Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010

About This Course

Master the basics of the word processor PC Magazine ranked as one of the “strongest and most intelligent programs ever written.” In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to add, move through, and edit text; move words from one part of your document to another; work on two or more documents simultaneously; change the size or appearance of text; change margins and tab settings; automatically center, right align, justify, and indent text; run the integrated grammar and spelling checker; use the thesaurus; and save, retrieve, copy, organize, and print your documents. By the time you’re done with the step-by-step lessons and hands-on activities in this course, you’ll be able to use Word confidently at home or on the job.

About The Instructor

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor for this course will be Wallace Wang.

Wallace Wang is the author of more than 40 computer books including Microsoft Office 2010 For Dummies. In addition to writing computer books, he has co-authored Breaking Into Acting for Dummies and has ghostwritten several books about investing in real estate, day trading stocks, and becoming an entrepreneur. His past jobs have included teaching computer science courses at the University of Zimbabwe, performing stand-up comedy, and appearing on a weekly radio show.

Syllabus

A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.

Week 1

Wednesday - Lesson 01

Intro to Word; Typing a Word Document

Friday - Lesson 02

Document Navigation

Week 2

Wednesday - Lesson 03

Basic File Management

Friday - Lesson 04

Editing Documents; Cutting and Pasting

Week 3

Wednesday - Lesson 05

Working With Multiple Documents

Friday - Lesson 06

Text Formatting and Alignment

Week 4

Wednesday - Lesson 07

Printing

Friday - Lesson 08

Margins, Tabs, and Page Numbering

Week 5

Wednesday - Lesson 09

Indentation and Paragraph Formatting

Friday - Lesson 10

Language Tools

Week 6

Wednesday - Lesson 11

Customizing Word

Friday - Lesson 12

Advanced File Management

Requirements

Microsoft Windows 7 or Vista or XP, Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student or Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Business or Microsoft Office 2010 Professional; Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader). A free 60-day trial version of Office 2010 may be available at http://www2.buyoffice.microsoft.com/usa/?torb=4&WT.mc_id=ODC_ENUS_GenTry_Control.

This course is not suitable for Macintosh users.

Note: "Starter Version" and "Web App" versions of Microsoft Word 2010 will not work with the full version of Word taught in this course.