Microsoft Word 2003 Intermediate Training Course

Overview and objectives

This course is designed to help you to develop existing skills in Word to create and collaborate on more complex documents. You will learn to create documents that incorporate different objects, such as graphs, pictures, and diagrams.

You will also learn to save a document in different file formats and apply more complex formatting, such as sections, columns, and outline numbering. Finally, you will learn to combine a document with a data source to create mail merge letters and labels.

Target audience

Those wanting to develop their skills in using Word to design and collaborate on documents incorporating data from different sources.

Course prerequisites

Ideally, you will have completed the course "Microsoft Word 2003 Introduction". You should be able to use Microsoft Word to create, edit, format, and print a document, create tables, and use basic reviewing tools, such as comments.

Course Content 

Application Options and File Properties

• View and change application options
• View and change document properties

 Inserting and Removing Sections

• Use different types of section break
• Delete section breaks
• Copy and paste page layout settings with text

 Column Formatting

• Create and use newspaper columns
• Modify column structure
• Balance columns in equal lengths

Creating an Envelope or Label

•  Prepare and print envelopes and labels

Formatting a Tabbed List

• Create a tabbed list
• Modify tab stop settings and leader characters

 Formatting an Outline List

• Create an outline numbered list  
• Promote and demote outline levels
• Restart and continue numbering from another list

Modifying a Table

• Use a table for page layout
• Specify table properties
• Align and position a table
• Merge and split cells and tables
• Set cell margins and spacing
• Align and orient cell contents

 AutoText and AutoFormat

• Set up AutoCorrect to correct errors as you type
• Create and apply frequently used AutoText
• Use Smart Tags
• Use AutoFormat
• Apply a theme

 Mail Merge Wizard

• Create a Main Document
• Create and edit a Recipient List
• Print a merged document
• Merge to a new document
• Use an alternate data source
• Prepare and print mail merge envelopes and labels

 Inserting a Chart

• Insert a new graph using Microsoft Graph
• Reposition, resize, and delete a graph object
• Modify an embedded graph object
• Change data using the datasheet
• Change the chart type

Creating a Diagram

• Create a diagram or organisation chart
• Modify the layout of a diagram or organisation chart
• Format a diagram or organisation chart
• Apply an AutoFormat to a diagram or organisation chart

Working with Objects

• Select, position, and delete an object
• Resize an object
• Move or copy an object
• Format shapes and objects (line, border, shading, shadow, 3-D)

 Distributing a Document

• Save a document as a plain text file
• Save a document for a different application or as a Rich Text File
• Save a document as a template

 Publishing to a Web Page

•  Use Web Page Preview
• Save a document as a web page
• Word 2003 - Comparing Documents
• Compare and merge documents