Course Outline

Word 2010 - Level 2
Transform yourself from a novice to a creative and effective user. Transform your documents from boring to engaging! Utilize themes, text boxes, shapes, art, pictures, and charts to visually stimulate your readers. Transform your productivity with Styles, Quick Parts and Templates to automate repetitive tasks. 6 hours

Managing Lists

  • Sort a List
  • Renumber a List
  • Customize a List

Customizing Tables and Charts

  • Sort Table Data
  • Control Cell Layout
  • Perform Calculations in a Table
  • Create Charts

Creating Customized Formats with Styles and Themes

  • Create or Modify a Text Style;
  • Create a Custom List or Table Style
  • Apply Default and Customized Document Themes

Modifying Pictures

  • Resize a Picture
  • Adjust the Picture Appearance Settings
  • Wrap Text Around a Picture
  • Insert and Format Screenshots in a Document

Creating Customized Graphic Elements

  • Create Text Boxes and Pull Quotes
  • Draw Shapes
  • Add WordArt and Other Special Effects to Text
  • Create Complex Illustrations with SmartArt

Inserting Content Using Quick Parts

  • Insert Building Blocks
  • Create Building Blocks
  • Modify Building Blocks
  • Insert Fields Using Quick Parts

Controlling Text Flow

  • Control Paragraph Flow
  • Insert Section Breaks
  • Insert Columns
  • Link Text Boxes to Control Text Flow

Using Templates to Automate Document Creation

  • Create a Document Based on a Template

    Create a Template

Automating the Mail Merge

  • Use the Mail Merge Feature
  • Merge Envelopes and Labels
  • Create a Data Source Using Word

Using Macros to Automate Tasks

  • Automate Tasks Using Macros
  • Create a Macro
Prerequisites:  Students should be able to use Microsoft Word 2010 to create, edit, format, save, and print basic business documents containing text, tables, and graphics. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: manage lists; customize tables and charts; customize the formatting of a document using styles and themes; modify pictures in a document; create customized graphic elements; insert content using Quick Parts; control text flow; use templates to automate document creation; use the mail merge function and use macros to automate common tasks.

Revised 8/16/2011
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