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WORD TRAINING - SUGGESTED OUTLINES FOR ONE-DAY COURSES

Below are some general suggestions for course content. These are flexible guidelines as each day can be tailored to your precise requirements, and the list of topics is not exhaustive. The exact amount of material covered each day will depend on existing knowledge and familiarity with Word and Windows of course participants. For the Introductory day it is assumed that participants have little, or no, previous knowledge of Word, but some familiarity with Windows. The course outlines are quite ambitious, and we may not cover all the topics in one day. For the Intermediate and Advanced courses it is anticipated that the participants are at least familiar with (most of) the contents of the Introductory course.

HOW TO MASTER WORD  - 1 Day course

This course is an introduction to wordprocessing with Word - how to use the commands necessary to write, edit, store, retrieve, print, and present various documents.

Topics to be covered include as much of the following as possible:
  • Starting Word - creating new documents and moving the cursor around your text
  • Editing - making changes, correcting mistakes, inserting and deleting text; undoing mistakes
  • Storing and retrieving documents
  • Closing each document and closing Word
  • Formatting text; using toolbar and menu to choose different font styles, sizes, and colours
  • Marking blocks of text
  • Moving and copying text
  • Checking spelling and grammar
  • Using the Glossary/AutoText and AutoCorrect
  • Previewing and printing documents
  • Using Undo and Redo buttons
  • Setting margins and tabs
  • Adding page breaks
  • Searching for and replacing text
  • Using the Toolbar for shortcuts
  • Using Show/Hide
  • Getting on-line Help
  • Housekeeping - file management, backing up disks and files, creating directories
INTERMEDIATE WORD - 1 day course

This course builds on material from the earlier "Introduction to Word" course. It will introduce more Word commands and features, particularly those necessary for mail-merge; for column and table work; and for performing simple calculations.

Topics to be covered include as much of the following as possible:
  • Review of Introductory Word course
  • Working with columns and tables
  • Using line drawing, borders and shading
  • Setting & using different kinds of Tabs
  • Using Indents
  • Adding page numbers, headers, and footers
  • Formatting styles
  • Bulleted & Numbered lists
  • Introduction to Multi-level lists
  • Introduction to graphics facilities
  • Designing simple macros
  • Creating an address book; Using the address book for mail merge for letters, envelopes, and labels
  • Defining new paper sizes and types
  • Changing paper orientation (landscape / portrait)
ADVANCED WORD - 1 day course

This course builds on material introduced in the "Intermediate Word" course. It introduces the commands and features necessary for producing more presentable and professional 'desktop-published' documents.

Topics to be covered include as much as possible of the following:
  • Review of Intermediate Word course
  • Document design and page layout
  • Printing on headed notepaper
  • Working with several documents
  • Copying and pasting between documents
  • Using footnotes and endnotes
  • More on Characters, Fonts and Format
  • More on line drawing, borders and shading
  • Incorporating graphics images and watermarks
  • Cross-references and Bookmarks
  • Checking Grammar
  • Creating & modifying Templates
  • Introducing WordArt, Graph, and Equation Editor
  • Automatic paragraph numbering / outline
  • Creating an index and table of contents
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