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ECDL / ICDL Module 3 (Syllabus Four)
Word Processing Courseware Training Materials

1. USING THE APPLICATION

FIRST STEPS WITH WORD PROCESSING

To start Word using the Windows Start menu
To close the Word program
To open a file
Tools to help you with opening files
To select a continuous block of files to open
To select multiple files (to open) which are not in a continuous block
To create a new document based on the default template
To create a new document based on another template
To save a document using the Save icon
To create a new folder in which to save your document
To save a file to a diskette
To save using "Save As"
To save a file in a format other than Microsoft Word format
What is an RTF file?
What is a TXT file?
Saving a file as a template
To save a file in Web page format
What is an HTML formatted file?
To save a file using a software specific file extension
To switch from one open document to another one (using the Taskbar)
To switch from one open document to another one (using the Window drop down menu)
Today's Tip
What is the Microsoft Office Assistant?
Displaying the Office Assistant Help
To hide the Office Assistant
"What is this" Help
To close a document in Word

ADJUST SETTINGS

Different Word views
To view a document using different modes
The Zoom feature
To zoom a document using the Zoom icon
To display or hide a toolbar
The quick way of displaying / hiding toolbars
What are the non-printing characters?
To display non-printing characters
To hide non-printing characters
To control which non-printable characters are displayed
To modify preference options within Word

2. MAIN OPERATIONS

INSERT DATA

To switch between Insert and Overtype text entry
Using Insert Mode to enter text
To insert a new paragraph
What is "Click and Type"?
To use "Click and Type"
What are special characters and symbols?
To insert special symbols
To use AutoCorrect to insert symbols
To reverse the automatic changing of text by AutoCorrect

SELECT DATA

The importance of selection
Sometimes you do not need to select first!
To select a character
To select a word
To select a line
To select a sentence
To select a paragraph
To select all text

EDIT DATA

To insert text
To modify existing text
Using Overtype Mode to enter text
To use Undo to reverse your last actions
To repeat a command, action, or typing
To undo or repeat a specific number of commands, actions, or typing changes

DUPLICATE, MOVE, DELETE

To copy text within a document
To copy text from one document to another
To move text within a document
To move text from one document to another
To delete a character
To delete a word
To delete a line or lines
To delete a sentence
To delete a paragraph
To delete a block of text

SEARCH & REPLACE

What is "Find and Replace"?
To find text in a document
To find and replace text in a document

3. FORMATTING

TEXT FORMATTING

What is Word font (text) formatting?
To change the font size or type
Keyboard shortcut for making text bigger or smaller
Using the Font dialog box
To format selected text as bold or italic
To underline selected text in a document
To vary the type of underlining applied to selected text (such as single, double or words only)
To apply subscript or superscript formatting
To change the text case
To apply colors to selected text
To apply different background colors to selected text
To copy formatting using the Format Painter.
What are Styles?
To apply a style
Use automatic hyphenation.
To set automatic hyphenation
To set manual hyphenation

PARAGRAPH FORMATTING

To insert a paragraph mark
To remove a paragraph mark
To insert a soft carriage return (line break)
To remove a soft carriage return (line break)
What is text alignment?
To align text in a document
Using the Indent icons
To indent a paragraph
To adjust line spacing in a document
To control spacing above and below paragraphs
What are Tabs?
To set or change tabs using the Ruler
To set, change or clear tabs using the drop down menus
What are Bulleted Lists?
To apply bullets to a list using the Bullets icon
To remove bullet formatting from a list
To add numbering to a list using the Numbering icon
To apply alternate bullet formatting to a list
To add alternative numbering styles to a list
To control whether separate lists within a document use continuous numbering (or not)
What are Borders?
To add a border using the Border icon
To add a border to an object using the drop down menus
To remove a border from an object
To add a Page Border
What is shading?
To add shading
To format white text on a black background

DOCUMENT FORMATTING

Change document orientation - portrait or landscape. Change page size.
To select a page size for the paper you are printing to
To set the page orientation
What are Page Margins?
To set margins using the Page Setup command
To insert a hard (manual) page break
To delete a hard (manual) page break
What are Headers and Footers?
To create a header or footer
To modify a header or footer
What are Word Fields?
What is an automatically updating field?
To insert a date field which will update automatically each time a document is opened
To insert a date which will not be automatically updated.
To insert page numbering into a header or footer
To insert the date or time into a header or footer
To insert the author's name into a header or footer
To insert the author's name, date and page numbering into a header or footer
To insert the file location
What is Page Numbering?
To number pages within a document

4. OBJECTS

TABLES

What are Tables?
To create a table using the Insert Table icon
Insert, edit data in a table.
To insert data into a table
To edit data within a table
To select parts within a table, using the Table drop down menu
To insert a column or row into the table
To delete a column or row within a table
To insert rows or columns using toolbar icons.
Tables and the Del key
To specify row height
To specify column width (the long way)
To specify column width (the easy way)
To add a border to a table
To specify a border width, style and color.
To apply shading to cells within a table.

PICTURES, IMAGES AND CHARTS

Using pictures within Word
To insert Clipart
To insert a picture held as a file on your hard disk
To insert a chart into a document
To select a graphic
To copy a graphic within a document
To copy a graphic between open documents
To move a graphic within a document
To move a graphic between open documents
To resize a graphic within a document
To delete an image

5. MAIL MERGE

CONCEPT AND PRACTICE

What is Mail Merging?
Creating a new main document and merging to a personalized letter
Creating a mailing list, data file.
Mail merging to labels

6. PREPARE OUTPUTS

PREPARATION

Manually check your documents!
Spell Checking
To immediately correct a word you have incorrectly spelt
To disable automatic spell checking
To check spelling in a document
To add a word to the custom dictionary
Always proof read before and after printing
To preview a document

PRINTING

To specify what to print
To specify the number of copies required
Why print to disk (as a print file)?
To print a document to a file
Printing within Word
To select a printer
To print to the default printer

7. APPENDIX ONE - KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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