About this Course
This one-day instructor-led course provides students with an overview of the more advanced features and functions of Microsoft Office Word 2007.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for experienced information workers who want to learn advanced-level Word 2007 skills.
Before attending this course, students must have:
Basic computer knowledge
Basic file-management skills
Basic to knowledge of the Word interface, document creation and enhancement, and page layout.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Reorganize a document outline.
Work with templates.
Find the most appropriate word.
Research information and translate text.
Save a file in a different format.
Create and modify a Web document.
Create a blog post.
Create an XML document.
Send a document directly from Word.
Track and manage document changes.
Add and review comments.
Compare and merge documents.
Password-protect a document.
Prevent changes.
Use document workspaces.
Create and modify a table of contents.
Create and modify an index.
Add bookmarks and cross-references.
Add hyperlinks.
Add sources and compile a bibliography.
Understand mail merge.
Prepare data for mail merge.
Prepare a form letter.
Merge a form letter with its data source
Send a personalized e-mail message to multiple recipients.
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Create and print labels.
Change default program options.
Make favorite Word commands easily accessible.
Make commands available with a specific document.
Create a custom keyboard shortcut
Module 1: More Text Techniques
This module explains how to structure documents by reorganizing an outline, how to use templates to quickly create formatted documents, and how to use the Thesaurus and other research tools.
Lessons
Reorganizing a Document Outline
Working with Templates
Finding the Most Appropriate Word
Researching Information and Translating Text
Lab : More Text Techniques
Promote, demote, and move headings; and collapse the outline in Outline view.
Create a template, convert a document to a template, and modify a template.
Use the Thesaurus.
Research information and translate text into another language.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Reorganize a document by using its outline.
Create and use templates.
Find synonyms.
Look up information and translate words and phrases.
Module 2: Documents for Use Outside of Word
This module explains how to save files in different formats, work with Web documents, publish blog posts, and create XML documents.
Lessons
Saving a File in a Different Format
Creating and Modifying a Web Document
Creating a Blog Post
Creating an XML Document
Lab : Documents for Use Outside of Word
Save a document as a Web page, and modify the page in Word.
Set up a blog, and publish a blog post to your blog.
Save a document in XML format, attach a schema, tag elements, and save the file as an XML file.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Determine the most appropriate format in which to save a file.
Save documents as Web pages.
Contribute to a blog from within Word.
Save documents in XML format.
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Module 3: Collaborative Documents
This module explains how to collaborate with others on a document, protect a document from unwanted changes, and use document workspaces.
Lessons
Sending a Document Directly from Word
Tracking and Managing Document Changes
Adding and Reviewing Comments
Comparing and Merging Documents
Password-Protecting a Document
Preventing Changes
Using Document Workspaces
Lab : Collaborative Documents
Attach documents to an e-mail message.
Track changes in a document, and accept and reject changes.
Show, review, add, delete, and hide comments.
Merge versions of a document and evaluate the differences.
Set a password and test the document’s security.
Impose editing and formatting restrictions.
Publish a document to a workspace, and work with the Document Management task pane.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Send a document via e-mail from within Word.
Keep track of who changed what in a document.
Use comments to annotate a document without disturbing its text.
Compare and merge different versions of the same document.
Control access to a document by assigning a password.
Control who can change what in a document.
Collaborate in a document workspace.
Module 4: Reference Tools for Longer Documents
This module explains how to create reference tools that help readers find information in longer documents.
Lessons
Creating and Modifying a Table of Contents
Creating and Modifying an Index
Adding Bookmarks and Cross-References
Adding Hyperlinks
Adding Sources and Compiling a Bibliography
Lab : Reference Tools for Longer Documents
Create, modify, and update a table of contents.
Mark index entries; and create, format, edit, and update an index.
Insert a bookmark; and create, edit, and update a cross-reference.
Insert, test, and modify a hyperlink.
Enter sources, insert citations, compile a bibliography, and change its format.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Insert a table of contents and keep it up to date.
Insert index entries and compile an index.
Add bookmarks, cross-references, and hyperlinks.
Maintain a list of source and compile a bibliography.
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Module 5: Mail Merge
This module explains the processes involved in the mail merge feature of Word 2007.
Lessons
Understanding Mail Merge
Preparing Data for Mail Merge
Preparing a Form Letter
Merging a Form Letter with Its Data Source
Sending a Personalized E-Mail Message to Multiple Recipients
Creating and Printing Labels
Lab : Mail Merge
Select a data source, add a record, and sort and filter recipients.
Modify a form letter.
Preview merged letters, and merge letters for selected recipients into a new document.
Create an address list, add a custom greeting line, and merge form messages.
Create and print mailing labels.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Select or create data sources that are suitable for mail merge.
Insert mail merge files in form documents.
Create printed merge documents or save them in a file.
Send form e-mail messages with personalized information.
Create and print labels for many different purposes.
Module 6: Custom Word
This module explains how to customize Word 2007 to best fit your needs.
Lessons
Changing Default Program Options
Making Favorite Word Commands Easily Accessible
Making Commands Available with a Specific Document
Creating a Custom Keyboard Shortcut
Lab : Custom Word
Explore options in the Word Options window.
Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Add and remove a button from a document-specific Quick Access Toolbar.
Assign keyboard shortcuts to commands.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Tailor the Word program to meet their needs.
Add buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar for all documents or for a specific document.
Create keyboard shortcuts for commands that don't already have them.
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