ECDL Advanced – Word

Who is the course for?

With this unit, learners can demonstrate their ability to use the advanced features of word processing applications to enhance their work, improve productivity and save time.

What will I study?

Advanced Word Processing requires the candidate to use the word processing application to produce advanced document outputs. Upon completion of this unit, candidates will be able to:

• Apply advanced text, paragraph, column and table formatting
• Convert text to a table and vice versa
• Work with referencing features like footnotes, endnotes and captions
• Create tables of contents, indexes and cross-references
• Enhance productivity by using fields, forms and templates
• Apply advanced mail merge techniques/work with automation features (macros)
• Use linking and embedding features to integrate data
• Collaborate on and review documents
• Work with master documents/subdocuments
• Apply document security features
• Work with watermarks, sections, and headers and footers in a document
• Apply text wrapping options for graphical objects/tables
• Use find & replace options: font/paragraph formats, paragraph marks, page breaks
• Use paste special options: formatted text, unformatted text
• Apply line spacing within paragraphs: at least, exactly/fixed, multiple/proportional
• Apply, remove paragraph pagination options
• Apply, modify outline numbering in multi-level lists
• Create, modify, update a character style
• Create, modify, update a paragraph style
• Apply multiple column layouts. Change number of columns in a column layout
• Change column widths and spacing. Insert, remove lines between columns
• Insert, delete a column break
• Apply a table auto format/table style
• Merge, split cells in a table
• Change cell margins, alignment, text direction
• Automatically repeat heading row(s) at the top of each page
• Allow, do not allow row(s) to break across pages
• Sort data by one column, by multiple columns at the same time
• Convert delimited text to a table
• Convert a table to text
• Add a caption above, below a graphical object, table
• Add, delete a caption label
• Change caption number format
• Insert, modify footnotes, endnotes
• Convert a footnote to an endnote. Convert an endnote to a footnote
• Create, update a table of contents based on specified heading styles and formats
• Create, update a table of figures based on specified styles and formats
• Mark an index: main entry, subentry. Delete a marked index entry
• Create, update an index based on marked index entries
• Create, delete a cross-reference to: numbered item, heading, bookmark, figure, table
• Add a cross-reference to an index entry
• Insert, delete fields like: author, file name and path, file size, fill-in/input
• Insert a sum formula field code in a table
• Change field number format
• Lock, unlock, and update a field
• Create, modify a form using available form field options: text field, check box, drop-down menu.
• Add help text to a form field: visible on status bar, activated by F1 Help key
• Protect, unprotect a form
• Modify a template
• Mail Merge
• Edit, sort a mail merge recipient list
• Insert ask, if…then…else… fields
• Merge a document with a recipient list using given merge criteria
• Insert, edit, and remove a hyperlink
• Link data from a document, application and display as an object, icon
• Update, break a link
• Embed data into a document as an object
• Edit, delete embedded data
• Apply automatic text formatting options
• Create, modify, and delete automatic text correction entries
• Create, modify, insert, and delete automatic text entries
• Record a simple macro like: change page setup, insert a table with a repeating heading
• row, insert fields in document header, footer
• Run a macro
• Assign a macro to a custom button on a toolbar
• Turn on, off track changes. Track changes in a document using a specified display view
• Accept, reject changes in a document
• Insert, edit, delete, show, and hide comments/notes
• Compare and merge documents
• Create a new master document by creating sub documents from headings
• Insert, remove a subdocument in a master document
• Use text outline/navigator: promote, demote, expand, collapse, move up, move down
• Add, remove password protection for a document: to open, to modify
• Protect a document to only allow tracked changes or comments
• Create, modify, delete section breaks in a document
• Change page orientation, page vertical alignment, margins for sections of a document
• Add, modify, and remove a watermark in a document
• Apply different headers and footers to sections, first page, odd/even pages

How will the course be delivered?

The 10 week course is delivered in an evening.

Course Entry Requirements

In order to take an Advanced ECDL module you do not need to have passed ECDL Level 2, however, you do need Intermediate skills as the course builds upon the knowledge and skills gained from basic ECDL. Ideally you should also be using the software as part of your daily work. By booking onto this Advanced Word course, you are agreeing that you are proficient in the following:

Working with Documents – Open, close a word processing application. Open, close documents, Create a new document based on default template, other available template like: memo, fax, agenda, Save a document to a location on a drive. Save a document under another name to a location on a drive, Save a document as another file type like: text file, Rich Text Format, template, software specific file extension, version number, Switch between open documents, Set basic options/preferences in the application: user name, default folder to open, save documents, Use available Help functions, Use magnification/zoom tools, Display, hide built-in toolbars. Restore, minimize the ribbon.

Document Creation – Switch between page view modes, Insert symbols or special characters like: ©, ®, ™, Display, hide non-printing formatting marks like: spaces, paragraph marks, manual line break marks, tab characters, Select character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, entire body text, Edit content by entering, removing characters, words within existing text, by over-typing to replace existing text, Use a simple search command for a specific word, phrase, Copy, move text within a document, between open documents, Use the undo, redo command.

Formatting – Change text formatting: font sizes, font types, Apply text formatting: bold, italic, underline, Apply text formatting: subscript, superscript, Apply different colours to text, Apply case changes to text, Apply automatic hyphenation, Create, merge paragraph(s), Insert, remove soft carriage return (line break), Recognise good practice in aligning text: use align, indent, tab tools rather than inserting spaces, Align text left, centre, right, justified, Indent paragraphs: left, right, first line, Set, remove and use tabs: left, centre, right, decimal, Recognise good practice in paragraph spacing: apply spacing between paragraphs rather than use the Return key, Apply spacing above, below paragraphs. Apply single, 1.5 lines, double line spacing within paragraphs, Add, remove bullets, numbers in a single level list, Switch between different standard bullet, number styles in a single level list, Add a box border and shading/background colour to a paragraph, Apply an existing character style to selected text, Apply an existing paragraph style to one or more paragraphs, Use copy format tool.

Objects – Create a table ready for data insertion, Insert, edit data in a table, Select rows, columns, cells, entire table, Insert, delete, rows and columns.

Table Formatting – Modify column width, row height, Modify cell border line style, width, colour, Add shading/background colour to cells.

Graphical Objects – Insert an object (picture, image, chart, drawn object) to a specified location in a document, Select an object, Copy, move an object within a document, between open documents, Resize, delete an object.

Mail Merge – Open, prepare a document, as a main document for a mail merge, Select a mailing list, other data file, for use in a mail merge, Insert data fields in a mail merge main document (letter, address labels), Merge a mailing list with a letter, label document as a new file or printed output, Print mail merge outputs: letters, labels, Change document orientation: portrait, landscape, Change paper size, Change margins of entire document, top, bottom, left, right, Recognize good practice in adding new pages: insert a page break rather than using the Return key, Insert, delete a page break in a document, Add, edit text in headers, footers, Add fields in headers, footers: date, page number information, file name. Apply automatic page numbering to a document, Add words to a built-in custom dictionary using a spell checker; Print a document from an installed printer using output options like: entire document, specific pages, number of copies.

If you are not proficient with any of the above, please contact us before booking onto the course.

The college operates a no refunds policy as detailed below. Cancellations and transfer requests are subject to the following conditions:

• More than 4 weeks notice – no charge
• 4 weeks notice – 30% of the cost
• 2-3 weeks notice – 50% of the cost
• 1-2 weeks notice – 75% of the cost
• Less than 1 weeks notice – 100% of the cost

All cancellations must be made in writing and are subject to a £10 administration charge. The full fee’s policy is available on request.

What will I get at the end of the course?

ECDL Certificate upon successful achievement following examination.

What can I do next?

ECDL Advanced – Excel

ECDL Advanced – Access

How much does it cost?

This 10 week course is priced at £275.000 per delegate (including all tuition, Registration, ECDL Test fees (First Attempt) and Certification).
(Prices Subject to Change)