Book details

Microsoft Word Book Details

Book Objectives

To take students from being a complete Microsoft Word beginner, to a quite advanced Microsoft Word user.

Book Requirements:

A PC, with either Windows 95, 98, ME or XP
A Copy of Microsoft Word (NOT Works - Please check your software)

Course Description:

This book is ideal for those who are new to computers, and Microsoft Word. It takes students from being a complete beginner, to a quite advanced stage.

You'll be quite a decent Word user when you finish this book.

Getting Started - Section One
This is the first section of the word processing course. As it’s name suggests, it is all about getting started with Microsoft Word. Topics covered in this section are:
Launching Word Your First Letter Saving Documents Highlighting Text	Opening Files Adding an Address to a Letter Spell Checking
Document Formatting - Section Two
This section deals with the way Word handles the formatting of text on the page. Setting tabs on a page, and setting the working margins are also covered.
Bold Text Italics and Underline Tabs	Bullets Fonts Page Margins
Cut, Copy and Paste - Section Three
Word processors come into their own with the ability to cut text, copy it, and paste it elsewhere. This section deals with the many techniques that are common to all Windows programmes which employ Cut, Copy and Paste.
Cut Techniques Copy Techniques	Paste Techniques
Clip Art - Section Four
This section introduces you to Clip Art. You follow along with a project that inserts clip art along side some text. Text wrapping is explained, too.
What is clip art Inserting Clip art Moving clip art	Text Wrapping Resizing Clip art
Multi-Page Documents - Section Five
So far, you have been working with documents of only one page. You will now create documents with more than one page. You will learn how to insert a text file, how to set up Headers and Footers, and how to create headers and Footers with text and lines in them. Document printing is also covered here:
Inserting Text Files Reformatting an inserted file Headers and Footers Headers Footers	Improving Headers and Footers Print Preview Page numbers Printing
A Booklet - Section Six
In this section, you will learn how to create a booklet. The booklet will have a cover page, an index, page numbering, and clip art.
The Booklet cover Adding a border Importing clip art Adding coloured text to the Cover Adding a background shade to the text	Adding a contents page Leaders Page breaks Inserting the Stories Inserting clip art from File
Logos - Section Seven
In this section, you will use Microsoft Word to create logos. The drawing toolbar is introduced, and you use it to create shapes. Text, shapes and clip art are combined to produce two logos. Word Art and formatting Word Art are also covered. Topics in this section are:
The Drawing Toolbar Adding an Oval shape Formatting the shape Adding a shadow to the Oval Shape Adding text to the Oval Shape A more complicated Logo	AutoShapes Grouping Shapes The Draw menu Word Art Formatting Word Art
Letterheads, Templates and Mail Merge - Section Eight
This is a fairly lengthy section that covers three different topics: Letterheads, Templates and Mail Merge. The topics covered are:
What is a Letterhead? The Textbox Inserting text into a Textbox Formatting the Textbox Grouping multiple objects Templates Turning a document into a template	Normal.dot Opening a template What is Mail Merge? Creating a Label Mail Merge Data Source Inserting a Merge Field Creating a Letter Mail Merge
Design a Form - Section Nine
Business will routinely produce forms for people to fill in. How to create a business form using Microsoft Word is covered in this section. Topics covered are:
The Drawing toolbar Adding rectangles Grouping rectangles Moving and Resizing Rectangles	The Drawing Grid Copying and pasting rectangles Grouping multiple rectangles
Tables and Macros - Section Ten
Two topics are covered in this long final section: Tables and Macros. You follow along creating a Table in Microsoft Word. The subject of Macros is then introduced, and you will create Macros of your own. The full list of topics is too long for this details page. In short, they are:
How to set up and Format a Table in Microsoft Word	How to set up and use Microsoft Word Macros