Word 2016 Essential Training

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started with Word 2016

• Launching Word and touring the interface
• Opening, closing, and reading documents
• Using the Tell Me assistant
• Creating new documents
• Saving documents
• Opening and editing PDF documents
• Printing your documents

2. Editing Text

• Inserting new text
• Selecting text with the mouse or keyboard
• Rearranging text with Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Finding and replacing text
• Undoing and redoing actions

3. Formatting Text

• Introduction to fonts
• Changing font formatting
• Changing text case
• Adding pizzazz with special text effects

4. Using Paragraph Formatting

• Changing paragraph alignment and justification
• Adjusting line spacing
• Keeping text together across page breaks
• Applying paragraph shading and borders
• Using tab stops and indents

5. Formatting Pages

• Changing page size, margins, and orientation
• Using headers, footers, and page numbering
• Organizing a document with sections
• Adding page backgrounds, borders, and watermarks

6. Formatting Efficiently with Styles and Themes

• Applying themes and Quick Styles to a document
• Creating styles and Quick Styles
• Using the Navigation pane with heading styles
• Creating your own themes and style sets
• Restricting formatting to a selection of styles

7. Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists

• Creating bulleted and numbered lists
• Editing and formatting lists
• Creating a multilevel list with styles

8. Working with Columns and Tables

• Putting text into columns
• Creating new tables from scratch
• Converting existing text to a table
• Formatting table appearance
• Adding and removing columns and rows
• Merging, splitting, and sizing cells
• Sorting data in a table
• Converting a table to text
• Inserting an Excel table

9. Illustrating Your Documents

• Illustrating with pictures and shapes
• Positioning, rotating, and sizing pictures
• Wrapping text around graphics
• Using a table to organize text and graphics
• Applying special effects to graphics
• Adjusting photos in a document
• Illustrating with WordArt
• Inserting a data chart
• Diagramming with SmartArt
• Inserting screenshots
• Inserting online video into a document

10. Using Macros and Building Blocks

• Creating and running a macro
• Editing a macro
• Using building blocks
• Creating and saving Quick Parts

11. Proofing Your Documents

• Setting proofing and autocorrect options
• Checking spelling and grammar
• Using the thesaurus, research, and translation tools

12. Sharing Documents with Others

• Getting documents ready for sharing
• Sending documents via email
• Password protecting a document
• Saving and collaborating on documents in the cloud
• Changing permissions and access to files

13. Reviewing Documents with Others

• Inserting and reviewing comments
• Tracking changes and showing markup
• Accepting or rejecting changes
• Comparing and combining documents

14. Customizing Word

• Changing Word default settings
• Customizing the Ribbon
• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

Conclusion

• Next steps