Word 97: Introduction (Windows 95)
Course description
Overview: Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin using Word 97.
Prerequisites: Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic
concepts involved in working with a personal computer (PC). No prior knowledge of Word is
assumed Functional knowledge of Windows 95: Introduction or equivalent knowledge.
Benefits: Students will learn how to create and edit documents and use character
and paragraph formatting.
Performance-based objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Create and save a document; open an existing document; and use simple editing
techniques.
- Navigate in a large document by using the mouse and keyboard.
- Edit a document by moving and copying text within a document and between documents.
- Apply and remove character and paragraph formatting.
- Use tabs and create and modify a table structure.
- Adjust margins, add and delete page breaks, and create headers and footers.
- Use Words proofing tools such as the speller and thesaurus.
Course content
- The basics of entering text
- The File, Save As command
- Opening and editing a document; saving a document
- Searching in a document
- Using the AutoCorrect feature
- Techniques for selecting text
- Moving and copying text
- Basic and advanced character formatting techniques
- Paragraph formatting
- Working with indents, numbered lists, and bulleted lists
- Line breaks and line spacing
- Tabs
- Creating and enhancing a table
- Headers, footers and margins
- Page breaks
- Using proofing tools
- Printing a document