Building your documents the smart way with Microsoft Word. 

All courses are available in-person or remotely. To attend remotely, select "Remote Online" as your location on book now. Learn how to work smarter in Microsoft Word. Master in-built tools to create professional formatting themes, work with tables, shapes, images, and more.

Techniques

• Opening Multiple Documents
• Switching Between Open Documents
• Arranging All
• Viewing Side By Side
• Synchronised Scrolling
• Resetting the Window Position
• Inserting a Cover Page
• Applying Page Colours
• Applying a Page Border
• Understanding Columns
• Creating Columns of Text
• Specifying Column Widths and Spacing
• Inserting Column Breaks

Formatting

• Applying First Line Indents
• Applying Hanging Indents
• Applying Right Indents
• Understanding Pagination
• Controlling Widows and Orphans
• Keeping Paragraphs Together
• Keeping Lines Together
• Inserting a Page Break
• Applying Hyphenation to Text
• Hiding Text
• Inserting a Drop Cap
• Understanding Returns
• Revealing Formatting

PDFs

• Understanding PDF Documents
• Saving a Document as a PDF
• Viewing a PDF File in Reader
• Opening and Editing a PDF in Word

Viewing

• Understanding Word Options
• Personalising Word
• Setting Display Options
• Understanding File Locations
• Setting File Locations
• Understanding Save Options
• Setting Save Options
• Understanding Document Properties
• Viewing Document Properties
• Specifying Document Properties
• Viewing Advanced Properties
• Inserting Properties into a Document
• Updating Document Properties
• Deleting Document Property Data

Styles

• Understanding Styles
• Applying Paragraph Styles
• Applying Character Styles
• Creating a Quick Style
• Creating a Paragraph Style
• Creating a Character Style
• Applying Custom Styles
• Understanding the Modify Style Dialog Box
• Selecting and Updating Styles
• Renaming and Deleting Styles
• Importing and Exporting Styles

Themes

• Understanding Themes
• Applying a Theme
• Modifying Theme Colours
• Modifying Theme Fonts
• Creating a Custom Theme
• Applying a Theme to a Template
• Resetting a Theme

Templates

• Understanding Templates
• Using a Sample Template
• Downloading an Online Template
• Creating a Template
• Modifying a Template
• Using a Custom Template
• Attaching a Template to a Document
• Copying Styles between Templates
• Creating a Template from a Template
• Tips for Developing Templates

Breaks

• Understanding Section Breaks
• Inserting a Next Page Section Break
• Inserting a Continuous Section Break
• Inserting an Even Page Section Break
• Inserting an Odd Page Section Break

Headers/Footers

• Understanding Headers and Footers
• Inserting Headers and Footers
• Inserting a Blank Header
• Inserting a Blank Footer
• Switching Between Headers and Footers
• Editing Headers and Footers
• Inserting Page Numbering
• Inserting Date Information
• Inserting Document Properties
• Formatting Header and Footer Text

Merging

• Understanding Recipient Lists
• Creating a Recipient List
• Customising the Columns
• Adding Records
• Deleting Records
• Saving a Recipient List
• Opening a Recipient List
• Editing a Recipient List
• Understanding Merging From Scratch
• Selecting the Document Type
• Selecting the Recipients
• Inserting the Date
• Inserting an Address Block
• Inserting the Greeting Line
• Typing the Letter
• Inserting Individual Merge Fields
• Previewing the Merge
• Completing the Merge
• Setting up Mailing Labels
• Completing Mailing Labels
• Running a Saved Merge
• Excluding Recipients
• Filtering Recipients
• Sorting Recipients
• Selecting another Data Source
• Applying an If…Then…Else… Rule
• Applying a Fill in Rule

Shapes

• Understanding Shapes
• Drawing Shapes
• Selecting Shapes
• Resizing Shapes
• Moving Shapes
• Aligning Shapes
• Rotating Shapes
• Grouping Shapes
• Arranging Shapes
• Deleting Shapes
• Applying a Fill to the Drawing Canvas
• Applying Text Wrapping to a Canvas

Text Boxes

• Understanding Text Boxes
• Inserting a Preformatted Text Box
• Typing Text into a Text Box
• Positioning a Text Box
• Resizing a Text Box
• Deleting a Text Box
• Drawing a Text Box
• Formatting a Text Box
• Linking Text Boxes
• Modifying Text Box Margins
• Changing Text Direction
• Applying Effects to Text Boxes

Tables

• Creating a Table from Text
• Aligning Data in Cells
• Displaying Table Gridlines
• Inserting Formulas into a Table
• Updating Formulas in a Table
• Sorting Table Data
• Merging Table Cells
• Splitting Table Cells
• Understanding Table Properties
• Aligning Tables
• Changing the Direction of Text
• Repeating Heading Rows
• Converting a Table to Text

Enhancing Pictures

• Understanding Picture Enhancements
• Removing a Picture Background
• Correcting Pictures
• Colouring Pictures
• Applying Artistic Effects
• Applying Shadows and Reflections
• Applying a Glow Effect
• Softening and Bevelling Edges
• Applying Picture Styles to Images
• Repositioning PicturesThe Format Picture Pane
• Cropping Pictures Accurately
• Changing the Picture Layout

Private and Group Classes:
This course is available for individual enrolment and Private classes (min 10 students). Please contact Lumify to organise a quote.

What do I need to know to attend?

There is no requirement for the Word Intermediate course.

Word Intermediate Learning Outcomes

• work with document techniques
• use a range of formatting techniques
• work with a PDF document
• work with Word options and document properties
• create and apply styles
• create and work effectively with themes
• create and use templates
• learn how to work with section breaks
• insert and work with headers and footers in a document
• perform various merging tasks
• draw and format shapes
• insert and work with text boxes
• use table features to improve the layout and format of tables
• enhance and correct pictures

Word Beginner or releavent experience