Teaching session plan
 

Tutor name.....Ian Cole................ Subject...Advance Word .......
 

Date......... Time......... No.of Students....... Location..................
 

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Topic
 

Advance Word training session
 

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Outcomes: students should be able to:

1/ To be able to modify and create templates
 

2/ Record a macro
 

3/ Mail merge a document and a data source
 

4/ Changing Word options
 

5/ A look at functions
 

6/ Drawing with Word
 

7/ Importing into Word

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Tutor Materials Student Materials

training disks Handouts

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Presentation steps
 

Introduction/Motivation: ............................ 5 minutes

Switch on computers and login
 

Sequence of learning: .................................. -- minutes

1

Templates: Modifying the Normal template
 

Open a blank document

Click on format

Then click on the required item (i.e. font)

Make changes

Click on default - Change dialog box appears

Click yes - template changed.
 
 

Creating a new template
 

Open Word - Click on File and then New

A New dialog box appears - click on Template then OK

Click on File and Page Setup (if needed) to set Size, Margins, Layout. then click OK

Click on Format, then Style, then Modify

In the Modify Style box click on Format

then select the item(i.e. Font, Paragraph, Tabs etc.)

Make the required changes and click OK

Click on File and then Save as give the template a name

(i.e. AAA)

The new template is now created - use File and New to open it.
 

2.Macros

a macro is a pre-recorded set of commands that can be played back to force certain events to happen (i.e. typing F7 starts the spell checking macro)
 

Recording a macro (Header and Footer macro).
 

Click Tools and then Macro (Macro box appears).

Name the Macro then click Record.

Assign the macro to the keyboard.

assign a shortcut key (i.e. Alt+T)

Click assign then close (Macro record toolbar appears)

Macro is now recording - click View then Headers and Footers then Stop on the macro tool bar.

The macro is recorded.

Close the Headers and Footers toolbar.

Type Alt+T to test the macro. Macro finished.
 

3.Mail Merge

Mail merge is when you may want to send the same document to many people and it can contain each persons details.

This is done by merging two documents together (1 a letter and 2 a data document)

Main document

Create a letter or label document - this is our main document that we will have to put detailed fields in

Click on Tools and then Mail merge.

(1)A wizard appears click on Create and select the type of in document required (i.e. form letter)

We are then asked if we want to use the existing document or a new one (i.e. Active Window).

(2) Click on Get data and choose a data source (i.e. create data source).
 

We are now asked to choose the field names required.

Remove the field names not required then click OK.
 

Now click to edit data document (to input the names and addresses)

A data form will appear to put in the data details

After putting in address details click on Add new

to add another set of address details.

When completed click OK.
 

Click on Open data source and we will be asked to edit the main document - Click Edit main document

Click Insert Merge Field and input the fields required.
 

(3) Click Tools and Mail merge again

Click Merge and Merge again

A new document will be created that has the mail merge details.
 

4.Changing Word options

Creating a new custom dictionary

Click on Tools and then Options (selects options box).

Click on Spelling and then New ( a create panel opens).

Name the new dictionary (i.e. DOHS ).

De-select the Custom Dictionary and select the new dictionary.

Select Language English(UK) click on OK /Action completed.
 

Changing the default file locations

In the Options panel click on File Locations

Highlight Documents then click on Modify

Select the new location (i.e. A drive)

Click on OK / Action completed.
 

Revisions (strikethrough)

Highlight the required text.

Click on Format and then Font.

Under effect click Strikethrough Action completed.
 

5.File functions

Most functions in the top section are straight forward with the exception of Find File.

Find file

will perform a search to find a Word document.
 

Edit functions

Finding a word or phrase

Click on Edit and then Find (Find box appears)

Type into Find What: required text

The document will be searched to match the text.

Can also be used to link to Replace a words or phrase.

Action completed.
 

Replace.

Same as Find but will replace text as required.
 

Go To

Will go to any required area of the document.

Autotext

Highlight the required text.

Click Edit and then Autotext give the autotext a name.

Click on Add.

Click on Insert to add the Autotext to a document.
 

Bookmarks

Put the Insertion point where the bookmark is wanted.

Click Edit and Bookmarks

Name the bookmark (i.e. Para1 ) use Go To to move to required bookmarks.
 

View functions

Word provides six ways to view documents on the screen. Each view allows you to concentrate on different aspects of your work.

Normal

Normal view is the default document view you probably will use for most typing, editing, and formatting. To switch to normal view, click the Normal View button on the horizontal scroll bar, or choose Normal from the View menu.
 

Outline

In outline view, you can collapse a document to see only the main headings or expand it to see the entire document. This makes it easy to move and copy text and to reorganize long documents. To switch to outline view, click the Outline View button on the horizontal scroll bar, or choose Outline from the View menu.
 

Page Layout

In page layout view, you can see a document just as it will look when printed and refine its text and formatting. To switch to page layout view, click the Page Layout View button on the horizontal scroll bar, or choose Page Layout from the View menu.

Print Preview

Print preview shows entire pages at a reduced size so that you can view one or more pages at a time, check page breaks, and make changes to text and formatting. To switch to print preview, click the Print Preview button on the Standard toolbar, or choose Print Preview from the File menu.
 

Master Document

A master document helps you organize and maintain a long document, such as a book or a multipart report, that is divided into several separate documents called subdocuments. In master document view, you can work in a single document window and still see the overall organization of all parts of the master document. To switch to master document view, choose Master Document from the View menu.
 

Full Screen

To see only a document on screen -- without rulers, toolbars, and other screen elements -- choose Full Screen from the View menu. In full screen view, you can choose commands with shortcut keys and display shortcut menus while you work. To return to the previous view, click the Full Screen button in the bottom-right corner of the screen or press ESC.

Zoom

Zoom will zoom into and out of the document
 

Insert functions

Most functions in the top section are straight forward with the exception of Annotation, Field and Form field.
 

Annotation.

Inserts an annotation mark, which contains the reviewer's initials and reference number, into the document and opens the annotation pane in which you type the annotation. The annotation mark appears in the document in hidden text format.

To display annotation marks and all other non-printing characters in the document, click the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar. Click the button again to hide annotation marks.
 

Field.

A set of codes that instruct Word to insert text, graphics, page numbers, and other material into a document automatically. For example, the DATE field inserts the current date, and the TIME field inserts the current time. You can also use fields to insert variable data into merged documents, such as form letters.
 

Form field.

Inserts a text form field, a check box form field, or a drop- down form field.
 

Format functions

Most functions in the top section are straight forward with the exception of Change Case and Drop Cap
 

Change Case

Changes selected characters to all uppercase letters, all lowercase letters, or a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters.
 

Drop Cap

Formats a letter, word, or selected text as a large initial, or dropped, capital letter. A "drop cap," which is traditionally the first letter in a paragraph, can appear either in the left margin or dropped from the base line of the first line in the paragraph.

Tools functions

AutoCorrect

Customizes the settings used to correct text automatically as you type.
 

Protect Document

Prevents changes to all or part of a document, a password can be assigned.
 

Revisions

Tracks revisions made to a document - see strikethrough.
 

Table functions

Inserting a Table by using a shortcut.

Click on the Insert table button on the tool bar

Choose the amount of rows and columns.

Make sure the Gridlines are selected from the Table menu.

Right click within the table to select Table Autoformat

This will allow the user to format the table.

The other method is to use the Boarders tool bar to format the table.

Use Sort to arrange the data in the table.
 

Window functions

New Window

Is to view the same document in another window
 

Arrange All

Will arrange all the open documents
 

Split

Will split the view of the document in two
 

The Windows functions menu will also show all the open documents for ease of moving from one document to another.
 

6.Importing into Word

Open the Telwork.doc and place the Insertion pointer where the imported file will appear

Click Insert and then the required type (File, Picture, Object, etc.)(i.e. Picture)

Select the file location and click OK.

The file will be imported into your Word document.
 

Drawing with Word

Select the drawing toolbar

Most functions in the top section are straight forward with the exception of:

Callout and Format Callout these are used for Flowcharts.
 

Format Painter

Will copy the format of any highlighted or pervious text

(Will need to be double clicked to start)
 

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