Microsoft Word 2003 Basics
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USING MICROSOFT WORD 2003

• Starting Word using the Windows Start menu
• Closing the Word program using the Close button
• Closing the Word program using a keyboard shortcut
• Opening a document within Word
• Closing a document within Word
• Creating a new document based on the default template
• Creating a memo based on a template
• Creating a fax title page based on a template
• Creating an agenda based on a template
• Creating a new folder in which to save your document
• Saving a document using another name
• Saving a document using a text format
• Saving a document using an earlier Word format version
• Saving a document using the RTF format
• Saving a document as a template
• Saving a file using a software specific file extension
• Opening multiple document files
• Opening a continuous block of document files at the same time
• Secret way of closing all open documents
• Opening a non-continuous block of document files at the same time
• Switching between open documents using the Taskbar
• Switching between open documents using a keyboard shortcut
• Switching between open documents using the Windows menu

CUSTOMIZING MICROSOFT WORD

• Modifying the 'user name' preference options within Word
• Modifying the default folder preference option within Word
• Modifying the save options within Word
• Using Word help to get more information about Save options
• Displaying the Office Assistant Help
• Hiding the Office Assistant
• Using the Office Assistant
• Printing a help topic
• Using the zoom tool
• Displaying or hiding the toolbars

ENTERING TEXT

• Displaying a document using different view modes
• Inserting a word
• Inserting a new paragraph
• Inserting special symbols
• Using AutoCorrect to insert symbols the easy way

SELECTING AND EDITING TEXT

• Displaying non-printing characters
• Selecting a character
• Selecting a word
• Selecting a line
• Selecting a sentence
• Selecting a paragraph
• Selecting all text
• Inserting text
• Modifying existing text
• Removing existing text
• Finding text
• Finding and replace text
• Copying text within a document
• Copying text from one document to another
• Moving text within a document
• Moving text from one document to another
• Deleting a character
• Deleting a word
• Deleting a line
• Deleting a sentence
• Deleting a paragraph
• Deleting a block of text
• Using Undo to reverse your last action
• Repeating an action using Redo

TEXT FORMATTING

• Changing the font size or font type
• Formatting text as bold, italic or underlined
• Applying subscript or superscript formatting
• Applying colors to selected text
• Applying different background colors to selected text
• Changing the text case
• Setting hyphenation options

PARAGRAPH FORMATTING

• Deleting a paragraph
• Creating a paragraph
• Merging paragraphs
• Inserting a soft carriage return (manual line break)
• Removing a soft carriage return (manual line break)
• Recommended techniques when aligning and indenting text
• Aligning text
• Indenting a paragraph from the left
• Indenting a paragraph from the right
• Indenting the first line of a paragraph
• What are 'Tab Stops'?
• Types of tabs
• Setting tabs using the Ruler
• Removing tabs using the Ruler
• Using paragraph spacing rather than using the Enter key
• Modifying paragraph spacing
• Modifying line spacing
• Applying bullets to a list
• Removing bullet formatting from a list
• Adding numbering to a list using the Numbering button
• Removing number formatting from a list
• Applying a different bullet or numbering style to a list
• Adding a border using the Border button
• Adding a Page Border
• Adding shading

STYLES

• Applying character styles
• Applying paragraph styles
• Copying formatting using the Format Painter.

TABLES

• Creating a table using the Insert Table button
• Entering data into a table
• Selecting elements within a table, using the Table drop down menu
• Inserting a column into a table
• Inserting a row into a table
• Deleting a row within a table
• Deleting a column within a table
• Specifying row height
• Specifying column width
• Modifying a cell border line style
• Specifying a border style, width and color.
• Applying shading to cells within a table.

GRAPHICS

• Inserting Clip Art
• Inserting a picture from a picture file
• Inserting a chart into a document
• Inserting an AutoShape
• Selecting a graphic
• Copying a graphic within a document
• Copying a graphic between open documents
• Moving a graphic within a document
• Moving a graphic between open documents
• Resizing a graphic
• Deleting a graphic

MAIL MERGE

• What you need to learn about mail merging
• What is 'Mail Merging'?
• Creating and printing mail merged letters
• Creating and printing mail merged address labels

SETTING UP DOCUMENTS

• Document formatting options
• Setting the paper size
• Setting the page orientation
• Setting margins using the Page Set-up command
• Using page breaks rather than inserting spaces
• Inserting and deleting a hard (manual) page break
• Creating a header or footer
• Modifying a header or footer
• What are Word Fields?
• Using the Header and Footer toolbar.
• Numbering pages

CHECKING AND PRINTING DOCUMENTS

• Spell Checking your documents
• Adding a word to the custom dictionary
• Manually checking your work
• Specifying what to print
• Specifying the number of copies required
• Printing a document.
• Investigating the installed printers
• Printing using the default printer