Course Schedule:
| Location |
Days |
Course dates |
Duration |
Cost (ex GST) |
Availability |
Enrol Here |
| City |
Thu |
25 Sep 2008 |
1 day |
330.00 |
Open |
Corporate Group / Individual |
Overview
The skills and knowledge covered in this course will allow you to create longer documents, automate many operations in Word, perform advanced merges, outline a document, and use WordArt *
* = this topic is intended for self study, not covered in class due to time constraints
Who will benefit from this course?
This course uses a combination of instructor presentation, and student hands-on practical exercises. Participants will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom throughout the course.
Intended Audience:
This course is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use the more advanced features of Word 2003, including document automation, outlining, working with longer documents, and merging.
Pre-requisites:
The course assumes a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and document creation.
Equivalent skills or completion of Course 707: MS Word Intermediate is strongly advised.
What can you expect to gain from this course?
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- use the AutoText, AutoComplete
- AutoCorrect, and AutoFormat features
- import Excel, Word and Access data into a Word document
- manage the use of styles
- create, modify and delete bookmarks
- endnotes and footnotes
- work with columns
- use outlining in documents
- perform more complex merge operations
- use the WordArt* feature in Word
- create fields that prompt the user for input
- create macros in Word.
Course Content:
Module 1:Using Word Automatics
- Creating autotext entries
- Using autotext entries
- Creating autocomplete entries
- Using autocomplete entries
- Using autocorrect
- Adding autocorrect entries
- Autoformatting text
- Autoformatting as you type
- Adding autotext to a template
- Inserting a date that updates
- Inserting automatic page numbering
- Pasting a worksheet
- Linking a worksheet
- Inserting a document
- Importing a database table
- Importing a chart
- Copying styles to another document
- Applying copied styles
- Saving a style to the active template
- The style gallery
- Changing the root style
Module 4:Longer Documents
- Bookmarks
- Creating footnotes
- Creating endnotes
- Converting footnotes and endnotes
- Modifying footnotes and endnotes
- Updating a table of contents
- Updating page numbering
- Marking index entries
- Creating a concordance file
- Using a concordance file
- Deleting unwanted index entries
- Creating an index
- Marking citations generating a table of authorities
- Creating columns
- Specifying columns settings
- Balancing column text
- Creating a new document in outline view
- Working with an outline
- Outline numbering
- Outlining an existing document
- The document map
- Assigning outline levels to paragraphs
Module 7:Merging Techniques
- Performing a conditional merge
- Sorting a merge
- Merging from another data source
- Using IF for merging
- Skipping records
- Merging statistics
- Merge fields that prompt for information
- Merging with prompts
Module 8:Creating WordArt
- Editing WordArt
- Moving and resizing WordArt
- Using WordArt tools
- Formatting WordArt
Module 9:Prompting Fields
- Using the FILLIN field
- Typing fields into a document
- Activating fields
- Using the ask field
- Using REF to display bookmarks
- Activating prompting fields automatically
- Understanding Word macros
- Setting a macro security level
- Recording a simple macro
- Running a macro
- Assigning a macro to a toolbar
- Modifying a macro tool
- Assigning a macro to a menu
- Assigning a macro to a shortcut menu
- Creating a custom pull-down menu
- The many ways of running a macro
- Editing a macro
- Deleting a macro
- Removing references to macros
- Creating a macrobutton field