TRAINING WORD: LARGE DOCUMENTS Geneva, Zürich and Vaud

Our course on large documents in Microsoft Word

Participants
Open to everyone.

Programme

1 Getting started: creating a document

• Analysing information so that you can handle it properly.
• Identifying objectives.
• Identifying the characteristics of the document to be produced.
• Deciding on the key messages to be conveyed.
• Preparing the plan.

2 Learning the rules about layout and typography

• Measuring the impact of the layout on reading ability.
• Identifying the features that facilitate quick reading.
• Setting effective document margins.
• Applying typographic rules.
• Balancing presentation of the text and the space between words and lines.
• Positioning illustrations (diagrams, graphs, forms, photos and images).

3 Mastering structured documents in Word 2007/2010

• Working with styles and the navigation pane.
• Formatting and automatically numbering headings.
• Adding a cover page.
• Generating and customising a table of contents.
• Setting the headers and footers.
• Managing page breaks: keeping paragraphs and lines together, widowed and orphan lines, etc.
• Making the document easier to read on screen.

4 Mastering useful Word automatisms for elaborate documents

• Mastering the concept of sections and managing section breaks.
• Combining layouts in a single document: portrait or landscape.
• Creating a two-sided document: managing odd and even pages.
• Inserting bookmarks and cross-references.
• Inserting footnotes or endnotes.
• Creating a key-word index.
• Using fields to display variable information: displaying the current chapter name in the header or footer, the name of the author, etc.

5 Using time-saving tools

• Using a template for each type of document.
• Creating style sets and assigning keyboard shortcuts.
• Saving Quick Parts content blocks for re-use in any document

Course requirements

Routine use of basic Word.

Practical exercises

This course on managing large documents in Word, which is based on realistic simulation exercises and a comparison of different practices, will equip participants with techniques that can be used directly.

Course diploma / certificate

A certificate is obtained at the conclusion of the course on large Documents in Word.

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