Duration: 1.5 days | Book this course
Cost: $500.00 + GST
Course Description
This intensive class covers all the advanced-end-user features of Microsoft Word . Participants will learn how to expertly set paragraph text flow and add borders and shading to paragraphs; create and modify styles; record, run, edit, delete, copy, and rename macros; and customize toolbars and menus and assign shortcut keys. In addition, activities will include creating templates and managing items in templates; creating printed and online forms; inserting and modifying charts and graphics; and creating drop caps and watermarks. Students will also learn how to use bookmarks and fields; create footnotes, endnotes, cross-references, a table of contents, an index, and a master document; and import and export files and paste, link, and embed information. Finally, in-class exercises will allow participants to share documents, track changes to documents, and work with different document versions; sort tables and text; and work with data in tables. After completing Ardito's Word Introduction, Intermediate, and Advanced courses, students would have covered all the topics that map to the Microsoft Office User Specialist Expert certification exam.
Prerequisites
Participants should have completed the Word 2003 Intermediate level or have equivalent experience. If you are unsure, you may phone our Bookings Administrator on (07) 857.0770 or (09) 630.1220 to request for a Training Needs Assessment form.
Who Should Take This Course
Intermediate users of Microsoft Word who want to learn about and work with the software's more advanced features.
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:
- Set paragraph text flow and add borders and shading to paragraphs.
- Create and modify styles.
- Record, run, edit, delete, copy, and rename macros.
- Customize toolbars and menus and assign shortcut keys.
- Create templates and manage items in templates.
- Create printed and online forms.
- Insert and modify charts.
- Insert and modify graphics and create drop caps and watermarks.
- Use bookmarks and fields.
- Create footnotes, endnotes, cross-references, a table of contents, an index, and a master document.
- Import and export files and paste, link, and embed information.
- Share documents, track changes to documents, and work with different document versions.
- Sort tables and text.
- Work with data in tables.
Course Outline
Using Advanced Character and Paragraph Formatting
Setting Paragraph Text Flow
Preventing a Page Break within a Paragraph
Preventing a Page Break Between Paragraphs
Specifying Page Breaks
Widow and Orphan Lines
Adding Borders and Shading
Working with Styles
Creating and Modifying Styles
Working with Macros
Recording, Running, and Editing Macros
Customizing Word
Customizing Toolbars
Customizing Menus
Assigning Shortcut Keys
Removing Shortcut Keys
Restoring Default Shortcut Keys
Creating and Modifying Templates
Creating a New Template
Creating a New Template Using an Existing Template
Creating a New Template Using an Existing Document
Creating a New Template from Scratch
Adding and Attaching Templates to Documents
Managing Items in Templates
Copying Items Between Templates
Deleting Items from Templates
Renaming Items in Templates
Creating Forms
Creating Printed Forms
Inserting and Formatting a Text Box
Inserting and Formatting a Check Box
Inserting and Formatting a Drop-Down List Box
Adding Help Text to the Form Fields
Protecting the Form
Saving the Form
Working with Charts
Inserting and Editing a Chart
Entering and Managing Data
Inserting Columns and Rows
Deleting Columns and Rows
Excluding and Including Columns and Rows
Changing Chart Formatting
Changing the Data Series Orientation
Changing the Chart Type
Adding and Removing Gridlines
Adding and Removing the Legend
Changing the Number Format
Importing Data into a Chart
Working with Graphics
Inserting Clip Art and Pictures
Formatting and Modifying Pictures
The Picture Toolbar
Changing the Image Control Setting
Adjusting the Contrast and Brightness
Adding a Border to a Picture
Moving, Resizing, and Cropping Pictures
Controlling Text Wrapping
Using the Format Picture Button
Resetting a Picture
Creating Drop Caps and Watermarks
Using Bookmarks and Fields
Using Bookmarks
Defining a Bookmark
Creating a Cross-Reference to a Bookmark
Locating a Bookmark
Using Fields
Inserting and Updating Fields
Viewing Field Codes
Locking and Unlocking Fields
Sample Field Codes
Using Document Accessories
Working with Footnotes, Endnotes, and Cross-References
Creating a Table of Contents
Creating an Index
Creating a Master Document
Adding Comments to File Properties
Using the Document Map
Sharing Information
Importing and Exporting Files
Importing Files into Word
Exporting Files from Word
Exporting a Document to PowerPoint
Pasting, Linking, and Embedding Information
Collaborating in a Workgroup
Sharing Documents
Protecting a Document
Working with Comments
Setting Default File Locations
Sending and Routing Documents
Tracking Changes to Documents
Working with Different Document Versions
Sorting Documents
Introduction to Sorting
Sorting Tables and Text
Working with Data in Tables
Performing Calculations in Tables
Adding a Series of Numbers
Entering a Simple Formula
Using Functions in a Formula
Editing a Formula
Importing Table Data
Pasting and Linking Spreadsheet Data
Inserting Excel Tables