Microsoft Word for Beginners

Hours: 16 / Access Length: 5 Weeks / Delivery: Monthly, Mentor Supported
Retail Price: $275.00

Course Overview:

This class will give students a working knowledge of word processing. Students will be able to create, edit, format and print WORD documents that include outlines, tables, styles and sections. Other essential topics including printing, saving and retrieving files are also covered. Students will create WORD documents for evaluation and "hands on" experience. Students will need a basic understanding of Windows to complete this class. Students will need a copy of Office. A 30-day trial version is available.

ATTENTION: This course has a strict start and end date.  When a student enrolls into this course, they will need to work with one of our Training Assessment Managers (TAMs) to choose a start date before they can be enrolled in their course.

Course Outline:

• Students will identify uses of Microsoft Word for business and personal use.
• Students will edit and format text and paragraphs in a Word document.
• Students will format text, paragraphs and themes in a Word document.
• Students will use Microsoft Word to present and manipulate information in columns and tables.
• Students will add graphics, equations and charts to their Word documents.
• Students will use Microsoft Word to create a final project demonstrating what they have learned in this course.

All necessary materials are included.

System Requirements:

• Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 2 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

• Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.