There is 1 place available on this course.
| Event type: | Meeting |
| Date: | Thursday 5th November 2026 |
| Time: | 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Group: | Technology |
| Venue: | (contact coordinator) |
| Organiser: | |
| Booking: | Note that booking is required. |
This session is entirely devoted to word processing to author well constructed documents, with considered, consistent and appropriate layout. There will also be some hints and tips to speed up input and facilitate quick re-formatting.
Topics for Session 3
- Word Processing
- Word Processing Programs: Notepad, Wordpad. MS Word. LibraOffice Text.
- A Word Processor is Not a Typewriter: Understanding how word processors work. Replace manual labour with computer power.
- Layout: Paragraphs (Enter vs. Shift-Enter). Sentences.
- Styles: The easy way to be efficient and consistent. Creating, updating and applying styles.
- Selecting: Use mouse-clicks to select a word, sentence or paragraph.
- Find/Replace: Quickly change your mind.
- Page Formatting: Size. Margins. Headers and footers. Columns. Watermarks.
- Spell Checking etc.: Font settings. Dictionaries. Thesaurus.
- Text Formatting: Font. Alignment. Indent and spacing. Colours. Font effects.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Learn to use <CTRL> Z, X, C and V.
- Special Characters: Non-breaking space, hyphen etc. Symbols and foreign characters.
- Insertions: Tables. Images. Charts. Links. Page breaks.
- Cross References: Table of Contents. References. Document info.
- Headers and Footers: Header and footer options. Fields.
- Printing: Previewing. Selected pages. 2-sided printing. Booklet printing. Print to PDF.
- What next?: More things you can find out for yourself... Bullets and numbering, columns, forms, mail-merge, templates, and more.