Mastering Word Features: From Beginner to Advanced

1 Day, 9:00-4:00, 6 Hours

Course Overview

This instructor-led class covers key skills that will elevate and maximize your document creation and editing skills, taking you from a foundational to an advanced understanding of essential Word tools. Learn to expertly apply and customize styles, use Track Changes for efficient collaboration, and implement advanced formatting techniques to create polished, professional documents with ease.

Course Objectives

Apply paragraph formatting - alignment, borders, and bullets
Apply document/page formatting: margins, page numbers, headers, footers
Apply and edit styles to format headings consistently
Insert bookmarks and cross-references
Track changes and compare documents

Course Outline

Character Formatting

Important Character Formatting Concepts
Applying Bold, Italic, and Underline
Changing the Font and Size of Text
Changing the Text Case
Copying Character Formatting

Paragraph Formatting

Important Paragraph Formatting Concepts
Changing Paragraph Alignment
Changing Line Spacing
Changing Paragraph Spacing
Using Paragraph Indents
Applying Borders and Shading
Using Automatic Bullets and Numbering

Section/Document Formatting

Important Section/Document Formatting Concepts
Changing Margins and Orientation
Changing Paper Size
Inserting Automatic Page Numbers
Inserting Headers and Footers
Inserting Forced Page Breaks
Recap of Formatting Concepts

Advanced Editing and Automation Tools

Using Find and Replace
Inserting Symbols
Using AutoCorrect
Working with Building Blocks
Inserting Building Blocks
Creating Building Blocks
Editing Building Blocks
Using the Building Blocks Organizer
Understanding AutoFormat as You Type

Formatting Longer Documents

Section Breaks and Section Formatting
Inserting Next Page Section Breaks
Adding Different Page Number Schemes
Deleting Section Breaks
Working with Styles
Applying Styles to Paragraphs
Using and Editing Style Sets
Creating a Table of Contents
Inserting, Editing, and Deleting Footnotes or Endnotes
Inserting Cover Pages

Using Multilevel Lists

Applying Multilevel Lists
Defining New Multilevel Lists
Removing Multilevel Lists

Tracking and Referencing Documents

Working with Bookmarks
Working with Cross-References
Inserting Indexes
Working with Track Changes

Cost and Delivery Format Options

We offer the above listed class on our public schedule and as a private group class in the following delivery formats:

Public Class: Live Virtual
Per student	$375

Private Group Class: Live Virtual
1-4 students	$950
5-8 students	$1400
9-12 students*	$1600
*$100 per additional student

Private Group Class: At Your Location
1-4 students	$1200
5-8 students	$1650
9-12 students*	$1850
*$100 per additional student

Private Group Training

Private group classes are cost effective when you have a group of students who need the same course. Volume discounts of 5% to 20% are available when five or more training days are scheduled. For classes conducted at your location, you are responsible for the classroom setup which should include:

A computer for each student (with the appropriate software installed), and
An instructor workstation connected to a visual display (e.g., projector, smartboard, etc.).

Customization

Softek can easily customize a training course that covers the specific topics you require and integrate examples relevant to your work environment. Course customization is billed at $150 per hour and covers time needed to meet, discuss, prepare, and incorporate any specific examples into the training program. Once we have a better idea of what you have in mind, we will be glad to provide a specific price quote for the customization.

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