Microsoft Word - Intermediate
Course Description
This is a Microsoft Word intermediate course. The teaching approach contains a mix of lectures, practical and one-to-one work and varies according to the people attending. For the most part, candidates are able to work at a pace which best suits them, and emphasis is placed upon quality of learning, rather than quantity.
Course Duration
1 day
Course Objectives
The course introduced delegates to some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Word such as:
• Customising Word
• Styles and Templates
• Section Breaks
• Columns
• Sorting Data withing tables
• Mail merge
• Customising Word
• Styles and Templates
• Section Breaks
• Columns
• Sorting Data withing tables
• Mail merge
Course Content
CUSTOMISING MICROSOFT WORD
Microsoft Word templates
Saving documents to a specific location
Saving document using different formats
Using the Zoom
Page views
Controlling the display of items within Microsoft Word
Screen display options
Modifying Word options
Hyphenation
Setting automatic hyphenation
Hyphenation options
TEXT EDITING
Inserting special characters and symbols
AutoCorrect options
AutoFormat as you type
Animated text effects
Text wrapping options
Text orientation formatting options
WordArt
PARAGRAPH EDITING
Paragraph shading options
Paragraph border options
Reversing the colour of a paragraph
Widow paragraphs and orphan paragraphs
STYLES
Applying styles
Modifying styles
Creating styles
Using Outline View with header styles
Viewing a document in Outline view
Creating a document in Outline view
TEMPLATES
Creating a new template based on an existing document or template
Customising Normal.dotm
Recreating a default Normal.dotm file
SECTION BREAKS
Creating sections within a document
Viewing and deleting section breaks within a document
COLUMNS
Creating multiple column layouts
Additional column formatting options, width and spacing
Applying and deleting column breaks
TABLES
Creating a table
Sorting data within a table
Formulas and tables
Merging and splitting cells within a table
Merging cells
Splitting cells
GRAPHICS
Inserting Shapes
Reordering graphics
Placing a graphic in front or behind text
Modifying image colours and borders
Grouping or ungrouping shapes
Inserting a watermark
TEXT BOXES
Inserting a Text Box
Resizing, moving and deleting a Text Box
Inserting text or a graphic into a Text Box
Formatting Text Boxes
Linking Text Boxes
MAIL MERGE
Starting the Mail Merge Wizard
Using the Mail Merge Wizard
Creating a mailing list to be used within a mail merge
Merging a mailing list to produce labels
Microsoft Word templates
Saving documents to a specific location
Saving document using different formats
Using the Zoom
Page views
Controlling the display of items within Microsoft Word
Screen display options
Modifying Word options
Hyphenation
Setting automatic hyphenation
Hyphenation options
TEXT EDITING
Inserting special characters and symbols
AutoCorrect options
AutoFormat as you type
Animated text effects
Text wrapping options
Text orientation formatting options
WordArt
PARAGRAPH EDITING
Paragraph shading options
Paragraph border options
Reversing the colour of a paragraph
Widow paragraphs and orphan paragraphs
STYLES
Applying styles
Modifying styles
Creating styles
Using Outline View with header styles
Viewing a document in Outline view
Creating a document in Outline view
TEMPLATES
Creating a new template based on an existing document or template
Customising Normal.dotm
Recreating a default Normal.dotm file
SECTION BREAKS
Creating sections within a document
Viewing and deleting section breaks within a document
COLUMNS
Creating multiple column layouts
Additional column formatting options, width and spacing
Applying and deleting column breaks
TABLES
Creating a table
Sorting data within a table
Formulas and tables
Merging and splitting cells within a table
Merging cells
Splitting cells
GRAPHICS
Inserting Shapes
Reordering graphics
Placing a graphic in front or behind text
Modifying image colours and borders
Grouping or ungrouping shapes
Inserting a watermark
TEXT BOXES
Inserting a Text Box
Resizing, moving and deleting a Text Box
Inserting text or a graphic into a Text Box
Formatting Text Boxes
Linking Text Boxes
MAIL MERGE
Starting the Mail Merge Wizard
Using the Mail Merge Wizard
Creating a mailing list to be used within a mail merge
Merging a mailing list to produce labels
Who should attend?
Aimed at users who wish to take themselves one step further in the use of Microsoft Word. This course provides candidates with practical experience of the topics listed in the course outline. On completion, candidates should have an excellent knowledge of the basic concepts and a working knowledge of some advanced features.
Pre-requisites
Those attending should have a basic understanding of Microsoft Word to an introductory level, be competent Windows users and be familiar with the basics of file and disk management.
