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These Word courses will introduce you to the various functions and features that the program has to offer including; Toolbar & Ribbon, Formatting, Editing and Tables. 

The Microsoft Word courses form part of our suite of ICT training courses which includes Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel. 

What qualification will I achieve?

Delegates will receive a college certificate of completion demonstrating that they have completed the relevant training.

How long is the course?

These course can be completed in 10 hours but as a distance learning package you can take as long as you need.
 
What are the entry requirements?

There are no formal entry requirements.  This course is intended for those who are new to Word or who have a limited working knowledge of the application.

How will I learn?

Delegates will progress through a work book and CD and will have access to a tutor via email.

What subjects will I study?

Microsoft Word Novice
The course includes the following;

• Be able to create, name, store and retrieve documents
• Combine information in a document from a variety of sources
• Enter, edit and format text
• Insert images & re-size them
• Enter text into existing tables

Microsoft Word Experienced
The course includes the following;

• Toolbar & Ribbon
• Page Setup: Margins, Tabs, Header & Footer, Page Break, Section Break, Column Break, Page Preview, Zoom
• Editing: Copy, Paste, Cut, Find, Replace, Drag & Drop, Deleting, Highlighting
• Advanced Formatting of Documents: Styles, Bullets, Numbering, Change Case, line Spacing, Indents, Borders, Font, Special Characters
• WordArt, Pictures, Text Box, Clip Art, Shapes
• Tables: Borders, Shading, Column/Row width and height, merge cells, split cells, add/delete rows and columns, sort
• Merge Documents: Mail Merge
• Macros
• Links with Excel: Copy/Paste, Embedded object
• Templates
• Table of contents
• Printing

How will I be assessed?

Through the completion of a range of exercises.

What opportunities will this lead to?

• Microsoft Access – (Novice, Experienced)
• Microsoft Excel – (Novice, Intermediate or Advanced)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• ECDL Essentials
• ECDL Extra
• ECDL Advanced

Are there any additional costs?

There are no additional costs, the quoted fee includes all relevant registration, exam fees and course book(s).

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