A Quick Start to Microsoft Word

Russ Crowley Free - Word Course

A Quick Start to Microsoft Word is a free introductory-level course to get you up and running with Word the right way.

A quick start, it’s comprised of 1.5 hours of video training and gets you started with using Word the correct way. My method gets you to understand the way that Word actually works and this core training will underpin everything you do it Word itself.

Once you’ve completed the short course, everything you learn here will stand you in good stead hereon – the principles haven’t changed in over 2 decades.

Course Syllabus:

  • Getting Started
  • Entering Text
  • Formatting Text
  • Formatting With Styles
  • Save Document
  • Show Hide Characters
  • Formatting Your Document
  • Format Painter
  • Navigation Pane
  • Insert Picture
  • Insert Tabs
  • Insert Table
  • Convert Text To Table
  • Page Numbers
  • Insert Cover Page
  • Insert Toc
  • Signing Out

A video sample (Show Hide Characters):

 

What you get:

  • The course is an online course (though you can download for offline viewing)
  • It has some small exercises for you to complete
  • I don’t think I’m allowed to say you get lifetime access anymore, so I’ll say you get the equivalent of that in whatever pc terms are permitted at the time of you reading this (in essence, you can come back when and as often as you like).
  • If you have problems, I have a support site at support.russcrowley.com.

Caveats/other info:

It’s a free course. It’s easy to follow and use and I don’t/won’t ever sell or pass your email address onto anyone (not once, not never).

I fully appreciate and respect you, your time, and what you’re trying to achieve. All I ask is that you do the same in return.

I also fully appreciate and thank you for coming to my website and taking a look at what’s on offer.

To that end, if you want to try the course out, great stuff. Like I say, it’s a free course to help you understand how you should be using Word. If you already know this, no worries. If you don’t, then you’re going to learn something (at least).

Moreover, if you do take the course and do encounter any problems or issues, I’d appreciate a heads-up so I can fix/improve on it.

Too many don’t get how to use Word. I’ve been told multiple times, and over a lot of years, that I do.

If Word’s capable of doing ‘it’, then I guarantee that I can do it. Check out my testimonials if you’re unsure.

Click on the link below. It’s a 5-second sign-up and you then get instant access:

 

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  • Even us power users curse Word sometimes, especially when for some unknown reason, one of our styles displays a black box instead of the number that it should show, corrupting the Table of Contents in the process. Or we fix a paragraph multiple times and it keeps insisting on changing back. Or we inherit a one-hundred page document that needs totally reformatting, one paragraph at a time. Enter Mr. Crowley’s course, Microsoft Word 2016 for Beginners*. 

    The one thing I liked best about the course was Mr. Crowley’s teaching style, clear, concise and reasonably paced. The material is thoughtfully laid out, one lesson flowing smoothly into the next.  Don’t let the course name fool you. After covering the basics, this course shows you how to do virtually anything that you might need. Document gotten so big that it could use a Table of Contents? Module 10. Need an index? Module 16. Want a numbered list and it needs sorted? Module 13. 

    These are just a few of the items taught in this course. You’ll definitely be scratching your head, thinking, “wow, I didn’t know Word could do that.”

    Mr. Crowley could be called a “style and section evangelist”. He never misses an opportunity to emphasize that any misbehaving document probably has its roots in poorly-applied or unused styles and sections. I suspect this may be the root cause of my black squares for numbers identified earlier. After completing the course, the main benefit I have a better appreciation of Word’s bells and whistles, along with a resource for how to do things. I would recommend this course to users of all skill levels.  

    Rick Robertson Van Horn

    Sr. Systems Analyst & Sr. Programmer, & Word Power User

    *Note: this was the original name for this course.