Word 97 User Specialist

Course Length/Prerequisites

This three-day course requires Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Introduction or equivalent experience. Knowledge of basic concepts such as the use of folders and sub-folders for storing documents as well as moderate typing skills are requested.

Course Objectives

This course is designed for students who wish to prepare for the Word 97 User Specialist exam. The User Specialist exam of the Microsoft Office User certification program covers the following skills:
Process text
Format characters
Place and align text
Use paragraph formatting and tab setting options
Use page numbers, headers and footers and sections
Use styles and templates
Edit text
Generate an outline
Create documents for use on Internet/Intranet
Use writing tools
Use columns
Create tables
Manage files
Use draw
Print documents and envelopes

Upon completion of this hands-on workshop, students will be able to perform the required tasks listed above. Students who wish to achieve certification in the MS Office User program will be prepared to challenge the User Specialist exam.

Course Content

The Word Environment

Starting and Ending a Word Session

The Word 97 Window

Customizing the Screen

Creating and Saving Documents

Creating a Document

Saving a Document

Saving a Document With a Different Name

Previewing and Printing a Document

Closing a Document

Creating a New Document

Creating a Sub-folder

Creating a HTML Document

Creating a Document From a Template

Basic Editing

Opening a Document for Editing

Moving the Insertion Point

Inserting Text

Deleting Text

Text Selection Methods

Selecting Text for Revision

Moving and Copying Text

Using Cut, Copy and Paste

Using Drag-and-Drop

Font Formatting

Fonts

Font Formatting Methods

Copying Formatting with the Format Painter

Undo, Redo and Repeat

Changing the Case of Existing Text

Paragraph Formatting

How Paragraph Formatting Works

Paragraph Formatting

Paragraph Alignment

Hyphenation

Line Spacing and Inter-Paragraph Spacing

Indents

Bullets and Numbers

Borders, Shading and Drawing Tools

Adding Borders and Shading

Creating and Modifying Drawing Objects

Page Setup

Page Layout and Print Preview

Paper Size and Orientation

Margins

Page and Section Breaks

Vertical Justification

Headers, Footers and Page Numbering

Page Numbers

Columns

Multi-Column Layouts

Creating Simple Column Layouts

Modifying Multi-Column Documents

Creating Complex Multi-Column Layouts

Creating Unequal-Width Columns

Printing

Selecting a Printer and Setting Printer Properties

Paper Source

Printing Your Document

Creating and Printing Envelopes and Labels

Tabs

Tabs

Using Default Tabs

Using and Setting Custom Tabs

The Tabs Dialog Box

Tables

Moving and Selecting in a Table

Formatting Table Text

Changing Column Widths, Row Heights and Indents

Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns

Drawing Tables

Adding Borders and Shading

Creating Web Documents

Creating HTML Documents

Creating Hyperlinks between HTML Documents

Proofing a Document

Checking Spelling and Grammar

Using the Thesaurus

Productivity Tools

Find and Replace

Find

Replace

AutoText

AutoCorrect

Templates

Using Built-in Templates

Modifying Word’s Built-in Templates

Creating a Template

Editing a Template

Styles

Style Storage

Word’s Built-in Styles

Style Types

Applying Built-in Styles

Modifying Styles

Creating New Styles

Using an Outline

Creating an Outline

Editing an Outline

Expanding and Collapsing an Outline

Rearranging a Document Using Outline View