Intermediate Microsoft Word
This Intermediate Word class will help you optimize your documents for readability, organization, and appearance.
Class starts with advanced formatting including line and paragraph spacing, default and custom styles, formatting symbols, and more. Then, you learn strategies to keep your information organized and presentable using tables. Next, you will learn to add logos, shapes, charts, and other important visuals while maintaining the professional appearance of your documents. From there, you will get hands-on with page layout tools including Live Layout, alignment guides, columns, spacing, custom fields, and more. Finally, the class wraps up with tips on how to use document views to optimize your workflow.
This popular course is approved by Microsoft and resold to Microsoft Partners worldwide as course number MS-55273-A .
Target Audience: Students who have basic Microsoft Words skills and are ready to create more professional document using sophisticated design and layout features. This class is for Word 2019 or Word 365 on Windows. (Users of Word 2016 or 2013 may participate in the class and may notice minor differences in their version of the software.)
- Create professional-looking documents with advanced editing tools.
- Use tables to manage and organize information.
- Master best practices for working with images including placement, sizing, text wraps, borders, and effects.
- Adjust page layout to create clear, readable documents.
- Add and edit columns to sort information easily.
- Manage page breaks and section breaks.
- Use images, logos, and other visuals while maintaining the professional appearance of your document.
- Leverage document views, the navigation pane, and multiple window options to work more efficently.
Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Our curriculum has been tested and approved by ProCert Labs, the official tester of Microsoft courseware, and has been found to meet the highest industry standards of instructional quality.
- Advanced Formatting
- Shading and Borders
- Exercise: Using Shading and Borders
- Setting Line and Paragraph Spacing
- Changing Styles
- Benefits of Styles
- Setting a New Style Set as Default
- Resolving Multi-Document Style Conflicts
- Customizing Settings for Existing Styles
- Creating Character-Specific Styles
- Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Styles
- Copy Styles from Template to Template Using the Styles Organizer
- Exercise: Changing Styles
- Paragraph Marks and Other Formatting Symbols
- Exercise: Using Formatting Symbols
- Editing PDF Documents in Microsoft Word
- Working with Tables
- Inserting a Table
- Converting Tables to Text
- Adding a Table Title
- Modifying Table Fonts
- Sorting Table Data
- Setting Cell Margins
- Modifying Table Dimensions
- Merging Cells
- Applying Formulas to a Table
- Ink Equations
- Exercise: Insert a Table
- Table Styles
- Exercise: Adding Styles to a Table
- Formatting a Table
- Exercise: Formatting a Table
- Inserting a Table
- Working with Images
- Inserting Images
- Adding Quick Styles to Images
- Exercise: Insert an Image into a Microsoft Word Document
- Placing and Sizing Images
- Exercise: Place and Size an Image in a Microsoft Word Document
- Wrapping Text around an Image
- Exercise: Wrapping Text around an Image
- Adjusting Images
- Exercise: Adjusting Images in Microsoft Word
- Borders and Effects
- Exercise: Adding Borders and Effects to Images in Microsoft Word
- Inserting Images
- Page Layout
- Orientation and Paper Size
- Using Live Layout and Alignment Guides
- Live Layout
- Alignment Guides
- Formatting Text in Columns
- Exercise: Changing the Page Setup
- Advanced Formatting
- Set Character Space Options
- Set Advanced Character Attributes
- Add Linked Text Boxes
- Working with Fields
- Add Custom Fields
- Modify Field Properties
- Create Custom Field Formats
- Add Field Controls
- Link to External Data
- Page and Section Breaks
- Preventing Orphans
- Adding Page and Section Breaks
- Exercise: Adding Page and Section Breaks
- Working with Illustrations
- Adding and Editing Charts
- Exercise: Working with Charts
- Working with Clip Art
- Exercise: Working with Clip Art
- Using Shapes
- Positioning Shapes
- Shape Formatting
- Adding and Modifying Text in Shapes
- Wrapping Text Around Shapes
- Working with Icons
- Using 3D Models
- Exercise: Adding Shapes
- Working with SmartArt
- Inserting SmartArt
- Modifying SmartArt
- Positioning SmartArt
- Exercise: Working with SmartArt
- Creating Captions
- Modify Caption Properties
- Using Cross-References
- Using Building Blocks
- Inserting Text Boxes
- Moving Building Blocks between Documents
- Editing Building Block Properties
- Exercise: Inserting a Building Block in a Document
- Viewing Your Documents
- Document Views
- Viewing Document Pages Side to Side
- The Resume Reading Feature
- Using the Navigation Pane
- Use Show/Hide
- Exercise: Using the Navigation Pane
- Multiple Windows
- Exercise: Working with Multiple Windows
- Document Views
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft Word class:
- Basic Microsoft Word skills