Computer E-Learning

Welcome to the Microsoft Word 2013 Advanced workshop. In this workshop, we’ll cover some of the more advanced tasks in Word 2013. In addition to advanced editing and formatting tasks, you’ll learn how to really give your documents some flair with pictures and other objects. You’ll also learn about using generated tables of contents and indexes, and other research and review tasks.

Customizing the Word window is a powerful way to become more productive when working with documents. The first concept we’ll cover in this module is the Zoom feature, which allows you to focus in on details, or else zoom out to see the entire document. We’ll present an overview of the various document views available in Word. This module will explain how to arrange multiple windows to see more than one document at a time. We’ll also cover how to split a document, so that you can see more than one location in a long document at one time. You’ll learn some advanced uses of the Navigation pane. Finally, you’ll learn how to customize both the Ribbon and the Quick Access toolbar, so that your most used commands are always at your fingertips.

This module will help you understand some more sophisticated tools to format your text, such as the character borders and shading, enclosing characters, and text effects and typography options. You’ll also learn how to use the phonetic guide to help you readers with pronunciation. First, we’ll start off with introducing the Office Clipboard to help you with multiple copy and paste tasks.

This module will help you learn how to insert and work with pictures and other illustrations in your document. We’ll cover pictures from files as well as online pictures, WordArt, shapes, and screenshots. You’ll also learn how to move and delete the illustrations.

In this module, you’ll learn how to use the Picture Tools tab. Removing a picture’s background is a great technique to add professionalism to your documents. You’ll also learn how to add a border to a picture. This module also explains how to add artistic effects and change a picture’s position and text wrapping. You’ll also learn how to use the selection pane for selecting an object when multiple objects are layered.

This module will show you how to add SmartArt graphics anywhere in your document. You’ll learn more about the SmartArt Tools tabs, and how to add text to a SmartArt graphic. You’ll also learn how to move and delete SmartArt graphics. Finally, we’ll look at the SmartArt Layout options.

This module will explain how to work with tables. You’ll learn how to add tables to your document and add text to the table. You’ll also learn about the Table Tools tab. This module explains how to modify rows and columns and how to format a table, so that it looks just like you want it to. Finally, you’ll learn about Quick tables, an easy way to get a table that is already formatted into your document.

This module will explain how to work with other objects to enhance your documents even further. You’ll learn how to add a cover page and text boxes to your document. You’ll also learn about the new features in 2013 to insert an app or online media. Finally, you’ll learn how to insert the data from a database, using Query Options and Table AutoFormat options.

This module explains how to use Word’s reference tools. First, we’ll discuss how to add a caption to an illustration. You can add an automatically generated table of contents. Word makes it easy to add footnotes, endnotes, and other citations. Once you have added references, the Manage Sources tool helps you to keep track of those sources, which can be especially helpful in a long document or when sharing references across multiple documents. This module will explain how to insert a bibliography. We’ll end with a discussion on creating an index.

This module explains how to use Word’s advanced research tools. The dictionary, thesaurus and Word count tools are proofing tools that each open a separate task pane or dialog box. The Translation tools allow you to translate a document or selected text. You can also use the mini translator to obtain a quick translation that is only temporarily visible. Finally, we’ll discuss the language tools to help you set your proofing language and other language preferences.

This module will explain how to review a document. You can add, reply to, or review comments. Comments are separate from the main text of the document. Track changes, on the other hand, allow you to make changes directly to the document in such a way that other reviewers can see your changes. Then you can review those changes and decide whether to keep them or not. Finally, this module explains how to compare different documents.

Although this workshop is coming to a close, we hope that your journey to improve your Word skills is just beginning. Please take a moment to review and update your action plan. This will be a key tool to guide your progress in the days, weeks, months, and years to come. We wish you the best of luck on the rest of your travels!