Here
are Durham University's free Word XP Training Guides and Tutorials
which will teach most of the beginning and more advanced features of
Word. These Excel tutorials and guides show you how to do the Word
tasks covered using step-by-step instructions with illustrated
screenshots. They are in pdf format.
Beginning
and more Advanced Word XP Training Tutorials:
An
Introduction to Word XP (746kb, 64 pages)
This
training document provides a hands-on, beginner’s guide to
word processing using Microsoft Word XP. Features covered include: the
Word screen, creating a ord document, design decisions about your
document, editing text, moving around a larger document, text and
paragraph formatting, search and replace, spell checker, printing,page
formatting, inserting graphics, and various views of your document.
Using
Styles and Templates in Microsoft Word XP (319kb, 26 pages)
This
Word XP training tutorial introduces the concept of
styles and templates in
Word XP. It describes how to create and modify styles within standard
templates. It also describes how to create and modify templates.
Creating
Tables and Using Tabs with Microsoft Word XP (418kb, 25 pages)
This
training tutoral explains the use of tables and tab stops within Word
to
create particular layouts of text on the page.
Using
the Mail Merge facilities in Microsoft Word XP (546kb, 21
pages)
The
Mail Merge facility of Word XP is used to combine information
contained in two different files. For example, it can be used to insert
items such as names, addresses or dates into a form letter to be sent
to a number of people. It can also be used to create mailing labels.
Using
the Automatic Editing facilities of Microsoft Word XP (309kb,
21 pages)
This
Word guide explains how you can improve the speed and accuracy of
your work by taking advantage of the automatic editing facilities in
Word XP.
Creating
Long Documents using Microsoft Word XP (375kb, 30 pages)
This
Word XP tutorial explores the facilities within Word that aid the
production of long documents such as dissertations and
theses. Knowledge of styles and templates in Word is assumed.
Creating
and Editing Footnotes using Word XP (263kb, 12 pages)
This
training guide explains how to create and edit footnotes using
Microsoft Word XP.
Bullets
and Numbered Lists in Microsoft Word XP (427kb, 20 pages)
This
tutorial explains how you can create, modify and
renumber numbered and bulleted lists in Word XP.
Putting
Equations into a Microsoft Word XP document (309kb,
18 pages)
This Word XP training tutorial explains how
to use the
Equation Editor
within Word to create equations. There is a brief discussion of other
ways of putting equations into a document.