Word 2003 Advanced Formatting Workshop

Word 2003: Advanced Formatting Workshop

The intent of this ½-day class is to discuss the origins of Word’s formatting from templates through the Word formatting model to the advanced use of styles. Students may also bring their own problem documents to class (via email or flash drive) and discuss these documents with their instructor.

Prerequisite Classes

· Word 2003 Level One

· Word 2003 Level Two

· Word 2003 Level Three (not mandatory, but suggested)

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

· Understand the role of templates in Word documents

· Understand Word’s object-based formatting model

· Understand what styles are available in typical Word documents

· Investigate and understand style-based formatting

· Understand the role styles play in paragraph numbering

· Modify existing styles and create new styles

· Understand strategies on how to work with non-styled documents

Word 2003 Advanced Formatting Workshop Course Content

Lesson 1: Templates and the Word Formatting Model

· Global and regular templates

· How templates affect Word toolbars, keystrokes, and styles

· The Word formatting model

Lesson 2: Style-based Formatting

· How to set up Word to best show styles

· Paragraph vs. character styles

· Demonstration of basic styles

· Modifying a style

· Creating new documents from scratch using styles

Lesson 3: Styles and Numbering

· Styles and list bullets, list numbering

· Styles and outline numbering

Lesson 4: Advantages of Style-based Documents

· Using the document map

· Creating a table of contents

· Style-based formatting changes

Lesson 5: Working with Non-Styled Documents

· Identifying problem documents

· Strategies for fixing problem documents