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4008 Building Better Microsoft Office Word 2003 Documents in Less Time
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Over the past few years, the use of Microsoft® Office Word to create long and complex documents has grown dramatically. Today’s individual worker uses Word to create every type of business document from the basic interoffice memo to complex reports and presentations. This course offers an intermediate\advanced introduction to the key concepts and core elements of working effectively with complex Word documents. The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the best practices that will enable them to spend less time working on their Word documents and achieve better results in the process.
What you will learn
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Create or edit complex documents more effectively, in less time.

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    Create documents that are more professional-looking as well as being easier to manage for long-term collaboration and editing needs.

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    Understand the underlying concepts of Word, in order to take on unfamiliar Word tasks more confidently and more efficiently.
    Prerequisites
    Before attending this course, students must have:

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    Word experience, including entering text and basic text formatting; saving, accessing, and printing documents; familiarity with the most common document views including Normal view, Print Layout, and Print Preview.

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    Knowledge on how to navigate in a document and at least some experience with basic tools such as Find and Replace, Comments, Bookmarks, Track Changes, AutoText, and AutoCorrect options; be aware of the Options dialog box on the Tools menu.

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    Additional experience in Word, such as:

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    formatting paragraph styles and applying them in a document.

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    creating tables using Word, and some familiarity with the basics of formatting a table’s structure and text within a table.

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    using graphics in a Word document, and some familiarity copying content between Word and other Office applications—such as pasting charts or tables into Word from Excel or diagrams into Word from PowerPoint.
    Audience

    This course is designed for those experienced in Microsoft Office who work in Word regularly and create a variety of document types ranging from marketing proposals or presentations to research reports, business proposals, and legal documents. These students’ documents often require significant formatting, use tables and graphics, and may requiring substantial editing, collaboration, and usage over a long period of time. It’s also likely these students use Microsoft Excel®, PowerPoint®, and upon occasion, Visio.

    Duration
    Half day-Instructor-led