Make Word™ Work for You (and Save Loads of Time!) – Training Course Outline

You know what you want your document to look like, but you need to create it really quickly, and you have better things to do with your time than spending ages trying to make Word bend to your ideas.

What are the features you need to know about? How can you find time to practise them?

During this very practical course you will be taken through all the features you need to know to produce better documents more quickly. You will be given time to practise your new skills so they are second nature by the time you get back to the office.

If you are already using Word and would like to learn from an experienced Word user how to be more proficient and save time, then this is the course for you.

What you will learn on this course

By the end of the course, you will know how to:

• Format documents to match your organisation’s ‘look and feel’
• Create templates and styles to get the right look quickly for a variety of documents
• Use autotext to save time when entering standard text and tables
• Create and format professional looking tables
• Control your page layout with headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes, margins and tabs
• Work with graphics and objects, including WordArt, customised backgrounds and drawing tools
• Manage documents with track changes and reviewer comments
• Manage large documents

Course Duration

This one-day intensive course concentrates on showing you, step-by-step, how to use the time saving features in Word. Exercises are used to illustrate various points throughout the day.

The course is aimed at people who already use Word but wish to improve their knowledge and learn how to produce better documents more quickly.

If you’re unsure if this course is for you, give us a call on 01635 202013 for more details or email

If you are booking a private course or tutorial and also want to learn more about the advanced features of Word, you can ‘mix and match’ with modules from our other Word courses. See the side panel for details or call us and speak to one of our training consultants.

Course Contents

1. Formatting characters and paragraphs

• Overview of formatting
• Using tabs
• Paragraph formatting

2. Formatting tables

• Table basics
• Borders and shading
• Table autoformatting
• Drawing tables

3. Templates and styles

• Template basics
• How to use styles
• Creating a template
• Modifying and deleting styles

4. Automated tasks

• Using autotext
• Using macros

5. Controlling page layout

• Creating headers and footers
• Working with margins
• Working with page breaks

6. Managing documents

• Track Changes
• Using comments in documents

7. Working with graphics and objects

• Working with graphics and clip art
• Inserting WordArt™ and symbols
• Customising the background
• Using the drawing tools

8. Working with large documents

• Master documents
• Document information
• Footnotes and endnotes
• Indexes
• Bookmarks and cross-references

Book Now!

For details of timetabled courses, see the schedule. For prices, see the costs table.

To reserve your places you can either book on-line or call us on +44 (0)1635 202013.