COMPUTER SKILLS
Computer skills are a valuable addition to any employee’s personal portfolio and can greatly increase your desirability to employers.
Overview
This one-day course is designed to help you to obtain the basic skills required to create simple documents using MS Word.
Objectives
- Understanding the Word Interface
- Create, Edit and Save documents
- Navigate in a document
- Selecting text
- Using AutoCorrect, QuickParts and Find and Replace
- Formatting a document
- Adding Bullets and Numbering, changing Alignment, using Indents and Tabs
- Controlling document Printing
Course Prerequisite
MS Windows & Internet (Introduction)
Language of Delivery
English
Delivery Methods
Course is facilitated by a competent & experienced subject matter trainer, who utilises the following techniques to ensure that the session is practical and experiential:Â Questions; Discussion; Exercises & Assessments.
Who should attend?
The course has been designed for delegates wanting to obtain basic skills in using a word processor to create, format and print basic documents such as letters, memo’s and reports.
Duration
1 Day
Includes:
- Comprehensive Manual
- Lunch & Refreshments (not applicable to on-site training)
- Electronic Certificate (on successful completion of the course)
- Electronic Trainer Feedback Report
- Electronic Delegate Feedback Questionnaire
Course outline
| Module 1 | What is Microsoft Word? Start Microsoft Word Quit Microsoft Word The User Interface The Word Application Window The Quick Access Toolbar The Ribbon Zoom Bar Status Bar Rulers Switch between Applications |
| Module 2 | Create a New Document The Backstage View Display Non-Printing Characters Work with Multiple Documents Switch Between Documents Arrange open Word Documents on the Screen Save Documents Autosave Creating a New Folder Recover Unsaved Files Enable Auto Recover & Autosave Close/Open Documents |
| Module 3 | Navigate in a Document Use the Go To Command Edit Text Text Selection Techniques Undo & Redo Cut, Copy & Paste Hyphenate Words Non-Breaking Spaces & Hyphens Saving & Inserting Quick Parts Autocorrect Insert & Remove Page Breaks |
| Module 4 | Find & Replace Use the Advanced Find Replace Text Spell Check Grammar Check Set Spelling & Grammar Options Synonyms Word Count |
| Module 5 | Format a Document Character Formatting The Font Dialog Box Formatting – Using the Ribbon Character Spacing Change the Case of Text Highlight Text Insert Symbols & Special Characters Superscript & Subscript Text The Format Painter Insert the Date & Time |
| Module 6 | Understand Paragraph Formats Alignment Paragraph & Line Spacing Create a Bulleted List Create a Numbered List Customize Bulleted Lists Create Indents (First Line, Hanging & full indents) Setting Tabs Tab Stop Types Use the Ruler to Insert Tabs Move A Tab Delete a Tab from The Ruler Create Leader Tabs |
| Module 7 | Change the Page Layout Set Margins & Orientation Vertical Alignment Paper Size Insert/ Remove Page Numbers Insert Headers & Footers Document Views Print Layout View Full Screen Reading View Multiple Pages in Print Preview Print the Current Document |