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Microsoft Word Level II

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Build on introductory document skills in Noble Desktop's Microsoft Word Level II course. The curriculum develops more involved ways to organize and format written material. You practice controlling the features that help documents stay consistent as their length, structure, and requirements become more complex over time.

What's included with live classes

  • Microsoft Office (1 month)
  • Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
  • Class recordings

Overview

This advanced course will take your Microsoft Word knowledge to the next level. You will learn to use automation to speed up your workflow, create custom style sets and templates for your documents, learn advanced formatting techniques, and work with long documents. This class is ideal for anyone who wants to become faster and more efficient in their everyday Word usage.

Prerequisites

Students must have Word proficiency equivalent to our Microsoft Word Level I course.

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Schedule & enrollment

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Live tuition
$299
Course length
6 hours

All class times are Eastern (ET).

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    Final session ends at 5pm ET

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    Class time

    Starts at 10am ET

    Final session ends at 5pm ET

    Attend

    In-person or live online

  • Dates

    Class time

    Starts at 10am ET

    Final session ends at 5pm ET

    Attend

    In-person or live online

  • Dates

    Class time

    Starts at 10am ET

    Final session ends at 5pm ET

    Attend

    In-person or live online

  • Dates

    Class time

    Starts at 10am ET

    Final session ends at 5pm ET

    Attend

    In-person or live online

  • Dates

    Class time

    Starts at 10am ET

    Final session ends at 5pm ET

    Attend

    In-person or live online

  • Dates

    Class time

    Starts at 10am ET

    Final session ends at 5pm ET

    Attend

    In-person or live online

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Self-paced tuition & enrollment

Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.

Tuition
$299
Course length
6 hours
Format
Self-paced online

This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.

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Curriculum

What you'll learn

  • Manage and work with multiple documents efficiently
  • Track changes and collaborate using comments and revision tools
  • Apply advanced formatting techniques for professional documents
  • Create and manage reference tables, including tables of contents and indexes
  • Design forms and use mail merge to automate personalized communications
  • Build and apply custom style sets and templates for consistent formatting

Course syllabus

Working with Themes

  • Apply a Theme
  • Change Theme Colors
  • Change Theme Font
  • Modify a Theme

Building Blocks

  • Insert Building Blocks
  • Save AutoText
  • Insert AutoText
  • Insert Graphics/Shapes as AutoText
  • Fields
  • Insert Document Property
  • Insert a Field
  • View/Edit a Building Block

Pagination Options

  • Pagination
  • Widow/Orphan Control
  • Keep with Next
  • Keep Lines Together
  • Page Break Before

Text Boxes

  • Insert a Text Box
  • Linking Text Boxes

Document References

  • Insert a Caption
  • Insert a Cross Reference
  • Insert a Footnote
  • Enter Sources
  • Insert a Citation
  • Manage Sources
  • Works Cited, References, or Bibliographies
  • Insert a Reference Page
  • Mark an Index Entry
  • Insert an Index

Using Mail Merge

  • Start Mail Merge
  • Choose Recipients
  • Insert an address block
  • Preview Results
  • Finish and Merge
  • Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard

Mark Up a Document

  • Enable Track Changes
  • Display for Review
  • Show Markup

Review Markups

  • Reviewing Pane
  • Accept Change
  • Reject Change
  • Compare Documents
  • Combine Revisions from Separate Documents

Picture Tools

  • Text Wrapping Options
  • Square Text Wrapping
  • Top and Bottom Text Wrap
  • Behind Text Wrap
  • Transparency
  • Remove Background
  • WordArt
  • SmartArt

Form Controls

  • Create a Form
  • Enable the Developer tab
  • Insert a Check box field
  • Insert a Combo box field
  • Form Field Options

Protecting Documents

  • Open in Read-Only
  • Enable Document Password

Self-paced course

Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.

This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.

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Take your Microsoft Word skills to the next level in this self-paced course. Learn how to automate tasks to improve your workflow, create custom styles and templates, apply advanced formatting techniques, and manage long documents with ease. This course is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their efficiency and productivity in everyday Word tasks.

Self-paced prerequisites

Students must have Word proficiency equivalent to our Microsoft Word Level I course.

Self-paced curriculum

What you'll learn self-paced

  • Efficiently manage and work with multiple documents
  • Track changes and collaborate using comments and revision tools
  • Apply advanced formatting techniques for polished, professional documents
  • Create and manage reference tables, including tables of contents and indexes
  • Design forms and utilize mail merge to automate personalized communications
  • Develop and apply custom style sets and templates for consistent formatting
Self-paced syllabus

Working with Themes

  • Apply a Theme
  • Change Theme Colors
  • Change Theme Font
  • Modify a Theme

Building Blocks

  • Insert Building Blocks
  • Save AutoText
  • Insert AutoText
  • Insert Graphics/Shapes as AutoText
  • Fields
  • Insert Document Property
  • Insert a Field
  • View/Edit a Building Block

Pagination Options

  • Pagination
  • Widow/Orphan Control
  • Keep with Next
  • Keep Lines Together
  • Page Break Before

Text Boxes

  • Insert a Text Box
  • Linking Text Boxes

Document References

  • Insert a Caption
  • Insert a Cross Reference
  • Insert a Footnote
  • Enter Sources
  • Insert a Citation
  • Manage Sources
  • Works Cited, References, or Bibliographies
  • Insert a Reference Page
  • Mark an Index Entry
  • Insert an Index

Using Mail Merge

  • Start Mail Merge
  • Choose Recipients
  • Insert an address block
  • Preview Results
  • Finish and Merge
  • Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard

Mark Up a Document

  • Enable Track Changes
  • Display for Review
  • Show Markup

Review Markups

  • Reviewing Pane
  • Accept Change
  • Reject Change
  • Compare Documents
  • Combine Revisions from Separate Documents

Picture Tools

  • Text Wrapping Options
  • Square Text Wrapping
  • Top and Bottom Text Wrap
  • Behind Text Wrap
  • Transparency
  • Remove Background
  • WordArt
  • SmartArt

Form Controls

  • Create a Form
  • Enable the Developer tab
  • Insert a Check box field
  • Insert a Combo box field
  • Form Field Options

Protecting Documents

  • Open in Read-Only
  • Enable Document Password

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Working knowledge equivalent to Microsoft Word Level I is required. Choose this continuation after establishing those basics. Compare the Word Bootcamp if you want the introductory and continuing instruction together in a complete sequence.

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