DKD Consulting

Description:

This workshop is designed to teach skills that can be used to create documents that will have a polished, professional image.

Target Audience:

This workshop is designed for people who have attended the basic, intermediate, and advanced sessions or who have learned these skills through other means.  The instructor assumes knowledge of basic, intermediate, and advanced editing and formatting at the level presented in the three previous classes.

Prerequisites:

Length:

Method of Instruction:

Lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice.

Equipment Needed:

Computer lab with a projection screen for the instructor's workstation.

Workshop Outline:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Fonts
• Font Face and Size
• Drop Cap Letter
• WordArt
  
• Graphics
• Inserting a Picture
• Creating a Text Box
• Borders, Lines, and Watermarks
• Borders
• Graphic Lines
• Arrows and Shapes
• Watermarks
• Formatting
• Columns
  
• Paper Size
• Divide Page
• Templates
  
• In Conclusion
• More questions and answers
• Evaluation

Workshop Objectives:

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

• Choose appropriate font faces and styles to reflect the intended purpose of the document.
  
• Use Drop Cap to enlarge the first character or word of a paragraph.
  
• Use WordArt to alter the shape of text.
  
• Insert pictures.
  
• Insert and edit text boxes.
• Add borders and lines.
• Make columns.
• Format for a variety of paper sizes.
• Divide pages.
• Use templates to assist in document design.