Course Offerings

Go beyond the basics of word processing and master the more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2016 (now available through Office 365). Learn how to automate Word 2016 using shortcuts to help you write more while typing less. From signs, newsletters and greeting cards to long documents, find out how to create whatever you need quickly and with professional-looking results. Learn how to create and organize text in tables, mix graphics and text together to turn Word into a simple desktop publishing program, and merge spreadsheet and database data to create mailing labels and form letters. Along the way, you work through lots of examples and exercises so you can see how Word's advanced features work. More importantly, you see how you can use these advanced features at home and on the job. By the end of this course, you know how to use Word more effectively and take advantage of its many features so that you can get your work done quicker and easier than you ever thought possible.

Course Objectives

Learn how to create an index, build a list of figures, design a table of contents, do desktop publishing, perform a mail merge and use timesaving shortcuts

Outline of Instruction

Shortcuts and Time-Savers in Word 2016
Learn shortcuts in Word that can help you create documents faster and more accurately than ever before. Not only will these shortcuts save you time, but they'll help you create letters and reports more easily than you might have thought possible.

Text and Paragraph Formatting Methods
Learn a fast and easy way to format chunks of text quickly and consistently using something called styles. Discover what a style is, how to apply it and how to create and save your own styles to use in any document. By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to make any document look presentable with just the click of your mouse.

Templates
A template stores the formatting of a document so that you can apply it to another document. Templates let you format entire documents as easily as formatting a single word. Word offers lots of convenient templates stored right on your computer or available over the internet, and you also learn how to create your own.

Graphics: Part 1
Learn how to add your own digital photographs to a document so that you can show everyone your vacation pictures, family holidays or just interesting sights you've captured on camera. In addition to adding your own photos, you can also add clip art from Word's massive library of free graphics. Find out how to resize, rotate and style your pictures, as well as wrap your document text around them.

Graphics: Part 2, and Columns
Digital photographs and clip art are just the beginning of what you can do with graphics in Word. Discover how to add a variety of informational graphics, including charts, graphs and WordArt, which allow you to display text as a graphic image. Also learn how to edit them when your data changes. Find out how Word allows you to format documents with multiple columns – a handy skill for creating newsletters and publications.

Sections and Notes
Do you often create long documents? Learn how to divide a large document into parts called sections, which allows you to format part of a document a certain way without that formatting affecting the rest of your text. For example, you may want headers and footers to appear on some pages but not others. Also learn how to insert footnotes and endnotes in a document, such as a research paper or other academic content.

Tables
Just like rows and columns in a spreadsheet let you organize numbers and text, tables do the same thing in Word. Learn how to create tables of all different sizes right in a document, as well as how to modify tables. You can even enter formulas to perform calculations in your tables, sort them and style them for a customized look.

Envelopes and Odd-Size Pages
You probably print most of your documents on standard letter-size paper. While this is great for ordinary letters or business reports, sometimes you may want to get creative with your paper sizes. But then there's the trouble of printing. See how you can define the dimensions of the paper you're using, so Word will print everything correctly. Learn how to print names and addresses directly on envelopes of any size.

Desktop Publishing: Part 1
Word can do more than write letters; it also functions as a simple desktop publishing program for creating greeting cards, calendars or newsletters. Find out how text boxes are the key to simple desktop publishing and see how other elements come into play in customized documents. Look at business cards and greeting cards to get a feel for how desktop publishing works. If you've always wanted to create a document that combines text and graphics in an artistic or visually appealing way, you'll find out how to do that and much more.

Desktop Publishing: Part 2
With the basics down, it's time to take your desktop publishing skills to the next level. Discover the magic of linked text boxes that give you the power to move your text anywhere you want on the page and keep it flowing. Learn how to create, position, resize and group text boxes so you have total control over your text.

Merging Data with Documents
Learn how to store long lists of names and addresses that you can use over and over again in a form letter. Just create a document once, leave blanks for inserting information such as names and addresses, and let Word personalize each letter for you.

Final Touches
Look in most books, and you'll find the table of contents at the beginning and an index in the back. Often, these are the last components added to a document, since they need to have accurate titles and page numbers. But Word takes a lot of the tedious work out of creating these components. Discover how you can use styles to make creating the table of contents a snap, and then explore how to tag index terms so Word knows what page they're on, even if they move later. Word can also help you keep track of any figures, such as charts, illustrations or graphs, in your document. By letting Word worry about the details, you can create an accurate table of contents, index or list of figures with very little extra effort.

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

Yes

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

N/A

Learning Supplies Needed

Hardware requirements:
This course must be taken on a PC. It is not suitable for Macs.

Software requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge is also compatible.
Microsoft Word 2016 (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account

Instructional material requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

N/A

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance
Students must score 70% or better on 10 quizzes or the final exam.

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Non-Credit Online Learning https://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
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