This lesson will teach you how to open, switch between, and view multiple documents. Most people use Word to view and edit a single document at a time, but Word actually lets you open and view two or more documents at the same time. The easiest way to edit text is to delete it, but a more sophisticated way to edit text is to copy text and paste a duplicate of that text in another location. You will also learn how to rename, copy, and even delete any files you have created, so you will always be in complete control of all the files you create.Īfter you've typed some text in a Word document, you may need to edit that text. In this lesson, you will learn how to save the documents you create in Word. By knowing the pros and cons of navigating through a document with the keyboard and mouse, you can use both to help you work faster in Word. This lesson introduces the basics of moving the insertion point and deleting text.

The whole purpose of Word is to let you create and edit text. In this introductory lesson, you will learn how to use the different parts of Word 2016's user interface, how to look at your document from different types of views, how to zoom in and out to magnify or shrink your text, and how to change the margins of individual paragraphs. By the time you're done with the step-by-step lessons and hands-on activities in this course, you will be able to use Word confidently at home or on the job. You will also explore the program's thesaurus feature, which can help you find exactly the right word. If you need to type foreign language characters or symbols, you can do that in Word too.īy using Word's spell and grammar checker, you can catch typos and grammatical mistakes before you print or share your document with others. You will learn dozens of ways to modify the appearance and content of your documents by adjusting page margins, paragraph tab settings, and line spacing to create great-looking documents quickly and easily. You will also see how to save, retrieve, copy, organize, and print your documents. Through hands-on instructions, you will learn how to add and edit text move words from one part of your document to another work on two or more documents simultaneously and format your text. In this course, you will gain the foundational skills you need to make the most of this powerful program. One of the most basic skills needed in any job is writing reports and letters using Microsoft Word 2016, now available through Office 365.

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