Word Processing using MS Word For ECDL Syllabus 

Who Should Attend: This course is suitable for users who would like to understand more about word processing packages and/or are studying for the ECDL qualification. This is Module 3 of 7

Pre-Requisites: The delegate need not have any prior knowledge of MS Excel

Delegates will learn:

• First Steps with Word Processing including Basic Operations
• How to format, finishing a Document and Printing
• How to create tables
• Importing Objects
• How to create a Mail Merge

First Steps with Word Processing
Introduction to Word for Windows
The basics of entering text
The File, Save As command
Saving to Different Formats
The Open command
Editing a document using the AutoCorrect feature
Previewing and printing a document
Creating a new document
Help Feature

Navigating in Word
Scrolling in a document
Moving the insertion point

Additional Editing techniques
Techniques for selecting text
The Edit, Replace command
Moving and copying text
Editing in Print Preview

Character and Paragraph formatting
Character formats
Fonts and font sizes
Paragraph formatting
Paragraph/Page borders
Working with indents,numbered lists, and bulleted lists
Line breaks and line spacing 

Page Appearance
Headers and footers
Margins
Inserting and deleting page breaks

Proofing tools
Using the spell checker
Using the thesaurus
Using the grammar checker

Advanced Style
Using the Auto format feature
Linking styles
Managing styles

Creating and using templates
Examining templates
Creating and formatting a template
Enhancing a template
Customising a template work environment including toolbar display

Using graphic effects
Drawing in a document
Working with clip art and graphic effects
Creating a organisation chart

Importing Objects
Importing a spreadsheet
Importing graphs and images