About this Course

You will create, edit, and enhance standard business documents using Microsoft® Office Word 2010.

Audience Profile

This course is designed for students who wish to learn the basic operations of the Microsoft Word to perform their day-to-day responsibilities, and who want to use the application to be more productive in their work. It provides the fundamental knowledge and techniques needed to advance to using more complex Word features such as protecting your documents and usage of ligatures.

At Course Completion

• identify and work with basic Word 2010 tools and features.
• edit text in a Word document.
• modify the appearance of text in a Word document.
• insert special characters and graphical objects.
• organize data in tables.
• proof a Word document.
• control the appearance of pages in a Word document.
• print a Word document.

Prerequisites

To be successful in this course, you should be familiar with using personal computers and you should have used the mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on the computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders. To ensure your success, we recommend you first take one of Element K's introductory Windows courses, such as either of the following, or have equivalent skills and knowledge.

• Windows XP Professional: Level 1
• Windows XP: Introduction

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word 2010

• Topic 1A: Identify the Components of the Word Interface
• Topic 1B: Customize the Word Interface
• Topic 1C: Display a Document in Different Views
• Topic 1D: Enter Text in a Document
• Topic 1E: Save a Document

Lesson 2: Editing Text in a Word Document

• Topic 2A: Select Text
• Topic 2B: Modify Text
• Topic 2C: Find and Replace Text

Lesson 3: Modifying the Appearance of Text in a Word Document

• Topic 3A: Apply Character Formatting
• Topic 3B: Align Text Using Tabs
• Topic 3C: Display Text as List Items
• Topic 3D: Modify the Layout of a Paragraph
• Topic 3E: Apply Styles
• Topic 3F: Manage Formatting
• Topic 3G: Apply Borders and Shading

Lesson 4: Inserting Special Characters and Graphical Objects

• Topic 4A: Insert Symbols and Special Characters
• Topic 4B: Add Illustrations to a Document

Lesson 5: Organizing Data in Tables

• Topic 5A: Insert a Table
• Topic 5B: Modify a Table
• Topic 5C: Format a Table
• Topic 5D: Convert Text to a Table

Lesson 6: Proofing a Word Document

• Topic 6A: Check Spelling and Grammar
• Topic 6B: Use the Thesaurus

Lesson 7: Controlling the Appearance of Pages in a Word Document

• Topic 7A: Apply a Page Border and Color
• Topic 7B: Add a Watermark
• Topic 7C: Add Headers and Footers

Lesson 8: Printing Word Documents

• Topic 8A: Control Page Layout
• Topic 8B: Preview and Print a Document

Appendix A: Microsoft Office Word 2010

Appendix B: Microsoft Office Word Expert 2010