Word Processing

BCS IT User Level 1 Courseware

Course Outline

GETTING STARTED

• Starting the Word program.
• Closing Microsoft Word.
• Opening a document stored in a particular folder.
• Items that can be used within a Word document.
• Methods of entering your data.
• Creating and saving a new document.
• Closing a document.
• Using templates.
• Renaming a document file and saving to a different folder.
• Guidelines and conventions for naming and storing document files.

ENTERING INFORMATION

• Entering text and numbers.
• Entering data into a form.

SELECTING AND EDITING TEXT

• Selecting text.
• Selecting a word.
• Selecting a line.
• Selecting a sentence.
• Selecting a paragraph.
• Selecting all text.
• Copying data using Copy and Paste.
• Copying data using drag and drop.
• Moving data using Cut and Paste.
• Moving data using drag and drop.
• Using the Find command.
• Using the Replace command.
• Deleting a character.
• Deleting a word.
• Deleting a line.
• Deleting a sentence.
• Deleting a paragraph.
• Deleting a block of text.
• Using Undo.
• Using Redo.

FORMATTING CHARACTERS

• Changing the font size.
• Changing the font type.
• Formatting text as bold, italic or underlined.
• Applying subscript or superscript formatting.
• Applying colours to selected text.
• Applying different background colours to selected text.

FORMATTING PARAGRAPHS

• Using formatting to enhance the presentation of a document.
• What are Heading Styles?
• Applying Heading Styles.
• Modifying paragraph alignment.
• Indenting paragraphs.
• Modifying paragraph spacing.
• Modifying line spacing.
• Applying borders to a paragraph.
• Applying shading to a paragraph.
• Applying bullets to a list.
• Removing bullet formatting from a list.
• Adding numbering to a list.
• Removing number formatting from a list.

FORMATTING PAGES

• Document formatting options.
• Setting the paper size.
• Setting the page orientation.
• Setting margins.
• Inserting and deleting a hard (manual) page break.
• Good practice: Use page breaks rather than inserting spaces.
• Creating a header or footer.
• Applying automatic page numbering.

CREATING AND MODIFYING TABLES

• Creating a table.
• Entering data into a table.
• Selecting elements within a table.
• Inserting a column into a table.
• Inserting a row into a table.
• Deleting a row within a table.
• Deleting a column within a table.
• Modifying column width in a table.

SELECTING AND MODIFYING IMAGES

• Inserting a picture from a file.
• Inserting a Clip Art image.
• Selecting a graphic.
• Copying a graphic within a document.
• Copying a graphic between open documents.
• Moving a graphic within a document.
• Moving a graphic between open documents.
• Resizing a graphic within a document.
• Deleting a graphic.
• Cropping an image.
• Modifying the layer ordering of images.
• Grouping images.
• Setting wrapping options for images.

PROOFING, CHECKING AND PRINTING

• Proofreading and previewing before printing.
• Using the spelling and grammar checker.
• Previewing and printing a document.