This is Micro-training, short, punchy training of less than three hours so that you can get on with your day
| Basic Skills and Techniques Cut, copy and paste information in rich and plain text – create and modify tables use formatting techniques to position text and paragraphs – insert pictures – create high quality document designs and layouts 1 Contact us to book 2 Pay ($225) |  Book here |
This is my take on Word Skills and Techniques and how to maximise your workflow. I’ve used and taught Word since it’s inception as a Word Perfect clone – Word for DOS – in the pre-Windows days of flipping floppies and 640×480 CRT’s. Yeah, that old!
You are somewhat familiar with Word already. You have used it here and there and know a few things. I’m here to help you move on with Word and to bring it all together so that you can use Word as its designed to be used, effectively and efficiently integrating Word features to get the job done.
Understanding Word is means getting in the head-space of the nerds that bolted it together from Visual BASIC; a mutant spawn of programmers with low people skills with a like of linear sequences. Despite many makeovers, Word is still a clunky beast. Effective, powerful and efficient but a beast nonetheless.
First and foremost is that you be geentle with yourself.
Second is that you have fun!
Course 1 Review
- select and work with text in a document
- format fonts and paragraphs
A trip down Memory Line
Take the time to review these shortcuts to become faster and more productive…
| Action | Result |
| Double-click a word | Selects word |
| Triple-click in a paragraph | Selects paragraph |
| Hold [Ctrl] and click within a sentence | Selects sentence |
| Hold [Ctrl] and drag selection | Creates a copy of the text or object |
| Double-click in header or footer (Print Layout view) |
Activates the header or footer; double-click in the main text area to return to it |
| Right-click the status bar | Opens a menu to choose options to display |
Basic Skills and Techniques Course
- cut, copy and paste information in rich and plain text
- create and modify tables
- Use formatting techniques to position text and paragraphs
- insert pictures
- create high quality document designs and layouts
Tables
- Understanding Tables and Creating one
- Adding Data to a Table
- Selecting in Tables Using the Ribbon and Mouse
- Inserting and Deleting Columns and Rows
- Changing Column Widths, Row Heights and Autofitting Columns
- Shading Cells
- Modifying Borders and Adding Custom Borders
- Choosing a Table Style
use formatting techniques to position text and paragraphs
- Applying First Line Indents, Hanging Indents and Right Indents
- Understanding Pagination
- Controlling Widows and Orphans
- Keeping Paragraphs and Lines Together
- Inserting a Page Break
- Applying Hyphenation to Text
- Hiding Text
- Inserting a Drop Cap
- Understanding Returns, Inserting Hard and Soft Returns and Removing Returns
- Revealing Formatting
Basic Pictures
- Understanding Pictures and Online Pictures
- Inserting a Picture and an Online Picture
- Selecting and Positioning Pictures
- Applying Text Wrapping Styles
- Resizing a Picture and Applying Picture Styles
- Resetting, Changing, Cropping and Deleting Pictures
Performing a Mail Merge
- Understanding Mail Merge and the Process
- Creating a Recipient List and the Starting Document
- Starting the Mail Merge Wizard
- Selecting a Recipient List and Inserting Mail Merge Fields
- Previewing the Merged Documents and Completing the Merge
A Guide to Brilliant Documents
- The Four Pillars of Great Design
- Perfect Page Layouts
- Make It Readable
- Pictures Tell a Story
- The Tips and Traps of Writing
Course based on extracts of the Level 1 Word and Level 2 Word resources from Watsonia Publishing
Create - Manage - Produce 