Course Specifications

Course Number:

091091

Course Length:

1 day

Course Description

Overview:

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 course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help you prepare for the Word Associate (Office 365 and Office 2019): Exam MO-100 and Word Expert (Office 365 and Office 2019): Exam MO-101 certifications.

Course Objectives:

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.

Target Student:

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.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, you should have end-user skills with any current version of Windows®, including being able to start programs, switch between programs, locate saved files, close programs, and access websites using a web browser. In addition, you should be able to navigate and perform common tasks in Word, such as opening, viewing, editing, and saving documents; formatting text and paragraphs; formatting the overall appearance of a page; and creating lists and tables. To meet this prerequisite, you can take any one or more of the following Logical Operations courses:

• Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
• Microsoft® Office Word 2019: Part 1

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware:

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 25 GB available disk space
• DirectX 10 graphics card and a 1,024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor (1,024 × 768 resolution or higher monitor recommended)
• Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
• Network cards and cabling for local network access
• Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
• Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
• Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen

Software:

• Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional or Enterprise
• Microsoft® Office 2019

Course Content

Lesson 1: Organizing Content Using Tables and Charts

 Topic A: Sort Table Data

 Topic B: Control Cell Layout

 Topic C: Perform Calculations in a Table

 Topic D: Create a Chart

 Topic E: Add an Excel Table to a Word Document (Optional)

Lesson 2: Customizing Formats Using Styles and Themes

 Topic A: Create and Modify Text Styles

 Topic B: Create Custom List or Table Styles

 Topic C: Apply Document Themes

Lesson 3: Inserting Content Using Quick Parts

 Topic A: Insert Building Blocks

 Topic B: Create and Modify Building Blocks

 Topic C: Insert Fields Using Quick Parts

Lesson 4: Using Templates to Automate Document Formatting

 Topic A: Create a Document Using a Template

 Topic B: Create and Modify a Template

 Topic C: Manage Templates with the Template Organizer

Lesson 5: Controlling the Flow of a Document

 Topic A: Control Paragraph Flow

 Topic B: Insert Section Breaks

 Topic C: Insert Columns

 Topic D: Link Text Boxes to Control Text Flow

Lesson 6: Simplifying and Managing Long Documents

 Topic A: Insert Blank and Cover Pages

 Topic B: Insert an Index

 Topic C: Insert a Table of Contents

 Topic D: Insert an Ancillary Table

 Topic E: Manage Outlines

 Topic F: Create a Master Document

Lesson 7: Using Mail Merge to Create Letters, Envelopes, and Labels

 Topic A: Use Mail Merge

 Topic B: Merge Envelopes and Labels

Appendix A: Mapping Course Content to Word Associate (Office 365 and Office 2019): Exam MO-100

Appendix B: Mapping Course Content to Word Expert (Office 365 and Office 2019): Exam MO-101

Appendix C: Microsoft® Office Word 2019 Common Keyboard Shortcuts