Basic, First Look Edition
Topic-Level
Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows
7: Basic or equivalent experience
Unit 1 : Getting started
Topic A: The Word window
A-1: Starting Word and exploring the program window
Topic B: New documents
B-1: Creating a document
B-2: Entering text and displaying nonprinting characters
B-3: Saving a document by using the Save command
B-4: Saving a document in a new folder
B-5: Setting an AutoRecover interval
B-6: Closing a document and closing Word
B-7: Renaming a folder
Topic C: Word Help
C-1: Using Word Help
Unit 2 : Navigation and selection techniques
Topic A: Document navigation
A-1: Opening a document
A-2: Using scrollbars and Zoom options
A-3: Moving in a document
A-4: Using the Go To command to move to a specific page
A-5: Using the Select Browse Object button
A-6: Using Print Layout view
A-7: Using Full Screen Reading view
Topic B: Selection techniques
B-1: Using the mouse to select text
B-2: Using the keyboard to select text
B-3: Using the selection bar to select text
Unit 3 : Editing text
Topic A: Working with text
A-1: Inserting and deleting text
A-2: Inserting the date and time
A-3: Inserting a symbol
Topic B: The Undo and Redo commands
B-1: Using the Undo command
B-2: Using the Redo command
Topic C: Cutting, copying, and pasting text
C-1: Moving text and using Paste Options
C-2: Copying text from one document to another
Unit 4 : Formatting text
Topic A: Character formatting
A-1: Applying character formatting
A-2: Using the Font dialog box
A-3: Highlighting text
A-4: Using the Format Painter
A-5: Using Paste Special
Topic B: Tab settings
B-1: Examining tab stops
B-2: Setting and moving a custom tab stop
B-3: Clearing tabs and setting other types of tabs
B-4: Clearing all tabs
B-5: Setting a tab and leader in the Tabs dialog box
Topic C: Paragraph formatting
C-1: Applying paragraph alignments
C-2: Applying borders and shading
C-3: Adding bulleted and numbered lists
C-4: Editing bulleted and numbered lists
Topic D: Paragraph spacing and indents
D-1: Setting indents
D-2: Setting a hanging indent
D-3: Setting the spacing after a paragraph
D-4: Setting line spacing for a paragraph
Topic E: Automatic formatting
E-1: Using AutoFormat to format quoted text
Unit 5 : Tables
Topic A: Creating tables
A-1: Creating a table
A-2: Converting text to a table
Topic B: Working with table content
B-1: Navigating in a table
B-2: Selecting table elements
B-3: Entering text in a table
B-4: Formatting text in a table
Topic C: Changing table structure
C-1: Adding rows and columns
C-2: Deleting columns, rows, and an entire table
C-3: Changing the width of a column
C-4: Aligning a table
C-5: Converting a table to text
Unit 6 : Page layout
Topic A: Headers and footers
A-1: Creating a header and footer
A-2: Editing headers and footers
A-3: Inserting page numbers
Topic B: Margins
B-1: Using Print Layout view to adjust margins
B-2: Changing margins and page orientation
B-3: Applying text flow options
Topic C: Page breaks
C-1: Adding and deleting manual page breaks
Unit 7 : Proofing and printing documents
Topic A: Checking spelling and grammar
A-1: Checking spelling
A-2: Using the automatic spelling checker
A-3: Checking grammar
A-4: Using the thesaurus
Topic B: Using AutoCorrect
B-1: Examining AutoCorrect
B-2: Using the AutoCorrect Options button
B-3: Adding an entry to your AutoCorrect list
Topic C: Finding and replacing text
C-1: Using the Navigation pane to search for text
C-2: Replacing text
C-3: Replacing formatting
Topic D: Printing documents
D-1: Specifying print settings
Unit 8 : Graphics
Topic A: Adding graphics and clip art
A-1: Inserting a graphic
A-2: Inserting clip art
Topic B: Working with graphics
B-1: Controlling text flow around a graphic
B-2: Resizing and rotating a graphic
B-3: Adjusting a picture’s color and compression