{"id":415,"date":"2019-01-27T14:04:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2025-04-26T06:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T06:52:31","slug":"ms-word","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/find-the-right-course\/microsoft-office-courses\/ms-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft  Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Microsoft Word<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/69px-Microsoft_Office_Word_2018\u2013present.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will learn how to create and amend a range of documents that can be used for both personal and business purposes.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"clear: both;\">Course Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the most important features of Microsoft Word, to reinforce what you already know about using a computer and to build your confidence. \u00a0By the end of the course you should be able to produce clear, attractive documents that other people will want to read.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On this course you will learn:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>how to work with a wide variety of types of document \u2013 such as letters, notices, menus, agendas, minutes, reports, flyers and even poems<\/li>\n<li>about the most frequently used features in Word, including:<\/li>\n<li>about text: different types of font, copying and moving text, spelling checks, finding and replacing text<\/li>\n<li>about other components of a document: lists with bullet points, numbered lists, tables, pictures<\/li>\n<li>about page layout: page shape, margins, alignment of text on the page, columns, headers and footers, page numbering, page backgrounds, starting new pages<\/li>\n<li>about files: creating new files, saving files, opening existing files, printing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A workbook is provided containing exercises to give hands-<wbr \/>on experience and general information. This is yours to keep.<\/p>\n<h2>Course Structure<\/h2>\n<p>Six weeks x2 hours<\/p>\n<p>There will be six sessions and they are described\u00a0 in more depth below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 1: Working with text<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Fonts (typefaces), Font sizes and Font colours<\/li>\n<li>Bold text, underlining and italics<\/li>\n<li>Deleting, Moving and Copying text<\/li>\n<li>Saving and Printing documents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 2: The layout of the page<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Aligning text with the left, right or middle of the page<\/li>\n<li>Shape of the page (\u2018portrait\u2019 or \u2018landscape\u2019, margins)<\/li>\n<li>Introducing images \/ pictures into documents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 3: Lists, columns and spelling<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Lists using Bullet Points and Numbered lists<\/li>\n<li>Spelling checks<\/li>\n<li>Putting text in Columns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 4: Headers footers and backgrounds<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the top and bottom margins for headers and footers<\/li>\n<li>Page Numbering<\/li>\n<li>Page Borders, Backgrounds and Watermarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 5: Creating tables in documents<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Rows and Columns in Tables (Adding, Deleting, adjusting Size)<\/li>\n<li>Formatting Tables (Borders, Shading)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 6: Finding words in documents<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding (and Replacing) words and phrases in documents<\/li>\n<li>Controlling where New Pages start<\/li>\n<li>Revision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You should have attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/beginners.html\">Starting off with Windows<\/a> course and are confident using mouse and keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/find-the-right-course\/microsoft-office-courses\/further-word\/\">Further Word<\/a> course will give you more confidence in using Word and delve deeper into the into its capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Word You will learn how to create and amend a range of documents that <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/find-the-right-course\/microsoft-office-courses\/ms-word\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1894,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5140,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions\/5140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk\/computer-friendly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}