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Duration
Two days: 9.30am - 4.30pm on both days
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Description
The Advanced Word course covers advanced topics which would help users create and manage documents more efficiently, such as table of contents, bookmarks, cross references, endnotes and footnotes and so on.
This course also deals with advanced mail merge features, using tables, creating macros, tracking changes and other tools which are useful in the creation and management of word processing documents.
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Prerequisites
Attendance at an Intermediate Word Course or extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word.
Check Points:- Can you create and save documents?
- Can you edit and format the text within these documents?
- Can you apply bullets and numbers to lists?
- Can you create and edit tables?
- Can you perform a mail merge?
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Agenda
Exercise Details Exercise 1 - Create columns within documents
- Save a document with security settings
Exercise 2 Apply various paragraph formats and controls - Apply text wrapping to objects
- Paste Special options
Exercise 3 Use find and replace to find and replace special characters, paragraph marks and so on Exercise 4 Create, modify and apply styles to text in a document Exercise 5 Perform the following within tables:
- merge and split cells
- sort the information in a table
- perform simple calculations
Convert tabbed text to a table and vice versa
Exercise 6 Add captions to tables and images
Exercise 7
Create, edit and delete:- bookmarks
- indexes
- cross references and
- foot notes and end notes
Exercise 8 Create and update a table of contents and figures.
Exercise 9 - Insert and format headers and footers
- Insert page numbers which do not begin on the first page of a document.
​Exercise 10 - Entering field codes into a document
- Locking and unlocking these field codes
Exercise 11 Create and protect forms Exercise 12 Perform tasks within a mail merge such as sorting, editing and filtering the datasource and using the ASK and IF –THEN ELSE fields. Exercise 13 Embed and link data within a document. Exercise 14 Create, run and delete macros and assign a macro to an icon on a toolbar. Exercise 15 - Use collaborative editing to track changes and add comments to a document.
- Compare and merge documents.
- Protect a document to only allow tracked changes.
Exercise 16 Create Master documents, insert subdocuments, promote and demote headings. Exercise 17 - Enter a watermark into a document
- Apply outline numbering to a list
- Changing section margins and orientation
- Use the automatic text formatting tools
Exercise 18 Use the AutoCorrect and the AutoText tools within Word -
Goals and objectives
Goals- To introduce and develop the users understanding of some of the more complex features of Microsoft Word.
- To give users the skills required to successfully complete the Advanced Word Processing ECDL module for syllabus 2.
ObjectivesAfter completing this course you will be able to:
- Create columns within documents
- Save a document with security settings
- Apply various paragraph formats and controls
- Use Find and Replace to find and replace special characters, paragraph marks
- Create, modify and apply styles to text in a document
- Perform the following within tables : merge and split cells, sort the information in a table, perform simple calculations, convert tabbed text to a table and vice versa
- Add captions to tables and images within a document
- Use referencing within a document to create, edit and delete bookmarks, indexes and cross references
- Enter, edit and delete footnotes and endnotes
- Create and update a table of contents and figures
- Insert and format headers and footers in a document
- Insert page and section breaks
- Insert page numbers which do not begin on the first page of a document and change the format of these page numbers
- Entering field codes into a document. Locking and unlocking these field codes
- Create and protect forms
- Perform tasks within a mail merge such as sorting, editing and filtering the datasource and using the ASK and IF – THEN ELSE fields
- Embed and link data within a document
- Create, run and delete macros and assign a macro to an icon on a toolbar
- Use collaborative editing to track changes within a document and add comments to a document
- Compare and Merge documents
- Protect a document to only allow tracked changes
- Create Master documents, insert subdocuments, promote and demote headings
- Use the Automatic text formatting tools
- Apply Outline Numbering to a list
- Enter a watermark into a document
- Changing section margins, orientation etc within a document
- Use the AutoCorrect and the AutoText tools within Word.
You will complete all of these using MS Word 2007.
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Costs
External attendees: £170 plus VAT per candidate.