# Word Intermediate Course Online

Canonical URL: <https://vdci.edu/courses/word-intermediate-course-online>

## Overview

Ready to get more out of Microsoft Word? This course takes you beyond the basics, showing you how to automate tasks that eat up your time and apply advanced formatting techniques that keep your documents looking sharp and consistent.

You'll also learn how to build custom styles and templates and manage long documents with ease, giving you a skill set that makes a real difference in how efficiently you work day to day. It's a great fit for anyone who wants to get noticeably more productive in Word.

## What you'll learn

- Juggle multiple documents at once without losing your place or your sanity
- Track changes and collaborate with others using comments and built-in revision tools
- Apply advanced formatting techniques to give your documents a polished, professional finish
- Build and manage reference tables, including tables of contents and indexes
- Design forms and use mail merge to automate personalized communications at scale
- Create and apply custom style sets and templates to keep your formatting consistent across every document

## Prerequisites

Students must have Word proficiency equivalent to our [Word Fundamentals Course Online](https://vdci.edu/courses/microsoft-word-fundamentals-course-online) course.

## Curriculum

#### Working with Themes

- Apply a Themes
- Change Theme Colors
- Change Theme Font
- Modify a Theme

#### Building Blocks

- Insert Building Blocks
- Save Auto Text
- Insert AutoText
- Insert Graphics/Shapes as AutoText
- Fields
- Insert Document Property
- Insert a Field
- View/Edit a Building Block

#### Pagination Options

- Pagination
- Widow/Orphan Control
- Keep with Next
- Keep Lines Together
- Page Break Before

#### Text Boxes

- Insert a Text Box
- Linking Text Boxes

#### Document References

- Insert a Caption
- Insert a Cross Reference
- Insert a Footnote
- Enter Sources
- Insert a Citation
- Manage Sources
- Works Cited, References, or Bibliographies
- Insert a Reference Page
- Mark an Index Entry
- Insert an Index

#### Using Mail Merge

- Start Mail Merge
- Choose Recipients
- Insert an address block
- Preview Results
- Finish and Merge
- Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard

#### Mark Up a Document

- Enable Track Changes
- Display for Review
- Show Markup

#### Review Markups

- Reviewing Pane
- Accept Change
- Reject Change
- Compare Documents
- Combine Revisions from Separate Documents

#### Picture Tools

- Text Wrapping Options
- Square Text Wrapping
- Top and Bottom Text Wrap
- Behind Text Wrap
- Transparency
- Remove Background
- Word Art
- Smart Art

#### Form Controls

- Create a Form
- Enable the Developer tab
- Insert a Check box field
- Insert a Combo box field
- Form Field Options

#### Protecting Documents

- Open in Read-Only
- Enable Document Password

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249