Course Objectives

This one day course covers word processing essentials and continues on to more advanced commands. The main objectives are to make users aware of how to operate the program at a routine level, to have confidence to use the program on their own, and to be aware of the potential of this powerful computer tool.

Who Should Attend?

The course is aimed at users of Microsoft Word 2013 that have not yet tapped its full potential. The course is not aimed at users who are new to word processing. The topics covered on our "Microsoft Word 2013 Introduction" course are an adequate prerequisite for this course.

Course Contents

The Word Screen.

• The View menu commands
• Customising the Quick Access Toolbar
• Customising the Ribbon

Word's Automatic Features.

• Autotext
• Autocorrect
• Autocomplete
• Autoformat as you type

Formats.

• Character formats
• Highlighting
• Text borders
• Alignment
• Line spacing
• Indentation
• Hanging indents

Word's Tools.

• Spell checker
• Thesaurus
• Grammar checker

Search and replace text.

Tabs.

• Set, align and move tab stops
• Tab leaders

Longer Documents.

• Create page breaks
• Use page numbering
• Headers and footers
• An introduction to styles

Tables.

• Creating and formatting tables
• Performing calculations
• Using tables to design forms
• Altering column widths

An introduction to templates.

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