
Explore intermediate Microsoft Word topics, from file management and formatting—including hyperlinks and templates—to headers, footers, pictures, shapes, and mail merge, to create professional, efficient documents.
Learn to manage Microsoft Word documents by organizing files, saving and finishing work, using Windows Explorer inside Word, and exploring version management and viewing options.
Learn how to use Windows Explorer within Word to save documents efficiently and access shortcuts. Explore managing files and folders, saving as options, creating folder structures, and retrieving documents.
Explore saving tools in Word, including encrypting documents, viewing and editing document properties like author and file size, removing author names, and configuring auto recover options.
Explore Microsoft Word saving options, including saving to computer, network drives, OneDrive or SharePoint, and managing recent documents; secure with password protection and auto recover settings to safeguard work.
Explore advanced saving tools in Microsoft Word, including the document inspector, digital signatures, and final markings to ensure your finished files are ready to share.
Explore backwards compatibility in Word by converting historic files to the current format and saving them as older versions to ensure compatibility, then check for issues before sharing.
Finalize Word documents by managing properties, inspecting for personal information, and checking accessibility with alternate text. Verify compatibility and finalize with read-only status or a digital signature.
Master formatting with templates, bullets, and numbering; apply paragraph dialogs and delineation tools for consistent page layout; add hyperlinks to navigate sections and external sites.
Learn to work with templates in Microsoft Word by creating a document from a fax template, inputting data, and saving it for repeated reuse to save time.
Learn to use Word templates to create new documents from preformatted layouts, then search, preview, and customize templates like time sheets or sales orders, including adding logos.
Learn to create and customize bullets and numbering in Word, switch between bulleted and numbered lists, customize bullet graphics, and save your work.
Learn how to create and format bulleted and numbered lists in Word, including indentation, sub bullets, multi-level and outline lists, and customizing bullet styles and symbols.
Explore the paragraph dialog to configure spacing, indentations, alignment, and spacing options, and learn how to layout and style paragraphs using paragraph settings.
Explore paragraph formatting in Word, including spacing before/after, indentation and hanging indents, line spacing, alignment, and keeping paragraphs together with keep with next and keep lines together, plus widow/orphan control.
Learn to use delineation tools in Word to insert page breaks, add and manage comments, work with columns, adjust margins, and apply line and page break settings for paragraphs.
Learn to insert page breaks, column breaks, and text wrap in Word, using layout breaks or ctrl+enter to control where text and images flow.
Explore how to use delineation tools in Word, including page and section breaks, to control where chapters start, page layout, and section-specific formatting like columns and vertical alignment.
Explore creating professional documents in Word with chapters on adding a cover page, entering data, adjusting page settings, applying colors and borders, and inserting and editing watermarks.
Create a cover page in Word by inserting a predefined cover page, customize title, subtitle, and author with properties, and apply page color, borders, and watermark across pages.
Learn how to insert and edit hyperlinks in Word, create Web site and email links with subject lines, use the control key to follow links, and remove hyperlinks when needed.
Learn how to insert and customize hyperlinks in Word to web pages, emails, and document locations, including screen tips and using Ctrl+click to open linked files or chapters.
Learn to use headers and footers in Microsoft Word by applying existing styles, inserting page numbers, and configuring first-page and section-specific headers with the design tab.
Learn to create basic headers and footers in Word, insert page numbers and dates that update automatically, and add elements like logos or file location to enhance document professionalism.
Create headers and footers in Word using the Insert tab. Choose ready-made or custom layouts and add page numbers, document title, and dates.
Learn to customize headers and footers in Word, including a different first page, section breaks, and linking headers across sections to show chapter names.
Explore advanced header and footer techniques in Microsoft Word by using sections and section breaks, enabling different first page, odd/even page headers, and linked headers for booklets.
Explore working with pictures in Word by inserting, resizing, rotating, and wrapping text around images. Learn editing, grouping, applying effects and colors, and managing pictures.
Explore inserting pictures into Word, from computer or internet, and learn resizing, moving, rotating, and text wrapping options to position images across your document.
Insert pictures in Word from a computer or online sources, note licensing and permissions, resize with handles while preserving aspect ratio, and wrap text with various alignment options.
Select multiple images, use the picture tools format options to reposition, resize, and align them with text for a polished document.
resize pictures to a uniform height of five centimeters, align them left or center, and distribute spacing; group objects for repositioning and use rotate and flip to fine-tune the layout.
Learn to do more with pictures in Word by cropping and hiding unwanted areas, turning full-body photos into headshots, and using tools to keep only the head and shoulders.
Crop pictures in Word with the format tab, using cropping handles and crop to shape to focus on details; delete cropped areas and compress images to reduce file size.
Learn to format pictures in Word by cropping, shaping, and applying colors, tones, and effects to create themed, bordered images; explore artistic effects and modify default image styles.
Learn to format pictures in Microsoft Word using corrections, brightness and contrast, color adjustments, presets, artistic effects, borders, shadows, and 3D rotation.
Master background removal in Microsoft Word by deleting photo backgrounds with shape-based precision, then select areas to remove and manually delete them for advanced picture management.
Learn to remove backgrounds from pictures in Word using the background removal tool, mark areas to keep or remove, adjust with the pencil tool, and save or discard changes.
Add and resize shapes in Word to create diagrams, newsletters, and posters, then group, align, and add text to shapes using the objects pane.
Learn to insert and draw shapes in a Word document, use ready-made shapes, create a drawing frame, and customize colors and formats with practical tools for diagrams.
Learn to draw and edit shapes in Word using the insert shapes option, resize and rotate, use shift for perfect squares and lines, and customize arrows and smiley shapes.
Explore advanced shape tasks in Word using the selection pane to show or hide shapes and manage groups, and apply gradient fills and line colors from the options pane.
Explore using the shape and selection panes in Microsoft Word Intermediate to manage shapes, hide others, rename objects, and group or ungroup items efficiently.
Learn to format shapes in Microsoft Word Intermediate by applying preset shape styles, choosing fills (solid, gradient, textured), borders, and effects, then apply to multiple shapes with Format Painter.
Learn to organize and manage multiple shapes in Word by grouping them for easy movement, and use alignment tools to keep shapes neatly spaced for a professional look.
Size shapes to the same width and height in Word, align and distribute for even spacing, then group them into one object to move and rotate together.
Explore adding text to shapes in a Word document, using shapes as text boxes for newsletters, quotes, or diagrams. Learn to enhance shaped text with WordArt effects and formatting options.
Learn to add text to shapes in Word, format within the shape, apply WordArt styles, and adjust fill, border, effects, and layout options for rich text in shapes.
Learn to perform mail merge in Word by importing recipient data from spreadsheets or Access databases, automatically personalizing letters with the mail merge wizard or manual methods.
Access the mail merge wizard to send letters to multiple recipients, add an address block and customized greeting, include an updating date, and review before printing.
Learn to run a Word mail merge with the wizard, using a letter and an Excel recipient list to generate personalized letters with address blocks and greetings.
Execute a manual mail merge in Word by configuring recipient lists and merge fields, with rules for exceptions, then preview results and print the final merged letters.
Perform a manual mail merge in Word using an existing Excel data source to generate personalized letters, inserting merge fields and previewing results before merging.
Learn to perform mail merge for email recipients, sending a document as an attachment to multiple contacts, and customize subject and body text before sending.
Learn to perform an email merge in Word, selecting recipients from Outlook contacts, customizing greetings, and sending merged emails with subject and format options.
Enhance Your Knowledge of Microsoft Word
This course is aimed at anyone with a basic knowledge of Word, and who want to consolidate and build on that knowledge in the shortest possible time frame.
You'll progress from using Word as a simple word processing tool to utilizing it to produce documents that will be impressive in most business situations.
If you can produce basic documents but would like to be able to add more quality to them, this is the course for you!
With every ZandaX Microsoft course, you get a workbook and exercises (downloadable from the “General Introduction” module at the start of each course). These are NOT "follow along" exercises to use during the course, but new exercises you can use afterwards to practice the skills using different examples. People tell us this is a better way to learn because it provides an opportunity to work with new data.
Our Microsoft instructors are seasoned professionals - they don't just know the software: they've used it commercially and taught it in a classroom environment for years. You won't be in better hands!
And we don’t waffle! Do you want to sit through hours of over-explaining before you get the knowledge you need? We doubt it! So we make sure that everything is covered in easy-to-follow video lessons, and we get to the point so you make the best use of your time.
Take a look at what the course covers:
MODULE 1: Managing Your Documents
Learning outcomes: Working with Windows Explorer and Word's file options to manage and control your word documents more effectively.
Topics covered:
Using Windows Explorer within Word
Saving Your Files
Finishing Your Files
Making Word Work Backwards
Viewing Your Files
MODULE 2: Using Formatting Tools in Word
Learning outcomes: Effectively using templates, bullet points and other formatting tools to ensure both paragraphs and pages display correctly.
Topics covered:
Working with Templates
Using Bullets and Numbering
Using the Paragraph Dialog
Using Delineation Tools
Working with Pages
Adding Hyperlinks
MODULE 3: Creating Headers and Footers
Learning outcomes: Work with headers and footers to number and present pages in an organised and professional way.
Topics covered:
Creating Basic Headers and Footers
Using the Header & Footer Tools - Design Tab
Inserting Page Numbers
Doing More with Headers and Footers
MODULE 4: Working with Pictures
Learning outcomes: Inserting, formatting and manage pictures and images in order to professionally illustrate your documents.
Topics covered:
Inserting Pictures
Editing Pictures
Doing More with Pictures
Formatting Pictures
Managing Pictures
MODULE 5: Working with Shapes
Learning outcomes: Drawing, adding, formatting and managing text and shapes to further enhance your document's appearance.
Topics covered:
Drawing Shapes
Working with Shapes
Working with Text and Shapes
Advanced Shape Tasks
MODULE 6: Performing a Mail Merge in Word
Learning outcomes: Setting up and performing mail-merge to accurately and professionally produce letters and labels for many recipients quickly and easily.
Topics covered:
Using the Mail Merge Wizard
Performing a Manual Mail Merge
Sending a Document Electronically