Word 97: Introduction (Windows 95)

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.

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.

• 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