Intermediate Microsoft Word

Overview

Further increase your basic skills of turning boring documents into must-read material with powerful formatting, charts, and tables

Who is Intermediate Microsoft Word aimed at?

Anyone in the organisation who wishes to upgrade their basic word skills

Course Length

1 day

Learning Outcomes

On conclusion of the course, participants will understand more intermediate skills involved with using MS Word including:

Formatting the Page

• Adjusting Margins
• Changing Page Orientation and Size
• Using Columns
• Using Page Breaks
• Working with Section Breaks
• Working with Line Numbers
• Working with Hyphenation
• Working with the Page Background
• Adding a Cover Page and Page Numbers
• Using Headers and Footers

Working with Themes and Styles

• Applying a Style
• Creating a Style
• Modifying and Deleting a Style
• Working with the Styles Gallery
• Creating a New Quick Style Set
• Selecting, Removing, and Printing Styles
• Comparing and Cleaning Up Styles
• Applying Document Themes
• Creating New Theme Colours and Fonts
• Save a New Document Theme

Working with Shapes and Pictures

• Inserting Clip Art
• Inserting Screenshots
• Inserting Pictures and Graphics Files
• Removing a Picture’s Background
• Altering the Look of Pictures and Graphics
• Formatting Pictures or Graphics
• Inserting Shapes
• Formatting Shapes
• Resizing, Moving, Copying, and Deleting Objects
• Positioning Objects
• Applying Special Effects
• Grouping Objects
• Aligning and Distributing Objects
• Flipping and Rotating Objects
• Layering Objects
• Inserting a Text Box

Working with WordArt, SmartArt, and Charts

• Inserting WordArt
• Editing WordArt
• Formatting WordArt
• Inserting SmartArt
• Working with SmartArt Elements
• Formatting SmartArt
• Inserting a Chart
• Formatting a Chart
• Working with Labels
• Formatting Chart Elements
• Formatting a Chart Area
• Using Chart Templates
• Changing Chart Type

Working with Tables

• Creating a Table
• Working with a Table
• Resizing and Moving a Table
• Adjusting Table Alignment and Text Wrapping
• Working with Cell Formatting
• Merging and Splitting Cells and Tables
• Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
• Adjusting Row Height and Column Width
• Using Table Drawing Tools
• Working with Sorting and Formulas
• Working with Borders and Shading
• Using Table Styles
• Using Table Style Options
• Converting or Deleting a Table
• Using Quick Tables

Working with Mailings

• An Overview of the Mail Merge Process
• Step 1: Setting Up the Main Document
• Step 2: Creating a Data Source
• Step 2: Selecting an Existing Data Source
• Step 3: Inserting Merge Fields
• Step 3: Inserting Rules Fields
• Step 4: Previewing a Mail Merge
• Step 5: Completing the Mail Merge
• Editing the Data Source
• Creating Labels
• Creating Envelopes

Using Collaborative Editing Tools

• Tracking Revisions
• Accepting and Rejecting Revisions
• Using Comments
• Comparing and Combining Documents
• Password Protecting a Document
• Protecting a Document