Microsoft Word 97 - Proficient

Overview

Enhance basic Microsoft Word skills. Learn about layout techniques and create consistency throughout documents created in Microsoft Word.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at users of Microsoft Word who create documents on a daily basis and would like to improve their knowledge of the application.

Prerequisites

It is essential that course participants have successfully completed the Word 97 Core course, or have gained a similar level of knowledge within the work environment. Specifically participants need to be fully conversant in:

  • Document management (Open/Save).
  • Text formatting.
  • Document navigation.

Objectives

Upon completion users will be able to:

  • Control the layout of documents using features such as tabs, tables and columns.
  • Create advanced page layouts using headers and footers, and section breaks.
  • Use Styles and Templates to automate document creation and modification.
  • Use Mail Merge to create form letters, envelopes or mailing labels.

Duration

1 day.

Course Content

Arranging Text Using Tabs

  • Using Default Tabs
  • Setting Custom Tabs
  • Using Leader Tabs
  • Using Bar Tabs

Creating and Modifying Tables

  • Creating Tables using Different Methods
  • Adjusting Table Rows and Columns
  • Drawing Non-Uniform Tables
  • Formatting Tables
  • Adding Formulas to a Table

Templates

  • Creating and Using a Template
  • Modifying and Deleting Templates

Formatting and Styles

  • Advanced Bullets and Outline Numbering
  • Creating and Applying Styles
  • Using Styles to select text
  • Modifying Styles
  • Sharing Styles

Working with Sections and Graphics

  • Using Section Breaks
  • Creating Columns
  • Inserting ClipArt
  • Working with the Picture Toolbar

Working with Other Applications

  • Copying and Linking Data
  • Managing Links

Customising Word

  • Creating Headers and Footers

Mail Merge

  • Creating a Data Source
  • Inserting Merge Fields
  • Manipulating Records in the Data Source
  • Merging Data

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