Microsoft Word 2: From Intermediate To Expert Certification

Covers Levels 5 to 9, and the Microsoft Word Expert Exams 77-726 (2016), 77-425 (2013), 77-426 (2010), 77-887 (2007)

What you'll learn

We’ll look at managing multiple documents and templates, including being restrict editing of your documents and track the changes that other do make.

We’ll see how to make it easier for your international and disabled colleagues to use.

We’ll perform advanced editing and formatting, create tables and charts, and use the outline view and master documents and sub-documents.

We’ll create and manage indices and references, add and manage Quick Parts, including custom fields, and create Mail Merges.

We’ll look at Visual Basic for Applications, and we’ll create forms for others to fill in.

Requirements

Before beginning, you need to use Microsoft Word to an intermediate standard

This includes formatting text, page breaks, creating tables, endnotes, citations and images

If you have taken the course "Microsoft Excel - Beginner to Specialist certificate", or taken a Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Word, then you will have the relevant prerequisites.

Description

Most people who use Word are up to Level 3 in some aspects, and Level 2 in others. Why not go all the way to Level 9?
In this course, learn how to:
Level 5 - Manage document options and settings
Manage documents and templates,Prepare documents for review, andManage document changes
Level 6 - Design advanced documents
Perform advanced editing and formatting,Create tables and charts,Apply advanced ordering and grouping, andCreate styles
Level 7 - Create advanced references
Create and manage indexes and references,Manage custom fields and Mail Merge
Level 8 - Create custom Word elements
Create and modify building blocks, macros and controls,Create custom style sets and templates, andPrepare a document for internationalisation and accessibility
Level 9 - Manage macros and forms
Apply and manipulate macro options, andCreate and manipulate forms.
This course teaches all the skills that Microsoft want you to know for the Expert exams. Specifically, they are the skills required to undertake the Microsoft Certificate 77-850 (for Word 2007 Expert), 77-887 (for Word 2010 Expert), 77-425 and 77-426 (for Word 2013 Expert) and 77-726 (for Word 2016 Expert) and will be useful if you wish to take the exam, or which to learn more about Microsoft Word
The core skills which are taught are those tested by Microsoft in the exam. There are topics that it wants you to learn about Microsoft Word, and this course teaches you all of them.
Each module is taught in order, and is divided in sub-topics, and generally each sub-topic will have an individual lecture lasting 5-7 minutes.
The course will take about 8 hours to complete, plus will you need additional time to test yourselves to ensure that you have learned the necessary skills.
You should take this course if:
you want to learn more about Microsoft Word, oryou want to learn the Word skills you need to become a certified Microsoft Office Specialist Expert.
Regardless whether you have Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016 or Word 365, this course will help you get to an advanced level, and maybe even want you to get more!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Welcome to Udemy

Lecture 3 How to use this Udemy course

Lecture 4 Do you want auto-translated subtitles in more languages?

Lecture 5 Curriculum

Section 2: Level 5, Section 1: Manage documents and templates

Lecture 6 Creating a new template

Lecture 7 Modifying existing templates and create new documents from modified templates

Lecture 8 Attach a global template, and attach a local template

Lecture 9 Copy custom styles to other documents or templates

Lecture 10 Manage document versions and recover unsaved documents

Lecture 11 Word Options

Lecture 12 Change the Application Default Font

Lecture 13 Link to External Document Content

Lecture 14 Practice Activity Number 1

Lecture 15 Answers to Practice Activity 1

Section 3: Level 5, Section 2: Prepare documents for review

Lecture 16 Restrict editing

Lecture 17 Restrict editing to selected parts of a document

Lecture 18 Final preparation of my Word document

Lecture 19 Practice Activity Number 2

Lecture 20 Answers to Practice Activity 2

Section 4: Level 5, Section 3: Manage document changes

Lecture 21 Introducing Track changes

Lecture 22 Manage tracked changes

Lecture 23 Lock or unlock tracking

Lecture 24 Reviewing track changes

Lecture 25 Comparing documents

Lecture 26 Add comments

Lecture 27 Practice Activity Number 3

Lecture 28 Answers to Practice Activity 3

Section 5: Level 6, Section 1: Perform advanced editing and formatting

Lecture 29 Find and replace text by using wildcards and formatting and styles

Lecture 30 Find and replace text by using special characters

Lecture 31 Set character space options and set advanced character attributes

Lecture 32 Set paragraph options

Lecture 33 Link text boxes and break links between text boxes

Lecture 34 Resolve style conflicts by using Paste Options

Lecture 35 Sections

Lecture 36 Practice Activity Number 4

Lecture 37 Answers to Practice Activity 4

Section 6: Level 6, Section 2: Create tables and charts

Lecture 38 Insert tables by using Microsoft Excel data in tables

Lecture 39 Apply formulas or calculations on a table

Lecture 40 Modify chart data

Lecture 41 Practice Activity Number 5

Lecture 42 Answers to Practice Activity 5

Section 7: Level 6, Section 3: Apply advanced ordering and grouping, and styles

Lecture 43 Create outlines

Lecture 44 Master documents and subdocuments

Lecture 45 Create paragraph and character styles

Lecture 46 Practice Activity Number 6

Lecture 47 Answers to Practice Activity 6

Section 8: Level 7, Session 1: Create and manage indexes and references

Lecture 48 Create indexes

Lecture 49 Use index auto-mark files

Lecture 50 Create and format and customise a table of contents

Lecture 51 Insert cross-references within a document

Lecture 52 Maintaining fields

Lecture 53 Practice Activity Number 7

Lecture 54 Answers to Practice Activity 7

Section 9: Level 7, Section 2: Custom fields

Lecture 55 Add custom fields - date and time, and modify field properties

Lecture 56 Create a custom document property

Lecture 57 Other fields

Lecture 58 Practice Activity Number 8

Lecture 59 Answers to Practice Activity 8

Section 10: Level 7, Section 3: Manage Mail Merge operations

Lecture 60 Creating a mail merge document

Lecture 61 Manage recipient lists

Lecture 62 Filter recipients

Lecture 63 Insert merged fields

Lecture 64 Merge rules (conditional mail merge)

Lecture 65 Perform mail merges

Lecture 66 Practice Activity Number 9

Lecture 67 Answers to Practice Activity 9

Section 11: Level 8, Section 1: Create and modify building blocks

Lecture 68 Insert text as a Quick Part

Lecture 69 Manage building blocks

Lecture 70 Practice Activity Number 10

Lecture 71 Answers to Practice Activity 10

Section 12: Level 8, Section 2: Create custom style sets

Lecture 72 Create custom color sets

Lecture 73 Create custom font sets

Lecture 74 Create custom themes

Lecture 75 Create and manage custom styles sets

Lecture 76 Practice Activity Number 11

Lecture 77 Answers to Practice Activity Number 11

Section 13: Level 8, Section 3:Prepare a document for internationalisation and accessibility

Lecture 78 Configure language options in documents

Lecture 79 Utilise global content standards

Lecture 80 Create documents for use with accessibility tools

Lecture 81 Add alt text to document elements

Lecture 82 Manage multiple options for +Body and +Heading fonts

Lecture 83 Practice Activity Number 12

Lecture 84 Answers to Practice Activity Number 12

Section 14: Level 9, Section 1: Manage macros

Lecture 85 Recap - record a macro, run a macro and apply macro security

Lecture 86 Introducing the VBA Editor

Lecture 87 Create a custom macro button on the Quick Access Toolbar.

Lecture 88 Run macros when a document is opened or closed

Lecture 89 Copy macros to other documents or templates

Lecture 90 Assign a keyboard shortcut to a macro

Lecture 91 Insert a breakpoint, step through a macro

Lecture 92 Practice Activity Number 13

Lecture 93 Answers to Practice Activity Number 13

Section 15: Level 9, Section 2: Create forms and Manipulate forms

Lecture 94 Create forms using fields

Lecture 95 Adding and configuring rich and plain text content controls

Lecture 96 Inserting and formatting Combo box and Drop down box content controls

Lecture 97 Other content controls

Lecture 98 Practice Activity Number 14

Lecture 99 Answers to Practice Activity Number 14

Section 16: Conclusion

Lecture 100 Where next?

Lecture 101 Well done

Lecture 102 Bonus Lecture

This is for you if you want to develop your Word skills.,This is also for you if you want to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Expert Exams.