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Microsoft Word

Appropriate for many versions of Microsoft Word (2 day class)

Day 1

BASIC SKILLS
Creating a document
*Working in the Document Window
*Typing Text
*Deleting and Replacing Text
**Reversing your Changes
*Moving and Copying Text
**Using Context-Sensitive Drag and Drop
*Changing the Look of your TextMoving Around in a Document
*Opening a Document
*Scrolling Through a Document
*Moving and Copying Text Using the
Standard Toolbar
**Moving Text Over a Long Distance
*Checking SpellingFormatting Paragraphs
*Using the Tab Key to Indent Text
*Setting Indents and Creating Lists
**Using the Formatting Toolbar to
Set Indents
**Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
*Setting Custom Indents
*Sorting a List
*Changing Paragraph Formatting
*Creating a Table with the Standard Toolbar
*Setting Margins with the RulerPrinting your Document
*Previewing your Document
*Inserting Page Breaks
*Printing your Document
**Before you Begin Printing

    EVERYDAY TASKS MADE EASY
    Increasing Editing Productivity
    *Finding and Replacing Text
    **Replacing all Occurrences of Text
    **Finding and Replacing Formatting
    *Inserting Text with AutoCorrect
    and AutoText
    **Creating an AutoCorrect Entry
    **Creating an AutoText EntryProofing a Document
    *Using the Thesaurus
    *Checking Grammar and Spelling
    **Viewing Readability Statistics
    **Customizing the DictionaryEstablishing the Look of a Page
    *Setting up Document Pages
    *Creating Headers and Footers
    *Viewing Headers and Footers
    *Creating Facing PagesUsing Styles
    *Formatting with Character Styles
    **Applying Character Styles
    *Formatting with Paragraph Styles
    **Applying Paragraph Styles
    *Changing a Styles

    Optional Material:
    Creating and Using Tabs
    *Setting and Removing Tab Stops
    *Using Tab Leaders

Day 2

Using Styles
*Paragraph Styles
*Redefining a Style
*Character StylesUsing Templates
*Creating a Document from a Template
*Adding Styles to Word TemplatesEditing/Formatting Tips
*The Replace Command
*Page Breaks and Section Breaks
*Drop CapsUsing Text Boxes
*Creating Text Boxes
*Formatting Text Boxes
*Formatting Text in the Text Boxes!
*Creating Linked Text BoxesImporting Graphics
*Inserting and Positioning Graphics
*Wrapping Text around GraphicsAutomatic Features
*Inserting Dates and Times
*Using AutoCorrect
*Using AutoText
*Using AutoFormatCustomizing Word
*Customizing Toolbars
*Customizing Menus
*Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
*Setting Word PreferencesMail Merge
*The Data Document
*The Main Document
*Merging the Data and Main Documents
*Using an IF Statement
*Making LabelsOPTIONAL TOPICS:
Tables of ContentsOutlining
*Creating a Document in Outline View
*Organizing in OutliningMacros
*Creating a Macro
*Running a Macro

Drawing in Word
*Using Word's Drawing Tools
*Editing and Formatting Graphics

There will be step by step instructions, plenty of pictures in the workbook, and some special tips, too. By the end of the class, you'll be able to produce well formatted, interesting to look at, and efficient to edit word processed documents

$645 per person; 3-6 attending the same class receive a 5 - 20% discount.

Call (414) 258-1646 today or email us; class limited to 6 students.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of your operating system, cut,copy, paste, save and print commands.

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