Microsoft Word Level 2

Microsoft Word Level 2 – Course Outline

 

About This Course

Delegates should be able to use Microsoft Word to create, edit, format, save and print documents that contain text, basic tables and simple graphics.  Delegates can obtain this level of skill by attending the Word Level 1 course.

 

Target Audience

This course is designed for delegates who can already create and modify standard business documents and who need to learn how to use the more complex tools within Microsoft Word.

 

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

 

• Customise tables and charts

• Customise formatting with styles and themes

• Modify pictures in a document

• Create customised graphic elements

• Working with Quick Parts

• Perform a mail merge

• Advanced Headers and Footers

• Control text flow

• Use templates to automate document creation

 

Course Content

 

Unit 1 - Working with Tables

• Create and navigate a table

• Enter text into a table

• Use table styles

• Hide and show gridlines

• Use the draw table feature

• Convert existing text into a table

• Insert quick tables

• Use formulae in tables

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Unit 2 - Editing a Table

• Select, insert and delete rows and columns

• Merge cells

• Rotate text

• Align text

• Split cells

• Convert a table into text

• Create a table heading

 

Unit 3 - Sorting Table Data

• Sort a table alphabetically, numerically and by date

• Sort a table by multiple columns

 

Unit 4 - Customising Formats Using Styles and Themes

• Create and modify text styles

• Create custom lists or table styles

• Apply document themes

 

Unit 5 - Using Images in a Document

• Resize an image

• Adjust image appearance

• Integrate pictures and text

• Insert and format screenshots

• Insert media

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Unit 6 - Using Chart Creation Features

• Create a chart

• Edit the datasheet

• Add a chart title

• Change the chart type

• Create a chart from Excel

 

Unit 7 - Creating Custom Graphic Elements

• Create text boxes and pull quotes

• Draw shapes

• Add WordArt and other text effects

• Create complex illustrations with SmartArt

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Unit 8 - Inserting Content Using Quick Parts

• Insert building blocks

• Create and modify building blocks

• Insert fields using quick parts

 

Unit 9 - Controlling Text Flow

• Control paragraph flow

• Insert section breaks

• Advanced Headers and Footers

• Insert columns

• Link text boxes to control text flow

 

Unit 10 - Using Templates

• Create a document using a template

• Create a template from the Microsoft Site

• Applying a template

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Course duration: one day

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