DKD Consulting

Description:

Target Audience:

Library personnel who have attended the basic and intermediate sessions or who have learned basic and intermediate Word skills through another means.  The instructor assumes knowledge of basic and intermediate editing and formatting at the level presented in the two previous classes.

Prerequisites:

Length:

Method of Instruction:

Lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice.

Equipment Needed:

Computer lab with projection screen for instructor's workstation.

Workshop Outline:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Advanced Editing
  
• Using Go To
• Creating Bookmarks
• Inserting Files within Documents
• Adding Footnotes
  
• Advanced Formatting
• Setting Tabs
• Keeping Text Together
• Widow/Orphan Control
• Keep Lines Together
  
• Changing Paper Size
• Creating a Drop Cap Letter
• Adding Borders
• Inserting Horizontal and Vertical Lines
• Making Columns
• Printing Labels
  
• Tools
• Sorting
• Spelling and Grammar
• Using the Thesaurus
• Password-Protecting Documents
  
• In Conclusion
• More questions and answers
• Evaluation

Workshop Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to meet the following objectives:

• Use Go To to move to a specific page or location.
  
• Use Bookmark to return to a specific place within a document.
• Insert files within documents.
• Add footnotes or endnotes to a document.
• Set tabs.
• Indicate portions of text that should stay together on a single page.
• Change the paper size.
• Use Drop Cap to enlarge the first character or word of a paragraph.
• Add borders and lines.
• Make columns.
• Print labels.
• Sort text.
• Proofread documents.
• Use passwords for confidential files.