Course Summary:

Welcome to the Microsoft Word 2016 Expert workshop. This course begins your journey for creating documents with advanced design, effective references, and custom elements.

Course Objectives:

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Control Pagination
• Work with styles
• Perform advanced editing and formatting
• Create and manage indexes
• Create and manage references
• Manage forms and fields
• Create mail merge and labels
• Create and modify building blocks and content controls
• Work with Macros
• Create custom style sets, themes and templates
• Prepare a document for internationalization and accessibility 
• Work with templates
• Use version control
• Manage document reviews and changes

Course Outline

Module One: Getting Started 

• Workshop Objectives 

Module Two: Design Advanced Documents 

• Control Pagination 
• Create a Two-Page Layout 
• Change Header and Footer Space 
• Change Vertical Page Alignment 
• Set Paragraph Pagination Options 
• Work with Styles 
• Modify Existing Styles 
• Resolve Style Conflicts by Using Paste Options 
• Create Paragraph and Character Styles 
• Perform Advanced Editing and Formatting 
• Find Using Formatting 
• Replace Formatting 
• Find and Replace Using Special Characters 
• Find and Replace Text by Using Wildcards 
• Link Text Boxes 
• Module Two: Review Questions 

Module Three: Create Advanced References 

• Create and Manage Indexes 
• Mark Index Entries 
• Create Indexes 
• Update Indexes 
• Create and Manage References 
• Customize a Table of Contents 
• Insert and Modify Captions 
• Create and Modify a Table of Figures 
• Manage Forms and Fields 
• Add Custom Fields 
• Modify Field Properties 
• Create Mail Merge and Labels 
• Manage Recipient Lists 
• Insert Merged Fields 
• Preview Merge Results 
• Perform Mail Merge 
• Module Three: Review Questions 

Module Four: Create Custom Word Elements 

• Create and Modify Building Blocks and Content Controls 
• Create Quick Parts 
• Manage Building Blocks 
• Insert and Configure Content Controls 
• Work with Macros 
• Record a Macro 
• Run a Macro 
• Assign a Macro to a Button or Shortcut Key 
• Enable Macros 
• Create Custom Style Sets and Templates 
• Create Custom Color Sets 
• Create Custom Font Sets 
• Create Custom Themes 
• Create Custom Style Sets 
• Manage Multiple Options for +Body and +Heading Fonts 
• Prepare a Document for Internationalization and Accessibility 
• Configure Language Options in Documents 
• Add Alt Text to Document Elements 
• Module Four: Review Questions 

Module Five: Manage Document Options and Settings 

• Work with Templates 
• Modify Existing Templates 
• Manage Template and Document Elements 
• Customize the Ribbon 
• Change the Application Default Font 
• Use Version Control 
• Restrict Editing 
• Mark a Document as Final 
• Protect a Document with a Password 
• Manage Document Versions 
• Manage Document Reviews and Changes 
• Track Changes 
• Manage Tracked Changes 
• Lock or Unlock Tracking 
• Add Comments 
• Manage Comments 
• Compare and Combine Multiple Documents 
• Module Five: Review Questions 

Module Six: Wrapping Up 

• Words from the Wise 
• Review of Parking Lot 
• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations