. Learn how to open, switch between and view multiple documents.

Text Formatting and Alignment
Once you know how to add, delete, copy and move text, the next step to modifying your document is to change the physical appearance of your text. You can make text appear in different colors or background highlighting, change text size and alignment and even modify fonts.

Printing
Most people use Word to print letters and reports. Learn about the different ways you can print a document, such as portrait orientation or landscape orientation. With Word's ability to print on different types of paper sizes and orientation, you can create more than just typical documents.

Margins, Tabs and Page Numbering
By knowing how to set and use margins, you can modify an entire document or just a single page. By using tabs, you can modify how individual paragraphs look on a page. Finally, learn how to add page numbers to the top or bottom of a page to keep track of page order.

Paragraph Formatting
Word provides ways to change the appearance of a paragraph's first line, line spacing within a paragraph and line spacing between paragraphs. In addition, Word lets you create bulleted and numbered lists, so you can display short bits of information in a visual manner.

Language Tools
For important documents, you may even need to collaborate with others. To keep track of all the changes multiple authors may make to a single document, Word offers a Track Changes feature, so you can see exactly who changed what in the document.

Customizing Word
With Word, you can press different types of keystrokes or search and click the symbol you want to use. This lets you add practically any type of unusual character to your documents. Word lets you type practically anything you want, regardless of the limitation of the keys on your keyboard.

Making a Word Document Pretty and Organized
Use outlines to organize your text and quickly move chunks of text within a document just by rearranging an outline heading. By learning these advanced features of Word, you can make each document display text in the most appealing way possible.

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

1

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

N/A

Learning Supplies Needed

Hardware requirements:
This course must be taken on a PC. It is not suitable for Macs.

Software requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge is also compatible.
Microsoft Word 2016 (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account

Instructional material requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

N/A

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance
Students must pass 10 quizzes or the final exam with 70% or better.

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Non-Credit Online Learning https://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
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