Online Class: MS Word 2013

Dive into MS Word 2013 with step-by-step guidance, from user-friendly basics to sophisticated techniques, empowering you to maximize efficiency in document design and professional output.
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  • 24
    Lessons
  • 21
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 8
    Hours
    average time
  • 0.8
    CEUs
 
 
 

Course Description

Microsoft Word 2013 is the latest version of the popular word processing software offered as part of Microsoft's Office package. If you've used Word 2007 or 2010, you'll find 2013 to be an upgrade with a lot of improvements that enhance the user experience. However, if you're new to Word or used older versions in the past, Word 2013 will be a welcome change to your past experiences with word processing programs. You'll be impressed at all it can do.

This course is designed to teach the new and experienced user alike how to use the many features of MS Word 2013 to create documents, publications, and complete tasks that require the use of a word processor. You'll start out learning the very basics of Microsoft Word 2013 using instructions and screenshots, then progress into intermediate and advanced features and techniques so that you can get the most out of the popular program.

In this course, you'll learn:

·    How to navigate the Word 2013 interface

·    What's new in Word 2013

·    How to open new documents and existing documents

·    How to use templates

·    Basic and advanced text, paragraph, and document formatting

·    How to use Microsoft Word for desktop publishing

·    How to create brochures, flyers, and even business cards using MS Word

·    How to install apps to use with Word

·    How to insert images, graphics, and video

·    How to connect MS Word to Facebook and Flickr!

·    How to use MS Word as a photo editor

·    How to create an index, bibliography, or TOC using Word

·    How to create even more impressive tables than ever before using new formatting tools

·    How to solve mathematical equations using Word

·    And much more!

If you've already taken a peek at Word 2013, then you know how much this program offers.   This course was designed to teach you to use its abundant features like a pro. 

This course was designed to teach you skills you'll need to successfully use Word 2013. Each lesson contains step-by-step instructions and explanations to show you how to use the features, then walks you through so you can see how everything is done. You don't need previous experience with Word to be able to complete this course. This course will start with basic skills, then move forward to more advanced features and techniques.

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Course Lessons

Lesson 1. Boost Your Productivity: Advanced Techniques in Microsoft Word 2013

Microsoft Word 2013 introduces templates and a new Design tab to streamline document creation, crucial for time-saving and maintaining cohesive aesthetics across projects. Its upgraded Ribbon and start screen aim to ease the navigation and amplify user productivity. 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 1 Video
  • Lesson discussions: Reasons for Taking this Course
  • Complete Assignment: An Introduction
  • Assessment: Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2. Explore, Empower, Excel: Your Journey with Microsoft Word

Mastering document skills in Word 2013 enhances productivity and organization, paving the way for tackling complex tasks with confidence. From opening to saving, each feature streamlines your workflow, ensuring your creations are preserved and accessible. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 2 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3. Word Document Navigation Simplified

Mastering Word document navigation enhances productivity through features like the Vertical Scroll Bar, enabling seamless movement. Efficient use of keyboard shortcuts and the Go To command saves time during substantial revisions. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 3 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4. Journey Through Microsoft Word 2013: Text Editing Unveiled

Advanced features in Word 2013, like track changes and document maps, broaden text editing potential, enhancing individual and team productivity. They offer a platform for seamless revision control and navigational ease, promoting clarity and collaborative success. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 4 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 4 Exam

Lesson 5. Discover the Art of Text Formatting to Enhance Your Documents

Organize your content with structured layouts, using lists for clarity and engagement. By implementing ordered or unordered lists, your documents become more organized, making complex information readily digestible for your readers. 7 Total Points
  • Lesson 5 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 5 Exam

Lesson 6. Word 2013 Mastery: Elevate Your Document Presentation

Beyond basic formatting, Word 2013 offers features like indentation, lists, and style applications, which can significantly elevate a document's professionalism. These tools promote organized, compelling content that effectively communicates the user's message. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 6 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 6 Exam

Lesson 7. Beyond Bold: Enhancing Your Documents with Text Effects and Themes

Master the art of text presentation with Microsoft Word, transforming basic documents into vivid expressions with creative formatting tools. From text effects to lists and themes, discover how to make your words leap from the page effortlessly. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 7 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 7 Exam

Lesson 8. Unlocking the Full Potential of Microsoft Word Formatting

Discover the transformative effects of Microsoft Word by mastering powerful formatting tools that enhance readability and professional appeal. Learn how themes and document layout choices contribute to creating impressively consistent and visually appealing presentations. 0 Total Points

Lesson 9. Elevate Your Word Game with Professional Style Formatting

By adopting Microsoft Word’s style features, document creators harness a robust toolset to impose consistency, save time, and project a professional image across all written material. Whether working on academic papers or corporate documents, an understanding of styles enhances both readability and visual appeal. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 9 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 8 Exam

Lesson 10. Page Formatting: Design Techniques for Word Mastery

The choice between portrait and landscape orientations in Word 2013 affects how content is displayed, catering to different document types. Customizing layouts with columns and breaks ensures information is conveyed clearly, guiding reader navigation smoothly. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 10 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 9 Exam

Lesson 11. Mastering Word Templates and Themes: Creating Professional Documents Effortlessly

The fusion of templates and themes in Word functions as a digital ally, ensuring all documents adhere to a user's distinct stylistic preferences, thus promoting professionalism and creativity. By leveraging these tools, mundane tasks transform into innovative endeavors, making communication more effective and visually appealing. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 11 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 10 Exam

Lesson 12. Infusing Your Documents with Visual Magic: A Guide to Graphics in Word 2013

Word 2013 offers tools to improve the visual appeal and professionalism of documents by including features like image cropping, artistic effects, and layering. Leverage these capabilities to make your content more engaging and accessible to your audience. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 12 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 13. Table Mastery: A Guide to Order and Insight

Tables elevate data management and visualization into an art form, ensuring that information is comprehensively organized and easily interpreted across diverse fields. From academia to business, mastering table creation fuels critical analysis by transforming chaotic details into structured insights. 9 Total Points
  • Lesson 13 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 14. Explore Your Creativity: Word as a Design Tool

With desktop publishing in Word 2013, the power to innovate in design and presentation lies in user-friendly tools, offering seamless implementation of grids, text effects, and more. Aim not only to inform but to inspire by crafting print materials that combine practicality with aesthetic allure. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 14 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 13 Exam

Lesson 15. The Art of Structured Writing: Breathing Life into Your Documents

Utilizing headings and collapsible features in Microsoft Word, writers can transform their documents into interactive experiences that enhance readability and engagement. This organizational hierarchy complements a richly detailed ToC that evolves with every thoughtful edit. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 15 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 14 Exam

Lesson 16. Efficiently Crafting Complete Documents

An index in a technical document allows swift navigation, elevating its utility for users searching for specific topics. Microsoft Word enables easy index creation by marking desired entries and compiling them into a user-friendly guide at the document's end. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 16 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 15 Exam

Lesson 17. Efficiently Navigating Extensive Texts

Effective management and navigation of extensive documents are achieved through strategic division and use of digital tools like MS Word’s Master Document feature. Mastery over document properties and Table of Contents creation ensures efficient editing and seamless reader navigation. 0 Total Points

Lesson 18. Document Mastery: Leveraging Microsoft Word for Professional Publishing

Utilizing Microsoft Word's tools like Spell Check, users can refine their work with ease, correcting spelling, grammar, and context-related errors to ensure perfection. For specialized content, Word's customizable dictionary and Thesaurus allow specific jargon inclusion and varied vocabulary usage, making documents both precise and vibrant. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 18 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 17 Exam

Lesson 19. Transforming Ideas into Structured Technical Masterpieces

In technical documentation, tools like bibliography generation and index creation in Microsoft Word aid in efficient information management and enhance reader accessibility. These features transform documentation into precise, reader-friendly narratives that support professional communication. 0 Total Points

Lesson 20. Mail Merge Made Simple

In an era where personalized communication is key, Mail Merge offers businesses a seamless way to customize documents for each recipient, making every interaction count. It enables the fusion of standard document templates with unique data entries, such as customer names and addresses, thus exponentially reducing time and errors in mass mailing tasks. 9 Total Points
  • Lesson 20 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 16 Exam

Lesson 21. Mastering the Art of Personalizing Microsoft Word

Tailored to boost efficiency, customizing Microsoft Word involves strategic adjustments to the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar, which optimize tool visibility and usage. This personalization process ensures that necessary commands and information are at one's fingertips, significantly improving workflow. 51 Total Points
  • Lesson 21 Video
  • Lesson discussions: End of Course Poll; Course Comments; Course Comments
  • Assessment: Lesson 19 Exam
  • Assessment: The Final Exam

Lesson 22. Streamlining Your Editing Process in MS Word

Tailoring Word's proofing settings enables seamless editing of multilingual texts, crucial for professionals who draft content in multiple languages. Features like integrated dictionaries and thesaurus enhance vocabulary precision, offering writers creative versatility and linguistic accuracy. 0 Total Points

Lesson 23. Harnessing Microsoft Word's Advanced Document Tools

Document comparison in MS Word helps verify revisions effortlessly, while merging functions consolidate documents into a seamless whole. These features are indispensable for collaborative environments, ensuring continuity and accuracy. 8 Total Points
  • Lesson 23 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 18 Exam

Lesson 24. Tailor Your Microsoft Word Experience: Mastering Customization

The guide to mastering Word personalization highlights its powerful features, helping users adjust interface elements like the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar to optimize productivity. Customizing document properties and visual aesthetics not only transforms Word into a personalized tool but also elevates overall user satisfaction. 0 Total Points
225
Total Course Points
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Describe what Microsoft Word 2013 is and how it is useful in both your personal and professional life.
  • Demonstration MS Word navigation, text editing, text formatting, paragraph formatting, and page formatting.
  • Demonstrate template usage in Microsoft Word.
  • Demonstrate working with graphics and pictures.
  • Demonstrate using tables in MS Word.
  • Demonstrate using Word for desktop publishing, creating and managing long documents, and technical documents.
  • Demonstrate mail merge on Word 2013.
  • Demonstrate using the MS Word features of proofing, printing, and publishing.
  • Demonstrate comparing, merging, and protecting documents.
  • Demonstrate customizing and expanding Word to make you more efficient at word processing.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

Student Testimonials

  • "I enjoyed this course very much and I am now taking a second one." -- Robyn k C.
  • "My instructor was very helpful and nice. It was all very helpful." -- Donna J.
  • "VERY QUICK TO MARK MY WORK WHICH IS ENCOURAGING!" -- CAROLE C.
  • "This is a great course. I had just purchased Windows 8 with Word 2013. This course made my purchase MUCH more valuable. Thank you!" -- Gordon E.
  • "What was most helpful was learning basic text editing, Text, Paragraph, Styles, and Page Formatting, Word Graphics, Desktop Publishing, and Mail Merge." -- Vicki L.
  • "The lessons on macros, mail merge, and options for long documents were most helpful for me" -- Jessica P.
  • "What was great was learning in depth how to do things like creating a flyer." -- Jane T.

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