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Word: The Basics (IT Training)

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About the Course

Using this course, you will create and format documents, utilize styles, insert images and lists, work with headers and footers, and create a PDF. The course also covers document accessibility and how to organize information using tabs, sorting, and tables.

Learning Objectives

  • Format text
  • Format a document
  • Utilize basic tabs
  • Insert headers & footers
  • Work with bulleted and numbered lists
  • Create tables
  • Check for accessibility issues
  • Work with spelling and grammar check
  • Save as a PDF
  • Print a documents

Prerequisite Skills

  • Perform basic actions with the keyboard and mouse
  • Work with windows, menus, dialog boxes, and the Ribbon

Meet the Instructor

This course is created and maintained by IT Training, a department of University Information Technology Services of Indiana University (IU). IT Training provides educational opportunities around technologies and software made available by IU. In an effort to expand the reach of IT Training's award-winning, high-quality content, this online series has been available to members of the IU community—and beyond. We hope you enjoy this learning experience.


Length: 2-4 hours

Department: 
  UITS IT Training

Credit: 0

Audience: Public


This course is part of a UITS IT Training Certificate Series. Get a 10% discount on the combined cost of all courses in this series when you enroll in the full series at one time. Learn more about the series and how to enroll.