Overview of Microsoft Word 2010, learn the basics Step 2

Audience

This course is intended for information workers who want to learn intermediate-level Word 2010 skills.

Prerequisites

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Create diagrams.
• Modify diagrams.
• Create picture diagrams.
• Insert charts.
• Modify charts.
• Use existing data in charts.
• Add watermarks.
• Insert symbols and equations.
• Draw and modify shapes.
• Insert screen clippings.
• Reorganize document outlines.
• Arrange objects on the page.
• Use tables to control page layout.
• Save files in different formats.
• Create and modify Web documents.
• Create and publish blog posts.

Course Outline

Module 1: Insert and Modify Diagrams

This module explains how to create and modify diagrams, and how to use pictures in diagrams.

Lessons

• Creating Diagrams
• Modifying Diagrams
• Creating Picture Diagrams

Lab : Creating Diagrams

• Create and position a diagram

Lab : Modifying Diagrams

• Change a diagram's layout, colors, and shapes

Lab : Creating Picture Diagrams

• Use a picture diagram to show photographs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create organization charts, flow charts, and other business diagrams.
• Update a diagram's information or change its formatting.
• Use a diagram to arrange pictures in a document.

Module 2: Insert and Modify Charts

This module explains how to create and modify a chart, and use information from an existing Excel file in the chart.

Lessons

• Inserting Charts
• Modifying Charts
• Using Existing Data in charts

Lab : Inserting Charts

• Insert a chart into a document

Lab : Modifying Charts

• Customize a chart, and save it as a template

Lab : Using Existing Data in charts

• Plot Excel data in a chart

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plot data as a chart.
• Change the chart's elements, and create a template for future charts.
• Use data from an Excel worksheet to plot a chart in Word.

Module 3: Use Other Visual Elements

This module explains how to create text and picture watermarks, insert symbols and equations, draw and modify shapes, and insert a screen clip from Web site.

Lessons

• Adding Watermarks
• Inserting Symbols and Equations
• Drawing and Modifying Shapes
• Inserting Screen Clippings

Lab : Adding Watermarks

• Add text and graphic watermarks

Lab : Inserting Symbols and Equations

• Insert a symbol; then build an equation, and add it to the Equation gallery

Lab : Drawing and Modifying Shapes

• Draw and manipulate shapes

Lab : Inserting Screen Clippings

• Insert a screen clipping

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Add a picture or text watermark behind the text of a printed or online document.
• Insert symbols, and build simple equation and add it to the Equation gallery.
• Add shapes to documents to add visual interest.
• Use the Word screen clipping tool to capture an image from the computer screen.

Module 4: Organize and Arrange Content

This module explains how to structure documents by reorganizing an outline, change the relationship of elements on the page, and use a table to control page layout.

Lessons

• Reorganizing Document Outlines
• Arranging Objects on the Page
• Using Tables to Control Page Layout

Lab : Reorganizing Document Outlines

• Reorganize a document by adjusting its outline

Lab : Arranging Objects on the Page

• Arrange multiple pictures

Lab : Using Tables to Control Page Layout

• Insert and format nested tables

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Reorganize a document by using its outline.
• Change how elements on a page relate to one another.
• Insert information in the cells of a table to position them precisely on the page.

Module 5: Create Documents for Use Outside of Word

This module explains how to save files in different formats, work with Web documents, and publish blog posts.

Lessons

• Saving Files in Different Formats
• Creating and Modifying Web Documents
• Creating and Publishing Blog Posts

Lab : Saving Files in Different Formats

• Save a document in XPS format

Lab : Creating and Modifying Web Documents

• Save and modify a Web document

Lab : Creating and Publishing Blog Posts

• Register a blog account, and publish a blog post

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Determine the most appropriate format in which to save a file.
• Save documents as Web pages.
• Contribute to a blog from within Word.