Microsoft Word 2013 for Administrative Assistants

"Interactive lessons guide you through top to bottom! From Beginner to the Job Market!"

Created by: Therese DonGiovanni O'Neil, M.Ed.
Assistant Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

What Will I Learn?

• 1. Start the Word program
• 2. Pin Word to the taskbar
• 3. Identify parts of the Start Word Screen
• 4. Create a blank document
• 5. Identify parts of the Word Screen and Ribbon
• 6. Describe the functions of the commands on the ribbon
• 7. Set Word options
• 8. Enter text using the Wordwrap feature
• 9. Explain non-printing characters
• 10. Using the insert versus the overtyping mode of entering text
• 11. Differentiate between the AutoFormat command and the AutoFormat As You Type feature
• 12. Inserting a Date with AutoComplete and the ribbon
• 13. Create and use the autocorrect and Math AutoCorrect feature
• 14. Opening an existing document
• 15. Use the commands on the Quick Access Toolbar
• 16. Moving around the document using the keyboard and mouse
• 17. Use the mouse and keyboard to select text
• 18. Use the copy/cut/paste and paste special feature
• 19. Use the Office Clipboard, the undo, redo, and repeat buttons
• 20. Explore Fonts and the Font Dialog box
• 21. Insert Symbols
• 22. Use the Format Painter
• 23. Define and apply Character Formatting
• 24. Define Word Paragraphs and Paragraph Formatting
• 25. Describe the four different ways to align text
• 26. Set indents
• 27. Adjust line spacing
• 28. Create bullets and numbering lists
• 29. Apply borders
• 30. Set all variations of tabs
• 31. Change paragraph spacing
• 32. Set the widow/orphan protection feature on
• 33. Sort a paragraph
• 34. Use the hyphenation feature
• 35. Set margins and orientation
• 36. Create columns
• 37. Use Outline view
• 38. Send to Microsoft PowerPoint command
• 39. Create and modify tables with formulas
• 40. Create manual page breaks
• 41. Use section and column breaks
• 42. Use the spell check and Define tool
• 43. Use the Grammar check., thesaurus and translation features
• 44. Use the find and replace tool
• 45. Generate a Table of Contents
• 46. Insert footnotes and endnotes
• 47. Compare the various versions of bibliography styles
• 48. Create an APA style citation and insert a bibliography
• 49. Distinguish between styles and themes
• 50. Use SmartArt, Shapes and Symbols
• 51. Create WordArt
• 52. Add drop caps
• 53. Add pictures to a document
• 54. Use the Wrap Text feature to format pictures
• 55. Use the Nudging feature
• 56. Resize, rotate and crop a picture
• 57. Snap a screenshot
• 58. Insert online video
• 59. Insert Textbox
• 60. Insert Hyperlinks
• 61. Insert a Watermark
• 62. Create Equations
• 63. Create and use an AutoText Entry from the Quick Parts menu
• 64. Use the Insert Object Command
• 65. Create headers and footers and page numbers
• 66. Work with templates
• 67. Printing Envelopes and Labels
• 68. Assemble a data source and Merge Document
• 69. Use the Word Merge tool in Microsoft Access
• 70. Merge Word with Access

Requirements

• Knowledge of Conventions of how to use Microsoft Windows (mouse, keyboard)
• If working interactively, must have installed Microsoft Word 2013

Target audience

• Administrative Assistants
• Anyone seeking employment in any office
• No prior knowledge of word processing necessary