About the Course
This one day introductory course covers the basics of Microsoft Word 2016, from basic navigation and creating a document through to tabs, tables and formatting. A hands-on approach is taken and the exercises are designed to impart relevant skills and knowledge by having participants work through real-life examples and scenarios.
Who should do this course?
This course is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use Microsoft Word to create and edit a range of common documents for home and office use. Upon successful completion of the course, participants should be able to create documents including letters, memos, faxes, basic flyers and newsletters.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge of Microsoft Word is required; however participants should have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system.
Online Live - Course Dates
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Online Live Class Dates
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Sydney Class Dates
Book NowLevel 11, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney , NSW 2060
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Melbourne Class Dates
Book NowLevel 12, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne , VIC 3000
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Brisbane Class Dates
Book NowLevel 6, 371 Queen Street, Brisbane , QLD 4000
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Canberra Class Dates
Book NowLevel 4, 54 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra , ACT 2601
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Adelaide Class Dates
Book Now19 Young Street, Adelaide , SA 5000
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Perth Class Dates
Book NowLevel 1, 140 St Georges Terrace, Perth , WA 6000
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Course Units
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Unit 1: Getting Started with Word 2016
- Starting Word from the Desktop
- Understanding the Start Screen
- Creating a New Blank Document
- The Word Screen
- How Microsoft Word 2016 Works
- Using the Ribbon
- Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon
- Understanding the Backstage View
- Accessing the Backstage View
- Using Shortcut Menus
- Understanding Dialog Boxes
- Launching Dialog Boxes
- Understanding the Quick Access Toolbar
- Adding Commands to the QAT
- Understanding the Status Bar
- Exiting Safely from Word
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Unit 2: Your First Document
- Creating Documents in Word
- Typing Text
- The Save As Place
- The Save As Dialog Box
- Saving a New Document on Your Computer
- Typing Numbers
- Inserting a Date
- Document Proofing
- Checking Spelling and Grammar
- Making Basic Changes
- Saving an Existing Document
- Printing a Document
- Safely Closing a Document
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Unit 3: Working with a Document
- The Open Place
- The Open Dialog Box
- Opening an Existing Document
- Navigating with the Keyboard
- Scrolling Through a Document
- Page Zooming
- Viewing the Ruler
- Showing Paragraph Marks
- Counting Words
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Unit 4: Working with Text
- Techniques for Selecting Text
- Selecting Text Using the Mouse
- Selecting Text Using the Keyboard
- Editing Text in Insert Mode
- Editing Text in Overtype Mode
- Deleting Text
- Using Undo
- Using Redo
- Using Repeat
- Using Click and Type
- Inserting Symbols and Special Characters
- Understanding Find and Replace
- Finding Words
- The Find and Replace Dialog Box
- Replacing Words
- Performing Advanced Searches
- Using Go To
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Unit 5: Cutting and Copying
- Understanding Cutting and Copying
- Cutting and Pasting
- Copying and Pasting
- Drag and Drop Cutting
- Drag and Drop Copying
- Using the Clipboard Task Pane
- Copying Between Documents
- Cutting Between Documents
- Pasting Between Documents
- Using Paste Special
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Unit 6: Text Appearance
- Understanding Font Formatting
- Understanding Font Formatting Tools
- Working with Live Preview
- Changing Fonts
- Changing Font Size
- Increasing and Decreasing Font Size
- Making Text Bold
- Italicising Text
- Underlining Text
- Applying Strikethrough
- Subscripting Text
- Superscripting Text
- Highlighting Text
- Changing Case
- Changing Text Colour
- Applying Text Effects
- Using the Format Painter
- Using the Font Dialog Box
- Clearing Font Formatting
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Unit 7: Working with Paragraphs
- Understanding Paragraph Formatting
- Understanding Text Alignment
- Changing Text Alignments
- Changing Line Spacing
- Changing Paragraph Spacing
- Indenting Paragraphs
- Outdenting Paragraphs
- Starting a Bulleted List
- Adding Bullets to Existing Paragraphs
- Removing Existing Bullets
- Starting a Numbered List
- Numbering Existing Paragraphs
- Creating a Multilevel List
- Removing Existing Numbers
- Borders and Shading Dialog Box
- Shading Paragraphs
- Applying Borders to Paragraphs
- The Paragraph Dialog Box Indents and Spacing
- The Paragraph Dialog Box Line and Page Breaks
- Using the Paragraph Dialog Box
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Unit 8: Lists
- Understanding Lists
- Applying Bullets
- Defining a Bullet
- Modifying a Bullet
- Applying Numbering
- Defining a Number Format
- Renumbering a List
- Understanding Multilevel Lists
- Applying a Multilevel List
- Promoting and Demoting List Items
- Defining a Multilevel List
- Creating a Multilevel List Style
- Modifying a Multilevel List Style
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Unit 9: Tabs
- Using Default Tabs
- Setting Tabs on the Ruler
- Modifying Tabs on the Ruler
- Setting Tabs in the Tabs Dialog Box
- Setting Tab Leaders
- Setting Bar Tabs
- Setting Mixed Tabs
- Removing Tabs
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Unit 10: Working with Pages
- Changing Page Margins
- Setting Custom Margins
- Changing Page Orientation
- Changing Paper Sizing
- Setting Custom Paper Sizes
- Inserting Page Breaks
- Removing Page Breaks
- Inserting Page Numbers
- Formatting Page Numbers
- Removing Page Numbers
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Unit 11: Printing Your Documents
- Understanding Printing
- Previewing Your Document
- Quick Printing
- Selecting a Printer
- Printing the Current Page
- Specifying a Range of Pages
- Specifying the Number of Copies
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Unit 12: Working with PDF Documents
- Understanding PDF Documents
- Saving a Document as a PDF
- Viewing a PDF File in Reader
- Opening and Editing a PDF in Word
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Unit 13: Multiple Documents
- Opening Multiple Documents
- Switching Between Open Documents
- Arranging All
- Viewing Side by Side
- Synchronised Scrolling
- Resetting the Window Position
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Unit 14: SmartArt
- Understanding SmartArt
- Inserting a SmartArt Graphic
- Inserting Text
- Indenting Text
- Changing the SmartArt Style
- Changing SmartArt Colours
- Changing a SmartArt Layout
- Adding More Shapes to SmartArt
- Resizing SmartArt
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Unit 15: Getting Help
- Understanding How Help Works
- Using Tell Me
- Accessing the Help Window
- Navigating the Help Window
- Using Google to Get Help
- Printing a Help Topic
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Course Reviews
(5.00 out of 5) Belinda C [ 08 September, 2020 ]
Fun and very informative for a beginner course yet easy to understand! Teacher Danielle was lovely, engaging and very helpful and I loved the happy/friendly tone she had in her voice the whole day! Thankyou I learnt lots more than I thought I would, so I am extremely happy that I decided to do the beginner word.
(5.00 out of 5) Maryanne H [ 06 July, 2020 ]
Wayne is a fabulous instructor, ensuring everyone is understanding and following the material. Material spot on for content.
(5.00 out of 5) Isabella R [ 06 July, 2020 ]
This was a great course. I benefited greatly from the course and learnt a lot of content that I didn't know. The delivery of the course was really good aswell online.
(5.00 out of 5) Claire M [ 18 March, 2020 ]
Excellent tutor, thorough, pacy, made sure we understood before moving on, beautiful personable style
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