# Microsoft Word Level I

Canonical URL: <https://www.creativelive.com/classes/beginner-microsoft-word>

## Overview

Learn the everyday Microsoft Word functions used across professional environments. Word offers a range of features and tools, including templates, grammar and spell check, and collaboration tools that make it easy to create professional documents and work with others. Because Word is widely used in both personal and professional settings, building proficiency in it is a valuable skill for improving productivity across a variety of tasks.

In this one-day course, you'll learn essential Word shortcuts and techniques, including:

- How to prepare and send mass emails, letters, and labels with a single click.
- How to eliminate formatting issues with bullets and page numbers.
- How to use shortcuts that save hours on daily tasks and optimize your time in Microsoft Word.

No prior experience with Word is required. This course is designed for beginners.

## What you'll learn

- Navigating through documents
- How to format documents
- Working with text and paragraphs
- Tables in Word
- Lists
- Endnotes, footnotes, and citations
- Adding images to 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

## Schedule
- Jun 17, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 20, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 23, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 14, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 9, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249