Word Training - Provisional Course Outlines

Using a training room within your organisation, and your PCs, charges per day for IT Training would be:

1 to 1 training	£275
2 to 4 delegates	£375
5 to 8 delegates	£450

All outlines can be adapted to the needs of the individual or organisation

Introductory Word

Aims of the course

 

This course aims to introduce delegates with little or no understanding of the Microsoft Word software to the basic features of the package.

 

Course Objectives

 

On completion of the course delegates should understand and be able to accomplish basic operations associated with creating, formatting and finishing a word processing document ready for distribution. They should also be able to use some of the more advanced Microsoft Word applications including:

·        Creating standard tables

·        Using pictures and images within a document

·        Importing objects

·        Using mail merge tools.

 

The course is of one day's duration.

 

How the course is run - This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.

 

Pre-requisites - Delegates attending the course should preferably have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and use of the keyboard and mouse.

 

Course Outline

 

Getting Started

·        First Steps with Microsoft Word - opening, creating a new document, saving, closing, using Help functions

·        Adjusting Basic Settings

·        Document Exchange - saving documents in different formats, and in a format appropriate for posting to a Web site

 

Basic Operations

·        Inserting Data

·        Selecting Data

·        Copying, Moving, Deleting

·        Searching and Replacing

  

Formatting

·        Text Formatting - font size, font type, italics, emboldening, underlining, applying colours to text, alignment, justification, hyphenation, indenting, changing line spacing, format copying

·        General Formatting - using and setting tabs, adding borders to a document, bulleted and numbered lists

·        Templates

 

Finishing a Document

·        Styles and Pagination - applying existing styles to a document, inserting page numbering

·        Headers and Footers

·        Spelling and Grammar

·        Document Setup - page orientation, page size, margins, etc

 

Printing

·        Preparing to Print - previewing a document, using basic print options, printing a document from an installed printer

 

More Advanced Features

·        Tables - creating standard tables, changing cell attributes, inserting and deleting columns and rows, adding borders to a table, using the automatic formatting tool

·        Pictures and Images - adding an image or graphics file to a document, adding autoshapes to a document, changing line colours, changing autoshape fill colours, moving images or drawn objects within a document, resizing a graphic

·        Importing Objects - importing a spreadsheet into a document, importing an image file, chart or graph into a document

·        Mail Merge - creating a mailing list, merging a mailing list with a letter document or a label document

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Intermediate Word

 

Aims of the course

 

This course aims to give delegates a greater understanding of Word.

 

Course Objectives

 

On completion of the course delegates will have improved on their skills in using Microsoft Word. They will be able to:

·        Format a document, using techniques such as bullets, numbering, borders, tabs, etc

·        Make effective use of tables

·        Set up a multi-column document

·        Use tools such as AutoCorrect and AutoText to increase efficiency

·        Confidently use the Mailmerge facilities, and use Word to address envelopes and labels

·        Make use of the graphic capabilities of Word, including use of the Drawing toolbar

·        Link and embed objects from other applications into Word

 

The course is of one day’s duration.

 

How the course is run – This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.

 

Pre-requisites – Familiarity with the Windows environment, and a basic knowledge of Word.

 

Course Outline

 

Formatting techniques

• Bullets and numbering

• Tabs

• Indents

• Borders

 

Tables

• Creating and formatting tables

• Inserting and deleting rows and columns in a table

• Totalling numeric entries in a table

• Merging and splitting table cells

• Table AutoFormat

 

Setting up multi-column documents

• Creating newspaper columns in a document

• Structuring and editing newspaper columns

 

AutoCorrect and AutoText

• AutoCorrect

• AutoText

 

Mailmerge

• Creating main documents

• Creating data sources

• Inserting merge fields

• Merging documents with data sources

• Generating mailing labels, using an external data source

• Envelopes and labels

 

The Drawing Toolbar

• Text boxes

• Word Art

• AutoShapes

 

Linking and embedding objects

• Excel charts and data

• Other objects

 

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Advanced Word

 

Aims of the course

 

This course aims to give delegates an in-depth knowledge of Word features.

 

Course Objectives

 

On completion of the course delegates will have advanced skills in using Microsoft Word. They will be able to:

• Create and use master documents

• Use document styles to automate formatting

• Insert bookmarks

• Create tables of contents, an index, footnotes, endnotes, cross-references

• Work with paragraphs

• Use Word Internet features

• Write macros to automate tasks

• Create forms

• Collaborate with workgroups

 

The course is of one day’s duration.

 

How the course is run – This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.

 

Pre-requisites – Familiarity with the Windows environment, and a reasonable knowledge of Word. Prior attendance of the Intermediate Word course would be an advantage.

 

Course Outline

 

Creating and using master documents

• Create a master document

• Use a master document

 

Using document styles to automate formatting

• Creating a style

• Applying a style to text

• Modifying a style for the current document

• Deleting a style

• Printing a list of styles

• Displaying the styles in a document

 

Bookmarks

• Creating a bookmark

• Deleting a bookmark

• Using a bookmark

 

Tables of contents, indices, footnotes, endnotes, cross-references

• Creating a table of contents

• Updating a table of contents

• Creating an index

• Defining an index entry

• Inserting an index

• Updating an index

• Creating footnotes and endnotes

• Using the notes pane

• Managing existing notes

• Modifying notes

• Creating cross-references

 

Working with paragraphs

• Applying paragraph and section shading

• Using text flow options

• Sorting lists, paragraphs and tables

 

Word Internet features

• Saving a Word document as a Web page

• Linking a Word document to a Web page

 

Macros

• Creating a macro

• Applying a macro

• Editing a macro

• Copying a macro

• Renaming a macro

• Deleting a macro

 

Forms

• Creating a form

• Inserting form fields

• Defining the properties of form fields

• Protecting a form

 

Collaborating with workgroups

• Inserting comments

• Tracking changes to a document

• Protecting documents

• Creating multiple versions of a document

• Setting default file locations for workgroup templates

We provide computer training in Richmond, Twickenham, Kingston, Hounslow, Brentford, Putney, to London and the M25 corridor.

Please contact us for further details.