Word 2002  & 2003

Skills

The screen captures and instructions for these skills are for Microsoft Office Word 2003, however, most also work for Word 2002 (XP).  Any time the instructions differ for 2002 will be noted with correct instructions.

Formatting text

• Font
• Alignment
• Size
• Color
• Highlight
• Clear Highlighting
• Format Painter

Tables

• Turn on Tables & Borders toolbar
• Insert a new table
• Add a row to the bottom of a table
• Add a row or column anywhere in a table
• Alignment
• Fill color
• Resize rows and columns
• Delete a row or column
• Delete a table
• Split cells
• Merge cells
• Change border style
• Tab within a cell

Columns

Page Setup

• Page Orientation
• Set margins

Paragraph Formatting

• First line indent
• Hanging indent
• Indent a block of text
• Carry margin formatting to the next paragraph

Headers & Footers

• Add a header & footer
• Alignment within a header & footer
• Add a page number
• Format a page number
• Different headers & footers

Tab Stops

• Default tab stops
• Custom tab stops
• Tab stops with leading characters
• Alignment
• Set tab stops using the ruler
• Delete tab stops

 

Files & Handouts

You can find our Word training files and handouts on the Training Team SharePoint site. Access to this site is limited to current McCombs faculty, staff, and students. Please log in with mccombs\msbaccount, where msbaccount is your McCombs account. To download a file using Windows, right-click on the file name and select Save Target As..., then save to your computer.