Practical Word 2010 Tips & Tricks for the Workplace (ILT)

Course Description

This course covers Tips & Tricks on Microsoft Word 2010. It assumes you have used Word and are familiar with creating, editing & formatting documents.  In a quick and lively manner this will cover what is new in this version of Word and also show you some tips to increase your productivity in Word and widen your skills.  These tips also work in Word 2013 so this is a good background course for Word 2013 users as well.

The course begins a review of the basics of formatting text and paragraphs. Fundamentals of copying & pasting are also covered including the new Paste Preview.  These are good for any Word user regardless of skill level.  Navigating an outline and long documents with the new Navigation Pane is shown in detail.  Formatting using styles is demonstrated.  Examples of building, formatting and saving a table for later use are shown.  A good look at tools for graphics and picture editing in Word is covered.  Reuse common document elements with Quick Parts and master mail merge and designing mailing labels in the next clips.  For teams working on a document examples of tracking changes, comparing documents and inspecting a document for release are valuable to see.  Finally the course concludes with a review of how easy it is to create and work with headers and footers in Word 2010.

Category: Office Productivity/Microsoft

Duration: 1/2 Day

What are the requirements?

• Microsoft Office 2010

Pre-requisite: Basic skills in editing & formatting Word documents

What am I going to get from this course?

• Live previews in text and paragraph formatting, setting custom line spacing
• Basics of copying & pasting with various options including Paste preview
• Using the Navigation Pane for navigating, finding & outlining
• Applying styles, customizing styles for a uniform look to documents
• Creating, editing & formatting tables, reusing tables
• How to modify graphics, remove backgrounds, add shadows, color and other effects
• How to edit pictures for color, contract cropping and artistic effects
• How to compare two documents for differences
• How to track comments shared between multiple users
• How to remove personal information like comments and hidden text
• Basics tips & tricks for editing a document
• A basic review of Mail Merge for letters and mailing labels
• Creating & managing Headers, Footers & Page #’s

What is the target audience?

Busy Word users of any skill level who want a quick look at what is new and can save them time.  Those needing a review of the basics.  You should have basic skills in editing, formatting and working with Word documents.

Lesson Plan

1. 1. Introduction

Introduction to Word 2010 Tips & Tricks Course

1. 2. Formatting Text & Paragraphs

Live previews in text and paragraph formatting, setting custom line spacing

1. 3. Copying & Pasting

Various options including Paste preview

1. 4. Navigation Pane

Navigation, Find & Replace, Outlining

1. 5. Using Styles

Applying styles, customizing styles

1. 6. Tables

Creating, formatting, editing, text wrapping

1. 7. Graphics Tools

Formatting, styles, recoloring, saving as Quick part

1. 8. Picture Tools

Adjusting Styles, Arranging, Cropping

1. 9. Quick Parts

Use of Quick Parts creating, managing quick parts

1. 10. Mail Merge

Mail merge to from letter and to Envelopes & Labels

1. 11. Track Changes

Turing it on, comparing documents, tracking changes & accepting changes

1. 12. Protecting Docs & Doc Inspector

Inspecting document, cleaning it up

1. 13. Headers Footers

Creating & managing Header, Footers Page #’s