Using a computer to create, edit, and print documents?

Of all the computer applications, Microsoft Word is the most common. Word is a word processing program that enables you to create a document, store it electronically on a disk, display it on a screen, modify it by entering commands and characters from the keyboard, and print it on a printer.

The great advantage of Word over using a typewriter is that you can make changes without retyping the entire document. If you make a typing mistake, you simply back up the cursor and correct your mistake. If you want to delete a paragraph, you simply remove it, without leaving a trace. It is equally easy to insert a word, sentence, or paragraph in the middle of a document. Word also makes it easy to move sections of text from one place to another within a document, or between documents. When you have made all the changes you want, you can send the file to a printer to get a hardcopy.

In this seminar, you'll start with an overview of creating, saving and editing Word documents. You will learn the fundamentals of formatting like applying fonts, italics, and boldface. From there, you"ll  learn how to work with headers and footers and prepare your document for printing.

• Using the Office 2007 user interface
• Entering and editing document text
• Formatting document text and paragraphs
• Working with page breaks and layout
• Creating headers and footers
• Previewing and printing documents

Now that you have mastered basic Word skills, you want to polish the look.

This Word seminar will help you transform your documents from plain and ordinary to attractive and polished using tables, graphics and templates.

Text in a word processing document can be tedious if you try to do it using tabs and spaces. Fortunately, Word allows you to insert tables in your document, letting you align columns and rows of text with ease.  

Add appeal to your document with pictures, and borders. Your documents will grab readers' attention, and compel them to read your information, making your messages more meaningful.

• Setting Tabs
• Indenting Paragraphs
• Using Numbers and Bullets
• Working With Tables
• Editing A Table
• Sorting Table Data
• Applying Borders And Shading
• Inserting Graphics
• Inserting Dates And Symbols
• Using Templates

You have to send out over 100 form letters, each personalized with specific data, using your company's standard format. You'll spend the whole day typing letters and preparing envelopes and labels. Where do you begin?

Turn what used to take all day into a few hours work. Word's Mail Merge functions make it easy to create envelopes and labels, and create personalized form letters.

By choosing a theme, or style you can create professional documents with a coordinated set of colors, fonts, and backgrounds. You'll  never again have to wonder about what looks good together. When you create a new document, you can simply choose the same theme and styles you used for previous documents, thereby ensuring that everything you create has the same look and feel.

For information that is entered into multiple documents, like signatures, use quick parts. Instead of always typing the repeated information, users can type it once, select it and save it as a quick part. Once saved, this quick part can be used in other documents with just a few clicks of the mouse.

Key Training Points:

• Using Mail Merge
• Merging Mailing Labels and Directories
• Using Styles
• Formatting with Document Themes
• Using Quick Parts
• Working with AutoCorrect
• Using Section Breaks
• Using Newsletter-style Columns

Creating any type of document, from letters to long manuals, is easier when you use Microsoft Word. If you are a new or self-taught user, start with Level I. This seminar covers the basics of creating and formatting documents, working with page breaks, and applying headers and footers to a document.

• Entering and editing document text
• Formatting document text and paragraphs
• Working with page breaks and layout
• Creating headers and footers
• Previewing and printing documents

Has organizing information into multiple columns by spacing across the page presented a challenge? This intermediate Word seminar shows you how to align your data perfectly by inserting a table into your document. Also, learn timesaving techniques such as creating and formatting documents for repeated use.

• Creating and modifying tables
• Designing and using templates
• Creating basic forms
• Working with lists and outlines
• Inserting graphics and symbols

Does your job require you to work with and create long documents and reports? This advanced Word seminar demonstrates how to divide documents into sections, track revisions, create tables of contents and indexes, macros and more.

Topics include:

• Using styles
• Working with section breaks
• Creating columns
• Tracking revisions
• Formatting long documents
• Creating table of contents and indexes
• Working with bookmarks
• Using footnotes and endnotes
• Creating basic macros

Ever been asked to prepare a proposal, report or other document that requires footnotes, indices, chapters, or a table of contents?

In Word 2007 Level IV, discover shortcuts and techniques that automatically create sections, chapters, footnotes --- even tables of contents to save you valuable time and frustration. And if you need to keep track of all the changes made to a document, use Word's track changes option to see when the revisions were made and by whom.

Find out how to create data entry forms to automate data input. Word forms are a convenient option for forms that are used regularly by multiple users. Drop down lists, option buttons, and check boxes embedded in the forms decrease errors during input.  When saved as a template and stored on a shared network drive, they are accessible and can be completed by everyone in the office.

SmartArt graphics add color, shape, and emphasis to your text and data, and they're a snap to use. You can easily try out a variety of SmartArt graphics to see which one works best for getting your point across. An organization chart? A time line? A process with sequential tasks? Non-sequential items? With Word 2007, it's your choice, and very easy to use.

Key Training Points:

• Create a Table of Contents and Index
• Use bookmarks to cross reference document entries
• Insert footnotes and endnotes into a document
• Combine several documents using the Master Document feature
• Share and track document revisions
• Create data entry forms
• Add diagrams to a document using SmartArt