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Word: Shortcuts, Tips, and Tricks

You may use Microsoft Word every day, but what are you missing? Become a power user! It only takes one-half day to discover features you may have overlooked that will help you work more efficiently. Perhaps you have a “wish list”—features that don’t work well for you or options that you wish were available in Word. There are many shortcuts, tips and tricks to streamline document creation and editing—come to this workshop to discover them.

The workshop will consist of both structured learning as well as a free-form period where individual students’ questions will be addressed.

Prerequisite: This workshop is for experienced Word users who want to use more of the application’s capabilities.

Key Topics Covered

1) Design effective forms and templates.
2) Troubleshoot tabs.
3) Quickly recall frequent phrases and formatted paragraphs.
4) Use tables to position text and graphics.
5) Insert and control photographs.
6) Control long documents with styles, sections, and indexes (indices).
7) Create double-sided newsletters.
8) Merge data from Excel or Access.
9) Keyboard shortcuts.