Microsoft Word for Office 365 (Desktop or Online): Part 2

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11 hours 50 minutes
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Intermediate
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Microsoft Word 365 Mastery

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After you master the basics of using Microsoft® Word such as creating, editing, and saving documents; navigating through a document; and printing, you're ready to move on to tackling the more advanced features. These features enable you to create complex and professional documents with a consistent look and feel. They also enable you to automate tedious tasks such as preparing a letter to send to every customer of your organization. Creating professional-looking documents can help you give your organization a competitive edge. Implementing time-saving features such as document templates and automated mailings helps your organization reduce expenses. Mastering these techniques will make you a valued employee in your organization. Note: Most Office users perform the majority of their daily tasks using the desktop version of the Office software, so that is the focus of this training. The course material will also enable you to access and effectively utilize many web-based resources provided with your Microsoft 365 subscription. This includes brief coverage of key skills for using Word for the Web and OneDrive®. Helpful notes throughout the material alert you to cases where the online version of the application may function differently from the primary, desktop version. This course may be a useful component in your preparation for the Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps): Exam MO-110 and Microsoft Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps): Exam MO-111 certification exams. This course is designed for students who wish to use Microsoft Word to create and modify complex documents and use tools that allow them to customize those documents. In this course, you will learn fundamental Word skills. You will: • Organize content using tables and charts. • Customize formats using styles and themes. • Insert content using Quick Parts. • Use templates to automate document formatting. • Control the flow of a document. • Simplify and manage long documents. • Use mail merge to create letters, envelopes, and labels. This course requires that you have Microsoft Word installed on a Windows PC. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.

Syllabus

Organizing Content Using Tables and Charts

You use tables in documents so that you can arrange information in rows and columns. But you can use tables for more than just making your data look good. In this lesson, you will organize and chart the data in tables in Microsoft® Word.

Customizing Formats Using Styles and Themes

An organization should have a standard look and feel for their documents, both inside and outside the organization. Formatting documents using styles and themes helps define the organization’s identity. Using styles and themes in Microsoft® Word helps you maintain a consistent look and feel in your documents. In this lesson, you will customize the look of text within a newsletter through the use of styles and themes.

Inserting Content Using Quick Parts

You have inserted many types of elements in your Microsoft® Word documents, such as tables, text boxes, and images. In this lesson, through the use of Quick Parts, you will see how you can easily add default and custom content to your documents.

Using Templates to Automate Document Formatting

You have seen how using styles and Quick Parts can give your documents a consistent look and feel. Using those components can also save you time when formatting your documents. In this lesson, you will create templates in Microsoft® Word to ensure a consistent look for your documents.

Controlling the Flow of a Document

You have added and edited several elements in your documents. There are times when you need to control how text flows from one page to the next so that it makes the content easier to read. You might also want to have different sections of the document formatted in different ways. In this lesson, you will use the various features available in Microsoft® Word to control flow and formatting.

Managing Long Documents

When you work with a document in Microsoft® Word, you can use features such as the Navigation pane to simplify navigating through a document. Locating information in a lengthy printed document is more difficult. To help the reader of a print copy of a document, you can create a list of relevant items or key words. In this lesson, you will generate and insert reference lists in a document.

Using Mail Merge to Create Letters, Envelopes, and Labels

You have used techniques for standardizing the look and feel of your documents, using Quick Parts and templates to reduce your workload when creating documents, managing the flow of text, and managing long documents. Microsoft® Word includes another useful feature that enables you to automate the creation of documents, such as letters, for a number of recipients. In this lesson, you will learn how to use the mail merge feature so you can send a customized document to each individual on your mailing list.