Word 2007 Basic Study Guide

1-4239-1831-2 © 2008 Publish date: March 22, 2007 224 pages

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Course ID:Word-2007-basic-sg

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This course covers the basic features and functions found in the 2007 release of Microsoft Word. The Microsoft Word training courseware will teach you how to enter text, edit it, navigate documents, and save them. You will move on to learn how to use various formatting options in order to enhance the appearance of your document. Other tasks include creating tables, inserting headers and footers, inserting graphics, and proofing and printing your documents.

If you are pursuing the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist credential in Microsoft Word, the Word 2007 Basic courseware is an excellent choice along with our intermediate and advanced study guides. These three levels provide you with comprehensive certification training and help you prepare for the Word 2007 exam #70-601. In addition, this course has been designated as Microsoft approved courseware so you can be sure that you are learning exactly what you need to master in order to earn your credentials.

Course objectives

By the end of this course, you will be comfortable navigating Word, creating and saving documents, and accessing and using Help. You will also know how to open documents and navigate the document using scrollbars, keyboard, Go To commands, and the Select Browse Object button. Other tasks include switching views, selecting text, inserting text, times, dates, special characters, and symbols, and using various editing commands including undo and redo.

You will learn how to format characters and formats, work with lists, adjust indents, spacing and AutoFormat options as well as work with tables. Other topics include adding headers and footers, adjusting margins, adding page breaks, proofing your documents, using the thesaurus, inserting text automatically with AutoCorrect, finding and replacing text, and printing your documents.

Finally, you will learn about using graphics and clip art in your documents including how to crop, rotate, resize, adjust contrast, and wrap text around them.

Course Contents

Unit 1 covers getting started with Word

• Exploring the Word window
• Creating new documents
• How to access Word Help

Unit 2 discusses navigation and selection techniques

• Navigating Word documents
• Selection techniques

Unit 3 covers editing text in your documents

• Working with text
• How to use the commands for undoing and redoing changes
• How to cut, copy, and paste text

Unit 4 discusses formatting your text

• Formatting characters
• Adjusting the tab settings
• Formatting paragraphs
• Setting paragraph spacing and indents
• Working with automatic formatting

Unit 5 covers working with tables

• Creating tables
• Entering data into a table
• Changing a table's structure

Unit 6 discusses page layout

• Working with headers and footers
• Working with page margins
• Inserting page breaks

Unit 7 goes over proofing and printing documents

• How to check spelling and grammar
• Working with AutoCorrect
• Finding and replacing text in a document
• Printing your MS Word documents

Unit 6 goes over adding graphics

• Adding graphics and clip art
• Using graphics