Word Processing ECDL ICDL Advanced
Microsoft Word 2003 Edition for ECDL Advanced Syllabus One
Outline
TEXT
• To apply text effects
• What are text animations?
• To add text animation effects
• What is AutoCorrect?
• To use AutoCorrect
• To use AutoCorrect to insert symbols
• To reverse the automatic changing of text by AutoCorrect
• To use AutoCorrect Exceptions
• To enable automatic spelling correction
• To create an AutoCorrect entry
• To automatically format a document
• To remove each formatting change
• To set AutoFormat options
• Automatically formatting tables
• What is ‘AutoText’?
• To insert an AutoText entry into a document
• To remove an AutoText entry
• To display the AutoText toolbar
• The AutoText toolbar
• To create an AutoText entry
• What is text wrapping?
• To modify text wrapping around a picture
• Text orientation options are only available in text boxes or tables
• To orientate text within a table
• To orientate text within a Text Box
• What is WordArt?
• To create a WordArt object
• To edit a WordArt object
PARAGRAPHS
• What are borders?
• To add shadowing or shading to a border
• To apply white text on a black background
• To add a border using the Border icon
• To add a border to an object using the drop down menus
• To remove a border from an object
• To set widow and orphan paragraph controls
• What are Styles?
• To use the Style List box
• To view all available styles
• To view applied paragraph styles
• To create a style using example text
• To display the ‘Styles and Formatting’ side panel
• To create a new style which will be available within all new documents
• To apply a style to a selected part of the document
• To modify a style
• What is Outline View used for?
• To create an outline document
TEMPLATES
• What are templates?
• To find the location of the NORMAL.DOT, template file
• To edit a template
• To create a template, based on an existing document
• To create a template, based on an existing template
COLLABORATIVE EDITING
• To add a comment
• To remove a comment
• To display and edit comments
• To go to a comment within a document
• To enable the tracking of changes within a document
• To view details of changes made
• To set options for tracking changes
• To accept or reject changes
2) LAYOUT
MASTER DOCUMENTS
• What are Master Documents?
• To create a Master Document
• Master Document icons
• To create a subdocument, based on heading styles, within a Master Document
• To add a subdocument
• To delete a subdocument
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• What is the ‘Table of Contents’ feature
• To use heading styles to mark Table of Contents entries
• To create a Table of Contents
• To update a Table of Contents
• To automatically update a Table of Contents when printing
• To apply formatting options to a Table of Contents
SECTIONS
• Why use section breaks?
• To insert a section break within a document
• To delete a section break in a document
COLUMNS
• What are columns?
• To create columns from existing text
• To change the number of columns
• To remove multi-column formatting
• To apply further formatting to columns
• To keep text within columns together
• To balance columns
• To use preset column formats
• To modify column width and spacing
• To change columns width using drag and drop techniques
• To insert column breaks
• To delete a column break
3) DOCUMENT ORGANISATION
REFERENCING
• To add a bookmark
• To ‘Go To’ a bookmark within a document
• To delete a bookmark
• What is an index entry?
• To create an index entry for a document
• To compile an index
• To edit an index entry
• What are cross-references?
• To create a cross-reference to an item on a particular page
• To update your cross-references
• To delete a cross-reference
FIELD CODES
• What are Word Fields?
• To insert the date or time into a document (as a field)
• Inserting the time or date as text vs. insertion as a time or date field
• To insert a filename/ location field
• To use AutoText to insert the filename (and path)
• Viewing, Updating, Unlinking, Locking and Navigating Fields
• Useful Field keyboard shortcuts
• To update a field
• To edit a field
• To lock and unlock fields
• To delete a field code
FOOTNOTES / ENDNOTES
• To create a Footnote or Endnote
• To delete a Footnote or Endnote
• To go to Footnotes or Endnotes (and edit them)
• To use footnote & endnote formatting options
SECURITY
• To set a password for a document
• To remove a password from a document
4) DOCUMENT ELEMENTS
TABLES
• To merge cells in a table
• To split cells in a table
• To split a table
• To convert tabbed text to a table
• To sort data within a table
• To sum (i.e. add) numbers within rows or columns
• To update calculations
• To perform other calculations
FORMS
• What are forms?
• To create a form, (and protect it)
• To password protect a form
• To edit a form
• To insert a Text Form field into a form
• To modify a Text Form field
• To insert a Check Box Form Field into a form
• To modify a Check Box Form field
• To insert a drop down menu into a form
• To modify a Drop Down Form field
• To delete a field within a form
• To protect a form
TEXT BOXES
• To insert a Text Box
• To delete a Text Box (and Drawing Canvas)
• To modify the Text Box size using the Format Text Box dialog box
• To modify Text Box internal margins
• To move a Text Box
• To re-size a Text Box
• To modify Text Box colours and lines
• To apply Text Box Fill Effects
• To create linked text boxes
SPREADSHEETS
• To insert an Excel worksheet into a Word document
• To edit an Excel worksheet, embedded within a Word document
• To create a chart from a Word table
• To create a chart from worksheet data pasted into a document
• To insert a chart using the Insert / Picture / Chart command
• To modify a chart created using the Insert / Picture / Chart command
• To change the chart type
• To modify chart formatting
• To convert a chart to a 3-D chart
• To position a chart within Word
IMAGES / DRAWING
• To insert a Drawing Object into your document
• To modify drawing object borders
• To add a border to a clipart image and modify it
• To create a drawing using the drawing tools
• The Drawing toolbar icons
• To format a drawing
• To create a drawing using AutoShapes
• To send to the font or back
• To send an AutoShape behind text
• To send an AutoShape from behind the text, to in front of the text
• What is grouping and ungrouping?
• To group objects
• To ungroup objects
• What is a watermark (washout)?
• To create a watermark (washout) from a picture or drawing
CAPTIONS
• To add an caption
• To update a caption
• To apply customised number captions to an image, table or worksheet
• To use the automatic caption option
5) SPECIAL TOOLS
MAIL MERGE
• What is Mail Merging?
• To open a mail merge data source
• To edit a record in a data source
• To add a record to a data source
• To delete a record from the data source
• To insert merge fields into a document
• To set a criteria using Mail Merge
• To sort using Mail Merge
• To merge the documents
MACROS
• To record a macro
• To assign a macro to a keyboard shortcut
• Storing macros within templates
• What is linking (i.e. copying) macros?
• To copy macros between templates using the Organizer
• To run a macro
• To create a custom toolbar
• To assign a macro to custom button on a toolbar
6) PRINTING
PREPARING TO PRINT
• To print just the odd pages of a document
• To print just the even pages of a document
• To print a defined section within a document
• To print a defined number of pages per sheet
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