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Course Name
Microsoft Office Word 2003 Level 1

Contact Hours: 24

Course Description
PIN code provided for this course allows unlimited on-line access for 90 days. This course is designed to familiarize students with key introductory features of Microsoft Office Word 2003, as well as introduce them to some of its new features. Students will learn the tricks that will help them create, edit, and modify text-based documents easily.

The skills taught include examining the working screen; creating new documents; changing font attributes; selecting and replacing, copying, or moving text; applying and clearing character styles; modifying bodies of text; working with headers and footers; using smart tags; accessing spelling and grammar checks; managing files; understanding and using Save As; and previewing and printing documents.

Outcome
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Open Word and understand the working screen
  • Create new documents and enter and edit text
  • Use templates to create documents
  • Format text using size, color, and effects
  • Apply paragraph formatting -- Work with headers and footers
  • Edit documents, including checking spelling, grammar, and word counts
  • Save, preview, and print documents

Assessment
Student performance is assessed by cumulative training time, number of lessons completed and, where tests are available, the percent correct. Many courses also have a pre- and post-test where the pre-test will automatically assign only the lessons needed to achieve course mastery.

Outline

  1. Understand Microsoft Office Word 2003
  2. Launch Microsoft Office Word 2003
  3. Open Documents
  4. Understand The Working Screen
  5. Experiment With The Working Screen
  6. Navigate Documents
  7. Close Documents And The Application
  8. Create New Documents
  9. Save Documents
  10. Select And Replace Text
  11. Delete Text
  12. Examine Cut, Copy, And Paste
  13. Look At The Clipboard Task Pane
  14. Copy And Paste Text
  15. Select Multiple Sections
  16. Cut And Paste Text
  17. Create Documents From Templates
  18. Understand Fonts
  19. Understand Formatting, Character Effects, And Styles
  20. Change Fonts
  21. Adjust Font Size
  22. Apply Text Formatting
  23. Copy Formatting
  24. Apply Character Effects
  25. Format Text As Hidden
  26. Highlight Text
  27. Use Character Styles For Quick Formatting
  28. Clear Styles From Text -- Understand Alignment
  29. Align Text
  30. Apply Borders
  31. Add Shading
  32. Understand Shortcut Menus
  33. Insert Bullets
  34. Apply Automatic Numbering
  35. Customize Bullets
  36. Create Headers And Footers
  37. Insert And Format Page Numbers
  38. Add Placeholders To Headers And Footers
  39. Modify Date And Time Placeholders
  40. Find And Replace Text
  41. Understand The Spelling Feature
  42. Check Spelling And Grammar
  43. Use The Thesaurus
  44. Undo And Redo Changes
  45.  Use AutoCorrect For Common Errors
  46. Check Word, Paragraph, And Character Counts
  47. Review Document Properties
  48. Create New Folders
  49. Use Save As -- Preview Documents
  50. Examine The Print Dialog Box
  51. Print Documents
  52. Examine The Help Task Pane
  53. Use The Ask A Question Feature
  54. Look At The Office Assistant