Word Advanced (2003)

This course is for anyone who wishes to become an expert user of Microsoft Word.

Aims

By the end of this online course you will be confident in using Word to an advanced level.

What you will learn

This course will cover the following topics:

Automatic Options: Using AutoCorrect; Using AutoText; Using AutoFormat.
Laying Out Text: Columns; Creating section breaks; Deleting section breaks.
Styles and Templates: Templates; Styles; Outline view.
Advanced Formatting: Special text effects; Controlling text flow; Applying borders to paragraphs; Applying shading to paragraphs; Creating footnotes and endnotes; Editing footnotes and endnotes; Creating watermarks.
Advanced Editing: Tracking changes; Adding comments and highlighting text.
Master and Sub Documents: Creating master and sub documents; Editing master and sub documents.
Tables: Creating and editing tables; Sorting data in tables; Simple calculations in tables.
Charts and Worksheets: Creating charts; Moving, resizing and deleting charts; Editing charts and worksheets.

Graphics and Drawing: Inserting graphics; Creating a simple drawing; Grouping and ordering shapes; Wrapping text around objects; WordArt; Adding captions.
Text Boxes: Creating text boxes; Formatting and linking text boxes.
Forms: Creating a form; Setting form field properties; Protecting and using forms.
Fields and References: Inserting and updating fields; Creating an index and marking index entries; Editing an index; Creating a table of contents; Creating cross references; Creating and using bookmarks.
Macros: Recording a macro; Copying a macro; Assigning a macro to a toolbar.
Mail Merge: Mail merge: the theory; Creating a mail merge data document; Carrying out a mail merge; Selecting and sorting data for a mail merge.
Printing and Protecting Documents: Printing documents; Protecting documents.

Requirements

Delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse, and in the basic features of Microsoft Word.

How the online course works

The online modules are structured as follows:

How it works

Here you can find out about how our lessons are structured, the style of training we use, and guidance on some of the features you will find in our lessons.

Course materials

Here you will find the manual and the demo files you need to complete the lessons.

Complete the preassessments

Here you can choose a preassessment to assess which lessons you need to take. The preassessments can be taken in any order you wish.

Start lessons

Here you will find the full list of lessons for that module.

Your learning plan

Here you will find lessons that have been added to a structured plan for you based on the results of the preassessments. You can also manually add and remove lessons from this plan.