Overview

In this instructor-led, online training course, students will learn how to use Word 2019 to create and edit simple documents, format documents, add tables and lists, add design elements and layout options, proof documents and more!

Course Instructor: Ashley Hunt

Course Outline

1. What’s new with Word 2019?

  • Overview for newer users
  • Seeing changes in real time
  • Translate
  • Reading out loud
  • Digital pen
  • LaTeX Syntax
  • Icons and scalable vector graphics
  • Sound effects
  • View pages

02. Back to basics

  • Default fonts and changing save location
  • Replacing text automatically
  • Working with hyperlinks
  • Viewing word and character counts
  • Customizing your dictionary

03. Get InFORMed

  • Starting with a form template
  • Gathering form requirements
  • Formatting form tables
  • Inserting form controls: lists, date pickers, check boxes, and more
  • Protecting the form
  • Creating form templates

04. Who’s got mail?

  • Choosing or creating a data source
  • Using Mail Merge with Outlook contacts
  • Mail merging data from an Excel spreadsheet
  • Inserting address blocks, greetings, and other fields
  • Email merge. Using the Merge Tool add-in to add attachments to merged messages
  • Using rules for customized merges

05. Show your style

  • Creating and modifying Word styles
  • Adding a custom headers, footers, and page numbers
  • Quick Parts and building blocks
  • Formatting text, pages, and paragraphs
  • Page breaks
  • Portrait and landscape in the same document
  • Themes and creating bulleted and numbered lists

06. Excel? Word!

  • Formula writing in Word
  • Formulas in Excel in Word
  • Charts using Excel

Skills Learned

After completing this online training course, students will be able to:

  • Collaborate with others via OneDrive
  • Format form tables
  • Choose or create a data source
  • Use mail merge
  • Insert address blocks
  • Create custom header and footers
  • Use templates
  • Format text, pages, and paragraphs
  • Review and print documents
  • Check file history
  • Lock documents