MS Word 2013 Basic/Advanced

Course Syllabus:

Mastering the Basics:

• Navigating in Microsoft Word
• Typing and editing text
• Undoing and redoing actions
• Moving and copying text
• Finding and replacing text

Formatting Text:

• Character and paragraph formatting
• Adding shading and borders
• Using bullets and numbering
• Aligning paragraphs and adjusting indentations
• Using tabs for layout control
• Performing spelling and grammar checks
• Inserting symbols and using AutoText

Page Layout and Printing:

• Setting margins and page borders
• Adding headers, footers, and page breaks
• Print preview and printing options

Working with Graphics:

• Inserting, moving, resizing, and deleting images
• Controlling text wrapping around pictures
• Adding advanced paragraph and picture formats

Document Management:

• Creating, applying, updating, and deleting styles
• Formatting and compiling a Table of Contents
• Updating tables of contents and formatting an index
• Creating alternating footers and first-page footers
• Inserting footnotes, endnotes, and bookmarks

Advanced Document Features:

• Embedding and modifying worksheets
• Linking Excel data as a table
• Sorting table data and lists
• Creating and modifying charts, and importing data into charts

Customizing Word:

• Organizing and customizing toolbars and menus
• Adding and removing toolbar buttons
• Creating custom toolbars and keyboard shortcuts

Automating Tasks with Macros:

• Recording, assigning, and running macros
• Editing, copying, renaming, and deleting macros

Mail Merge for Mailing Documents:

• Understanding the mail merge process
• Creating a main document and data source
• Adding merge fields, sorting, filtering, and merging data

Creating Interactive Forms:

• Adding text, drop-down, and check box form fields
• Modifying, protecting, and password-protecting form fields

Collaborative Document Tools:

• Tracking, accepting, and rejecting changes
• Adding comments and protecting documents
• Managing multiple document versions