Word 97 Advanced Level III

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 styles and templates to give documents a consistent look
use an outline to create and organize long documents
add a table of contents, cross-references and an index to a document
create complex headers and footers
add graphics to a document
use frames to place text and graphics anywhere on a page
format text into columns

Course Content

Templates
Using Existing Templates

Modifying a Supplied Template

Creating and Editing a Template

Copying Items Between Templates Using the Organizer

Tips and Tricks

Styles
Style Storage

Word’s Built-in Styles

Style Types

Applying Built-in Styles

Modifying, Changing and Organizing Styles

Creating New Styles

The Style Gallery

Displaying the Style Area

Printing a Style Sheet

Tips and Tricks

Using an Outline
Creating and Editing an Outline

Expanding and Collapsing an Outline

Numbering an Outline (Optional)

Rearranging a Document Using Outline View

Printing an Outline

Long Documents - Navigation
Document Map and Online View

Bookmarks, Hyperlinks, and Cross-references

Tips and Tricks

Long Documents: Organization
Creating an Index, Table of Contents and Table of Figures

Multi-Section Headers and Footers

Tips and Tricks

Columns
Creating Simple Column Layouts

Section Breaks

Creating Complex Multi-Column Layouts

Unequal Width Columns

Parallel Columns

Merging and Splitting Cells

Table Headings

Tips and Tricks

Graphics and Text Boxes
Graphics, Clip Art, and Creating Graphics

Text Boxes and Captions

Side Heads and Drop Caps

Tips and Tricks