Microsoft Word, Level 2

Course Length:  1 day

Course Overview

This course is to introduce a user to the intermediate and advanced operations of Microsoft Word and provide the user with the knowledge necessary to perform advanced functions in Word.

At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Create and Use Styles and Templates
• Produce a Report
• Insert Pictures and Charts into Documents
• Perform a Mail Merge
• Generate Mailing Labels
• Use External Data
• Produce Calculations in a Table
• Link or Embed a Microsoft Excel Worksheet
• Adding Borders and Shading to a Document
• Apply a Background
• Create a Table of Contents
• Create an Index
• Create and Use Bookmarks
• Create Footnotes and Endnotes
• Create Cross-Reference
• Manage a Work-Group Project
• Create a Web Page with Word

Prerequisites

• A knowledge of personal computer fundamentals
• Experience in working within the Microsoft Windows environment
• A reasonable degree of keyboard proficiency
• Some experience in working with Word is also required such as:
• Basic editing operations such as inserting, deleting, moving, and copying text.
• Perform basic formatting operations such as applying attributes

Course Outline

Section 1:  Creating Styles and Templates

Applying a Style to Text

Modifying a Style for the Current Document

Using an Existing Template

Creating a New Template

Section 2: Producing a Report

Create a Report using Outline View

Creating an Artistic Text Block

Adding a Header/Footer to a Document

Adding Page Numbers to a Document

Section 3: Working with Charts and Pictures

Inserting a Chart into a Document

Modifying a Chart

Inserting a Picture into a Document

Additional Chart Topics

Section 4: Additional Advanced Word Features

Linking External Data to a Word Document

Embedding an Excel Worksheet

Setup Default Printing Options

Print Specific Pages of a Document

Print Envelopes and Labels

Produce Calculations Within a Table

Section 5:  Perform a Mail Merge

Creating a Main Document (Form letter)

Create a Data Source

Sorting Records of a Data Source

Inserting Merge Fields into a Main Document (Form letter)

Generating Mailing Labels

Section 6:  Advanced Report Techniques

Adding Borders, Art and Shading to a Document

Creating a Table of Contents

Creating an Index

Creating and Using Bookmarks

Creating Footnotes and Endnotes

Creating Cross-References

Access Microsoft.com on the World Wide Web

Download Templates and Clip Art from Microsoft.com

Section 8:  Recording Macros

Record a Text Macro

Run a Macro

Save a Macro

Create Shortcut Keys for Macros