MS Word

Microsoft Word is the most widely used word processor in the world, a core tool for creating professional documents of every kind. Beyond writing text, it lets you enrich documents with graphics, tables and charts, edit collaboratively with change tracking, and merge documents to produce letters, envelopes and labels.

The duration and syllabus of the course are set after a meeting with your company’s managers, so that your learning goals are defined precisely and a programme fully matched to your needs can be designed. The programme is offered at two levels, which can be taken separately or together, depending on your team’s existing level of knowledge.

Basic Word

The basic level is for users who want to become familiar with the program’s fundamental tools. The syllabus includes, typically:

• The basics of MS Word

• Moving around the text

• Ways of selecting text

• Text and paragraph formatting

• Spelling and grammar tools

• Bullets and numbering

• Tab stops and newspaper-style columns

• Using writing styles

Specialised tools in Word

The advanced level is for users who use Word intensively in their daily work. The syllabus includes, typically:

• Inserting Excel worksheets

• Headers and footers

• Dividing a document into sections

• Building, editing and formatting tables

• Drawing tools

• SmartArt

• Inserting pictures and graphics

• Editing and formatting images (cropping, effects, background removal)

• Compressing images to optimise file size

• Printing

• Templates and how to use them

• Inserting and editing comments

• Creating new formatting styles

• Calculations and formulas in tables

• Borders and shading

• Mail merge

• Creating and modifying lists

• Importing data from Excel

• Creating and using macros

• Bookmarks and how to use them

• Indexes and tables of contents

• Cross-references and footnotes

• Tracking changes in the text

• Merging documents

• Protecting a document with a password

• Creating different versions of a document

By the end of the course, participants will be able to make full use of Word’s capabilities, creating, formatting and managing professional documents with speed and accuracy.