Master the basics of the word processor PC Magazine ranked as one of the “strongest and most intelligent programs ever written.” In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to add, move through, and edit text; move words from one part of your document to another; work on two or more documents simultaneously; change the size or appearance of text; change margins and tab settings; automatically center, right align, justify, and indent text; run the integrated grammar and spelling checker; use the thesaurus; and save, retrieve, copy, organize, and print your documents. By the time you’re done with the step-by-step lessons and hands-on activities in this course, you’ll be able to use Word confidently at home or on the job.

A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.

All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.

The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.

Microsoft Windows 7 or Vista or XP, Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student or Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Business or Microsoft Office 2010 Professional; Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads  by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader). A free 60-day trial version of Office 2010 may be available at http://www2.buyoffice.microsoft.com/usa/?torb=4&WT.mc_id=ODC_ENUS_GenTry_Control.

This course is not suitable for Macintosh users.

Note:  "Starter Version" and "Web App" versions of Microsoft Word 2010 will not work with the full version of Word taught in this course. 

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor for this course will be Wallace Wang.

Wallace Wang is the author of more than 40 computer books including Microsoft Office 2010 For Dummies. In addition to writing computer books, he has co-authored Breaking Into Acting for Dummies and has ghostwritten several books about investing in real estate, day trading stocks, and becoming an entrepreneur. His past jobs have included teaching computer science courses at the University of Zimbabwe, performing stand-up comedy, and appearing on a weekly radio show.

“ Excellent on both counts. Course and Instructor were both top-notch. This is my second on-line course through Ed2Go and it was actually easy to follow. The information provided was just what I was looking for. Thank you. ”

“ This course was excellent! As a former instructional designer and trainer of previous versions of Word, I found this very easy to follow and an excellent help! I can be a skeptic of others' materials. Thank you for the timely feedback as well! This was my first on-line class, and I was very nervous about taking one. This broke the ice for me! I will definitely take more in the future. ”

“ Very helpful and informative. I have already taken a 3-credit combined computer course with Word in it and this course helped much more with the knowledge I had. Very good and highly recommend. Thank you! ”

“ Very informative and exciting for me as a refresher and reminder of the many tools in Word. I am looking forward to my next online class. ”

“ I love the teaching style of the instructor. He put a personal touch to it by using his life examples. Love the course as an "Intro". Not overwhelming or too much information. Great base of information to use everday at home or work. Looking forward to the other two parts. ”

“ Thank you for presenting this course in an understandable way and inserting the humor, I feel like I learned a lot, and this has answered my questions about Word 2010. It will make it easier at work because I have learned the basics. ”

“ I really liked this course. I learned more with this online course then I did in a more expensive class I took recently. Im happy with it. ”

“ I learned more from this course than I ever did taking in-house word classes for my former job. Very user friendly and I really enjoyed learning Word 2010. ”

“ I took this class and the Microsoft Excel beginners class and I loved both of them. I have recommended this class to other people from work. This class has inspired me to take more advanced classes. Thank you for making the material easy to learn and enjoyable. ”

“ I am re-entering the workforce after ten years of raising kids and caring for my parents. This course has really helped my confidence level and improved my knowledge of Word. ”