Zero To Microsoft® Success™: MS Word 101 is a designed for the adult learner who wants to become more productive by learning the world’s most popular word processing software, Microsoft Word®.
Becoming an effective user of Microsoft Word® can:
- Increase your productivity and enhance your job marketability
- Help you express your creativity and learn other programs
- Create professional reports, letters, books
- Maximize your publishing capacity
MS Word 101: The Base Track (101)
The MS Word 101 Base Track is a state-of-the-art, 4 hr. hands-on, face-to-face workshop packed with learning activities designed to increase the confidence and productivity of its course participants. This workshop focuses on mastering the foundational concepts of Microsoft Word®. Based on a proven, certified course curriculum, course participants will be able to use the Ten Command(ments) of Microsoft Office® to:
- Perform a complete document development cycle
- Navigate the MS Word software interface
- Save, preview and print documents and envelopes
- Carry out key text manipulation functions (move, select delete, find, and replace)
- Modify the format of page margins, paragraph structure, and font settings
- Use Quickstyles to add a professional style and variety to your documents
- Edit documents using Auto Complete, the spelling and grammar checker
Base Track registrants will receive a Base Track Course Notes Pack and a Certificate of Completion. Prerequisites: Familiarity with personal computers, basic mouse skills, some experience using the Internet, and the ability to type into a software program.
MS Word 101: The Pro Track (201)
The Pro Track goes to the next level by adding a second 4 hr. workshop session for a total for a total of 8 hours of face-to-face hand-on learning, plus a 5 day on-line e-learning experience consisting of daily on-line assignments reinforce and expand understanding. Registration includes course text (see below.) The Pro Track goes beyond the Base Track to help participants master the deeper productivity concepts and features of Microsoft Word®. In addition to the Base Track, Pro Track participants will learn how to:
- Fast formatting using Quickstyles
- Make headers and footers
- Create, format, and add tables
- Create magazine like columns
- Add footnotes and endnotes
- Insert and edit graphics
- Create Smart Art graphs
- Perform mail merge
- Use Word Art and Drop caps like a pro
Pro Track Features. Pro Track Registrants receive a Pro Level Course Notes Pack and access to our on-line learning resources including video lectures, drills, projects, and live-chat “office hours” with your on-line instructor. Pro Track Registrants also receive a professional reference text that includes hours of how-to training videos, 100+ exercises, and a license for unlimited use of Microsoft Office 2007 for six months! Prerequisites: Base Track prerequisites plus, regular access to an internet connected computer with MS Word 2007 in order to participate in the on-line training and live-chat sessions.
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