Microsoft Word Checklist

The following checklist includes all the Word skills you need to understand and be able to perform for IDIS 110 (RIT). Print a copy of it out to use as a guide and self-study sheet.

• Enter and edit data
  
• Use Save As… (File > Save As)
  • Different versions of word
  • .rtf (Rich Text Format)
    
• Apply formatting including:
  • Change font, font size, font style (Format > Font OR Formatting Toolbar)
  • Apply bold, italic, or underline (Format > Font OR Formatting Toolbar)
  • Cut, copy and paste (Edit > or Ctrl+ X, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V)
    
• Use the Spelling and Grammar check (Tools > Spelling and Grammar)
  
• Print Dialog Box and Printing Options (Ctrl + P)
  
• Find hidden toolbars, including the: (View > Toolbars)
  • standard toolbar
  • formatting toolbar
  • menu bar
  • knowing the difference between docked and floating toolbars
    Know how to:
    
• Use the Undo Function (Ctrl + Z ) [Also works with other windows programs!]
  
• Be familiar with Paragraph Formatting including knowing how to: (Format > Paragraph)
  • Align paragraphs
  • Indent paragraphs
  • Add line and page breaks
  • Change the spacing before and after
    
• Set Tabs (Format > Tabs)
  • With the menu (Format > Tabs) and tabs dialog box
  • Using the ruler
  • Move a tab stop
  • Delete a tab stop with the ruler
  • Move, add, change various tabs (decimal, left, right, center, etc.)
    
• Add Endnotes and Footnotes (Insert > Reference > Footnote)
• Add an endnote
• Add a footnote
• Edit a footnote or endnote
  
• Create headers and footers (View > Header/Footer)
• Navigate the header and footer toolbar
• Add page numbers in the header
  
• Navigate the page setup dialog box (File > Page Setup)
  

Last updated July 15, 2004
Contact: rit@calvin.edu