This course is for someone who currently uses basic skills within Microsoft Word, but would like to learn the tips, tricks and skills to make themselves more confident and efficient when producing documents.

We will start the course with a quick recap of some of the foundation skills that you may have missed out on when you are self-taught.

• Effectively use bullets and numbers for your lists and overcome issues that occur
• Use multi-level lists for longer documents which will update automatically
• Position, use and modify tabs to vertically line up your information
• Work with borders and shading including page borders
• Insert and modify tables
• Change the page orientation, margins, handle page breaks and section breaks
• Use navigation methods to move quickly around your document
• Insert and modify headers and footers including use of different footers within the document
• Understand and use Autocorrect and Quick Parts
• Understand how to perform a Mail Merge
• Learn keyboard shortcuts that will improve your speed

Revision

• Customising the Quick Access Toolbar  
• Word Options
• Revision exercise 

Bullets and Numbering

• Automatic bullets and numbering
• Modifying bullets and numbering
• Multi-Level Lists

Tabs

• Tab types
• Setting and resetting tabs
• Moving and deleting tabs
• Dot leader characters

Borders and Shading

• Adding borders and shading
• Removing borders and shading
• Changing border styles
• Page borders

Tables

• Inserting a table
• Selecting within a table
• Drawing a table
• Formatting in a table
• Adding table borders and shading
• Merging and splitting cells

Page Layout

• Section breaks
• Page orientation
• Margins
• Page breaks
• Go to
• Find
• Replace
• The Navigation Pane

Headers and Footers

• Creating headers and footers
• Editing headers and footers
• Page numbering
• Using headers and footers in sections

AutoCorrect and Quick Parts

• Using AutoCorrect
• Adding AutoCorrect entries
• Creating Quick Part entries
• Using Quick parts

Introduction to Mail Merge

• What is Mail Merge
• Using the Mail Merge wizard to create letters

The course runs from 9:30am through to 4:30pm.

You will learn in a relaxed environment with a small group of people. A specialist tutor will guide and encourage you through all the learning necessary to develop your skills and questions are always welcome.

Included with your course
We provide the following with online and training centre delivered courses.

• Course notes
• Certificate of attendance
• 90 days post course support

Online Delivery
A link to the online training platform will be sent before the course, simply click the link and follow the instructions.

• See Virtual / Remote training information for more details
• Contact us if you'd like to test the platform before the morning of the course
• You can be located anywhere in the world with an internet connection and your computer

Our Training Centres
For training courses run at one of our training centres we include.

• Free onsite parking
• Lunch and refreshments
• Notepad, pen and Polos

Our Norwich on-site parking (NR3 1UB) is free and situated 5 minutes walk along the river to our training centre at St James Mill. If you arrive by train it is about 20 minutes on the Riverside walk or a short taxi ride to get to us. View full directions for Norwich and all our other venues.

• Word Advanced Level 1
• Word Advanced Level 2
• Excel Intermediate