Word tutorial

Learn Microsoft Word from the first blank page to finished letters, reports, and resumes, practising every step in a Word sandbox.

Course contents

Introduction to Word — What Word is, what it can do, where it is used, and why it is worth learning. Then create, format, and save your first document in the Word sandbox.
Understanding the Interface — A tour of the Word screen: the ribbon and its tabs, the document area, the status bar, zoom, and the Print Layout and Web Layout views.
Managing Documents — Create, open, and save Word documents, know when to use Save As, and pick the right file format for editing and for sharing.

Text Editing — Type, select, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, and find and replace: the editing skills you use every day in Word.
Text Formatting — Change fonts, sizes, and colors, and use bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, highlight, superscript, subscript, and clear formatting.
Paragraph Formatting — Align paragraphs, set line and paragraph spacing, indent text, and use paragraph marks to see what's really on the page.
Lists — Create bulleted, numbered, and multilevel lists, and change their bullets and numbering styles.

Page Setup — Set margins, switch between portrait and landscape, choose a paper size, and make custom page settings.
Breaks and Columns — Start new pages with page breaks, give parts of a document their own layout with section breaks, and split text into columns.

Working with Tables — Create tables, add and remove rows and columns, and make tables readable with styles, borders, and shading.
Working with Pictures — Insert, resize, crop, and position pictures, then build a one-page fact sheet in the Chapter 4 project.

Page Elements — Add headers and footers, insert page numbers, give the first page its own look, and change the page number format.
Document Links — Insert, edit, and remove hyperlinks, and use bookmarks to mark places in a document and link to them.
Styles — Use heading and normal styles, modify them, create your own, then build a full report in the Chapter 5 project.

View Options — Switch between Print Layout, Web Layout, and Read Mode, zoom in and out, and use the ruler to see margins and indents.
Navigation Pane — Use the Navigation Pane to see your headings, search the document, and jump between sections.
Comments — Add, edit, reply to, resolve, and delete comments, and move between them.
Track Changes — Record every edit with Track Changes, review it, and accept or reject it, then review a newsletter in the Chapter 6 project.

Footnotes and Endnotes — Add footnotes and endnotes, learn how they differ, and choose the right one for your document.
Table of Contents — Build a table of contents from your headings, update it, and remove it, then build a report with a contents page in the Chapter 7 project.

Printing Documents — Check pages in print preview, choose print settings and page ranges, and pick the right printer, or save as PDF.
Document Formats — Save and export documents as DOCX, PDF, TXT, HTML, RTF, ODT, and templates, then prepare a flyer in the Chapter 8 project.

Forms — Build forms with text fields, check boxes, drop-down lists, and content controls, and set their properties.
XML Mapping and Protection — Link content controls to XML data, restrict editing, make documents read-only, and protect forms, then build a registration form in the Chapter 9 project.

Real-World Projects — Put every skill together: build a business letter, a personal letter, a resume, and a full report with headings, a table, a picture, and a final export.