Getting Started With Word 97 (Windows 95)

Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin using Word 97.

Prerequisites

Windows 95: Introduction or equivalent knowledge

Target Student

Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer (PC). No prior knowledge of Word is assumed.

What's Next

Getting Started with Word 97 (Windows 95) is the pared-down version of the first course in the Word 97 series. Word 97: Level 1 (Windows 95), the first full day course in this series, teaches students more about how to use basic skills in Word 97. Word 97: Level 2 (Windows 95), the second course in this series, teaches students how to use intermediate features of Word 97. Students who want to learn advanced features can take Word 97: Advanced (Windows 95). .

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Understand the basic concepts of word processing in Word 97; open and edit a document.
Navigate through a multiple-page document; select, copy, and move text in a document.
Change the appearance of text by using character and paragraph formatting.
Work with tab stops and tables in a document.
Add and delete page breaks; check a document for potential errors by using
Words proofing tools.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities

Benefits

Students will learn how to create and edit documents and use character and paragraph formatting.

Course duration 0.5 Day(s) Course outline Lesson 1: Word basics

Introduction to Word
The basics of entering text
The File, Save As command
Opening and editing a document

Lesson 2: Navigating in and editing a document

Scrolling in a document
Techniques for selecting text
Moving and copying text

Lesson 3: Character and paragraph formatting

Basic character formatting techniques
Paragraph formatting
Working with indents and numbered lists

Lesson 4: Introduction to tabs and tables

Tabs
Creating a table
Enhancing a table

Lesson 5: Controlling page appearance

Line breaks and line spacing
Page breaks
Using proofing tools
Printing a document

Hardware Requirements/software required to run this course

You will need 8 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM) if you are using Word 97. See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.

In addition, you will need printers if you want to print the documents created in the course.

This course was developed using the Microsoft Office version of Word 97. If you use the standalone version of Word 97, you might notice differences. This book was written using the Windows 95 platform; however, the manufacturers documentation states that it can also be used with Windows NT.