WRDL2: Microsoft Word - Creating Effective Documents

To ensure your success in this course, it is recommended that you have completed Microsoft Word Essentials or possess equivalent knowledge.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Organise content using tables and charts.
• Customise formats using styles and themes.
• Insert content using quick parts.
• Use templates to automate document formatting.
• Control the flow of a document using columns and section breaks.
• Simplify and manage long documents with table of contents, indexes and outlines.
• Use mail merge to create letters, envelopes, and labels.

Organising Content Using Tables and Charts 

 Sort Table Data 
 Control Cell Layout 
 Perform Calculations in a Table 
 Create a Chart 
 Add an Excel Table to a Word Document 

Customising Formats Using Styles and Themes

 Create and Modify Text Styles 
 Create Custom List or Table Styles 
 Apply Document Themes 

Inserting Content Using Quick Parts 

 Insert Building Blocks 
 Create and Modify Building Blocks 
 Insert Fields Using Quick Parts 

Using Templates to Automate Document Formatting

 Create a Document Using a Template 
 Create and Modify a Template 
 Manage Templates with the Template Organiser
 
Controlling the Flow of a Document 

 Control Paragraph Flow
 Insert Section Breaks
 Insert Columns
 Link Text Boxes to Control Text Flow 

Simplifying and Managing Long Documents 

 Insert Blank and Cover Pages 
 Insert an Index 
 Insert a Table of Contents 
 Insert an Ancillary Table 
 Manage Outlines 
 Create a Master Document 

Using Mail Merge to Create Letters, Envelopes, and Labels 

 The Mail Merge Feature 
 Merge Envelopes and Labels