# Word Fundamentals Course Online

Canonical URL: <https://vdci.edu/courses/microsoft-word-fundamentals-course-online>

## Overview

Get comfortable using Microsoft Word for everything from personal projects to professional tasks. This course covers the features you'll rely on most, including templates, spell check, and collaboration tools, along with the shortcuts and techniques that help you create polished documents faster and put common formatting frustrations behind you.

By the time you finish, you'll know how to send mass emails, letters, and labels with a single click and keep things moving with keyboard shortcuts that cut out the busywork. No experience with Word required, so it's a great fit for beginners who want to work more productively from the start.

## What you'll learn

- Navigating and organizing documents
- Formatting and managing text, paragraphs, and entire documents
- Inserting and formatting tables
- Creating and managing lists
- Using endnotes, footnotes, and citations
- Inserting and editing images in Word documents

## Curriculum

#### The Word Interface

- Quick Access Tool Bar
- The Ribbon
- Views
- Zoom Options
- Navigation Pane

#### File Management

- New File
- Save As
- Close a file
- Open a File
- Save

#### Creating a Document

- Using Templates
- Entering Content
- Copy & Paste
- Cut & Paste
- Paste Options

#### Text Formatting (Font Group)

- Bold/Italics/Underline
- Font Color
- Change Case
- Small Caps Effect
- Text Effects

#### Paragraph Formatting (Paragraph Group)

- Alignment
- Indentation
- Non-printing formatting marks
- Shading
- Line Spacing
- Tabs

#### Bulleted and Numbered Lists

- Format Text as a Bulleted List
- Custom Bullets
- Numbered List

#### Using Borders and Shading

- Text Border
- Paragraph Border
- Paragraph Shading
- Horizontal line

#### Find/Replace

- Find
- Replace Text
- Replace Formatting
- Go To
- Applying Quick Styles
- Create a New Style
- Modify a Style

#### Working with Lists

- Sorting a list
- Multi-level Sort

#### Working with Images

- Inserting Pictures from a File
- Picture Color
- Picture Border
- Inserting Pictures from Online Sources
- Artistic Effects
- Picture Effects
- Crop to Shape
- Inserting Pictures from Stock Images
- Picture Styles
- Picture Size
- Picture Position
- Other Graphics

#### Creating a Chart

- Inserting a Chart
- Quick Layout
- Chart Styles

#### Formatting a Chart

- Edit Data
- Change Chart type
- Chart Object outline
- Change the size of the Chart
- Save Chart as Template

#### Working with Tables

- Inserting Tables

#### Table Styles

- Table Style Options

#### Table Layout

- Rows and Columns
- Merge Cells
- AutoFit
- Alignment
- Formulas
- Convert to Text

#### Creating Organizational Pages

- Cover Page
- Insert Blank Pages
- Table of Contents
- Update Table of Contents
- Modify Listing of Table of Contents

#### Using Hyperlinks

- Hyperlink to webpage
- Hyperlink to a place in the document
- Hyperlink to an email address

#### Page Layouts

- Section Breaks
- Margins
- Columns

#### Headers and Footers

- Headers & Footers

#### Page Borders and Colors

- Page Border
- Page Color
- Watermark

#### Reviewing a Document

- Spelling, Grammar, and Writing suggestions
- Word Count
- Thesaurus
- Comments

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249