401-page Word 2003 Training Manual Free Downloads—pdf from Purdue University—online office course

This is a comprehensive 401-page Word 2003 Training Manual, hosted by Purdue University. This Word training document will teach and show you how to do the basics along with many intermediate and advanced tasks in Word. It contains 13 chapters, each with lessons that teach a new Word feature by using step-by-step directions, illustrations, and exercises for applying what is being taught. A review is included at the end of each chapter to help you remember what you've learned. This review contains a review of the topics covered in the chapter’s lessons, a quiz to see how much you’ve learned, and a homework assignment where you can put your new skills into practice. This Word training manual is 12.1mb in size and is in pdf format. Purdue also makes available for dowload this Word Document Collaboration Tutorial (8 pages, 161kb, doc format) and this illustrated Word 2003 Quick Reference (2 pages, 155kb, pdf format).


Table of Contents of Word 2003 Training Manual:

Chapter One: The Fundamentals
- Using Menus and Toolbars
- Creating a New Document
- Filling Out Dialog Boxes
- Keystroke and Right Mouse Button Shortcuts
- Closing a Document, Creating a New Document, and Entering Text
- Selecting, Replacing, Inserting, Deleting Text
- Opening and Saving a Document
- Saving a Document
- Printing and Previewing a Document

Chapter Two: Working with and Editing Text
- Saving a Document with a Different Name
- Working with Multiple Documents and Windows
- Copying and Pasting Text and Comparing Documents Side by Side
- Moving and Copying Text with Drag and Drop
- Finding and Replacing Text
- Spelling and Grammar
- Thesaurus, Word Count, and Research Pane
- Using Undo, Redo and Repeat
- Recovering Your Documents

Chapter Three: Formatting Characters and Paragraphs
- Formatting Characters Using the Toolbar
- Using the Font Dialog Box
- Changing Paragraph Alignment
- Indenting Paragraphs
- Adjusting and Removing Tabs, and Using the Tabs Dialog Box
- Formatting Paragraph Line Spacing
- Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- Adding Borders, Shading and Patterns to Paragraphs

Chapter Four: Formatting Pages
- Adjusting Margins
- Creating Headers and Footers
- Changing the Paper Orientation and Size
- Previewing a Document
- Controlling Where the Page Breaks
- Working with Section Breaks and Multiple Page Formats
- Creating and Working with Envelopes
- Working with Text in Multiple Columns

Chapter Five: Working with Tables
- Creating and Working with Tables
- Adjusting Column Width and Row Height
- Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
- Adding Borders, Shading, and Patterns to a Table
- Using AutoFormat
- Sorting Information in a Table
- Using the Draw Table and Eraser Buttons
- Merging and Splitting Cells
- Orienting, Aligning, and Spacing Cell Contents

Chapter Six: Working with Templates and Styles
- Working with a Document Template
- Working with Paragraph and Styles
- Attaching a Different Template to a Document
- Copying Styles Between Documents and Templates

Chapter Seven: Drawing and Working with Graphics
- Adding, Working with, and Formatting Text Boxes
- Selecting, Resizing, Moving, and Deleting Objects
- Inserting Clipart
- Inserting and Formatting Pictures
- Positioning, Aligning and Grouping Objects
- Drawing AutoShapes
- Flipping and Rotating Objects
- Applying Shadows and -D Effects

Chapter Eight: Performing a Mail Merge
- An Overview of the Mail Merge Process
- Selecting the Document Type, Starting Document, and Recipient
- Writing Your Letter and Previewing a Mail Merge
- Creating and Working with Labels
- Using IF… THEN… ELSE Fields

Chapter Nine: Document Collaboration
- Accepting and Rejecting Revisions
- Inserting Comments
- Comparing and Merging Documents
- Password-Protecting a Document

Chapter Ten: Working with Outlines and Long Documents
- Viewing and Modifying an Outline
- Adding Bookmarks, Footnotes and Endnotes
- Adding Cross-References
- Creating a Table of Contents and an Index
- Working with Master Documents

Chapter Eleven: Working with WordArt and Charts
- Inserting and Formatting a WordArt Object
- Creating and Modifying a Chart

Chapter Twelve: Working with Forms
- Creating a New Form
- Using Text, Check Box, and Drop-down Fields
- Performing Calculations in a Form Field
- Preparing and Filling Out an Online Form
- Working with Multiple Sections in Forms

Chapter Thirteen: Creating Web Pages with Word
- Creating and Saving a Web Page
- Converting a Word Document to a Web Page
- Adding and Working with Hyperlinks
- Applying a Theme to a Web Page
- Working with Frames