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Microsoft Word 2003 - Power User

Objectives

This course covers the most powerful features of Microsoft Word 2003 to provide delegates with the skills needed to produce sophisticated documents rapidly and with ease allowing for astonishing productivity gains.

Duration

One Day

Delegates will learn...

  • How to create, alter and apply paragraph styles
  • How to set up templates - including the use of Fill-in fields
  • How to take advantage on the powerful outlining features that Microsoft Word 2003 provides
  • How to use the Forms toolbar to create reports
  • How to insert graphics
  • How to set up visually compelling page layouts
  • How to use cross-references, anotations and footnotes
  • How to use Mail-merge to great bulk mail-outs and mailing labels
  • Introduction to create VBA macros that target Microsoft Word

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for users who have either attended the Microsoft Word 2003 Guided Tour or those who have no formal training but have been using Word regularly as their main word processing application for at least four months.

Prerequisites

It is recommended that delegates have a good practical understanding of standard Word 2003 editing and formatting, equivalent to the Microsoft Word 2003 Guided Tour prior to attending this course.

Topics Covered

The Power of Using "Styles"

  • Creating and applying styles
  • Altering styles
  • Where to keep styles

Creating and using templates

  • Creating and formatting a template
  • Enhancing a template with text-entry fields
  • Customising a template work environment

Creating forms

  • Creating a fill-in form in MS Word 2003
  • Enhancing a form template
  • Form options

Document References

  • Creating and using bookmarks
  • Anotations, footnotes and endnotes
  • Using hyperlinks

Working with large documents

  • Using Outline View
  • Preparing part of a report
  • Working with master documents
  • Generating a table of contents

Document Layout

  • Working with columns
  • Using sections to control layout
  • Portrait and landscape sections

Using graphic effects

  • Inserting pictures and Clipart
  • Using the picture formatting options
  • Watermarks
  • Importing/linking objects from other MS Office applications eg. Excel

Use Mail Merge to Produce Mass Mailouts

  • Creating a mailout form letter
  • Creating mailing labels
  • Creating and using data sources

Introduction to VBA Macros in Microsoft Word

  • Using the Macro Recorder to record simple macros
  • Where to store your macros
  • Different ways to getting your macros to run
  • Demonstration of what is possible with Word VBA macros

Tips and Tricks

  • Tracking document changes
  • Routing documents around mulitiple users
  • Publishing HTML pages based on Word Documents