Student questions often guide the content of this full day class. Topics covered in the Introductory and Intermediate and classes are sometimes re-examined in greater detail to answer questions or solve problems. Discussion of the system used to structure a Word document provides insight into other tools used in the class, such as styles, a powerful feature that allows quick application of formatting. The outlining tools allow users to easily organize a document by topic and, if necessary, number items in a hierarchical system. Fields, briefly introduced in the Intermediate class, are given a thorough inspection, with several examples demonstrating the power they can bring to a document. Additionally, students learn to customize their installation of Word by creating their own toolbars and keyboard shortcuts for convenient access to the features they use most often. The class objectives include:
- Discuss Word's "three layer document system".
- Learn about advanced formatting: create and use styles.
- Use Word's outlining features: outline view and outline lists.
- Extend document control: paragraph controls, section breaks and columns.
- Automate tasks with fields: build tables of contents, insert a document title in multiple places and create phone list headings.
- Customize Word: create your own toolbars and shortcuts.
- Create custom task routines: record and use macros.
Visit the class' web page to review the class table of contents and sample slides from the presentation.
