Microsoft Word 2007 Online Training

Stand out from the crowd by creating the perfect documents quickly and cleanly in Microsoft Word 2007, the world’s leading word processing software. With lessons divided into basic, intermediate and advanced chapters, this online learning course goes well beyond the levels of training offered by many books and classes.

Start at the beginning, learning to enter and format text and build step by step until you are comfortable programming basic functions using macros and XML. Lessons cover every facet and tool, and the self-paced structure ensures that students can spend as much or as little time as they require becoming familiar with each.

Don’t be content just using Word 2007 for typing letters, when this course can teach you so much more! Save time by learning professional skills like mail merging to automatically create individually addressed letters and envelopes. See how easy it is to automatically transform your information into tables, charts and graphics, and learn to automatically insert a table of contents.

All these lessons and many more are included in this comprehensive course that will ensure every student feels comfortable using Word 2007 to its fullest potential.

Key Learning Points

This professionally written course has been designed to help learners become comfortable with every aspect of Microsoft Word 2007. Whilst many training manuals only cover text layout and formatting, we know that these things are only the beginning of Word 2007’s functionality. Students of this course will learn the meaning of every icon on the toolbar, as well as how to use these for productive and professional desktop publishing. Once you understand the tools at your disposal, you’ll be able to quickly and effectively produce any kind of written work, from simple letters and envelopes to complex business reports and annotated academic papers.

Lessons in this course are arranged into basic, intermediate and advanced chapters, covering topics such as:

Basic Skills

• Entering, formatting and modifying text.
• Different methods for copying and moving text.
• Modifying the look of pages and paragraphs.
• Laying out tables and bullet-point lists.
• Using page headers and footers.
• Working with multiple windows.
• Using the Help functions.

Intermediate Skills

• Building and using templates.
• Using the Styles function for easier formatting.
• Creating, modifying and sorting tables.
• Using columns.
• Inserting graphics, symbols and charts.
• Using the Track Changes tools for editing.
• Customising the toolbars and menus.
• Auto-inserting text such as page numbers and dates.

Advanced Skills

• Using Mail Merge tools to create a set of individualised documents (such as addressed letters) in a single file.
• Creating labels and envelopes using Mail Merge.
• Using hyperlinks.
• Utilising academic tools to handle referencing, footnotes and indexes.
• Protecting documents with encryption and passwords.
• Working with multiple document formats, including PDF files.
• Organising long documents using outline view and inbuilt heading tools.
• Creating forms.
• Programming functions with macros and XML.

If you’ve ever wondered what a menu or toolbar button does, we will show you how to use it to work smarter, faster and more effectively in Word 2007. All lessons are self-paced and accompanied by interactive practice and assessment activities.

Advantages of this course

The de facto standard for word processing, Microsoft Word is an essential tool for most modern organisations. By taking the Word 2007 course, students will:

• Become an expert in the world’s most commonly used word processing software.
• Excellent employment prospects in computer-related fields; deeper skills mean more job opportunities and higher pay.
• Stand apart from the crowd in depth of skill with Word 2007.
• Save time and energy by learning to use inbuilt tools and functions effectively.
• Stop creating every document from scratch; create functional documents and templates that can be used again and again.
• Fast-track your home or business administration with professional tips and tricks that you’ll love to use.

The Word 2007 course is essential training for students who want to get the most from the world’s most popular word processing package, boosting their productivity and employability.

• Units of study

Introduction In this course you will learn how to create and format simple text documents. You will learn to use remedial tools and help. You will also learn how to set-up page numbering, design simple headers and footers and how to print documents.
List of Lessons:

• Introduction to Word
• Navigating Your Document
• Text Entry
• Working with documents and multiple windows
• Use of automatic corrections and proofing tools
• Spell Checking
• Text Selection Techniques
• Text moving and copying
• Page Settings
• Paragraph Formatting
• Character Formatting
• Document Print
• Borders and Shading
• Bulleted and Numbered Lists
• Record sorting, converting text to table
• Multi-page Document Editing
• Headers and Footers
• Using Help

Intermediate In this course you will learn how to work with styles and templates. You will acquire the requisite knowledge for formatting large documents, for working with tables, including calculations, and working with charts. You will also insert graphics into your documents.
List of Lessons:

• Basic Word settings
• Working with document windows
• Styles
• Templates
• Adjustment of Quick Access Toolbar and shortcuts
• Creating tables
• Table formatting
• Sorting and calculations in tables
• Table design
• Chart creation
• AutoText
• Line and Page Break Management
• Searching in a document
• Track changes
• Document sections
• Column Sorting
• Graphics in documents
• Working with symbols
• Advanced Techniques for Paragraph Numbering
• Saving a File in Various Formats

Advanced In this course you will familiarize yourself with advanced methods for working with large documents. You will learn to create a table of contents, indexes and tables of figures. You will also be creating envelopes, labels and a catalog making use of mail merge. You will learn how to work with graphics and organization charts. You will understand the basics of creating forms and learn how to use fields in your documents. You will familiarize yourself with creating macros, with the XML format and its usage in MS Word, with security and management of permissions for accessing documents.
List of Lessons:

• Headers and sections in documents
• Showing outline and organizing long documents
• Master document with collapsed documents
• Creating a table of contents
• Generating index
• Table of figures and table lists and other lists
• Envelopes and labels
• Form letters in mail merge
• Data source used in merge mail
• Envelopes and labels in mail merge
• Catalog
• Linking and inserting objects
• Organization chart
• Cycle diagrams and decorative headings
• Drawing and work with graphic objects
• Working with fields
• Footnotes and endnotes
• Bookmarks
• Cross-references
• Hyperlinks
• Web presentation
• Fill-in and form fields
• Lock and print form
• Macros
• Document security
• Permission control
• Getting to know XML
• Working with data in XML format