What is Basic Microsoft Word ?

This session introduces the basic functionality of Microsoft Word and its ability to produce professional documentation. This will enable the learner to quickly and efficiently create, edit and acquire important formatting techniques vital for ease of use and organisation of document content. The course content has been designed to lead you through all the tasks you are most likely to perform in Microsoft Word.

Basic Microsoft Word 

Jonathan Keller

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Keagan Naude

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What are the prerequisites?

  • Computer/Laptop
  • Email for notifications and communication
  • Internet connection
  • PDF viewer (e.g ADOBE Acrobat)
  • Microsoft Word for notes
  • A web browser

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The eLearning platform helped me to get started with Microsoft Office Word and get to know the basics of creating a document. Thank you, it has made a difference to my life.

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Unit 1 - Getting started

1.1 Identifying the components of the Word interface

1.2 Customising the quick access bar

1.3 Creating a new Word document

1.4 Opening and displaying a document in different views

1.5 Saving a Word document

1.6 Print preview and printing a document

1.7 Accessing help in Word

Unit 2 - Editing a document

2.1 Selecting text in Word

2.2 Cut, copy and paste

2.3 Undo and redo commands

2.4 Find and replace text

Unit 3 - Formatting text and paragraphs

3.1 Applying different font options to text

3.2 Setting borders in a document

3.3 Highlighting text

3.4 Add shading to a document

3.5 Using format painter to format text

3.6 Creating bulleted and numbered lists

3.7 Applying styles

3.8 Adjusting spacing options in a document

3.9 Adjusting the paragraph alignment of text

Unit 5 - Inserting Graphic Objects

5.1 Inserting symbols and special characters

5.2 Inserting graphics

Unit 6 - Controlling page appearance

6.1 Adding a watermark and page colour to a document

6.2 Adding headers and footers

6.3 Controlling page layout

Unit 4 - Adding tables

4.1 Inserting tables

4.2 Formatting a table

It takes between 4 days and 2 weeks, depending on your speed.

R 150 (incl VAT) for access to The Accelerator Programme for a year

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Unit 7 - Proofing a document

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