Course Outline

1.         Introduction

Microsoft Word is one of the most commonly used word processors, and can be considered a standard on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. In addition to the usual word processing, Word can also be used to create, edit and format text documents.

2.         General Objective

On completion of this Course, students should have hands-on experience in the use of editing and formatting Word documents, and be able to express one’s aptitude and creativity in design.

3.         Specific Objectives

Students should be able to;

a.         Apply appropriate characterformatting features;

b.         Apply underline, bold, italics, font types and sizes,  superscript

and subscript;

c.         Use formatting features effectively to enhance presentation;

d.         Change background colour, font size and other attributes,

such as font colour and bullets.

e.         Use the cut, copy, and paste icons to edit documents;

f.          Find and replace words or phases in a document;

g.         Design proper documents using paragraphs style and formatting

Objectives

Word processing applications are used more often by more people every day than any other type of computer application. The basic skills used in word processing programs are also used in one way or another in most other kinds of software.

This course will introduce you to basic editing and formatting techniques.  As you gain skills and experience, you will want to investigate the more powerful abilities of your software.

MS Word is a valuable tool to people who can apply the knowledge of it to their daily lives. It is important to understand the basic features of MS Word in order to effectively apply this technology to your life.

Students will have fun learning and will gain practical experience and confidence in using Microsoft Word. This is a fun class and is a great way to sharpen some basic computer skills in a non-threatening learning environment that builds confidence, skill, and camaraderie between the students.

View videos topics

Formatting a document

Formatting paragraphs

 

Working with paragraphs

 

Working with headers and footers

 

Find and replace

 

Working with margins

 

Select a topic to view apowerpoint presentation

Copy and paste

Cut and paste

Working with fonts

Find and replace