Total Time: 7 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course shows users how to use a word processing application to create documents and manipulate and format text. It also shows how to prepare a document for printing, preview and print a document, create tables, import objects, and merge a mailing list with a document. This course describes how to meet European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) objectives using Microsoft Word on a personal computer that uses a Windows operating system. The ECDL/ICDL test can be taken with any word processing application, and although this course demonstrates a specific application, the tasks it teaches can be applied to other applications as well

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Start and exit a word processing application.
Create, save, and close a document.
Open, revise, and save a document to another file type.
Use application help.
Change display settings.
Use templates.
Format characters and paragraphs.
Search and replace text.
Apply styles.
Prepare a document for printing.
Check spelling in a document.
Preview and print a document.
Create, manipulate, and format a table.
Add and manipulate graphics and objects.
Use a mailing list.

Topics: 
Opening and closing a word processing application and documents
Saving documents
Adjusting settings
Inserting data
Selecting and editing data
Copying, moving, and deleting text
Search and replace
Formatting text
Working with text formats
Working with paragraphs
Working with lists and borders
Document formatting
Headers and footers
Creating tables
Working with tables
Inserting pictures, images, and charts
Working with pictures, images, and charts
Mail merge
Preparing documents for output
Printing documents

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.