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Microsoft Office Word 2021-2024: Part 2

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Microsoft Office Word 2021-2024: Part 2

This course is part of Microsoft Word 2021-2024 Mastery Specialization

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

You will learn advanced techniques for creating and modifying complex documents and using tools that allow you to customize those documents.

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There are 8 modules in this course

After you master the basics of creating, editing, and printing Microsoft® Word documents, you're ready to move on to tackling the more advanced features. In this course, you will work with features such as formats, styles, and templates to create professional documents with a consistent look and feel. You will add visual interest to your documents by using the tables and charts features. Quick Parts and templates provide efficiency and consistency when adding content, and long complex documents can be simplified and managed in Master Documents. Finally, you will use the mail merge feature to automate sending individual letters to customers.

Creating professional-looking documents can give you and your organization a competitive edge. Implementing time-saving features such as document templates and automated mailings can help reduce expenses. Mastering these techniques will make you a valued employee in your organization. This material will benefit users of any current Office version. The course setup is based on Office 2021. This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help you prepare for the Word Associate (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-100 and Word Expert (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-101 certifications. This course is designed for students who wish to use Microsoft Word to create and modify complex documents and use tools that allow them to customize those documents. In this course, you will learn to create and modify complex documents and use tools that allow you to customize those documents. You will: • Organize content using tables and charts. • Customize formats using styles and themes. • Insert content using Quick Parts. • Use templates to automate document formatting. • Control the flow of a document. • Simplify and manage long documents. • Use mail merge to create letters, envelopes, and labels. This course requires that you have Microsoft Word installed on a Windows PC. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.

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You use tables in documents so that you can arrange information in rows and columns. But you can use tables for more than just making your data look good. In this lesson, you will organize and chart the data in tables in Microsoft® Word.

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9 plugins

An organization should have a standard look and feel for their documents, both inside and outside the organization. Formatting documents using styles and themes helps define the organization’s identity. Using styles and themes in Microsoft® Word helps you maintain a consistent look and feel in your documents. In this lesson, you will customize the look of text within a newsletter through the use of styles and themes.

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6 plugins

You have inserted many types of elements in your Microsoft® Word documents, such as tables, text boxes, and images. In this lesson, through the use of Quick Parts, you will see how you can easily add default and custom content to your documents.

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6 plugins

You have seen how using styles and Quick Parts can give your documents a consistent look and feel. Using those components can also save you time when formatting your documents. In this lesson, you will create templates in Microsoft® Word to ensure a consistent look for your documents.

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6 plugins

You have added and edited several elements in your documents. There are times when you need to control how text flows from one page to the next so that it makes the content easier to read. You might also want to have different sections of the document formatted in different ways. In this lesson, you will use the various features available in Microsoft® Word to control flow and formatting.

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When you work with a document in Microsoft® Word, you can use features such as the Navigation pane to simplify navigating through a document. Locating information in a lengthy printed document is more difficult. To help the reader of a print copy of a document, you can create a list of relevant items or key words. In this lesson, you will generate and insert reference lists in a document.

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You have used techniques for standardizing the look and feel of your documents, using Quick Parts and templates to reduce your workload when creating documents, managing the flow of text, and managing long documents. Microsoft® Word includes another useful feature that enables you to automate the creation of documents, such as letters, for a number of recipients. In this lesson, you will learn how to use the mail merge feature so you can send a customized document to each individual on your mailing list.