Workshop Duration
1 day
Prerequisites
Delegates must have attended the Word Introductory course, or have an equivalent thorough, working knowledge of the package.
Who will the course benefit?
Users with prior experience of Word, who wish to gain a more in-depth knowledge of this application.
Course Content
Overview
- Short overview of the new features e.g. Ribbon, Formatting
Bullets and Numbering
- Applying Bullets and Numbers
- Picture Bullets
- Modifying existing Bullets and Numbering
- Define own style for Bullets or Numbers
Applying Borders/Shading to Paragraphs
- Applying borders to text, title pages etc
- Different border styles
- Adding Shading and Background
- Typographic capabilities
Tables
More complex tables:
- More detailed bordering and shading
- Merging and splitting cells
- Understanding the Heading feature
- Modifying the vertical alignment
- Using Word’s maths facility
- The Equation Builder
- Table Properties and Table Styles
Utilities
- Using the “find and replace” facility
- Live Word Count
- Document Protection
- Track Changes using Markup
- Compare and Merge Documents
Headers and Footers
- Creating Headers and Footers
- Modifying Headers and Footers
- Adding page numbering
- Inserting AutoText
- Inserting file names and dates
Sections
- Understanding the use of sections
- Inserting section breaks – Continuous and Next Page
- Sections for different headers and footers
- Sections for different orientations
Document Formatting
- Dividing text into columns
- Inserting lines between columns
- “Newspaper style” columns
Mail Merge
- The power and applications of the Mail Merge facility
- Mail Merge Wizard using Task Pane
- Producing the Master and Data files
- Performing the print merge
- Applying specified criteria
- Labels, Envelopes, Faxes, Directories and e-mail messages
- Directories and e-mail messages
Skills gained
On successful completion of the course, delegates will be able to enhance the layout of text using bullets, numbering and bordering, create complex tables, accelerate routines via AutoText, insert headers and footers, create newsletters using section breaks and prepare mails shots and labels via the Mail Merge facility.
