Foundation Level Course Outline
The Microsoft Word 2010 Screen
• The Levels of Command Organisation
• Ribbon Tabs
• Groups
• Dialog Box Launcher
Starting to use Microsoft Word 2010
• Opening and Closing Documents
• Saving Microsoft Word Documents
• Creating a New Document
• Help
• Creating Documents using Templates
Manipulating Text
• Select, then Format
• Selecting Text
• Undo and Redo
• Manipulating Text
The Clipboard
• Using the Clipboard
Text Formatting
• Font Type & Font Size
• Bold, Italic or Underline
• Subscript and Superscript
• Case Changing
• Highlighting
• Font Colour
• Format Painter
• Removing Formatting
• Special Characters and Symbols
Paragraph Formatting
• Paragraph Marks
• Line Breaks
• Aligning Text
• Indenting Paragraphs
• Line Spacing within Paragraphs
• Spacing Above or Below Paragraphs
• Applying Bullets to a List
• Applying Numbering a List
Borders and Shading
• Modifying Borders
• Modifying Shading
Finding and Replacing Text
• Finding Text
• Replacing Text
Tabs
• Tab Stops
• Setting and Removing Tabs
Styles
• Applying Styles
• Style Sets
Page Formatting
• Page Orientation and Paper Size
• Page Size
• Page Margins
• Page Breaks
• Headers and Footers
• Page Numbering
• Header and Footer Fields
• Cover Pages
• Hyphenation
Tables
• Inserting a Table
• Navigating within a Table
• Selecting Cells, Rows, Columns or the Entire Table
• Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
• Modifying Column Width or Row Height
• Modifying Cell Borders
• Adding Shading to Cells
• Modifying Cell Border Width, Colour and Style
Using Graphics within Microsoft Word
• Inserting a graphic, Shapes, SmartArt & charts
• Inserting a Screen Shot
Multiple Documents
• Switching between Documents
• Tiling or Cascading Documents
• Comparing Documents Side By Side
• Copying or Moving Selected Items between Documents
Mail Merge
• Starting the Mail Merge Wizard
• Merging a Mailing List to Produce Labels
Intermediate Level
Course Outline
Customisation
• Customising Microsoft Word
• Setting the User Name
• Setting the Default Folder
Proofing and Printing
• Spell Checking a Document
• Adding Words to the Dictionary
• Removing a Word from the Dictionary
• Printing Options
• Selecting a Printer
• Choosing What to Print
• Setting the Number of Copies to Print
• Setting the Pages per Sheet
• Printing only Odd or Even Pages
• Previewing and Printing a Document
Compatibility Mode
• What is Compatibility Mode?
• Using the Convert Button
Paragraph Formatting
• Line Spacing Formatting Options.
• Using the Widow/Orphan Control.
• Using ‘Keep Lines Together’.
• Using the 'Keep With Next' Option.
• Using ‘Page Break Before’.
• Multilevel List Formatting.
Pictures
• Compatibility Mode & Picture Editing.
• Screen Shots
• Clipping Screen Shots.
• Picture Tools.
• Removing a Background.
• Picture Corrections
• Picture Colour
• Picture Artistic Effects
• Compressing Pictures
• Resetting Pictures
• Picture Styles
• Picture Borders
• Cropping a Picture
Sections
• Inserting 'Next Page' Section Breaks.
• Inserting 'Odd Page' Section Breaks.
• Changing the Section Break Type.
• Deleting Section Breaks.
• Page Orientation and Sections.
• Page Vertical Alignment and Sections.
• Margins and Sections.
Headers & Footers
• Applying Different Headers and Footers to Sections.
• Applying Different Headers and Footers to the First Page.
• Applying Different Headers and Footers to Odd and Even Pages.
Watermarks
• Adding a Pre-Defined Watermark.
• Adding a Custom Text Watermark.
• Removing a Watermark.
• Modifying a Text Watermark.
• Adding a Picture Watermark.
Tables
• Table Styles.
• Merging Cells within a Table.
• Splitting Cells within a Table.
• Modifying Cell Alignment.
• Modifying Cell Margins.
• Modifying Text Direction within Cells.
• Repeating the Table Heading Rows
• Controlling Row Breaking Across Pages.
• Performing a Single Column Sort.
• Multilevel Sorting.
• Converting Delimited Text to a Table.
• Converting a Table to Text.
Styles
• What are Styles?
• Applying Styles.
• Types of Styles.
• Creating a Paragraph Style.
• Creating a Character Style.
• Modifying a Style.
• Enabling Automatic Style Updating.
• Deleting a Style.
Text Wrapping
• Applying Text Wrapping
• Text Wrapping and Tables.
Columns
• Applying Column Formatting to an Entire Document.
• Applying Column Formatting to ‘Selected Text’.
• Changing the Number of Columns within a Column Layout.
• Changing Column Widths and Spacing.
• Using Pre-Set Column Formatting.
• Lines between Columns.
• Inserting Column Breaks.
• Deleting Column Breaks.
AutoCorrect
• Creating, Modifying and Deleting an Autocorrect Entry.
Building Blocks (Formerly Called AutoText)
• Creating and Inserting Building Block Items.
• Modifying a Building Block Item.
• Deleting a Building Block (AutoText) Item.
Advanced Find and Replace
• Advanced Find and Replace Options
• 'Paste Special' Options using Formatted and Unformatted Text.
Captions
• Manually adding a Caption to an Object.
• Adding and Removing Caption Labels.
• Changing the Caption Number Formatting.
Footnotes and Endnotes
• Inserting Footnotes.
• Editing and Formatting Footnotes.
• Inserting Endnotes.
• Editing and Formatting Endnotes.
• Converting Footnotes to Endnotes.
• Converting Endnotes to Footnotes.
Bookmarks and Cross-References
• Adding a Bookmark.
• Creating Cross-References
• Deleting Cross-References.
• Deleting a Bookmark.
Advanced Level Course
Outline
Master Documents
• Creating a New Master Document
• Inserting Sub-Documents
• Unlinking or Removing a Sub-Document
• Using Text Outline Options.
Tracking and Comments
• Tracking Changes.
• Accepting or Rejecting Changes.
• Comments.
Comparing and Combining Documents
• Comparing Documents.
• Combining Revisions.
Tables of Contents & Indexes
• Creating a Table of Contents.
• Updating a Table of Contents.
• Creating and Updating a Table of Figures.
• Marking an Index Entry.
• Marking an Index Sub-Entry.
• Compiling and Updating an Index.
Linking & Embedding
• Linking Data from a Document.
• Updating a Linked Document.
• Breaking the Link to a Document.
• Embedding Data Into a Document
• Editing Embedded Data.
• Deleting Embedded Data.
Hyperlinks
• Inserting Hyperlinks.
• Editing a Hyperlink.
• Removing a Hyperlink.
Macros
• Inserting Macros
• Assigning a Macro to a Button on a Toolbar.
Fields
• Inserting Fields
• Inserting Fill-In Fields.
• Deleting Fields.
• Updating, Locking and Unlocking Fields.
• Using the Sum Formula within a Table.
Forms
• Text Fields.
• Check Boxes.
• Drop-Down Menus.
• Protecting a Form.
• Password Protecting a Form.
Templates
• Creating and using a Word Template.
• Modifying a Word Template.
Mail Merging
• Editing and Sorting a Mail Merge List.
• Ask Fields and Bookmarks.
• Inserting Ask Fields.
• Inserting If…Then…Else… Fields.
• Using Merge Criteria in a Mail Merge.
Passwords & Editing Restrictions
• Adding and removing passwords .
• Allowing Only Tracked Changes or Comments.
• Marking a document as a Final Version.