Word 97Advanced Level II

Course Length/Prerequisites

This one-day course requires Word Introduction or the equivalent. Students should be familiar with creating, editing, formatting and printing documents of moderate complexity as well as the use of tables.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for Word users who need to use the program’s more advanced features. Students who have experience using Word — but who have no formal training in its use — should consider taking the Word Fast Pace Introduction course.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this hands-on workshop, students will be able to: use fields to automate information in a document
set up the files necessary to produce a mail merge, and create labels and envelopes
create and use templates for producing standard documents
create, run and edit simple macros
create and use forms

Course Content

Fields
Date, Time and Document Information Fields

Field Results, Field Codes and Field Shading

Updating, Locking and Unlinking Fields

Other Useful Fields

The Fill-in (FILLIN) Field

Editing and Formatting Fields

Tips and Tricks

Forms
Word’s Built-in Forms

Creating and Using a Form

Printing and Saving a Form

Tips and Tricks

Merging
Creating a Main Document

Creating a Data Source

Entering Data

The Mail Merge Toolbar

Inserting Fields into the Main Document

Performing the Merge

Attaching to an Existing Data Source

Sorting Data Records Prior to Merging

Conditional Merging

Using Conditions Within a Main Document

Creating Envelopes and Mailing Labels

Tips and Tricks

Templates
Using Existing Templates

Modifying a Supplied Template

The Normal Template

Copying Items Between Templates Using the Organizer

Attaching a Document to a Different Template

Creating a Template

Editing a Template

Wizards

Tips and Tricks

Macros
Existing Macros

Recording (Creating) a Macro

Playing Back a Macro

Saving a Macro

Editing a Macro

Interactive Macros

Trapping Errors

Assigning Macros

Copying, Deleting and Renaming Macros

The Auto Macros

Using Word Macros

Tips and Tricks

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