Overview
These days, most people take electronic word processing for granted. While we may still write out our grocery lists with pen and paper, we expect to use a computer to create the majority of our documents. It's impossible to avoid word-processing software in many areas of the business world. Managers, lawyers, clerks, reporters, and editors rely on this software to do their jobs. Whether you are an executive secretary or a website designer, you'll need to know the ins and outs of electronic word processing.
Microsoft® Word 2016 is designed to help you move smoothly through the task of creating professional-looking documents. Its rich features and powerful tools can make your work easy, and even fun. In this course, you'll learn how to use Word 2016 to create and edit simple documents; format documents; add tables and lists; add design elements and layout options; and proof documents.
This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist exam objectives to help students prepare for the Word 2016 Exam and the Word 2016 Expert Exam.
Course Objectives
In this course, you will learn fundamental Word 2016 skills.
You will:
- Navigate and perform common tasks in Word, such as opening, viewing, editing, saving, and printing documents, and configuring the application.
- Format text and paragraphs.
- Perform repetitive operations efficiently using tools such as Find and Replace, Format Painter, and Styles.
- Enhance lists by sorting, renumbering, and customizing list styles.
- Create and format tables.
- Insert graphic objects into a document, including symbols, special characters, illustrations, pictures, and clip art.
- Format the overall appearance of a page through page borders and colors, watermarks, headers and footers, and page layout.
- Use Word features to help identify and correct problems with spelling, grammar, readability, and accessibility.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success in this course, you should have end-user skills with any current version of Windows®, including being able to start programs, switch between programs, locate saved files, close programs, and access websites using a web browser. For example, you can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking either of the following courses, or any similar courses in general Microsoft Windows skills:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
- Microsoft® Windows® 10: Transition from Windows® 7
Target Student
This course is intended for students who want to learn basic Word 2016 skills, such as creating, editing, and formatting documents; inserting simple tables and creating lists; and employing a variety of techniques for improving the appearance and accuracy of document content.
Course-specific Technical Requirements
Hardware
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
- 1 GHz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 25 GB available disk space
- DirectX 10 graphics card and a 1,024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor (1,024 × 768 resolution or higher monitor recommended)
- Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
- Network cards and cabling for local network access
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
- Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
- Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Software
- Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2016
- Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional or Enterprise
- Although it may be possible to deliver course content by using Microsoft Office Word 2016 on a Windows 7/8/8.1 installation, this course was written and tested on Windows 10 Pro. If you plan to teach this course using a different version of Windows, you should key through the course completely to note what will be different before you deliver the course to students.
Course duration
1 Day
Course outline
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word
TopicA: Navigate in Microsoft Word
TopicA: Create and Save Word Documents
TopicC: Manage Your Workspace
TopicD: Edit Documents
TopicE: Preview and Print Documents
TopicF: Customize the Word Environment
Lesson 2: Formatting Text and Paragraphs
TopicA: Apply Character Formatting
TopicA: Control Paragraph Layout
TopicC: Align Text Using Tabs
TopicD: Display Text in Bulleted or Numbered Lists
TopicE: Apply Borders and Shading
Lesson 3: Working More Efficiently
TopicA: Make Repetitive Edits
TopicA: Apply Repetitive Formatting
TopicC: Use Styles to Streamline Repetitive Formatting Tasks
Lesson 4: Managing Lists
TopicA: Sort a List
TopicA: Format a List
Lesson 5: Adding Tables
TopicA: Insert a Table
TopicA: Modify a Table
TopicC: Format a Table
TopicD: Convert Text to a Table
Lesson 6: Inserting Graphic Objects
TopicA: Insert Symbols and Special Characters
TopicA: Add Images to a Document
Lesson 7: Controlling Page Appearance
TopicA: Apply a Page Border and Color
TopicA: Add Headers and Footers
TopicC: Control Page Layout
TopicD: Add a Watermark
Lesson 8: Preparing to Publish a Document
TopicA: Check Spelling, Grammar, and Readability
TopicA: Use Research Tools
TopicC: Check Accessibility
TopicD: Save a Document to Other Formats
Appendix A: Microsoft Office Word 2016 Exam 77-725
Appendix B: Microsoft Office Word 2016 Expert Exam 77-726
Appendix C: Microsoft Word 2016 Common Keyboard Shortcuts
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