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Rated 4 out of 5 by DonCoes from Suggestion This was a competently organized course. The emphasis on Word help screens is on the mark. On the presentation side, I think the course could be shortened a little if the chuckles and giggles could be reduced.

Date published: 2022-08-28

Rated 2 out of 5 by So sad about that from Microsoft Word Essentials Well, I had wanted a DVD, but since it was no longer available, I received the other. I have watched one lesson and do not do well with anything other than DVE.

Date published: 2022-03-13

Rated 2 out of 5 by MSDT202506 from Too much bantering, teach the course I bought the course to get familiar with various features in Word not to listen to endless bantering between the 'host' and the teacher. More time could have been spent with teaching the more advanced features. This bantering made the instructor look weak.

Date published: 2022-03-13

Rated 3 out of 5 by Bvanq from Good information, but the instructors could be more serious. All they do is laugh and giggle. Very annoying.

Date published: 2022-03-10

Rated 5 out of 5 by Elsie E from Great information I bought this to brush up on Microsoft Word and it is a great course

Date published: 2022-03-08

Rated 1 out of 5 by iamsgift from The reason i purchased this app was to see how professional these courses would be. I am glad I did it as I would have been very disappointed if I had purchased the whole thing. You obviously have seen the reviews and it is pretty clear this is not a professional course as per the courses I have purchased from you in the past.

Date published: 2022-03-05

Rated 1 out of 5 by Bobkr1234567K from Very poor 75% is nonsensical talk and jokes. The worse course I have purchased. This is a needed course. It is a shame and should be done informationaly.

Date published: 2021-07-26

Rated 1 out of 5 by 1nickname1 from An Embarrassment I'm baffled at the inclusion of this course in the Teaching Company catalog. Not every Great Courses teacher rises to the scholarly and pedagogical level of Professors Starbird, Edwards, Armstrong, Tanton, McWhorter, and Harl, to be sure. And I've known queasy moments with Professor Fears' Greek hoplite war cry and the superfluous and unconvincing stage business that open and close lectures in your otherwise excellent courses on Oceanography and Athenian Democracy. But this course is a shambles. Professors Solomon and Higgins co-present some lectures in their Nietzsche course, but they don't banter. Instructor Smith and her two "Host" interlocutors do, inanely and relentlessly. There is misinformation in virtually every lecture. Some of this comes in what the speakers themselves call digressions, and is harmless. (Showing how to insert an exponent, Instructor Smith gives two-to-the-eighth as 128, and doing the same for diacritical marks mispronounces every one of them---harmless, as I say, but not reassuring as to the important information offered---some of which I do know to be incorrect or misleading.) At some points, Host and Instructor will ask each other a question and be answered "I don't know" (one time, "I don't know that I know that") and they'll just plow ahead. An explanation will be followed by a "demonstration" that doesn't correlate. Usually the presenters don't notice, but in one case they do but say that's fine, that teaches something else. The course concerns Microsoft Word 2016. There is now a later version. The Teaching Company has retired very good courses in Geometry and Algebra II that were taught by blackboard and whiteboard in favor of courses in those subjects with more advanced technology. This course, I'd suggest, is more than due for a replacement.

Date published: 2021-04-25

Trailer

01: Overview

As one of the cornerstones of the Office suite, Word 2016 is a powerful word processor that allows users to create both simple and sophisticated documents. This series explores the essentials to getting started with Word 2016. We begin with basic skills such as navigating a document, selecting text, inputting basic text, and document proofing. The series also explores all aspects of character and paragraph formatting as well as page formatting and layout. While this series is designed for beginner users, it has lots of great tips and tricks experienced users as well. This series is specifically for locally installed Word 2016 on Windows operating system.

7 min

02: Introduction to Word

In this episode, Ronnie and Vonne introduce the Microsoft Word 2016 application. Vonne describes the product’s history, how to purchase and install, as well as her setup of the Word 2016 Essentials show. This provides some background information and context for the upcoming episodes.

20 min

03: Word Basics

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne demonstrate and explain the basic functionality of the Word 2016 application. Here you will learn foundational options like opening/closing the program, opening a new/existing file, minimize/maximize/restore, working with multiple files, save vs. save as, and keyboard layouts.

31 min

04: Word Interface

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explore the Word 2016 interface. They identify items such as the title bar, menu bar, ribbon, contextual tabs, quick access toolbar, status bar, views, zoom, and help. They also demonstrate how to customize the quick access toolbar.

27 min

05: Document Views and Zoom

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne demonstrate the different document views and zoom options available in Word 2016. Here you will see how to work with the read mode, web layout, outline, draft, and print layout views. They also cover single and multi-page view, the ruler, and zoom functions.

22 min

06: Navigate a Document

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne illustrate one of the core Microsoft Word 2016 foundations – navigating a document. They explain the different mouse cursor icons that you'll encounter, show keyboard navigation shortcuts, explore the navigation pane, and discuss status bar options.

23 min

07: Select Text

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explore the many ways that you can select text in Word 2016. Vonne demonstrates selecting text using both the mouse and keyboard to select words, paragraphs, ranges, and the entire document.

18 min

08: Input Text and Special Characters

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne demonstrate how to input text and explain special characters in Word 2016. They talk about adding basic text like letters, numbers, and symbols like \*/%/@. They also explain the difference between backspace and delete, paragraphs and line-breaks, and tabs. Finally, they explain the show non-printing characters button’s function and dive into some history about different character sets.

31 min

09: AutoCorrect Options

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne take a look at our well-intentioned friend known as AutoCorrect found in Word 2016. Watch as they show you AutoCorrect features like automatic formatting of lists, bullets, URLs, ordinals and fractions. They also demonstrate how Word fixes capitalization, common spelling mistakes, and a variety of other items.

25 min

10: Cut, Copy, and Paste

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne introduce you to the revered options of cut, copy, and paste in Word 2016. They will explain the difference between cut and copy, cut/copy from within the same document, copying from websites, and copying from PDFs and other file types. They will also discuss the different paste options for matching source, matching destination, and other options that arise from specific content.

21 min

11: Find and Replace

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne continue with Word 2016 Essentials by exploring the find and replace functionality. They show you how to find desired text, the find dialog-box options, replace found text with desired text, replace formatting, and replacing special/non-printing characters.

25 min

12: Proof and Print

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explain proof and print functions. They cover topics such as spelling and grammar correction, readability options, thesaurus, and Smart Lookup. They also explain the different options for printing and introduce page setup functionality.

28 min

13: Character Formatting

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explore character formatting in Microsoft Word 2016. Specific topics covered here include: defining character formatting, fonts, typographical emphasis, change case, superscripts and subscripts, highlighter, font color, letter spacing, and clear formatting.

35 min

14: Paragraph Formatting

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explore paragraph formatting in Microsoft Word 2016. Specific topics covered here include: paragraph alignment/justification, line and paragraph spacing, normal paragraph style, indents, borders and shading, drop caps, and hyphenation.

32 min

15: Format Painter

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne demonstrate the format painter that copies formatting from one selection to another.

12 min

16: Lists

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explore working with lists in Microsoft Word 2016. Specific topics covered here include: bulleted lists, format bullet characters, size, color, and spacing, numbered lists, multi-level lists, continue numbering, and remove or stop lists.

24 min

17: Tabs

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne explore working with tabs in Microsoft Word 2016. They demonstrate how tabs work by default in Word, then how to add, remove, move, and format tab stops.

31 min

18: Styles: Introduction

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne introduce working with styles in Microsoft Word 2016. They discuss the importance of using styles, identify types of default styles including the normal paragraph style, indicate style overrides and created styles, and show the location of different style panes for more options.

24 min

19: Styles: Apply

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne continue to explore styles in Microsoft Word 2016. They show how to apply default styles from the style gallery, then how to modify styles and update style to match selected formatting. They also demonstrate how to create a new custom style as well as clear overrides.

22 min

20: Style Sets and Themes

In this episode, Daniel and Vonne demonstrate style sets and themes in Microsoft Word 2016. They review the different style sets, paragraph spacing styles, and how to modify the components of a theme.

13 min

21: Keep Options, Breaks, and Columns, Part 1

In this episode, Ronnie and Vonne dive into the different elements of keep options (pagination options), breaks and columns. Vonne demonstrates the different pagination options in the format paragraph dialog box such as widow and orphan control, keep lines together, and keep with next. She also describes the importance of section and page breaks to control page layout options. Lastly, they explore formatting pages/sections in columns and column breaks.

28 min

22: Keep Options, Breaks, and Columns, Part 2

In this episode, Ronnie and Vonne continue with more page layout options by demonstrating how to insert blank pages and a cover page. They explore how a cover page use document fields connected to defined document properties, if present, as well as formatting content generated by the cover page.

13 min

23: Margins, Headers, and Footers, Part 1

In this episode, Ronnie and Vonne dive into working with margins. Vonne shows how to control margins using preset options, individual adjustments in the dialog box, and the ruler. She also shows how to add headers and footers and explore the different options of different first page, even / odd pages, and link to previous.

32 min

24: Margins, Headers, and Footers, Part 2

In this episode, Ronnie and Vonne continue working with header and footers by adding page numbers. Vonne demonstrates how to renumber pages for different sections as well as how to use the chapter page numbering options.

23 min

25: Orientation and Decoration

In this episode, Ronnie and Vonne show how to apply additional page formatting elements. Vonne begins with demonstrating the difference between portrait and landscape orientation. She continues with demonstrating page color and borders, vertical justification, watermarks, and line numbers.

30 min

Overview Course No. 40050

Anyone who's worked in Word—from beginners to seasoned professionals—knows what it's like to get frustrated with the program. Why are your tab stops not working the way you want them to? Why can't you copy and paste columns without them looking strange?

Enter these 25 lessons, which offer a better way to work in this fundamental piece of Microsoft software. Covering everything from beginner basics to advanced tips and tricks, these lessons will finally put this program under your complete control.

Under the engaging, helpful guidance of Microsoft® Word gurus, you'll learn everything you need to make Word work for you and your individual project needs. Among these are: interface and document views; character and paragraph formatting; margins, headers, and footers; list and style formatting; and section and page breaks.

New to the program? Watch the lessons in order as a step-by-step guide. Already experienced working in Word docs? Focus on what you might have trouble with and uncover intermediate skills and insights. Either way, this is your chance to master one of life's most important word processing programs.

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