Word 2019 Essentials Training For Beginners

From the first draft to the final polish–learn how to use the full potential of Word 2019.

(KEYBOARD.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-263-2
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About This Course

This Word 2019 for Beginners course takes you on a fun, hands-on journey through every corner of Word 2019. From typing your first line to crafting picture-perfect pages, we’ll cover all the tricks to turn your documents from plain to polished. 

You’ll learn to style text, build tables, manage pages, add eye-catching graphics, and even tackle Mail Merge. 

This Microsoft Word essentials training makes the 2019 product version easy, so make reports, proposals, and much more to exude professionalism. 

Skills You’ll Get

  • Format text, paragraphs, and pages for a polished finish
  • Customize templates and themes to match any style 
  • Organize and structure long documents for readability 
  • Edit and proof documents with built-in spelling and grammar tools 
  • Insert and arrange tables, graphics, and charts 
  • Design custom headers, footers, and page numbers 
  • Implement advanced page layouts, including columns and borders 
  • User Mail Merge to personalize bulk letters and labels 
  • Automate repetitive tasks with Word’s time-saving features 
  • Secure documents with password protection and restricted access
  • Navigate large documents with bookmarks and links 
  • Master shortcuts and tricks for faster, smarter editing

1

Introduction

  • About This Course
  • How to Use This Course
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • What’s Not Here
2

Hello, Word!

  • Start Your Word Day
  • Behold the Word Program
  • End Your Word Day
3

The Typing Lesson

  • Input Devices Galore
  • Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts
  • Stuff That Happens While You Type
4

To and Fro in a Document

  • Document Scrolling
  • Move the Insertion Pointer
  • Return to the Previous Edit
  • Go to Wherever with the Go To Command
5

Text Editing

  • Remove Text You Don’t Want
  • Split and Join Paragraphs
  • Soft and Hard Returns
  • Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste
6

Search for This, Replace It with That

  • Text Happily Found
  • Replace Found Text
7

Blocks o’ Text

  • Meet Mr. Block
  • Mark a Block of Text
  • Manipulate a Block of Text
8

Spell It Write

  • Check Your Spelling
  • AutoCorrect in Action
  • Grammar Be Good
  • All-at-Once Document Proofing
  • Document Proofing Settings
9

Documents New, Saved, and Opened

  • Some Terms to Get Out of the Way
  • Behold! A New Document
  • Save Your Stuff!
  • Open a Document
  • Recover a Draft
10

Publish Your Document

  • Your Document on Paper
  • Electronically Publishing Your Document
11

Character Formatting

  • Text-Formatting Techniques
  • Basic Text Formats
  • Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic
  • More Colorful Text
  • Change Text Case
  • Clear Character Formatting
  • Behold the Font Dialog Box
12

Paragraph Formatting

  • Paragraph-Formatting Rules and Regulations
  • Justification and Alignment
  • Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs
  • Paragraph Indentation Madness
13

Tab Formatting

  • Once Upon a Tab
  • The Standard Left Tab Stop
  • The Center Tab Stop
  • The Right Tab Stop
  • The Decimal Tab
  • The Bar Tab
  • Fearless Leader Tabs
  • Tab Stop, Be Gone!
14

Page Formatting

  • Describe That Page
  • Page Numbering
  • New Pages from Nowhere
  • Page Background Froufrou
15

More Page Formatting

  • Slice Your Document into Sections
  • That First Page
  • Headers and Footers
16

Style Formatting

  • The Big Style Overview
  • Make Your Own Styles
  • Style Tips and Tricks
17

Template and Themes Formatting

  • Instant Documents with Templates
  • Templates of Your Own
  • The Theme of Things
18

Random Drawer Formatting

  • Weird and Fun Text Effects
  • Steal This Format!
  • Automatic Formatting
  • Center a Page, Top to Bottom
19

They’re Called Borders

  • The Basics of Borders
  • The Borders and Shading Dialog Box
  • Stick a thick line between paragraphs
20

Able Tables

  • Put a Table in Your Document
  • Text in Tables
  • Table Modification
21

Columns of Text

  • All about Columns
  • Column Termination
22

Lots of Lists

  • Lists with Bullets and Numbers
  • Document Content Lists
  • Footnotes and Endnotes
23

Here Come the Graphics

  • Graphical Goobers in the Text
  • Image Layout
  • Image Editing
  • Image Arrangement
24

Insert Tab Insanity

  • Characters Foreign and Funky
  • Spice Up a Document with a Text Box
  • Fun with Fields
  • The Date and Time
25

Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats

  • Multiple Document Mania
  • Many, Many Document Types
26

Word for Writers

  • Organize Your Thoughts
  • Large Documents
  • Dan’s Writing Tips
27

Let’s Work This Out

  • Comments on Your Text
  • The Yellow Highlighter
  • Look What They've Done to My Text, Ma
  • Collaborate on the Internet
28

Mail Merge Mania

  • About Mail Merge
  • The Main Document
  • The Recipient List
  • Fold in the Fields
  • Preview the Merged Documents
  • Mail Merge, Ho!
29

Labels and Envelopes

  • Labels Everywhere
  • Instant Envelope
30

A More Custom Word

  • A Better Status Bar
  • The Quick Access Toolbar
  • Customize the Ribbon
31

Ten Cool Tricks

  • Side-to-Side Page Movement
  • Automatic Save with AutoRecover
  • Accelerate the Ribbon
  • Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Build Your Own Fractions
  • Electronic Bookmarks
  • Lock Your Document
  • The Drop Cap
  • Map Your Document
  • Sort Your Text
32

The Ten Commandments of Word

  • Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work
  • Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily
  • Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key
  • Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages
  • Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page
  • Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command
  • Honor Thy Printer
  • Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee
  • Neglecteth Not Windows
33

Ten Bizarre Things

  • Equations
  • Video in Your Document
  • Hidden Text
  • The Developer Tab
  • Hyphenation
  • Document Properties
  • Document Version History
  • Collect-and-Paste
  • Click-and-Type
  • Translations
34

Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation

  • Bye-Bye, Start Screen
  • Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes
  • Turn Off the Mini Toolbar
  • Select Text by Letter
  • Disable Click-and-Type
  • Paste Plain Text Only
  • Disable AutoFormat Features (×4)

1

Hello, Word!

  • Zooming a Document
2

Search for This, Replace It with That

  • Finding and Replacing Text
3

Spell It Write

  • Adding an AutoCorrect Shortcut
4

Documents New, Saved, and Opened

  • Creating and Saving a Document
  • Opening a Document within Another
5

Publish Your Document

  • Creating a PDF Document
  • Exporting a Document
6

Character Formatting

  • Formatting the Text to Bold
  • Changing the Font Style and Font Size
  • Changing the Text Color
7

Paragraph Formatting

  • Showing the Paragraph Marks
  • Indenting the First Line of a Paragraph
8

Tab Formatting

  • Creating a Basic Tabbed List
  • Creating a 2-Tab list
  • Creating a Center Tab Stop
  • Making the Right Tab Stop List
  • Creating a Decimal Tab list
9

Page Formatting

  • Changing the Basic Page Setup
  • Adding a Watermark
  • Adding Color to a Page
10

More Page Formatting

  • Using Section Breaks
  • Inserting a Cover Page
  • Setting the Header and Footer
  • Adding the Date and Time
11

Style Formatting

  • Creating a New Style
  • Changing the Heading Style
12

Template and Themes Formatting

  • Creating a Document Using a Template
  • Creating a Custom Theme
13

They’re Called Borders

  • Adding a Border Around a Paragraph
14

Able Tables

  • Inserting a Table
  • Modifying the Table Design
  • Inserting Rows and Columns
  • Formatting the Table Border
  • Adding a Table Caption
15

Columns of Text

  • Formatting the Text into Columns
  • Changing the Column Format
16

Lots of Lists

  • Creating a Bulleted List
  • Indexing a Document
  • Inserting a Table of Contents Using Marked Entries
  • Modifying and Inserting Footnotes
  • Inserting an Endnote
17

Here Come the Graphics

  • Using WordArt
  • Inserting a Shape
  • Inserting a Picture from a File
18

Insert Tab Insanity

  • Inserting a Symbol
19

Word for Writers

  • Creating a Master Document
20

Let’s Work This Out

  • Adding and Modifying a Comment
  • Using Document Tracking
21

Mail Merge Mania

  • Creating a Mail Merge
  • Using an Existing Recipient List
22

Labels and Envelopes

  • Printing an Address List
23

Ten Cool Tricks

  • Adding a Bookmark
  • Sorting a Block
24

Ten Bizarre Things

  • Translating a Chunk of Text into a Document

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This Word 2019 Essentials course is designed for anyone looking to improve their Word 2019 skills, from beginner to those wanting to brush up on their knowledge.

No prior experience is necessary! Our Word 2019 for Beginners course begins with the basics and gradually introduces more advanced features.

Yes, our keyboarding typing course gives you hands-on experience with Word 2019 to pass the MOS certification exam.

Learn Word 2019 to enhance your productivity, improve document creation skills, and advance your career with professional looking documents.

Yes, this Word 2019 introduction course is beginner-friendly and perfect for students to learn essential document creation skills.

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