Microsoft Word is a word processor which is available in all Microsoft Office packages and also Microsoft Works. Word is compatible on Windows and OS X computer platforms. Microsoft Word is now 30 years old, having been invented back in Autumn 1983 for Windows computers. Within two years, the program had been developed for Mac to make it more widely compatible.
Microsoft Word for Windows was widely released back in 1989 as “Word for Windows 1.0”. For the following three years, we saw updated versions of Word for Windows released as 1.1, 1.1a and 2.0. From 1995 onwards, Word was including in all Microsoft Office packages by default, with updated versions being released in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013 which indicates just how frequently we see new versions.
Many office workers and school pupils will probably find that they use different versions of the program on their home and work computers due to the influx of updates over the past 20 years.
Over the past couple of decades, the majority of UK school leavers would have left high school with at least a basic grounding in Microsoft Word.
Similarly, the majority of office based UK workers will have found that Word is a crucial part of their day to day working life. Many of us may have used Microsoft Word throughout our entire life and assume that training would not be necessary for us. However, it actually is.
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Microsoft Certification is available on all levels, from basic to advanced. Just because an individual is comfortable with creating a document on Microsoft Word that does not mean to say that they have a full understanding of the features and functions available and how to use the program to its full potential.
Technology is constantly being updated and if you’re used to using Microsoft Office 2003, you may find yourself feeling lost when you get a new job in a workplace that uses Microsoft Office 2013. Some intermediate training courses help candidates to make the switch to the more advanced, up to date version of the program so it can be used to its full potential.
Those that do have a thorough grounding in the basic principles of Microsoft Word may find that advanced training courses are particularly useful as these allow you to enhance your skills in the more advanced functions of the program, for example creating advanced tables of contents, making collapsible headings and using mail merge.
Having a thorough understanding of Microsoft Word one of the absolute basics for secretarial, administrative and PA roles, to name a few. Many employees in these roles find that gaining intermediate or advanced training in these areas significantly improves their employability or what they can offer to their current employer.
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