Simple Secrets of Microsoft Word Course for Mac
Simple Secrets of How to Use Microsoft Word for Apple Mac OS X: Easy Video Lessons in Plain English
Basics of Word for Mac Module 1:
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Introduction to Word Existing Members Click to Sign In
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5:40 |
A basic overview of the main Word window, including the “toolbars” which contain buttons for many of the main functions of Word. |
Basic layout of documents in WordExisting Members Click to Sign In
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6:05 |
How to do basic “layout” in
Word.
In other words, how the lines of text are laid out on the page, such as making a line centered, aligned left, aligned right, etc. |
Basic formatting of text in WordExisting Members Click to Sign In
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10:00 |
Watch and see how you can change how the text (words, letters, numbers, etc.) are formatted on the page — bold, italic, larger or smaller, different fonts , etc. |
Making lists in WordExisting Members Click to Sign In
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3:53 |
How to easily create two types of lists in Word: a bullet list (a series of items with “bullets” at the beginning of each line) and numbered lists (a series of items automatically numbered 1,2,3, etc. on each line) |
How to automatically number pages in WordExisting Members Click to Sign In
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3:53 |
Set Word to automatically number each page in your document, and chose where the number appears on the page |
Spell checking your Word documentExisting Members Click to Sign In
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6:13 |
See two ways to have Word help correct your spelling mistakes, and how to “teach” Word less common words (like names, for example) which Word thinks are misspelled, by adding them to your own personal dictionary so they don’t get marked as wrong in the future. |
Using the “Zoom” function to make your documents easier to read on the screenExisting Members Click to Sign In
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2:42 |
This lesson shows you how to use the Zoom feature to make the words
appear larger on the screen without making them oversized when you
print them out.
Please see the lesson on formatting of text to see how to change the size of words when you print your document. |
Using the find featureExisting Members Click to Sign In
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4:20 |
Learn how to use the Find feature in Word to locate a word or phrase, plus how to use the Find/Replace feature to automatically replace any word or phrase in your documents. |
How to open an existing Word documentExisting Members Click to Sign In
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1:49 |
How to use the “open” feature in Word to open up an existing word processing document |
How to save a Word documentExisting Members Click to Sign In
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7:41 |
How to save a new document, plus tips on avoiding common mistakes made when saving, tips on saving when working on a document that goes through more than one draft, and how to easily avoid a mistake Mac owners often make when saving a file that makes it hard or impossible for the file to be read when sent to a Windows PC. |
Basics of Word for Mac Module 2:
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Length
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Description |
| Microsoft Word Lessons | ||
How to Add Photos to Word DocumentsExisting Members Click to Sign In
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10:47 |
This lesson shows you the steps to adding a picture to a Word document |
Using Multiple Columns in WordExisting Members Click to Sign In
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5:49 |
Sometimes you might want to write a document with multiple columns (like in a newspaper) — this lesson shows you how |
The Importance of Multiple DraftsExisting Members Click to Sign In
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19:13 |
Most people work on documents (no matter how long, or how often they revise it) and keep saving again and again to the same file. In this lesson I’ll explain why this can be a mistake, and show you a simple system for saving multiple drafts of a document so you can avoid a common problem the usual way of doing things often causes |
Using the Recent Items Menu Option to Save TimeExisting Members Click to Sign In
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1:24 |
There is a great feature in Word and many other programs which a lot of people miss: the “recent items”. This is a quick and easy way to open up documents you were working on recently without having to hunt for them. |
Using the Free Program NeoOffice Instead of The Expensive Word Program
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NeoOffice is an “open source” program (made through the collaboration of many people around the world instead of by a single company) which is a high quality free alternative to Microsoft Office, including Word. The program does everything most people want, but costs nothing, instead of hundreds of dollars. | |
Downloading & InstallingNeoOffice Existing Members Click to Sign In
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10:05
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This lesson shows you how to download the free program NeoOffice,
and how to install it.
[Click here to go to the NeoOffice download page]
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Introduction to NeoOffice word processingExisting Members Click to Sign In
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5:40 |
A basic overview
of the main NeoOffice window, including the “toolbars” which
contain buttons for many of the main functions, and a comparison
to Word.
For most things, using NeoOffice is almost identical to using Word, so refer to the Word lessons on how to do different things like formatting text, etc.
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