Title of the Seminar

The tittle of the seminar is ‘Seminar on Microsoft Word – Basic’

 

Overview

This seminar is a fully-fledged practical seminar that use the Microsoft Word 2016 to give a solid foundation in the basics of Word. The lessons help to learn formatting text with fonts and colours, using bullets and indents, customising the Quick Access Toolbar, inserting pictures and screenshots, setting up page layout for margins and printing. Learning this will help to transform a blank page into a professional looking document.

In completion a ‘Participation Certificate’ will be awarded IT Centre, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.

Target Group

This seminar is designed for school students in age 15 or above, school leavers from GCE Ordinary Level as well as GCE Advanced Level, students from undergraduates as well as postgraduates, business professionals, and workers from government and non-organisation.

Duration and Schedule

3 Hours on Wednesday, from 2pm to 4pm OR Saturday from 9am to 12noon.



Fee Per Participant

Rs 1500 for Students and Rs 2000 for workers/ staff

Medium of Instruction

This seminar is conducted in bilingual languages including English and Tamil. Participants can use both English and/or Tamil in the lecture discussions.

Method of Teaching and Learning

The seminar will be delivered in a combination of lectures, computer laboratory practical sessions, and group works.

Objectives of the seminar

The objective of the seminar is:

  • To provide the basic knowledge of document creation.
  • To provide the practical skill in using the Microsoft Word 2016 software.
  • To produce capable personnel in office applications, to the present job market.

Learning outcomes

After completing this seminar, the participants should be able to:

  • Manage paragraph and Font formatting using Tables, Graphs, Schedules, Images and Graphics.
  • Create and modify tables in order to organize and enhance data.
  • Managing different page setups and layouts.
  • Printing documents.
  • Automate tasks in Word and using Macros.

Course Outline

1.     Word Screen Elements

1.1 The Ribbon and Word Screen

1.2 Quick Access Toolbar

1.3 Navigating the Page

1.4 Your First Document

1.5 Formatting Fonts

1.6 Basic Letter Layout

1.7 Basic Cut, Copy, Paste

2.     Essential Formatting Knowledge – the Home Ribbon

2.1 Styles Gallery

2.2 Format Text with Fonts and Colours

2.3 Format Painter

3.4 Practice with the FONT Group

2.5 Basic Paragraph Formats

2.6 Fun and Functional Paragraph Formats

2.7 Bullets and Numbering

2.8 Indents

2.9 Line Spacing

2.10 The Find/Replace Function

3.     The File Ribbon

3.1 File, New

3.2 File, Recent

3.3 File, Share

3.4 File, Info and Security Considerations

4.     The View Ribbon

4.1 Document Views

4.2 Navigation Pane

4.3 Show and Zoom Controls

4.4 Use Multiple Windows

5.     Intermediate Formatting Knowledge – the Insert Ribbon

5.1 Inserting Page Breaks and Blank Pages

5.2 Add a Cover Page

5.3 Working with Pages

5.4 Creating Tables

5.5 Inserting Pictures and Clip Art

5.6 Online Pics and 3D Models

5.6 Basic Use of Shapes

5.7 Screenshots

5.8 Headers and Footers

5.9 Page Numbers and File Location Notes

5.10 Word Art

5.11 Symbols

6.     Essential Page Layout Ribbon

6.1 Margins

6.2 Paper Orientation and Size

6.3 Using Columns

6.4 Paragraph Spacing

6.5 Printing