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Microsoft Word Intermediate

Microsoft Word Intermediate​ Course Duration: One Day

Target Audience:

Aimed at users who want to develop existing word processing skills, generate and manipulate more complex documents and create mail shots.

Course Objectives:

To acquire an in-depth knowledge of some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Word including advanced tables, styles, charts, drawing and pictures.

Course Outline:

Course Introduction & Objectives

  • Word and OneDrive

Create & Apply Styles

  • The Inbuilt style group (home ribbon)
  • Style sets
  • The Style Pane
  • Define Styles
  • Link Styles
  • Delete Styles
  • Inbuilt Heading Styles & the Navigation Pane
  • Create and Modify Styles
  • Replacing a Style
  • Numbering Using Styles
  • List Styles
  • Table Styles
  • Style Options
  • Style Inspector
  • Using the Organizer to Transfer Styles
  • Shortcut Key to a Style

New Ways to Save

  • Saving and Editing in PDF
  • Saving to Computer
  • Saving to New Places
  • Saving to OneDrive

Advanced Layout Tools

  • Introducing Sections and Section Breaks
  • Setting the Page layout for a Section
  • Change Orientation within a Section
  • Different Headers and Footers for Sections
  • Odd / Even Header and Footers
  • Different First Page
  • Odd / Even Header and Footers
  • Newspaper Columns using Continuous Section Breaks
  • Manually Editing a Header and Footer
  • Section Control with Headers and Footers

Pictures and Diagrams

  • Inserting and resizing Pictures
  • Creating and editing SmartArt
  • Editing the word wrap on Pictures and diagrams

Making Mail Merge Easy

  • Using the Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard
  • Creating a Main Document / Email
  • Creating a Data File
  • Merging Options
  • Sorting and Filtering Merges
  • Merging Labels / Envelopes

Get the Best Out of Tables

  • Methods for Inserting Tables
  • Changing the Column Widths & Row Heights
  • Inserting New Columns and Rows
  • Deleting Existing Columns and Rows
  • Distributing Columns and Rows Evenly
  • Splitting and Merging Cells
  • Applying a Pre-Set Table Format (Theme Style)
  • Customising and Creating Table Styles
  • Repeating Header Rows
  • Splitting a Table
  • Converting Text Into a Table
  • Converting a Table Into Text
  • Sorting a Table
  • Using Formulae in a Table
  • Using Tabs Within a Table
  • Sorting a Table
  • Setting Table Properties

Word Auto Features

  • Automatic Features
  • AutoText & Autocorrect
  • Auto-format as You Type
  • Smart Tags & new Right-click Features
  • Customising Automatic Features
  • Creating Auto-text Entries
  • Using Quick Parts

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