Microsoft Windows

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the courses shown below are in bold type, this means they are links. Click on them to see the details of that course.

Course Descriptions on this page are …

• Complete a PDF form using Adobe Reader
• Windows 11 new features
• Using your computer (Intro to Windows 10)
• Computing Skills levels one and two
• File Management for Windows 10 / 11
• Microsoft Word Short Courses
• Create Photo Book
• Inserting Pictures in Microsoft Word
• Using WordArt in Microsoft Word
• Inserting Text Boxes in Microsoft Word
• Borders and Shading for paragraphs and pages in Microsoft Word
• Fotor Picture Editing App
• Fotor – Colour Splash Studio

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Microsoft Word Short Courses

Introduction
Microsoft Word contains a vast array of tools for working with text and images. Our Computing Skills courses combine the ones that are most frequently required by home users of Word.
Additionally, we have short courses for those who do not wish to do all of the topics in Computing Skills Two. Each short course deals with a specific module.
Computer Program required
You must have Word 2013 or newer on your computer to do these courses.
A few features work best with Word 2016 or newer.
These courses are not for users of Tablets and Smartphones.

Create Photo Book

This is a course using Snapfish, an online website, to create photo books from all those digital photos you have stored in your computer but haven’t found a use for. Digital photo books are a wonderful way in which to create memories of special occasions such as:

• Family birthdays
• New Baby
• Holidays to special destinations
• Grandchildren

A laptop or desktop PC is the easiest device to use although it is possible to use a Tablet if that is where all your photos are stored.

Inserting Pictures in Microsoft Word

• Duration: 2 two-hour lessons
• Cost: $30 including printed course notes.
• Skills covered:
  • Insert a picture on a page.
  • Re-size the picture and fix its location on the page.
  • Crop a picture on the page.
  • Adjust the appearance of the picture – brightness, colour, contrast, …
  • Control the flow of text around an image.
  • Set the “white space” around an image.
  • Rotate an image on the page.
  • Partially overlap pictures and group them into a single, resizable and movable unit.
  • Create a “washed out” image for use as a background to text.
  • Make borders for pictures.
  • Insert pictures directly from the internet – available only with Word 2013 and 2016.

Using “WordArt” in Microsoft Word

• Duration: One two-hour lesson.
• Cost: $15 including printed course notes.
• Skills covered:
  • Choose a WordArt style.
  • Use the WordArt Tools-Format ribbon.
  • Insert WordArt on a page.
  • Adjust its location on the page.
  • Set the style of font.
  • Set the “shape” of the WordArt layout.
  • Control the flow of text around an image.
  • Rotate WordArt on the page.
  • Use Text Effects.
  • Use text transformations.
  • Frame a WordArt text box.
  • Edit WordArt.

Inserting Text Boxes in Microsoft Word

A text box is a rectangular frame holding text that is separated from the flow of the wording in the main part of the page. It enables you to focus your readers’ attention on key items or explanations, etc.

• Duration: 1 two-hour lesson
• Cost: $15 including printed course notes.
• Skills covered:
  • Insert a text box on a page.
  • Write and format text in the box.
  • Re-size the text box and fix its location on the page.
  • Place a text box on a picture.
  • Change the Border of a text box.
  • Change the fill (background) of a text box.
  • Use ready-made border and fill options.
  • Set the “white space” around a text box.

Borders & Shading for Paragraphs & Pages with Microsoft Word

Borders and Shading can be applied to parts of pages or whole pages. They can be effective for drawing attention to key items and to headings of documents. The background shade must contrast with that of the text so that it looks good whether printed in colour or in black-and-white (actually grey-scale). So dark backgrounds demand white or pale text, and pale backgrounds require dark text.

• Duration: 1 two-hour lesson
• Cost: $15 including printed course notes.
• Skills covered:
  • Add a border to a paragraph.
  • Add a border to consecutive paragraphs.
  • Add borders to non-consecutive paragraphs.
  • Add a border to all the pages in a document.
  • Add a border to just the first page of a document.
  • Add a decorative border, using the art work built into Word.
  • Control the space between borders and text.
  • Add shading to a paragraph.

Fotor Picture Editing App

Fotor is a really simple easy App for photo editing. Features include Basic Editing Tools, Visual Effects, Frames, 1-tap Enhance, Collage, Text and many others. This App is for use on Microsoft devices and is downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

Fotor – Colour Splash Studio