This course is for people who need to work with long complex documents and are looking for ways to automate documents using mail merge, macros, QuickParts and fields. This course is ideal for legal secretaries or anyone who has to prepare long contracts or agreements.

 

Version 2010

Description

This course is for people who need to work with long complex documents and are looking for ways to automate documents using mail merge, macros, QuickParts and fields. This course is ideal for legal secretaries or anyone who has to prepare long contracts or agreements.

Duration

1 Day

Outcomes

The aim of this course is to give the user tools for automating and preparing long, complex documents.

Unit Standards

Saqa Us Id: 116942: Use a Gui-Based Word Processor to create merged documents    

Prerequisites

This course assumes that the delegate understands and uses the basic and intermediate features of Word on a daily basis.

Course content

Module 1: The Word 2010 defaults
  • Customising the Quick Access toolbar
  • Customising the Ribbon
  • Changing Word options
Module 2: Document setup
  • Creating multi-level lists
  • Creating list styles
Module 3: Creating styles
  • Applying built-in styles from the QuickAccess Gallery
  • Modifying a style
  • Creating a new style
  • Using heading styles
Module 4: QuickParts and Building Blocks
  • Understanding what building blocks are
  • Creating your own header and footer building block
  • Creating your own cover page
  • Creating a form with automatic fields
Module 5: Managing large documents
  • Creating Section Breaks
  • Creating a section header & footer
  • Using Heading Styles
  • Modifying Heading Styles
  • Creating a Table of Contents
  • Updating a Table of Contents
  • Creating Footnotes and Endnotes
  • Creating captions
Module 6: Mail Merge
  • Creating a Data Source
  • Sorting and Editing the Data Source
  • Creating a Main Document
  • Merging Documents
  • Applying Conditions to a Merge
  • Merging to Envelopes & Labels
Module 7: Macros
  • Recording and running a macro
  • Assigning a macro to the Quick Access toolbar

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