Master Microsoft Word with Word 2021 for Beginners

**This course includes downloadable course instructor files and exercise files to work with and follow along.**

Word 2021 is the most recent standalone release from Microsoft. This application is packed with the latest updates and features, which make creating and working with documents a breeze.

This course will teach you how to create new documents from scratch or by utilizing templates. You will also learn how to add objects such as text, images, charts, icons, and SmartArt. Explore new ways to view documents with the help of focus mode, the immersive reader, and dark mode.

Word 2021 is a versatile tool that allows students to create coursework, authors to draft a book, or lawyers and clerks to put documents together. In whatever way you choose to use this software, you can learn the basics from this course before moving on to more niche-specific tasks.

In this course, we will cover some old favorites such as mail merge, find and replace, and format painter. We then move on to creating table of contents, index, and bibliography, as well as inserting links and cross-references. Making our document look great is both essential and easy with the help of themes, formatting, cover pages, custom text boxes, and much more. We also throw in lots of helpful tips, tricks, and keyboard shortcuts as we move along.

The only prerequisite for this course is a working copy of Word 2021 for Windows.

This course covers the following:

• Navigating the Word 2021 interface

• Customizing the quick access toolbar

• Accessing and modifying Word options

• Creating new documents from scratch and from a template

• Opening and saving existing documents

• Switching between different document views

• Entering, selecting, and applying formatting to text

• Using cut, copy, paste, and paste options

• Finding and replacing text in a document

• Formatting paragraphs

• Aligning paragraphs using indents and tab stops

• Inserting bulleted and numbered lists

• Applying a theme to control the look and feel of the document

• Applying and modifying Word styles

• Inserting content like shapes, icons, text boxes, 3D images, SmartArt, and charts

• Annotating a document

• Organising information using tables

• Adjusting the margins and orientation

• Inserting section and page breaks

• Applying headers and footers

• Inserting blank pages and cover pages

• Linking to websites, other documents, and other sections using hyperlinks and bookmarks

• Creating re-usable content with Quick Parts

• Creating and formatting table of contents

• Adding footnotes and end notes to a document

• Creating citations and inserting a bibliography

• Creating an index

• Adding captions to pictures and creating a table of figures

• Creating multiple letters, envelopes, and labels using mail merge

• Checking spelling and setting-up auto-correct options

• Tracking changes from multiple authors

• Comparing and combining documents

• Adjusting document properties

• Checking a document for accessibility and compatibility issues

• Protecting a document to prevent changes

• Sharing a document with others

• Collaborating on a document with others in real time

• Printing a document.

This course includes:

1. 10 hours of video tutorials

2. 93 individual video lectures

3. Course and exercise files to follow along

4. Certificate of completion