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Microsoft Word - Intermediate

Microsoft Word Intermediate

This course is designed to help users who are familiar with Microsoft Word’s basic features and
wish to take their skills to the next level. You’ll learn how to work smarter in Word, master in-built
tools to create professional formatting themes, work with tables, shapes, images, styles, and
more.

Learning Outcomes

• Work with document techniques
• Use a range of formatting techniques
• Work with a PDF document
• Work with Word options and document properties
• Create and apply styles
• Create and work effectively with themes
• Create and use templates
• Work with section breaks
• Insert and work with headers and footers in a document
• Perform various merging tasks
• Draw and format shapes
• Insert and work with text boxes
• Use table features to improve the layout and format of tables
• Enhance and correct pictures

Course Subjects

• Opening Multiple Documents
• Switching Between Open Documents
• Arranging All
• Viewing Side By Side

• Applying First Line Indents
• Applying Hanging Indents
• Applying Right Indents
• Understanding Pagination

• Understanding PDF Documents
• Saving a Document as a PDF
• Viewing a PDF File in Reader
• Opening and Editing a PDF in Word

• Understanding Word Options
• Personalising Word
• Setting Display Options
• Understanding File Locations

• Understanding Styles
• Applying Paragraph Styles
• Applying Character Styles

• Understanding Themes
• Applying a Theme
• Modifying Theme Colours
• Modifying Theme Fonts

• Understanding Templates
• Using a Sample Template
• Downloading an Online Template
• Creating a Template

• Understanding Section Breaks
• Inserting a Next Page Section Break
• Inserting a Continuous Section Break
• Inserting an Even Page Section Break

• Understanding Headers and Footers
• Inserting Headers and Footers
• Inserting a Blank Header
• Inserting a Blank Footer

• Understanding Recipient Lists
• Creating a Recipient List
• Customising the Columns
• Adding Records

• Understanding Shapes
• Drawing Shapes
• Selecting Shapes
• Resizing Shapes

• Understanding Text Boxes
• Inserting a Preformatted Text Box
• Typing Text into a Text Box
• Positioning a Text Box

• Creating a Table from Text
• Aligning Data in Cells
• Displaying Table Gridlines
• Inserting Formulas into a Table

The above topics may include additional information and further insight depending
on the audience

400 WST
Instructor

John Wayne

Time

7 Hrs + 3 Hrs Self Study

Level

Intermediate

Language

English