Word 2013 - Beginner

Agenda

1 - Introduction

• Introduction

2 - Introduction to Microsoft Word

• Touring the Word Interface
• Understanding the Backstage View
• Opening a Document
• Navigating a Document
• Viewing Documents
• Creating a New Document
• The Basics of Entering Text
• Selecting Text
• Saving a Document
• Checking a Document for Compatibility with Previous Versions of Word
• Using the Convert Option to Save Document to Updated File Formats
• Saving as a Different File Format
• Working with Document Properties
• Locating Previous Versions and Accessing Unsaved Documents

3 - Editing and Formatting a Word Document

• Inserting and Deleting Text
• Moving and Copying Text
• Using Undo and Redo
• Opening and Editing a PDF
• Working with Character, Paragraph, and Section Formatting
• How to Apply Character Formatting
• Changing a Font Color
• Applying Bold, Italics, or Underline Formatting
• Changing Text Font
• Changing the Font Size
• Changing Text Case and Capitalization
• Applying Special Text Effects
• Highlighting Text
• Applying Strikethrough, Subscript, or Superscript
• Clearing Formatting
• Paragraph Formatting Overview
• Changing Paragraph Alignment
• Applying Borders or Shading to a Paragraph
• Decreasing or Increasing Indentation
• Adjusting Line and Paragraph Spacing
• Showing or Hiding Hidden Characters
• Applying Character or Paragraph Formatting to Multiple Items at Once
• Copying and Applying Formatting Using Format Painter
• Using Word Styles
• Applying a Style Set
• Applying a Theme

4 - Working with Lists and Tables

• Creating a Bulleted List
• Converting Existing Text to a Bulleted List
• Creating a Custom Bullet
• Creating a Numbered List
• Converting Existing Text to a Numbered List
• Creating a Multi-Level List
• Sorting List or Text Selections
• Creating a Table
• Entering Text in Tables
• Selecting and Formatting Text in a Table
• Adding and Deleting Table Rows and Columns
• Adjusting Row and Column Width and Height
• Distributing Table Rows and Columns Evenly
• Merging Table Cells
• Splitting Tables and Table Cells
• Sorting Table Items
• Aligning Table Text
• Changing Text Direction in a Table
• Adjusting Table Cell Margins
• Adding or Removing a Table Style
• Applying or Removing Shading in a Table
• Applying or Removing Borders in a Table
• Creating a Table from Existing Text
• Converting a Table to Text

5 - Enhancing Documents

• Inserting a Blank Page
• Inserting a Cover Page
• Inserting or Removing a Page Break
• Inserting a Line Break (Soft Return)
• Applying Drop Caps
• Inserting the Date and Time
• Inserting Symbols and Special Characters
• Inserting a Picture
• Positioning a Picture and Using Text Wrapping
• Resizing or Rotating a Picture
• Cropping a Picture
• Removing a Picture Background
• Adjusting Picture Sharpness or Brightness
• Applying Artistic Effects to a Picture
• Compressing a Picture for E-Mail or Online Viewing
• Applying a Border to a Picture
• Applying Picture Effects to an Image
• Applying a Picture Style
• Replacing a Picture with a Different Image
• Removing Formatting from a Picture
• Inserting or Removing a Watermark
• Creating a Custom Watermark
• Applying Color to a Page
• Applying a Page Border
• Printing Page Background Color

6 - Proofing and Viewing Documents

• Finding and Replacing Text
• Using the Go To Function
• Finding and Replacing Formatting
• Finding and Replacing Special Characters
• Using the Navigation Pane to Search a Document
• Proofing with Spelling and Grammar Check
• Using the Thesaurus
• Finding the Word Count
• Translating Specific Text to Another Language
• Changing the Proofing Language for a Document
• Using Zoom Options and Viewing Multiple Pages
• Viewing a Document in Read Mode
• Creating a Split Window View of a Document
• Viewing the Same Document in Multiple Windows
• Viewing Multiple Documents at Once

7 - Preparing Documents for Publication

• Adjusting Document Margins
• Adding Headers
• Adding Footers
• Modifying and Navigating Headers and Footers
• Adding Page Numbers to Headers or Footers
• Adding Date and Time Information to Headers or Footers
• Adding an Image to a Header or Footer
• Changing Page Orientation
• Controlling Hyphenation
• Creating a PDF or XPS File From a Document
• Emailing a Document Directly from the Word Application
• Printing Documents

8 - Conclusion

• Course Recap