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Word 2003 Introduction (2 days)

 

Overview and objectives

This two-day course is designed to help you to obtain the basic skills required to create simple documents using Microsoft Word.  You will learn to create, edit, format, print, and review short documents such as letters and memos.  You will learn to apply basic page, paragraph, and character formatting options, create a document from a template, insert pictures and clip art, and create a simple table. You will also learn to review a document using features of Word.

 

Course overview:

What is Word?

·Understand the functions of text editor, word processor, and DTP applications
·Recognise the different elements of the Word application window

 

Creating a Document

·Create a new document
·Enter text
·Change page display modes (Print Layout, Normal, Reading Layout, Full Screen)
·Use zoom to view a document at different magnification

 

Editing a Document

·Move the insertion point
·Select text
·Insert new text
·Use Click-and-Type
·Type over existing text
·Delete text
·Use the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands
·Insert the date and time
·Insert symbols and special characters
·Use the automatic spelling checker
 

Moving and Copying Data

·Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Windows Clipboard using the menu, toolbar, and keyboard
·Move and copy text from one document to another
·Use the Paste Options smart tag to change the format of pasted text
·Use drag-and-drop to move and copy text
·Use Paste Special to choose different formats for data

Page Setup

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Set the default measurement units
·Show and hide the rulers
·Set page orientation and paper size
·Set margins
·Insert page breaks
 

Paragraph Layout

·Set left, right, hanging, and first line indents
·Align paragraphs relative to the margins
·Control automatic hyphenation of words
·Set line and paragraph spacing options
·Remove paragraph formats

Character Formatting

·Select and change font and font size
·Apply font formats (bold, underline, and italics)
·Apply character effects and colours
·Copy formats using the Format Painter
·Remove text enhancements
 

Printing a Document

·Use Print Preview
·Print a document
·Print the current page, selected text, or a range of pages
·Print multiple copies of a document
·Set print options
·Cancel a print job
·Troubleshoot printing
 

Using a Template

·Use a template to create a new document
·Create a new document using a wizard
·Work within a document created from a template
 

Applying a Style

·Apply a paragraph style
·Apply a character style
·Apply a list style
·Apply a table style
·Use the Styles and Formatting pane
 

Formatting a Simple List

·Start a bulleted or numbered list automatically
·Add bullets and numbering to a list
·Change the appearance of bullet characters
 

Inserting Pictures and Clip Art

·Understand Object Linking and Embedding
·Insert a Clip Art object
·Insert a picture from a file
·Insert a Print Screen graphic
·Insert an image from a scanner or digital camera
·Modify a picture using the Picture toolbar
·Crop a picture
 

Headers and Footers

·Create and modify headers and footers
·Insert fields in headers and footers to show variable data (page number, date, file location, author, document title, file name)
·Format page numbering

 
Creating a Table

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Draw or create a table using the Draw Table tool or Insert Table command
·Apply AutoFormatting to a table
·Move the insertion point around in a table
·Edit cell contents
·Insert and delete columns and rows
·Change the height and width of rows and columns
·Add borders and shading to a table
 

Proofing Tools

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Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker to correct errors in a document
·Add unrecognised words to the custom dictionary
·Use the Browse Selector and Go To to locate specific elements in a document
·Find and replace text
 

Basic Reviewing Tools

·Show, hide, and print document markup
·Add and review document comments
·Highlight text in document
 

 

Word 2003 Intermediate (2 days)

 

Overview and objectives

This course is designed to help you to develop existing skills in Word to create and collaborate on more complex documents.  You will learn to create documents that incorporate different objects, such as graphs, pictures, and diagrams.  You will also learn to save a document in different file formats and apply more complex formatting, such as sections, columns, and outline numbering.  Finally, you will learn to combine a document with a data source to create mail merge letters and labels.

Course overview:

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Application Options and File Properties
·View and change application options
·View and change document properties

Inserting and Removing Sections

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Use different types of section break
·Delete section breaks
·Copy and paste page layout settings with text

Column Formatting

·Create and use newspaper columns
·Modify column structure
·Balance columns in equal lengths
 

Creating an Envelope or Label

·Prepare and print envelopes and labels

Formatting a Tabbed List

·Create a tabbed list
·Modify tab stop settings and leader characters

Formatting an Outline List

·Create an outline numbered list
·Promote and demote outline levels
·Restart and continue numbering from another list
 

Modifying a Table

·Use a table for page layout
·Specify table properties
·Align and position a table
·Merge and split cells and tables
·Set cell margins  and spacing
·Align and orient cell contents
 

Word 2003 - AutoText and AutoFormat

·Set up AutoCorrect to correct errors as you type
·Create and apply frequently used AutoText
·Use Smart Tags
·Use AutoFormat
·Apply a theme
 

Mail Merge Wizard

·Create a Main Document
·Create and edit a Recipient List
·Print a merged document
·Merge to a new document
·Use an alternate data source
·Prepare and print mail merge envelopes and labels
 

Inserting a Chart

·Insert a new graph using Microsoft Graph
·Reposition, resize, and delete a graph object
·Modify an embedded graph object
·Change data using the datasheet
·Change the chart type
 

Creating a Diagram

·Create a diagram or organisation chart
·Modify the layout of a diagram or organisation chart
·Format a diagram or organisation chart
·Apply an AutoFormat to a diagram or organisation chart
 

Working with Objects

·Select, position, and delete an object
·Resize an object
·Move or copy an object
 

Formatting Objects

·Format shapes and objects (line, border, shading, shadow, 3-D) 

Distributing a Document

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Save a document as a plain text file
·Save a document for a different application or as a Rich Text File
·Save a document as a template
 

Publishing to a Web Page

·Use Web Page Preview
·Save a document as a web page

 

Comparing Documents

·Compare and merge documents

 

 

Word 2003 Advanced (1 day)

 

This course is designed to help you to develop document solutions for longer format document types, such as a report, thesis, book, or manual. You will learn to use templates, styles, and fields to format and cross-reference long documents consistently.  You will learn more advanced page layout techniques, allowing you to create documents such as a newsletter or simple magazine. You will also learn to merge a document with a data source to create mail merge letters and to manage linked objects. 

 

Course overview:

Creating a Style

·Create and modify a style
·Apply a style
·Assign a style to a shortcut key 

Create and modify a template

·Attach a different template to a document
·Load a global template
·Modify the location of workgroup templates 

Tables of Contents

·Create and modify a table of contents, table of authorities, and table of figures 
·Create and modify an index
·Automatically summarise a document 

References

·Bookmark selected text
·Create cross-references
·Create and revise footnotes and endnotes
·Add captions to objects manually and automatically 

Formatting an Outline List

·Create an outline numbered list
·Promote and demote outline levels
·Restart and continue numbering from another list 

Managing Styles

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Create bulleted and numbered list styles
·Create outline list styles
·Create table styles
·Manage styles using the Organizer
·Switch styles using the Style Gallery
·Apply and remove direct formatting
·Reveal styles and check formatting 

Object Linking and Embedding

·Link or embed an OLE object (Excel worksheet or chart)
·Import Excel data as a Word table
·Modify an OLE object
·Update or unlink a linked data object
·Create a chart from existing data (worksheet, table, delimited text)
·Append text from another document
·Convert existing text into a table
·Build and edit an equation

Mail Merge Wizard

·Create a Main Document
·Create and edit a Recipient List
·Print a merged document
·Merge to a new document
·Use an alternate data source
·Prepare and print mail merge envelopes and labels

WordArt

·Insert and format WordArt text 

Modifying a Table

·Use a table for page layout
·Specify table properties
·Align and position a table
·Merge and split cells and tables
·Set cell margins and spacing
·Align and orient cell contents 

Desktop Publishing

·Use linked text boxes
·Edit and format text boxes
·Position and align text around objects
·Create a watermark
·Create and modify a page border
·Print a book fold document
·Scale documents to print on multiple pages on a single sheet

 

 

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Last modified: 07/01/08