Intermediate Word Skills

Overview

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to create, edit, format, apply proofreading suggestions, and save and share documents containing text and visuals in Microsoft Word. Topics include Proofing Tools and Language Preferences, Using OneDrive to Save and Collaborate, Adding and Formatting Visuals, Formatting Text, Heading Styles, Design Themes, Shortcuts and Help.

Audience

Faculty & Staff

Process

Microsoft Word Training Center

Opening Word & Menus

• Opening Document with a Template
• Add Quick print to access toolbar
• Print Uncollated Copies
• View Current document with another document
  • Click View Tab > Click VIEW SIDE BY SIDE

Working with Text

• Cut Text
• Change Font
• Add Title Style Font
  • Home Tab > Under Styles
• Indentation
  • First Line indentation from Paragraph
• Insert Registered sign symbol
  • Insert > Symbol
• Paste Specials
• Bulleted List
  • Number List
• Ignore all instances of a Word
  • Review Tab > Spelling & Review
• Covert Text into Table, Use Tabs
• Hyperlinks
• Arrange from ABC order

Formatting

• Change Document Orientation from Layout Tab
• Change Built-in Margins to Built in Moderate format
  • Layout > Margins
• Adding Image
  • Add preset to picture
• Page Break
• Change Arrow width
• Add to Quick Parts
  • Insert Tab > Quick Parts
• Examine and Remove all hidden connect, custom xml data
  • File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document
• Chart Legend
  • configure the selected table to prevent rows from breaking
• Dictionary
  • Use Smart Lookup

Collaborating

• Saving Word 

  • Customize Word to save auto recovery information every 5 minutes
  •  File > Options > Save
  • Save as different file types such as PDF
• Encrypt document with password
• Comments
  •  Hide Comments
  • Review Tab > Tracking
  •  Allow Comments 
    • configure the editing options to only allow comments for all users of this document in word
• Email Merge