Microsoft Word Course Titles

Word Intermediate

Duration: 1 day | Book this course
Cost: $375.00 + GST

Course Description

This in-depth course goes beyond Word's basic features. In-class activities will include use of Word's automation features including AutoCorrect, QuickParts, and AutoFormat. Participants will learn how to insert symbols and special characters into documents; and create, modify, and format tables and columns. To enhance existing documents, participants will discover how to use styles and templates, and format sections.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Participants should have completed the Word Introduction course or have equivalent experience.  If you are unsure, please complete a Training Needs Assessment form by clicking here or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Who Should Take This Course

Users of Microsoft Word who want to expertly enhance their documents and utilize the software's built-in automatic features.

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:

  1. Customise Word.
  2. Create and modify templates.
  3. Add bullets and numbering to a list.
  4. Use AutoCorrect, Building Blocks, and AutoFormat.
  5. Use symbols, special characters, and hyphens.
  6. Create, modify, and format tables.
  7. Create and modify columns.
  8. Use and modify styles to format a document.
  9. Insert shapes and images
  10. Wrap text around a graphic.
  11. Create envelope and label details

Course Outline

Course Outline

Customising Microsoft Word

  • Saving documents using different formats
  • View or hide the ruler, gridlines and navigation pane
  • Minimising the Ribbon
  • Setting screen display options
  • Modifying Word options
  • Opening and editing PDF documents in Word (Word 2013 and later)

Microsoft Word Templates

  • Accessing templates from the Templates Gallery or online
  • Modifying the Normal template
  • Creating a template from an existing document
  • Modifying a template

Text Editing

  • Deleting blocks of text
  • Copying and moving text (cut, copy and paste)
  • Copying multiple items

Beyond Basic Text Formatting

  • Applying subscript and superscript text formatting
  • Inserting special characters and symbols
  • Animated text effects
  • Wrapping text around a graphic
  • Text wrapping options
  • Text orientation formatting options
  • Using WordArt

Adding Bullets to a List

  • Creating a bulleted or numbered list
  • Creating a multilevel list from a List style gallery
  • Customising the bullets and numbering formatting
  • Assigning picture bullets
  • Restarting the numbering List

Using Automatic Text Features

  • Using AutoCorrect
  • AutoCorrect using the spell checker
  • AutoFormat as you type
  • Using QuickParts

Paragraph Editing

  • Apply shading and borders to paragraphs
  • Adjusting line spacing
  • Addressing widow and orphan paragraphs
  • Formatting text into columns
  • Applying and deleting column breaks
  • Inserting section breaks

Styles Formatting

  • Applying styles
  • Modifying styles
  • Creating styles

Inserting and Manipulating Tables

  • Creating a table
  • Sorting data within a table
  • Formulas and tables
  • Merging and splitting cells within a table

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

Envelopes and Labels

  • Creating envelopes
  • Creating labels