Get Started with Word Processing Applications: Word (Coursera)

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Get Started with Word Processing Applications: Word (Coursera)

Word processing applications are an essential productivity tool for business and education. Understanding how to use word-processing apps can make you a more efficient and valuable worker. In this mini-course, you will learn the essentials of effectively using word processing apps to work with document files. You will learn how to create, save, and edit documents and how to format text to communicate your ideas better.

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This course will teach you how to work with features such as tables, layouts, headers and footers, and templates. It will also explain how to work collaboratively with online documents.
Throughout this short course, you will complete numerous hands-on labs to gain practical experience. Once complete, you will take a graded assessment to demonstrate your knowledge.
Demonstrations use Microsoft Word for the web. The skills learned from Word for the web can be applied to other word processing applications, such as the desktop version of Word, Google Docs, and others.
This course is designed for beginners who want to get started with the basics of word processing applications such as Microsoft Word. It is appropriate for those looking to improve their skills with office productivity software to work more productively. Completion of this course will prepare you to work with word processing applications in an office setting.
This mini-course is one of a series of courses aimed at helping learners become more proficient in using office productivity applications.
This course is part of the SkillUp EdTech Office Productivity Software Specialization.

What you'll learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of word processing apps, and use their basic features, such as opening, saving, sharing, and printing document files.
  • Edit and format text in documents and insert images and shapes into documents in Microsoft Word Online.
  • Enhance your documents in Microsoft Word Online by inserting tables, using layouts, and inserting and formatting headers and footers.
  • Use templates and work collaboratively with others on online documents by using comments and version history in Microsoft Word Online.

Syllabus

Word Processing Application Basics
Module 1
Word processing applications are an essential productivity tool for business and education. Understanding how to use word-processing apps can make you a more efficient and valuable worker. In this module, you will learn the essentials of effectively using word processing apps to work with document files. You will learn how to create, save, and edit documents and how to format text to communicate your ideas better.

Working with Word Processing Applications
Module 2
In this module, you will learn how to work with features such as tables, layouts, headers and footers, and templates. You will also see how to work collaboratively with online documents.

Course Summary & Assessment
Module 3
In this module, you will get a summary of the course and information on the next steps to take, and you will be tested on your knowledge of the topics covered in this course through a graded multiple-choice quiz.

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