Course Description

This course is a basic level course that will take you from no word processing experience at all, to understanding what Microsoft Word 2007 is, how it works, and most importantly, to discovering how and what it can do for you. No previous word processing experience or knowledge of earlier versions of Microsoft Word is needed. You will learn how Microsoft Word 2007 can save you time and make creating documents fun. We will look at basic skills such as inserting, editing and embellishing type, and saving your document. As well as how to insert tables, create a table of contents, use and create templates and send mass mailings using the mail merge feature. This course is designed for the beginner as well as anyone that wants to increase their knowledge of Word 2007, especially if you work in an office where upgrading is inevitable. Try Microsoft Word 2007 for 60 days free! This is a 5 week, self-paced, online course. If you need additional help understanding the material presented, you can communicate with the instructor and fellow classmates. The instructor will monitor and track your progress throughout the class. LVS Online offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course registrations, certificate of completion option, a class discussion board to interact with your instructor and fellow classmates, free hosting account, and a student upload area. LVS is a Corel Training Partner. LVS students may purchase Corel products at a significant savings. Follow this link for details. LVS students are eligible to receive software and hardware at a discount. Follow this link for details. Students are also eligible take advantage of special offers made available specifically for LVS by famous software developers such as Andromeda, AV Bros, Extensis, Harry Heim, namesuppressed, Nik Multimedia, and Ulead. Details are provided in the classinfo link found in the confirmation of registration. Show off your LVS Online spirit with an item from the LVS Store Visit the LVS Blog for updates. Anyone new to word processing or anyone who would like to expand their knowledge of the features that Microsoft Word 2007 has to offer should take this class.

Course Requirements

Microsoft Word 2007. Microsoft offers a 60-day free trial! There will be Zip files provided to complete many of the weekly exercises. WinZip, PKZip, Windows Compression or a similar program is required to unzip these files. Winzip Tutorial Here Windows Compression Students must have a working knowledge of their operating system, especially: How to create and name new folders How to locate files How to open and save files Here are a few free tutorials available at LVS which may be helpful to you: Free Windows Class Directory Structure Tutorial Homework must be reviewed by the instructor in order to earn a certificate. Students have the option of using either the Student Upload Area or free web hosting made available for LVS students. Details are provided in the classroom. If you prefer to use your own web space, you must know how to upload your files to a server. Free tutorials are available: Basic HTML Page WS_FTP SmartFTP All lessons are available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/print the lessons. Plan to devote 2 - 3 hours per week on the lesson and assignment.

Course Prerequisites

None

Course Syllabus

Lesson 1 Word Basics: Creating your first document Learn how to type where you want to on a page, fix spelling errors, change line spacing and page margins and how to save your work Lesson 2 Editing text and revising your document Navigating around your document, making changes anywhere on the page, add and delete text, move text within your document Lesson 3 Improving the appearance of your document Emphasize text, use bullets, numbers and lists, use style tool to help format your document, decorate your document with backgrounds, shading, watermarks, table and shape styles, text enhancements and WordArt Lesson 4 Create and use existing templates Learn how to create documents by using existing templates on Microsoft Office Online, learn how to turn your own documents into templates and reuse Lesson 5 Editing and revising your document using TrackChanges Turn TrackChanges on and off, make editing visible, accept, reject or delete editing Lesson 6 Add finishing touches to your document Creating a header and footer, creating a Table of Contents, use the Ribbon to perform a mail merge

Course Excerpt

LESSON 1 In this lesson, you will learn how to create a new document and begin using some of the basic features such as inserting type, fix spelling errors, change line spacing and page margins and how to save your work. Inserting type When you open Microsoft Word 2007 a new blank document automatically appears like the example shown here. Pretty easy so far, isn't it? The fun is just beginning, now you get to start creating you vey own masterpiece. There is a blinking vertical line that appears in the top left corner of the page as shown in the above example. If you begin typing, this is where the text will appear. If the vertical line could talk it would say "Hey look over here is there where you want to start typing?" If that does ever happen, you probably shouldn't tell anyone or they might not understand - we'll just keep it between us. Practice: Type the following sentence in the top left corner of your document - This is the default insertion point when a new document is opened. If you want to type further down the page, press ENTER repeatedly until the vertical line is where you want to begin typing. If you are going to type a paragraph and need to indent the first line, press the TAB key and it will move the insertion point one-half inch to the right. Practice: Press ENTER 3 times, and then press TAB and type the following - There are 3 blank lines between the first and third sentence. Press ENTER once to move the insertion point down to the next line. As you type, the vertical line will move to the right, standing at attention waiting for your next command, ready to type wherever you want. I bet everyone wishes they had someone just like this in their life - one can always dream. As you near the end of the line, just keep typing and your text will automatically be put on the next line. If you want to begin a new sentence and move the vertical line down before you reach the right margin simply press ENTER. Practice: Begin typing anything you wish, just make sure that it as at least three lines long and do not press ENTER. It doesn't even have to make sense it can be jibberish, your document should now look similar to the one below with the exception of the text in the last paragraph. Continued... Please note: Lessons provide step-by-step instructions with detailed screen captures.

Course Goals

Upon completion of this course you will have a solid working knowledge of Word 2007.

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