Workshop Title |
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Support Documents |
| Comments on ways to get into trouble in Word and how to avoid these pitfalls |
Habits1.doc: Shows dangers of pressing the Enter/Return key at the ends of lines.
Class Handout |
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For those new to word processing or to the Word program |
Entering data, formatting characters and pages, selecting, saving, cutting and pasting, printing, saving. |
Word handout: Basic word Exercises
Practice files:
select1; spell1.
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For people who use Word but have a feeling that there's a better way.... |
Formatting characters (bold, italic, and more...), paragraphs (positioning, spacing), tabs and pages (portrait and landscape, page borders).. |
Flier exercise
Syllabus to change. Letter with tabs, bullets, paragraph spacing to practice.
Practice with Tabs
The Format Painter is a very useful icon that enables you to copy formatting only from a paragraph or word. |
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If you're comfortable with Word but want to take your documents to another level.... |
Understanding elements that make documents easier to grasp: smart font use, headings, white space, emphasis. |
Formatting principles [PowerPoint Presentation]
Word handouts: Making Better Handouts;
Formatting in Word summary
Practice documents:
Short Report, Suggested after version of same doc
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Learn about using Word's built-in numbering schemes to save time when typing questions. And be able to move questions around and have the numbering change automagically! |
Use numbering and tables features in Word to expedite quiz-making.` |
Making better Quizzes handout, with instructions for numbering and ideas about other formats.
Practice document with text to whip into a quiz.
Tables handout for instructions on Word's Table-making features.
The Table Toolbar.
Practice text to make into a table |
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Import your pix or use clipart and place then in your Word docs. |
Import pictures from the Web, from your camera, or search for clipart and use Word's built-in tools to make them look good in your Word doc. |
Pictures in Word [Word doc]
For more about Flashpaper, see the Flashpaper demo page |
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Making form letters and labels using Word and Excel, Access or Word tables. |
How to set up the list of people or organizations to whom you want to send mail regularly.
Learn the process of creating personalized mass mailings and mailing labels. |
MailMerge How to [Word doc]
Sample Data source in Excel: Names/addresses
Word table with mail merge data to use
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