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Word 2007 training courses

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2007

A roadmap to Word 2007 training:

1. Get familiar with Word

Course	What you'll learn
Get up to speed with Word 2007	The layout of the new design, how to accomplish everyday tasks in Word 2007, and a bit about the new XML file formats
Get to know Word 2007 I: Create your first document	How to do the basics: type where you want to on a page, fix spelling errors, change spacing and page margins, and save your work
Get to know Word 2007 II: Edit text and revise your documents	How to get from one place to another in a document so that you can make changes anywhere on the page, how to add and delete text, and move text around
Get to know Word 2007 III: Make documents look great	Emphasize text, make lists, and use style, a tool that helps you format a document

2. Start with an outline or let Word do the work with templates and Quick Styles

Course	What you'll learn
Create a document outline	Outlining a document can help you conceptualize and plan its content
Save time with templates	How to create documents by using existing templates on Microsoft Office Online, and how to turn your own documents into templates
Format your document with styles	Apply formatting with a click of a button, and apply it in multiple places at once.

3. Display information effectively

Course	What you'll learn
Bullets, numbers, and lists	The ins and outs of bullets, numbers, and multilevel lists in Word 2007
Decorate documents with backgrounds, borders, and text effects	How to apply borders, backgrounds, shading, watermarks, table and shape styles, text enhancements, and WordArt
Reuse text and other document parts: Introducing building blocks	How to use building blocks galleries to add the final touches to create a professional-looking document.
Get acquainted with tables	Learn how to insert a table into a document, add formatting and edit its structure.
Learn more about tables	How to merge and split table cells, resize a table and remove a table.

4. Add finishing touches to your document

Course	What you'll learn
Header and footer basics	How to work easily with the header and footer feature — how to add page numbers or other headers and footers that Word has designed for you; add your own text; the date and time; and the document name and file location.
Headers and footers for document sections	How to tailor your headers and footers to fit the various sections of your document, such as a cover page, front matter, and chapter pages.
Table of Contents I: Create an automatic TOC	How to quickly build a table of contents for your document and then keep it up-to-date.
Table of Contents II: Customize your TOC	How to change the appearance of your TOC and include the document's custom styled titles and headings in the TOC. Also, how to use the outlining capability of Word to set up your TOC.
Table of Contents III: Use fields to create a TOC and create multiple TOCs	Learn about the fields that are behind the scenes in an automatic TOC and learn how to create more than one TOC in a document.

5. Insert comments and track your revisions

Course	What you'll learn
Revise documents with Track Changes and Comments in Word 2007	How to turn Track Changes on and off, how to see changes and comments the way you like, and how to accept or reject or delete them

6. Use mail merge

Course	What you'll learn
Mail merge I: Use mail merge for mass mailings	How to use the Mail Merge Wizard to produce letters and envelopes for mass mailings
Mail merge II: Use the Ribbon and perform a complex mail merge	How to use the Ribbon to do a mail merge, and also about some advanced features to use in your merge

7. Learn general Office skills

Course	What you'll learn
Keyboard shortcuts in the 2007 Office system	The brand-new look of the 2007 Microsoft Office system, with new and easier ways to use the keyboard
Security I: How the 2007 Office system helps you to stay safer	How to help protect your data, your computer, and yourself from risk
Security II: Turn off the Message Bar and run code safely	Learn how to turn off the Message Bar and its security warnings
Security III: Sign your own macros for stronger security	Signing your own macros will reduce the number of security warnings you see while still maintaining a high security level
Office Open XML I: Exploring the Office Open XML Formats	The new Office Open XML Formats, the basics of working with them, and the XML structure behind documents
Open XML II: Editing Documents in the XML	Learn the basics of how to edit document content and troubleshoot document issues directly in the XML

Note You can also download shorter PowerPoint versions of some Word 2007 training courses and use them as training for yourself or a group.

And that's not all – the whole schmeer

Online training isn't just for Word and Office as a whole. It's also available for other individual programs in the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Because the more you know, the better you do.