Microsoft Word is a word processing program.  Word Processing enables you to quickly type a document, revise it, and then change its appearance.  Word can be used to create letters, memos, proposals, and reports.  Office automation can also be done with Word.  There are a number of versions on the market that people are utilizing.  The most recent version is Word 97, but there is also Word 95 and Word 6.0 that are still common.  The good news is that most of the basics of creating documents have remained consistent no matter what version you are using.

This course will bring you through the basics of creating documents with Word, using Word 97 as the version.
 
Lesson #1 
1.Open Word.  (If you can, open a preexisting document.)
2.Identify what page you are on (Hint:  look on the status bar).
3.Locate the Standard and Formatting Toolbars.
4.Explore the View menu, and notice the difference in the screen between Normal, Page Layout, and Outline Views.
5.Locate the Four View buttons on the lower left corner of your document.

Lesson #2 
1. Start Word.
2. Begin typing a letter.  Do not worry about mistakes or formatting, that is covered in the rest of the lessons.
3. Using the File menu, Save your work.
4. Find a specific location for the file (like your home directory on the network).
5. Highlight the entire document, and change the Font  (any font you wish).
6. With the document still highlighted, change the Font Size to 14.
7. Highlight the headings, and make them Bold and Underlined.

Lesson #3
1. Right Align the date.
2. Change all the line spacing to 1.5 lines
3. Adjust the Top Margin to 2.0"
4. Adjust the Left and Right Margins to 1.0" each
5. Use Print Preview to look at your document.
6. Print 2 copies of your completed document.
7. Open a document.
8. Using the View Menu, try all of the available modes.
9. Note the following:
10. Using the shortcut buttons to the lower-left of your document, try the same views.
Creating Tabs
1. Open MS Word, to a blank document.
2. Setup up tab stops to accommodate a list.
3. Type the list.

Lesson #4
Open or type a paragraph in Word.
Using the menus, Add a Left Indent.
Using the Toolbar, increase the Left Indent.
Using the Toolbar, decrease the Left indent until gone.
Using the ruler, create a first line indent.

Using Bullets:
1.Type a short list.  A "to-do" list is fine.
2.Highlight the list, and add bullets.  You may use the menus or buttons on the toolbar.
3.Click at the end of the list, and press enter.  A new bullet on a blank line should appear.
4.Turn the bullet feature, so the bullet disappears.
5.Choose Format - Bullets and Numbering from the menus.
6.Define a custom bullet, and  click on .
Using numbers:
1.Highlight the same list, and add numbers instead (see example below):
2.Using the menus, customize the numbering sequence, and change the numbers to Roman numerals (see example below):

Lesson #5 
Start MS Word, and decide what type of list you would like to type.
Use the Insert-Table command
Define how many columns and rows you would like to start with.
Start typing the text in the table.
Create a Table, similar to the one above.
Insert a Row at the top of the table.
Merge the cells in the top row to create one large cell.
Enter in a Title:  Change the font and center it.
Using Borders, Add a Grid-like border.
Change the color of the border.
Delete a column.
Starting from scratch, create a mail merge.
Let the Form letter announce they have won the lottery.
Let the Data file consist of fields such as First Name, Last Name, Street, City, State, Zip, Winning dollar value.
Using the Data File, create matching envelopes or labels.
Create an entire sheet of return labels with your name and address.

Lesson #6
Using Tools-Options do the following:
Change your default document location.
Display your paragraph marks only.
Fill in the User Info Tab

Customize your toolbars the following ways:
Display the tables and borders toolbar, using the menus.
Hide the Tables and borders toolbar, using the right mouse button.
Find the button for Increase Font Size, and add it to your Standard Toolbar.
Find the button for Decrease Font Size, and add it to your Standard Toolbar.
Remove the Insert Hyperlink button from the Standard Toolbar.