Welcome to Word 2013 Level 1. This course will provide the basic concepts and skills to start being productive with Microsoft Word 2013: how to create, format, and set up a document, and how to add graphics and tables. This course, and the two that come after, map to the objectives of the Microsoft Office Specialist and Expert exams for Word 2013.

You will benefit most from this courses if you want to accomplish basic workplace tasks in Word 2013, or if you want to have a solid foundation for continuing on to become a Word Expert. If you intend to take a Microsoft Office Specialist or Expert exam for Word, this course is a good place to start your preparation, but you will need to continue on to other courses in the series to be fully prepared for either exam.

The course assumes you know how to use a computer, and that you’re familiar with Microsoft Windows. It does not assume that you’ve used a different version of Word or another word processing program before.