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There are many excellent online courses. This has been hugely beneficial in my day to day work.
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- Louise Nolan
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Microsoft Word 2003 Introduction
Course Aims
This course is designed to help you to obtain the basic skills required to create simple documents using Microsoft Word. You will learn to create, edit, format, print, and review short documents such as letters and memos.
You will learn to apply basic page, paragraph, and character formatting options, create a document from a template, insert pictures and clip art, and create a simple table. You will also learn to review a document using features of Word. |
Assumed Knowledge
Those wanting to obtain basic skills in using a word processor to create, format, and print simple documents, such as letters or memos.
With its companion course, Microsoft Word Intermediate, you can use this course to prepare for Microsoft Office Specialist Word Core Objectives. |
Course Audience
Ideally, you will have completed the course "Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows XP Introduction". You should be able to use Microsoft Windows and basic functions in Office to start an application, get help, and open, close, and save files. |
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Table of Contents
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Word 2003 - What is Word?
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Understand the functions of text editor, word processor, and DTP applications
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Recognise the different elements of the Word application window
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Word 2003 - Creating a Document
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Change page display modes (Print Layout, Normal, Reading Layout, Full Screen)
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Use zoom to view a document at different magnification
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Print a single copy of a document
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Word 2003 - Editing a Document
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Use the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands
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Insert symbols and special characters
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Use the automatic spelling checker
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Word 2003 - Moving and Copying Data
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Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Windows Clipboard using the menu, toolbar, and keyboard
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Move and copy text from one document to another
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Use the Paste Options smart tag to change the format of pasted text
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Use drag-and-drop to move and copy text
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Use Paste Special to choose different formats for data
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Word 2003 - Page Setup
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Set the default measurement units
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Set page orientation and paper size
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Word 2003 - Paragraph Layout
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Set left, right, hanging, and first line indents
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Align paragraphs relative to the margins
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Control automatic hyphenation of words
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Set line and paragraph spacing options
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Word 2003 - Character Formatting
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Select and change font and font size
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Apply font formats (bold, underline, and italics)
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Apply character effects and colours
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Copy formats using the Format Painter
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Word 2003 - Printing a Document
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Print the current page, selected text, or a range of pages
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Print multiple copies of a document
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Word 2003 - Using a Template
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Use a template to create a new document
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Create a new document using a wizard
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Work within a document created from a template
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Word 2003 - Applying a Style
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Use the Styles and Formatting pane
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Word 2003 - Formatting a Simple List
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Start a bulleted or numbered list automatically
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Add bullets and numbering to a list
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Change the appearance of bullet characters
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Word 2003 - Paragraph Borders and Shading
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Apply borders and shading to paragraphs
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Remove borders and shading
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Office 2003 - Inserting Pictures and Clip Art
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Understand Object Linking and Embedding
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Insert a picture from a file
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Insert a Print Screen graphic
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Insert an image from a scanner or digital camera
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Modify a picture using the Picture toolbar
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Office 2003 - Working with Objects
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Select, position, and delete an object
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Word 2003 - Headers and Footers
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Create and modify headers and footers
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Insert fields in headers and footers to show variable data (page number, date, file location, author, document title, file name)
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Word 2003 - Proofing Tools
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Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker to correct errors in a document
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Add unrecognised words to the custom dictionary
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Use the Browse Selector and Go To to locate specific elements in a document
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Word 2003 - Basic Reviewing Tools
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Show, hide, and print document markup
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Add and review document comments
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Highlight text in document
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