Learn the Word 2003 main window's parts and their functions. Practice using the title bar, menu bar, standard toolbar, formatting toolbar and the help function. Know that the insertion point positions the cursor, that "end" moves the cursor to the end of a document, that scrolling is done with the mouse wheel or with the scroll bars in the right margin.
Discover how to change document views six different ways. Use the normal view to type, the web layout view to preview a document's appearance on the web, the reading layout view to see more clearly, the print layout view to determine how documents will print, the outline view to see headings and sub-headings and the full screen view to focus on one document at a time.
Practice using pull-down menus accessible from commands on the main menu bar. Use "Save" under "File," and "Copy" and "Paste" under "Edit." Add page numbers to a document by accessing the "Insert" command. Navigate quickly between documents by learning how to use the task pane to the right of the screen.
Learn basic text editing. Align text at the left and right margins and center text with right-justified margins by using commands in the main toolbar. Set line spacing as single, double or multiple. Use the "Page Set Up" dialog box to adjust left and right margins.
Find out how to indent text on the left and right by using increment arrows in the paragraph dialog box. Use the ruler in the main menu bar to set left, center, right and decimal tabs. Practice moving and removing tabs using the mouse. Access the format command to change font style to bold, underline, italics or color. Change the type and size of font.
Move on to advanced formatting. Access the ruler to insert symbols. Customize headers and footers. Change the structure of columns from the print layout view. Move text into columns by selecting different cursor insertion points.
Insert a table from the main menu bar. Set the number of columns and rows. Customize tables by changing the borders and line style. Use the eraser button to remove already set patterns, such as borders and lines. Use the cursor to select cells and insert data.