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November 13, 2009

Word, Excel, and Office Tutorials

Here are some very good tutorials on Word, Excel, and MS Office, hosted by University of Florida. These Word, Excel, and Office tutorials discuss and demonstrate the important features of Microsoft Word, Excel and Office that combine together to provide users with a powerful word editing application and a spreadsheet program. These Office tutorials can be downloaded (doc and ppt formats) and saved for later reference.


Microsoft Office: Word and Excel 531 Kb, 22 pages)
This Word and Excel tutorial discusses features such as tables, toolbars, cell addresses, splitting cells and complex cell manipulation.

 - Word Tables
 - Word Tables and Borders Toolbar
 - Math in Word Tables
 - Math in Excel
 - Order of Operations
 - Cell Addresses
 - Splitting Cells in Microsoft Word
 - Dealing with Complex Cells in Microsoft Word
 - Splitting Cells in Microsoft Excel (Text to Columns)
 - Dealing with Complex Cells in Microsoft Excel


Microsoft Office 2003: Word and Excel  (538 Kb, 23 pages)
This Word and Excel tutorial explains features in Microsoft Office 2003, including math functions in Word and Excel, splitting cells, complex cell manipulation and the creation of tables.

 - Creating Tables
 - Tables and Borders Toolbar
 - Math in Word Tables
 - Math in Excel
 - Functions
 - Splitting Cells in Microsoft Word
 - Dealing with Complex Cells in Microsoft Word
 - Splitting Cells in Microsoft Excel (Text to Columns)
 - Dealing with Complex Cells in Microsoft Excel


Microsoft Office: Drawing Toolbar  (372 Kb, 15 pages)
This tutorial discusses the drawing toolbar in Microsoft Office with its autoshapes, the draw menu, wrapping text around objects and tips and tricks for drawing objects.

 - Drawing Toolbar
 - AutoShapes
 - The Draw Menu
 - Wrapping Text Around Objects in Word 97
 - Wrapping Text Around Objects in Word 2000
 - Tips and Tricks for Graphics and Drawing Objects


Microsoft Office Overview  (719 Kb, 23 slides)
This PowerPoint presentation is a handout of the features of Microsoft Office and its applications.


Microsoft Office Overview  (2.7 Mb, 23 slides)
This PowerPoint presentation provides an in-depth overview of Microsoft Office and its applications.

 - Word
 - Excel
 - PowerPoint
 - Access

Popularity: 61% [?]


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    September 23, 2009

    15 Word 2003 Tutorials

    Here is the post on 15 Word 2003 Tutorials, at Health Science Center Training, University of Florida. These Word tutorials describe and teach various features of this word processing tool with ample screenshots. Some of the features that are explained in these tutorials are: bullets and numbering, headers and footers, spelling and grammar, and tables. These workshop tutorials assume you having some experience with using Word. They are in .doc (Word) format.


    Word 2003 Tutorials:

     - Bullets & Numbering-Handout 206 Kb, 10 Pages
     - Forms-Handout 389 Kb, 17 Pages
     - Headers Footers-Handout 165 kb, 10 Pages
     - MailMerge1-Handout 347 Kb, 13 Pages
     - Navigating-Formatting-Handout 295 Kb, 17 Pages
     - Navigating-Formatting-Notes 27 Kb, 2 Pages
     - Paragraphs-Handout 305 Kb,11 Pages
     - Paragraphs-Notes 24 kb, 1 Page
     - Sections-Handout 291 Kb, 19 Pages
     - Spelling-Grammar-AutoCorrect-Handout 238 Kb, 12 Pages
     - Spelling-Grammar-Notes 30 kb, 3 Pages
     - Styles Indexes-Handout 308 Kb, 12 Pages
     - Tables I-Handout 160 Kb, 8 Pages
     - Tables II-Handout 124 Kb, 8 Pages
     - Tabs-Handout 98 Kb, 5 Pages

    Popularity: 19% [?]


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    August 11, 2009

    10 Word Tutorials

    Here are 10 excellent Microsoft Word Tutorials, at California Polytechnic State University, that provide a lot of information on the basics of Word and how to go about working with it. Word is the de facto word processing application used by millions the world over and these Word tutorials will increase your skills in no time. These Word tutorials cover several features, from mail merge and form filling, to table creation and document collaboration. They are in pdf format and can be downloaded and used for later reference.


    10 Word Tutorials:

    Create Accessible Word 2003 Documents  (188 Kb, 7 pages)
    This detailed tutorial provides users with information about creation of Word documents, setting languages, templates, styles, headers and footers, numbered and bulleted lists and shortcuts.

    Create Mailing Labels from an Electronic File with Word 2002 (XP)  (39 Kb, 6 pages)
    This Word tutorial explains the creation of mailing labels from an electronic file. These mailing labels can be used for sending mass mails to various recipients at a time.

    Creating and Using Tables  (172 Kb, 3 pages)
    This tutorial discusses the creation and use of tables in Word. Tables are used to represent complex data in a more orderly and understandable format.

    Create Online Fill-in Form  (260 Kb, 1 page)
    In case users have to create a fill-in form in Word, they can do so with components such as checkboxes and drop down fields. This is explained detail in this tutorial.

    Preserving Text When Re-protecting a Form Without Macros  (36 Kb, 2 pages)
    This Word tutorial explains how to work with Macros in forms and focuses on the topic of keeping the text intact when re-protecting a form without macros.

    Form Fields Lose Text When Protected for Forms – Word97  (42 Kb, 4 pages)
    This Word tutorial discusses writing macros to retain information in protected forms and how to implement these macros.

    Form Fields Lose Text When Protected for Forms – Mac Word98  (42 Kb, 4 pages)
    This tutorial teaches how to write macros to retain information in protected forms and how to implement them. This tutorial is intended for Mac users for Word 98.

    Clean Up Email messages with MS Word  (370 Kb, 1 page)
    This simple 1 page tutorial explains how to clean up email messages and removing paragraph marks with the help of Word.

    Document Collaboration  (656 Kb, 7 pages_
    Document collaboration is a term which refers to the development and review process to create a document by multiple individuals for their viewing.

    Mail Merge information  (605 Kb, 4 pages)
    This document explains the creation of main documents, data documents, mailing labels and catalogs for the mail merge feature in Word.

    Popularity: 28% [?]


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    June 16, 2009

    6 Word 2003 Tutorials

    Here are 6 Word 2003 Tutorials from the University at Albany that teach and explain several of Word’s important capabilities, including Menus, Formatting tools, Layout tools, Illustrations, Tables and the Mail merge feature. These features come in handy when working with data that needs to be segregated and formatted for presentation.


    6 Word Tutorials:

    Word 2003 I: Menus, Capabilities and Basic Skills
    This Word tutorial explains the menu options available in Word and the dialog boxes they handle which include Open and Save.

    Word 2003 II: Toolbars and Formatting Tools and Techniques
    This tutorial demonstrates Word’s toolbars and formatting tools such as tabs, margins, paragraphs, colors and alignment of text on a page.

    Word 2003 III: More Formatting Tools & Techniques
    This Word tutorial continues from where the previous one left off covering formatting tools and techniques.

    Word 2003 V: Illustration & Layout Tools
    This tutorial explains various Illustration and Layout tools in Word such as Clipart, Images, Word Art, Shadows and Textboxes.

    Word 2003 VII: Tables in Word
    This tutorial teaches Word’s capabilities in creating Tables and adding spreadsheets to the document

    Word 2003 X: Mail Merge and Labels
    This Word tutorial explains the Mail Merge feature that is used to generate multiple documents from a single template and using Labels to add names and other data from a database.

    Popularity: 23% [?]


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    May 7, 2009

    Tutorials for Word 2007 and 2003

    This series of Microsoft Word Tutorials at nicetutz.blogspot.com teaches and demontrates working with both Word 2007 and Word 2003. These Word tutorials discuss Word concepts for both novices and experts alike. Searching, printing, editing, using Microsoft Help and keyboard shortcuts are taught in detail. Also shown are more complex features such as recovering from a crash and protecting files from viruses.


    Introducing Word 2007
    This tutorial discusses starting and launching Word, interacting with the Word interface, accessing the toolbar and closing Word after use.

     - Loading MS-Word 2007 Program
     - Getting to Know the New User Interface
     - Using the Quick Access Toolbar
     - Using Ribbon
     - Customizing an Word 2007 Program
     - Exiting Word 2007


    Exploring Word 2007
    This Word tutorial explains the different views of a Word document, zooming a page, splitting windows to view multiple documents, saving a document and printing it.

     - Exploring Word 2007
     - Opening, Moving Around in, and Closing a Document
     - Displaying Different Views of Document
     - Zooming Relative to Page or Text
     - The Windows Group Doing Splits
     - Creating and Saving a Document
     - Up to Speed Understanding Word File Types
     - Previewing and Printing a Document
     - Key Points


    Editing Data in Word 2007
    This Word tutorial shows how words can be edited in a Word document by select the text, undo, redo and making appropriate use of the Office clipboard.

     - Adding Data by Pointing
     - Selecting Data
     - Editing Data with Pop-up Toolbar
     - Undo and Redo
     - Using the Office Clipboard


    Keyboard Shortcuts for Office 2007
    This tutorial discusses keyboard shortcuts that come in handy every now and then while working on Word.

     - Protecting Yourself with Undo and Redo
     - Checking Your Spelling
     - Finding Text


    Tips for Using Office 2007
    This tutorial contains quick tips that users should know while working on Word.

     - Saving Office 2007 Files
     - Password Protecting Your Files
     - Guarding Against Macro Viruses and Worms
     - Create Your Own Word Keyboard Shortcuts
     - Zooming in and out to Avoid Eyestrain
     - Freezing Row and Column Headings in Excel
     - Displaying Slides Out of Order in PowerPoint
     - Reduce Spam in Outlook
     - Using Pocket Office


    Typing Text in Word
    The primary use of an editing program is to edit text in it. This tutorial gives an overview of the various ways of input that Word accepts. It explains Find and Replace, Spell check, Grammar check and proof reading.

     - Moving the Cursor with Mouse
     - Moving the Cursor with Keyboard
     - Viewing a Document
     - Navigating through a Document
     - Finding and Replacing Text
     - Checking your Spelling
     - Checking your Grammar
     - Proofreading your Document
     - Typing Symbols


    Formatting Text
    Text can be formatted in various ways to suit many a user’s preferences. These ways include changing font, size, style, color and alignment, all of which as demonstrated in this Word Text tutorial.

     - Changing the Font
     - Changing the Font Size
     - Changing the Text Style
     - Changing Colors
     - Justifying Text Alignment
     - Adjust Line Spacing
     - Making Lists
     - Using the Ruler
     - Showing Formatting Marks
     - Using Format Painter
     - Using Styles
     - Using Templates
     - Removing Formatting from Text


    Changing the Look of a Document
    A document’s look and feel can be changed using various elements in Word. These elements include the document’s background, theme, header and footer and templates. These topics are reviewed in detail here.

     - Changing a Document’s Background
     - Changing a Document’s Theme
     - Working with Templates
     - Adding Headers and Footers
     - Controlling What Appears on Each Page
     - Tips


    Printing Word Documents
    Printing Word documents are fairly easy, unless the orientation, the printer settings, or the printing sytle are to be changed. These options are discussed in this tutorials.

     - Quick and Easy Printing
     - Print Preview
     - Choosing a Printer
     - Changing Print Setting
     - Using other Print Options
     - Printing Envelopes
     - Printing Labels
     - Setting Print Options


    Getting Help from Word
    This Word Help tutorial explains how Word’s Help feature can be used effectively.

     - Browsing the Help Window
     - Searching in the Help Window
     - Making the Help Window Easier to Read


    Protecting Against Viruses and Other Threats
    The usage of antivirus programs and how to avoid viruses that destroy your Word files are discussed.

     - Viruses and Antivirus Program - Spyware
     - Understanding and Avoiding Office Viruses
     - Taking Additional Security Precautions
     - Final Discussion


    Recovering from Problems
    This Word tutorial goes over System Restore, using Office Diagnostics, recovering lost files, and working with recovered files.

     - Using System Restore
     - Using Office Diagnostics
     - Locating Lost Files
     - Working With Recovered Files
     - Surfing the Web for Answers
     - Final Discussion

    Popularity: 35% [?]


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    April 25, 2009

    Interactive Word 2003 Tutorials

    Here are many comprehensive, interactive Word 2003 Tutorials from shortcutlearning.com. These Word tutorials use point and click interactivity so you can quickly understand and start using many of Word’s features, as linked here.


    Interactive Word 2003 Tutorials:

    Basic Word Tutorials:
     - Introduction to Word
     - Open Microsoft Word.
     - Opening a New Document
     - Opening a existing document
     - Changing The Office Assistant

    Using Text in Word:
     - Adding Text
     - Using Bold, Italic and Underline
     - Changing Color & Highlight of text
     - Change font by using the Font Dialog Box
     - Changing a font’s style & size of text
     - Undoing Changes in a document
     - Redoing Changes in a document

    Formatting Text in Word:
     - Copy and Pasting Text
     - Cutting and Pasting Text
     - Bullets and Numbers
     - Using auto formatting
     - Changing text alignments
     - Copying Character Formatting

    Indenting Text in Word:
     - Double Indenting
     - Setting the Indent Options
     - Indent Shortcut
     - Quick Indent

    Word Find and Replace:
     - Find and Replace
     - How to use the “Go To” command

    Word Spelling and the Thesaurus:
     - Setting Word to Spell check on-the-fly
     - Using the Word Correction List, Auto Prompt & adding Smiley Faces
     - Delete words from the Auto Correct list
     - Using the thesaurus
     - Using the Look Up to check a words meaning

    Word Document Properties:
     - Opening Different Documents
     - Using the Scrollbar Buttons
     - Setting Columns for pages
     - Undoing Columns
     - Preview a document before opening
     - Different ways to View a document

    Page Borders and Text Boxes:
     - How to use the Border Button on the Toolbar
     - How to create borders, boxes and shading
     - How to put a border around pages of text
     - How to make partial boxes

    Page Properties in Word:
     - Changing Margins using the Print Preview
     - Changing Margins using the Page Setup
     - Inserting a Page Breaks & the difference between Page & Section breaks
     - Inserting Section Breaks
     - Centering a page, top & bottom
     - Making a page Landscape or Portrait

    Using Tabs in Word:
     - Using tab settings
     - Setting leader tabs
     - Setup a tab by using the Tabs Dialog Box

    Using Word Outlines:
     - Create a new outline
     - Add a sub topic to your outline
     - Adding a text topic
     - Showing different views of an outline
     - Rearrange topics in your outline
     - Print your outline

    Headers and Footnotes:
     - Add headers and footers in a document
     - Add headers for odd and even pages
     - Inserting Footnotes or Endnotes

    Page Numbering:
     - How to make automatic page numbers
     - Select different page number styles
     - Add a page number in different locations

    Adding Images:
     - How to insert a Clip Art
     - Wrapping text around images

    Word Extras:
     - Adding the Table of Content
     - How to set a bookmark
     - Using bookmarks to find your way round your document
     - Making Superscript and Subscript text
     - Using the repete key
     - How to turn on auto recovery
     - Using the wizards in Microsoft Word

    Managing Tables in Word:
     - Creating a Table
     - Drawing a Table
     - Cutting and Pasting a Table
     - Showing the Table Toolbar
     - Dragging the table
     - Changing Column and Row widths in a Table
     - Changing Table line types
     - Inserting Rows in a Table
     - Selecting a table’s Row or Column
     - Selecting all text in a cell of a table
     - Make a table out of text
     - Deleting a table

    Word Templates:
     - Editing the NORMAL.DOT Template
     - Making a Template with text
     - Opening a Document Template
     - Changing a Document Template

    Printing in Word:
     - Printing a Document
     - How to cancel print job
     - Previewing a document before printing
     - Making a page Landscape or Portrait

    Emailing:
     - Emailing Documents
     - Installing Microsoft Outlook

    Popularity: 21% [?]


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    March 30, 2009

    78 Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

    Here are 78 Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts, which include keyboard shortcuts for formating text, line spacing, and selecting text. These shortcuts will help you become more efficient at using Word. They will work with all recent versions of Word.


    Word Function Keys
    F1: Gets Help or visit Microsoft Office Online
    F2: Moves text or graphics
    F3: Inserts an AutoText entry
    F4: Repeats the last action
    F5: Chooses the Go To command (Edit menu)
    F6: Goes to the next frame
    F7: Chooses the Spelling command (Tools menu)
    F8: Extends a selection
    F9: Updates selected fields
    F10:Activates the menu bar
    F11: Goes to the next field
    F12: Save As command


    Control + Function Key
    Ctrl + F2: Print Preview command (File menu)
    Ctrl + F3: Cut to the Spike
    Ctrl + F4: Closes the window
    Ctrl + F5: Restores the document window size (for example, after maximising it)
    Ctrl + F6: Goes to the next window
    Ctrl + F7: Move command (title bar shortcut menu)
    Ctrl + F8: Size command (title bar shortcut menu)
    Ctrl + F9: Inserts an empty field
    Ctrl + F10: Maximises document window
    Ctrl + F11: Locks a field
    Ctrl + F12: Open command (File menu)


    Control + Shift + Function Key
    Ctrl + Shift + F3: Inserts contents of Spike
    Ctrl + Shift + F5: Edit a bookmark
    Ctrl + Shift + F6: Goes to the previous window
    Ctrl + Shift + F7: Updates linked information in a Word source document
    Ctrl + Shift + F8: Makes vertical text block
    Ctrl + Shift + F9: Unlinks a field
    Ctrl + Shift + F11: Unlocks a field
    Ctrl + Shift + F12: Print command (File menu)


    Shift + Function Key
    Shift + F1: Starts context-sensitive Help or reveals formatting
    Shift + F2: Copies text
    Shift + F3: Changes case of letters
    Shift + F4: Repeats a Find o
    Shift + F5: Moves to the last change
    Shift + F6: Goes to the previous pane or frame
    Shift + F7: Launches Thesaurus (Tools menu, Language submenu)
    Shift + F8: Shrinks a selection
    Shift + F9: Switches between a field code and its result
    Shift + F10: Displays a shortcut menu
    Shift + F11: Goes to the previous field
    Shift + F12: Save command (File menu)


    Alt + Function Key
    Alt + F1: Goes to next field
    Alt + F3: Creates an AutoText entry.
    Alt + F4: Quits Word
    Alt + F5: Restores program window size
    Alt + F6: Moves from an open dialog box back to the document for some dialog boxes like Find and Replace.
    Alt + F7: Finds the next misspelling or grammatical error. Check spelling as you type check box must be selected.
    Alt + F8: Runs a macro
    Alt + F9: Switches between all field codes and their results
    Alt + F10: Maximises the program window
    Alt + F11: Displays Visual Basic code


    Alt + Shift + Function Key
    Alt + Shift + F1: Goes to the previous field
    Alt + Shift + F2: Save command (File menu)
    Alt + Shift + F9: Runs GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results
    Alt + Shift + F10: Displays the menu or message for a smart tag. If more than one smart tag is present, switch to the next smart tag and display its menu or message
    Alt + Shift + F11: Starts Microsoft Script Editor


    Control + Alt + Function Key
    Ctrl + Alt + F1: Displays Microsoft System Information
    Ctrl + Alt + F2: Open command (File menu)


    Basic Character Formatting

    • To change text to bold, press Ctrl+B, and to reverse bold back to normal text, press Ctrl+B again.
    • To change text to italic, press Ctrl+I, and to reverse italics back to normal text, press Ctrl+I again.
    • Underline text by pressing Ctrl+U, and to reverse underlining, press Ctrl+U again.

    Changing Line Spacing

    Changing the line spacing inserts extra space between the lines of text in a paragraph (or all paragraphs in a block). In Word, there are three keyboard shortcuts for three common types of line spacing: single-spacing, 1 1/2-line spacing, and double spacing:
    • To single-space a paragraph (or all paragraphs within a text selection), press Ctrl+1.
    • To double-space a paragraph (or paragraphs that are selected), press Ctrl+2.
    • To space 1 1/2 lines, press Ctrl+5. 
    Selecting a Block with the Keyboard

    To quickly select characters and lines as a block, you can use the Shift key in combination with any of the cursor control keys as described on the following pages.

    • Shift+Left Arrow: to select one character at a time to the left of the toothpick cursor.
    • Shift+Right Arrow: to select one character at a time to the right of the toothpick cursor.
    • Shift+Home: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the beginning of the line.
    • Shift+End: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the end of the line.
    • Shift+Up Arrow: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the line above.
    • Shift+Down Arrow: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the line below.

    Shift+Click to Select Text Block of Any Size

    To select a text block of any size, use the Shift+click technique as follows:
    1. Positioning the mouse toothpick cursor where you want the block to start (the anchor point).
    2. Navigate through your document using the vertical scroll bar.
    3. Press and hold the Shift key and then click the mouse where you want the block to end.
    4. The text from the toothpick cursor to wherever you Shift+clicked the mouse is selected as a block.

    F8 Extended Selection Mode

    Press the F8 key multiple times to select specific text, as follows:
    • Select a Word: Press the F8 key twice to select a word. (However, its easier to just double-click the word to select it.)
    • Select a Sentence: Press the F8 key three times with the mouse cursor within a sentence to select that sentence.
    • Select a Paragraph: Press the F8 key four times with the mouse cursor within a paragraph to select that whole paragraph.
    • Select the Entire Document: Press the F8 key five times to select the whole document. (Or press Ctrl+A.)
    To use the mouse and the F8 key together to select text of any size, place the mouse cursor at either end of the selection block and then press the F8 key. Then, go to the other side of the text you need to select and click the mouse cursor.

    To exit F8 Extended Selection mode, press the Esc key.

    Popularity: 20% [?]


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    March 27, 2009

    Word 2003 Reference Tutorial

    Here is a nice Microsoft Word 2003 Reference Tutorial hosted at windowsreference.com. It provides detailed bulleted instructions for each sub-feature shown below. This Word tutorial reference is also available in pdf format here: microsoft-word-2003-reference.pdf.


    Word Features Explained:

    File Management:
     - Create a New File
     - Open an Existing File
     - Save a File
     - Save a File as a Web Page
     - Save a Formatted Document as a Template
     - Print a File
     - Print Preview

    Set AutoRecover and Automatic File Backup:
     - To set AutoRecover & Automatic Backup:
     - To recover your document after a power failure or other shut-down
     - To replace a damaged file with its backup copy

    File Navigation:
     - Go to Beginning of Document
     - Go to End of Document
     - Go to Next Page
     - Go to Previous Page

    File Editing: Delete, Select, & Copy/Paste:
     - Delete
     - Selecting Text
     - Copy or Cut (Move) & Paste

    Searching:
     - Word Search
     - Customize Word Search
     - Replace Word

    Formatting Features:
     - Formatting Toolbar
     - Using Document Themes
     - Font Properties (alternate method)
     - Footnotes & Endnotes
     - Header & Footer
     - Hyperlink
     - Lists: Numbered or Bulleted
     - Margins
     - Page Break
     - Page Numbering
     - Page Orientation
     - Line Spacing
     - Special Symbols or Characters
     - Subscripts & Superscripts
     - Tables
     - Tabs

    Images:
     - Insert an Image File
     - Delete an Image
     - Move an Image
     - Re-size an Image
     - Wrap Text Around an Image

    Screen Views:
     - Normal View
     - Print Layout View
     - Outline View
     - View Multiple Documents on Screen

    Spelling & Grammar:
     - Spellcheck
     - Grammar-check

    Popularity: 26% [?]


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    October 28, 2008

    4 Word 2003 Training Manuals

    Here are 4 Word 2003 Training Manuals, hosted by Villanova University. These will teach you how to use Word to create and work with Paragraphs, Tabs, Tables, Cells, Graphics, Pictures, and Mail Merge. Also available is this short document explaining how to Fix a Word Mail Merge issue that occurs when Excel loses its formatting when data is merged (1 page, 12kb, pdf).


    Word 2003 Formatting Training Manual

    This shows you how to: Format and Align Paragraphs, and Use, Clear and Delete Tabs. (17 pages, 78kb, pdf)

    Lesson 1 – Using Paragraph Formatting:
    Formatting Paragraphs
    Aligning Paragraphs
    Using Click and Type to Align Text
    Modifying Paragraph Spacing
    Revealing Formatting
    Modifying Line Spacing
    Copying Paragraph Formats

    Lesson 2 – Indenting Paragraphs:
    Changing the Left Indent
    Indenting the First Line
    Creating a Hanging Indent
    Creating a Right Indent

    Lesson 3 – Setting Tabs:
    Using Tab Stops
    Setting Tab Stops
    Deleting and Moving Tab Stops
    Clearing All Tabs
    Creating a Leader Tab


    Word 2003 Tables Training Manual
    Learn how to: Create, Use and Modify Tables and Cells, and Work with Table Headings, Borders, and Shading.  (24 pages, 112kb, pdf)

    Lesson 1 – Working with Tables:
    Creating a Table
    Navigating a Table
    Entering Text Into a Table
    Inserting a Blank Line
    Using Table Autoformat
    Hiding and Showing Gridlines
    Using the Draw Table Button
    Converting Existing Text Into a Table

    Lesson 2 – Editing a Table:
    Selecting Table Components
    Selecting the Entire Table
    Inserting Rows and Columns Into a Table
    Merging Cells
    Rotating Text in a Table
    Changing Column Width and Row Height
    Aligning Table Text
    Distributing Rows and Columns Evenly
    Splitting Cells
    Deleting Columns and Rows
    Setting Table Properties
    Converting a Table Into Text
    Creating a Table Heading

    Lesson 3 – Applying Borders and Shading:
    Using Borders and Shading
    Adding Borders and Shading to Text
    Adding a Border to a Page
    Adding a Border to a Table
    Removing a Border from a Table
    Adding and Removing Shading


    Word 2003 Graphics Training Manual
    This teaches you how to: Insert Graphics, and Work with Graphics and Images, 3-D Effects, Layering Text and Objects, WordArt, and Watermarks. (20 pages, 217kb, pdf)

    Lesson 1 – Working with Drawing Objects:
    Creating a Drawing Object
    Selecting Filled and Unfilled Object
    Moving an Object
    Using the Drawing Canvas
    Drawing Without the Drawing Canvas
    Drawing a Line
    Changing and Removing the Fill Color
    Formatting Lines
    Resizing an Object
    Adding a 3-D Effect
    Layering Text and Objects
    Deleting an Object

    Lesson 2 – Inserting Graphics:
    Inserting a Picture
    Formatting Pictures
    Creating WordArt Objects
    Formatting WordArt Objects
    Using Advanced Layout Options
    Creating Watermarks


    Word 2003 Mail Merge Training Manual
    Covers Setting up and Using Mail Merge, Data Source, Entering Records, Merge Fields, Merging and Previewing the Data, Sorting the Data, and Merging Labels, Envelopes, and Directories.  (21 pages, 85kb, pdf)

    Lesson 1 – Using Mail Merge:
    Working with Mail Merge
    Starting the Mail Merge Wizard
    Identifying the Main Document
    Creating a Data Source
    Adding Fields to a Data Source
    Removing Fields From a Data Source
    Rearranging Fields in a Data Source
    Saving a Data Source
    Entering Records Into a Data Source
    Using an Existing Data Source
    Setting View Options For Merging
    Inserting Merge Fields Into a Document
    Previewing Merged Data
    Merging to a New Document
    Sorting Records to Be Merged
    Merging to the Printer

    Lesson 2 – Merging Mailing Labels, Envelopes & Directories:
    Using Mailing Labels & Envelopes
    Creating Mailing Labels/Envelopes
    Selecting Label/ Envelope Options
    Attaching a Data Source
    Inserting Label/Envelope Merge Fields
    Merging Labels to a New Document
    Creating a Directory

    Popularity: 61% [?]


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    September 3, 2008

    10 Word 2003 Video Tutorials

    Here are 10 Word 2003 Tutorials in Video Format from video-tutes.com. These will teach and show you how to do things in Word such as using templates, working with tools and menus, creating tabs and spacing, tracking changes, working with graphics, using the insert feature, creating web pages, importing spreadsheets from Excel, and using tables and the control toolbox.


    Word 2003 Video Tutorials:

     - Working with Templates
     - Tools and Menus
     - Tabs and Spacing
     - Track Changes
     - Importing Graphics
     - The Insert Menu
     - Working with Web Pages
     - Importing Excel
     - Using Tables in Word
     - Control Toolbox Functions

    Popularity: 24% [?]


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    September 2, 2008

    401-page Word 2003 Training Manual

    This is a comprehensive 401-page Word 2003 Training Manual, hosted by Purdue University. This Word training document will teach and show you how to do the basics along with many intermediate and advanced tasks in Word.  It contains 13 chapters, each with lessons that teach a new Word feature by using step-by-step directions, illustrations, and exercises for applying what is being taught. A review is included at the end of each chapter to help you remember what you’ve learned. This review contains a review of the topics covered in the chapter’s lessons, a quiz to see how much you’ve learned, and a homework assignment where you can put your new skills into practice. This Word training manual is 12.1mb in size and is in pdf format. Purdue also makes available for dowload this Word Document Collaboration Tutorial (8 pages, 161kb, doc format) and this illustrated Word 2003 Quick Reference (2 pages, 155kb, pdf format).


    Table of Contents of Word 2003 Training Manual:

    Chapter One: The Fundamentals
     - Using Menus and Toolbars
     - Creating a New Document
     - Filling Out Dialog Boxes
     - Keystroke and Right Mouse Button Shortcuts
     - Closing a Document, Creating a New Document, and Entering Text
     - Selecting, Replacing, Inserting, Deleting Text
     - Opening and Saving a Document
     - Saving a Document
     - Printing and Previewing a Document

    Chapter Two: Working with and Editing Text
     - Saving a Document with a Different Name
     - Working with Multiple Documents and Windows
     - Copying and Pasting Text and Comparing Documents Side by Side
     - Moving and Copying Text with Drag and Drop
     - Finding and Replacing Text
     - Spelling and Grammar
     - Thesaurus, Word Count, and Research Pane
     - Using Undo, Redo and Repeat
     - Recovering Your Documents

    Chapter Three: Formatting Characters and Paragraphs
     - Formatting Characters Using the Toolbar
     - Using the Font Dialog Box
     - Changing Paragraph Alignment
     - Indenting Paragraphs
     - Adjusting and Removing Tabs, and Using the Tabs Dialog Box
     - Formatting Paragraph Line Spacing
     - Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
     - Adding Borders, Shading and Patterns to Paragraphs

    Chapter Four: Formatting Pages
     - Adjusting Margins
     - Creating Headers and Footers
     - Changing the Paper Orientation and Size
     - Previewing a Document
     - Controlling Where the Page Breaks
     - Working with Section Breaks and Multiple Page Formats
     - Creating and Working with Envelopes
     - Working with Text in Multiple Columns

    Chapter Five: Working with Tables
     - Creating and Working with Tables
     - Adjusting Column Width and Row Height
     - Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
     - Adding Borders, Shading, and Patterns to a Table
     - Using AutoFormat
     - Sorting Information in a Table
     - Using the Draw Table and Eraser Buttons
     - Merging and Splitting Cells
     - Orienting, Aligning, and Spacing Cell Contents

    Chapter Six: Working with Templates and Styles
     - Working with a Document Template
     - Working with Paragraph and Styles
     - Attaching a Different Template to a Document
     - Copying Styles Between Documents and Templates

    Chapter Seven: Drawing and Working with Graphics
     - Adding, Working with, and Formatting Text Boxes
     - Selecting, Resizing, Moving, and Deleting Objects
     - Inserting Clipart
     - Inserting and Formatting Pictures
     - Positioning, Aligning and Grouping Objects
     - Drawing AutoShapes
     - Flipping and Rotating Objects
     - Applying Shadows and -D Effects

    Chapter Eight: Performing a Mail Merge
     - An Overview of the Mail Merge Process
     - Selecting the Document Type, Starting Document, and Recipient
     - Writing Your Letter and Previewing a Mail Merge
     - Creating and Working with Labels
     - Using IF… THEN… ELSE Fields

    Chapter Nine: Document Collaboration
     - Accepting and Rejecting Revisions
     - Inserting Comments
     - Comparing and Merging Documents
     - Password-Protecting a Document

    Chapter Ten: Working with Outlines and Long Documents
     - Viewing and Modifying an Outline
     - Adding Bookmarks, Footnotes and Endnotes
     - Adding Cross-References
     - Creating a Table of Contents and an Index
     - Working with Master Documents

    Chapter Eleven: Working with WordArt and Charts
     - Inserting and Formatting a WordArt Object
     - Creating and Modifying a Chart

    Chapter Twelve: Working with Forms
     - Creating a New Form
     - Using Text, Check Box, and Drop-down Fields
     - Performing Calculations in a Form Field
     - Preparing and Filling Out an Online Form
     - Working with Multiple Sections in Forms

    Chapter Thirteen: Creating Web Pages with Word
     - Creating and Saving a Web Page
     - Converting a Word Document to a Web Page
     - Adding and Working with Hyperlinks
     - Applying a Theme to a Web Page
     - Working with Frames

    Popularity: 23% [?]


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    August 2, 2008

    Word Tips and Tricks Tutorial

    This is a 28-page Microsoft Word 2003 Tips and Tricks tutorial, from the Institute of Advanced Studies, that will help you become a more efficient day-to-day Word user. It covers Word features such as templates, headers and footers, page numbering, marks, rulers, document map, watermarks, keyboard shortcuts, international characters, mail merge, printing, print preview, statistics, and recent files. This Word tutorial is 277kb in size and is in pdf format.


    Contents of this Word Tips and Tricks document:
     
    Introduction
    Getting Help

    Creating Documents from Templates
      Working with document templates
      Creating a calendar

    Formatting and Viewing Tips and Tricks
      Comparing two documents side-by-side
      Embedding fonts so others can view your documents
      Inserting Headers and Footers
      Inserting Page Numbers
      Inserting Organizational Charts and Diagrams
      Inserting Wavy Underlines, Double Underlines, and More
      Preventing page breaks inside paragraphs
      Removing Hyperlink Formatting from URLs
      Showing or hiding formatting marks feature
      Showing or hiding the rulers
      Using the Document Map
      Viewing a Microsoft Word 2003 document
      Viewing and comparing document formatting
      Working on and viewing two separate document sections
      Working with Watermarks

    Working with Word 2003’s Keyboard Shortcuts
      Displaying shortcut keys for any given toolbar button
      Printing a list of all Word 2003 keyboard shortcuts
      Entering international characters in Word 2003
      Using a specific language keyboard layout with Word 2003

    Working with Mail Merge
      Preparing for a mail merge
      Navigating through the Mail Merge task pane
      Using a Microsoft Excel file for Mail Merge
      Tweaking the mail merge data formats

    Printing Tips and Tricks
      Automatically Print Document Properties
      Printing a draft copy of your documents
      Print Previewing multiple pages at once
      Specifying pages to print from a document

    Miscellaneous Word Tools and Trick
      Define a word online using Microsoft Word 2003
      Display readability statistics for a document
      Displaying the total number of words in a Microsoft Word 2003 document
      Remember more recently opened files

    Popularity: 22% [?]


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    June 4, 2008

    Free Advanced Word 2003 Training Manual

    Here is an excellent, free Advanced Word 2003 Training Manual, from mousetraining.co.uk. This illustrated advanced Word training document is 191 pages in length and is downloadable in zip format (ZIP file is 3.5mb, resulting DOC file is 4.4mb after unzipping). Advanced Word features and topics covered by this training manual include the following: advanced Table Features, advanced Formatting Techniques, Styles, Outlining, working with Headings and Fields, Auto-Features, Columns, Indexes and Tables, Master Documents, Track Changes, Comments, and Templates and Forms. Look for the hand icons which precede the list of instructions for each command or feature being taught. 

    Table of Contents of Advanced Word 2003 Training Manual:

    Introduction
    How to use this guide

    Section 1
    Advanced Tabs
    Tables – Advanced Features
    Moving and Copying
    Splitting A Table
    Table, Row, and Column Sizes
    Table Alignment
    Merging and Splitting Cells
    Sorting Cells
    Table Formulas
    Draw Table
    Repeating Table Headings

    Section 2
    Advanced formatting techniques
    Styles
    Default styles
    Creating new styles
    Redefining a style
    Creating & redefining with format style
    Copying Styles between Documents
    Borders
    Changing the paragraph border width
    Page borders & Shading
    Defining Styles Automatically
    Printing Styles

    Section 3
    Outlining
    Document outlines
    Using an Outline
    Moving Headings and Body Text in an Outline
    Outline Numbering
    Customising the outline numbering

    Section 4
    Using the Document Map
    Document Map
    Changing the Level of Detail

    Section 5
    Numbering Headings
    Applying Numbering
    Customised Numbering

    Section 6
    Using Fields
    Inserting Fields
    Field Switches
    Viewing & Updating Field Codes
    Locking, Unlinking & Deleting Fields
    Common Long Document Fields
    Date and Time
    Document Information
    Links and References

    Section 7
    Creating cross-references
    Cross-Referencing Text
    Heading cross-references
    Page Reference
    Updating cross-references

    Section 8
    Auto-Features
    AutoFormat
    AutoText
    AutoComplete
    AutoSummarize

    Section 9
    Advanced tips and tricks
    Locating Files
    Advanced Header and Footer options
    HyperLink

    Section 10
    Section Breaks
    Continuous & Next Page Section Breaks
    Odd Page and Even Page section breaks
    Handling Headers And Footers
    Section Properties

    Section 11
    Columns
    Snaking Columns
    Entering Text
    Lines between columns
    Column Breaks

    Section 13
    Indexes and Tables
    Table of Content
    Indexes
    Editing and Updating Indexes
    AutoMark

    Section 14
    Using Master documents
    Saving the Master Document
    Converting An Existing Document Into A Master Document
    Inserting Subdocuments Into A Master Document
    Working With Subdocuments
    Multi-User Access
    Formatting A Master Document
    Printing the Master document & Subdocument
    Printing the Master Document Outline

    Section 15
    Footnotes and endnotes
    Footnotes and Endnotes
    Inserting Footnotes
    Customising Footnotes
    Using Endnotes

    Section 16
    Track Changes (Revision Marks)
    Locking A Document
    Versions

    Section 17
    Comments
    Locking A Document
    Printing Comments

    Section 18
    Customising the Word 2003 environment
    Customising Toolbars &Menus
    Macros

    Section 19
    Templates and Forms
    Customising the template environment
    Form fields

    Popularity: 29% [?]


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    June 3, 2008

    Free Introduction to Word 2003 Training Manual

    Here is a great, free Introduction to Word 2003 Training Manual, from mousetraining.co.uk. This illustrated Word training document is 167 pages in length and is downloadable in zip format (ZIP file is 3.1mb, resulting DOC file is 6.5mb after unzipping). Word features and topics demonstrated include the following: Smart Tags, Undo & Redo, Autocorrect, Templates, Navigation, Selecting Text, Moving & Copying, Character and Paragraph Formatting, Bullets, Document Views, Printing, Tables, and Page Layout. Look for the hand icons which precede the list of instructions for each command or feature being taught. The Appendix list the toolbars mentioned within the manual with a breakdown of their functions and tables of shortcut keys.


    Table of Contents of Introduction to Word 2003 Training Manual:

    Introduction
    How to use this guide
    Objectives:
      Instructions
      Appendices
      Keyboard
      Commands
      Notes

    Section 1
    The Basics:
    Windows Concepts
    Getting Started
    Screen Layout:
     Title bar
    Toolbars
    Horizontal and Vertical Ruler
    Status Bar
    Scrollbars
    Task Pane
    View Buttons
    Smart Tags
    Microsoft Word 2003 Help

    Section 2
    Entering and Editing Information:
    Word Wrap
    Inserting Lines
    Editing Text
    Show / Hide All
    The Undo and Redo features
    Using Smart Tags
    AutoCorrect

    File Operations:
    New Files
    Templates
    Saving files
    Closing Files
    Opening Files

    Section 3
    Navigation:
      The Mouse
      The Keyboard
      Goto

    Section 4
    Selecting Text:
    Extend Mode
    Selecting non-concurrent text

    Section 5
    Editing Tools
    Move & Copy:
      Moving items
      Copying items
      Drag and Drop
      Moving and Copying between documents
      Clipboard Task Pane
      Insert a file

    Section 6
    Formatting:
    Character formats:
      Formatting toolbar
      Font Style
      Point Size
      Font Tab
      Character Spacing Tab
      Text Effects Tab

    Keyboard shortcuts for character formatting

    Paragraph Formats:
      Alignment
      Indents
    Other Paragraph Formats:
      Line and Page breaks Tab
      Pagination
      Keyboard shortcuts for paragraph formatting

    Borders:
    Changing the paragraph border width
    Page Borders
    Shading
    Shortcut Menus

    Bulleted and Numbered lists:
    Bullets
    Customise a bulleted list
    Numbers
      Customise a numbered list
      Create a multi-level list
      Bullets and numbering with the shortcut menu

    Section 7:
    Viewing Your Document:
      Normal View
      Print Layout View
      Web Layout View
      Outline View
      Document Map
      Viewing multiple documents

    Printing:
    Print Preview
      Magnification
      Edit from the Print preview screen
      Pages per screen
      Zoom
      View ruler
      Shrink to fit
      Full screen
      Print a document
      Number of Copies

    Section 8:
    Tables:
      Create tables
      Table Navigation
      Select items in a table
      Format table data
      Change column widths
      Add rows and columns
      Remove rows and columns

    Table borders and shading:
      Tables and Borders Toolbar
      Choose bordered edges
      Change border style
      Line style, weight, and color
      Table shading
      Repeating Table Headings

    Section 9:
    Proofing Tools
    Spell Checker & Thesaurus
      Spell and Grammar Checker
      Thesaurus
      Look up a synonym

    Section 10:
    Page Layout
    Page Setup:
      Margins Tab
      Paper Tab
      Layout Tab
    Page breaks

    Headers and Footers:
      Header and footer toolbar
      Insert Header and Footer field codes
      Using pictures in headers and footers

    Page numbers:
      Position
      Alignment
      Format
      Start number
      Suppress page numbers

    Appendix:
    Keyboard Shortcuts
    Movement keys
    Selection keys
    Keyboard shortcuts for character formatting
    Shortcuts keys for table navigation
    Shortcut keys for selecting in a table

    Popularity: 24% [?]


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    April 18, 2008

    30 Word 2003 QuickSkill Tutorials

    Here are 30 Word 2003 QuickSkill Tutorials that quaquantunet.com offers for free. These Word Tutorials show you, using video screen shots, how to perform many everyday Word tasks that you need to know in order to use Word effectively. (They charge a fee for accessing more of these.)


    Basic Word QuickSkills

    The Word Environment 
    Using the vertical scroll bar
    Zoom into the page using the menu
    Creating a new Word Document

    Selecting And Editing Text
    How to select a single word I
    Point to point selection
    Drag paragraphs
    Copy and paste using the clipboard
    Turning off automatic hyprlinking I

    Highlighting Text
    Underlining a single word

    Manipulating Fonts
    Changing selected text font
    Changing seltected text Size
    Changing selected text color


    Intermediate Word QuickSkills

    Editing Default Settings
    Setting page default font
    Change default file format

    Drawing I
    Show the drawing toolbar
    Setting line color
    Drawing arrows with gradient color fill

    Formating
    Creating different first page headers and footers
    Create page numbers on odd pages only
    Creating a simple page border line
    Changing page size to legal
    Set page margins numerically


    Advanced Word QuickSkills

    Customizing Menus & Toolbars
    Setting menus to always show fully
    Set a toolbar to show my default
    Removing menu buttons I

    Tables II
    Sorting text alphabetically in a table I
    Using autosum I

    Drawing Toolbar II
    Creating a polariod photoframe
    Creating a postit note using autoshapes
    Wordart custom pattern fill

    Popularity: 19% [?]


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    April 3, 2008

    Word 2003 Mail Merge Tutorial

    This is an illustrated, 6-page, Word Mail Merge Tutorial takes you through all of the 12 steps you need to do when performing a mail merge in Word 2003. The tutorial document is published by Lake Land College, and its in pdf format and is 279kb in size.

    Popularity: 24% [?]


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    March 22, 2008

    2 Office 2003 Tutorials

    Here are two Office 2003 Tutorials, one covering Foundations and the other teaching Drawing Tools, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. These two Office tutorials are contained in one pdf file: 28 pages in length and 831kb in size. Also, check out these other Office tutorials from this university’s site…I have been told that these may be removed soon from their website: PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials, Access Tutorials, Excel 2003 Tutorials, and Word 2003 Tutorials (the web pages are already removed, but the tutorials, in pdf format, are currently available).


    The Office Foundation workshop tutorial shows you how to use you several important fundamental Office features, and helps you gain a working knowledge of the tools and features common throughout all Office applications.

    Contents of Office 2003 Foundations Tutorial:

    Introduction
    Module 1:  Task Pane and Smart Tags
         Task Pane
         Smart Tags
    Module 2:  Customization
         Toolbars
         Application Options
         Creating shortcuts to the applications
    Module 3:  File Management
         Working with Multiple Documents
         Tips for File Management


    The Office Drawing Tools workshop tutorial teaches you how to use the drawing tools within the Microsoft Office applications, allowing you to create drawings, labels, diagrams, and other graphical objects.

    Contents of Office 2003 Drawing Tools Tutorial:

    Module 1:  The Word Environment
        Viewing the Toolbar
        Touring the Toolbars
        The Drawing Canvas
        Views
    Module 2:  Uusing The Drawing Tools
        Basic Tools
        AutoShapes
        Insert a Diagram
        Inserting pictures and Clipart
    Module 3:  Formatting
        Moving, Resizing, and Deleting Drawn Objects
        Formatting Options on the Toolbar
        The Format Object Box
    Module 4:  The Draw Menu
        Draw Menu Tools
        Pull­Out Menu

    Popularity: 24% [?]


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    February 13, 2008

    4 Word 2003 Tutorials from Kansas University

    Here are four excellent, illustrated Word 2003 Tutorials from Kansas University. These tutorials will teach and show you how to perform many Word tasks and use several important features of Word 2003.


    Word Everyday Tasks Tutorial
    This Word tutorial demonstrates the fundamental tasks, such as creating a new document, formatting that document, using the toolbars, setting tabs, formatting, spell checking, and printing. (16 pages, 192kb, pdf format)

    After completing this Word tutorial, you should be able to:
      - Create a new document
      – Use toolbars
      - Apply formatting commands
      – Rearrange text
      - Use the spell checking function
      – Insert and manipulate tabs
      – Save, open, and print a document

    Contents of Word Everyday Tasks Tutorial:
    Introduction
    Objectives
    Definitions
    Creating a Document
    Toolbars
       Moving and Resizing the Toolbars
    Rulers
    The Status Bar
    Task Pane
    Page Setup
    Selecting Text
       Select Nonconsecutive Items
    Copying and Pasting
    Drag and Drop Text
    Correcting and Deleting
    Undoing Mistakes
    Formatting Documents
    Setting Tabs
    Indent Paragraphs
       Create a first-line indent
       Increase or decrease the left indent of a paragraph
       Change the right indent of a paragraph
       Set an indent by using the Tab key
       Create a hanging indent
    Spelling and Grammar Checking
    Saving Documents
    Opening Documents
    Easy Access to Documents You Use Often
    Word Count Toolbar
    Printing
    Printing Envelopes
    Viewing Multiple Pages in Word
    Handy Shortcuts for Word Users
    For More Information
       Online
    Getting Additional Help


    Word Document Enhancement Tutorial
    This Word training tutorial shows ou how to use Word features to perform these tasks: creating and managing tables, inserting and editing images, inserting and using hyperlinks, and using editing tools to review and revise documents.  (16 pages, 252kb, pdf format)

    When finished with this Word tutorial you will be able to:
      - Create a table
      – Add and delete rows and/or columns from a table
      – Apply borders and shading to a table
      – Insert and edit images in a document
      - Add Section Breaks and Hyperlinks to a document
      - Customize toolbars

    Contents of Word Document Enhancement Tutorial:
    Introduction
    Objectives
    Definitions
    Tables
       Creating a New Table
       Changing a Column Width Manually
       Adding Columns or Rows
       Deleting Columns or Rows
       Moving or Copying the Contents of a Column or Row
       Creating a Table from Existing Text
       Adding Borders and Shading
       Creating Table Headings
    Inserting Images
       Inserting ClipArt
       Inserting Pictures from a File
       Clips Online
    Inserting Symbols
    Working with Page Breaks
    Inserting Hyperlinks
       Creating a Link
       Using and Modifying Hyperlinks
    Headers and Footers
       Different First Page Header/Footer
    Toolbars
       Customizing Toolbars
    Getting Additional Help


    Word Tutorial for Creating Long Documents
    This Word tutorial shows how to use Word’s features for creating longer documents, such as dissertations, monographs, long reports, and full-length manuals. These features include footnotes and endnotes; section breaks; special page numbering; automatically generated tables of contents, tables of figures, and indices; and concordance files for use with indices.  (29 pages, 303kb, pdf format)

    Contents of Word Tutorial for Creating Long Documents:
    Introduction
    Definitions
    Before You Start: Planning Your Document
       Limits of Word
    Setting Up Your Document
       Margins
       Styles
       Page Numbers
    Using Section Breaks
       Viewing Section Breaks
       Deleting Section Breaks
    Footnotes and Endnotes
       Using EndNote and Word
    Cross-References
    Generating a Table of Contents
       Updating a Table of Contents.
    Generating a Table of Figures
       Labeling Images with Captions
       Building the Table of Figures
    Building an Index.
       Manually Marking Index Entries
       Using Concordance Files and Automark.
       Generating the Index
    Getting Additional Help


    Word Mail Merge Tutorial
    Here’s a tutorial showing how Word’s Mail Merge feature works, specifically, how to create a form letter and merge mailing lists to create individualized letters.  (12 pages, 117kb, pdf format)

    Upon completion of this Mail Merge tutorial, you will be able to:
      - Create and edit a main document and a data source for Mail Merge
      - Create and print envelopes using the Mail Merge tool

    Contents of Word Mail Merge Tutorial:
    Introduction
    Objectives
    Definitions
    Mail Merge
    Creating a Mail Merge using the Wizard
    Stopping and Resuming Mail Merge Wizard
    Creating and Printing Envelopes for a mass mailing using Mail Merge Wizard
    Getting Additional Help

    Popularity: 20% [?]


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    January 12, 2008

    Intermediate and Advanced Word 2003 Training Tutorials

    Here are Durham University’s free Word 2003 Training Tutorials and Guides that will teach and show you how to perform several important intermediate and advanced features of Word. These demonstrate the Word tasks covered in a step-by-step fashion using screen shots. These Word tutorials are in pdf format and are available from the university’s ITS Guides page. The sample files referred to in these Word training documents are available here.


    Intermediate and Advanced Word 2003 Training Tutorials:

    Using Styles and Templates in Microsoft Word 2003 (332kb, 22 pages)
    This training document introduces the concept of styles and templates in Word 2003. It describes how to create and modify styles within standard templates. It also describes how to create and modify templates.

    Creating Tables and Using Tabs with Microsoft Word 2003 (276kb, 25 pages)
    This tutorial describes the use of tables and tab stops within Word to create particular layouts of text on the page.

    Using the Mail Merge facilities in Microsoft Word 2003 (459kb, 21 pages)
    The Mail Merge facility of Word 2003 is used to combine information contained in two different files. For example, it can be used to insert items such as names, addresses or dates into a form letter to be sent to a number of people. It can also be used to create mailing labels.

    Using the Automatic Editing facilities of Microsoft Word 2003 (281kb, 20 pages)
    This Word tutorial describes how you can improve the speed and accuracy of your work by taking advantage of the automatic editing facilities in Word 2003.

    Creating long documents using Microsoft Word 2003 (360kb, 29 pages)
    This Word 2003 guide explores the facilities within Word that aid the production of long documents such as dissertations and theses. Knowledge of styles and templates in Word is assumed.

    Creating and Editing Footnotes using Word 2003 (181kb, 12 pages)
    This training guide describes how to create and edit footnotes using Microsoft Word 2003.

    Bullets and Numbered Lists in Microsoft Word 2003 (353kb, 18 pages)
    Many documents — minutes, reading lists, theses and so on, require numbered or bulleted lists. This Guide describes how you can create, modify and renumber numbered and bulleted lists in Word 2003.

    Putting Equations into a Microsoft Word 2003 document (280kb, 18 pages)
    This Word 2003 training guide describes how to use the Equation Editor within Word to create equations. There is a brief discussion of other ways of putting equations into a document.

    Popularity: 24% [?]


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    January 7, 2008

    Word 2003 Tutorial

    This is a Word 2003 Tutorial, from Durham University, that will get you started using most important fundamental features of Word. It teaches you how to work with Word using the following: screen components, designing your Word document, printing, editing text, formatting text and paragraphs, page formatting, navigating larger documents, search and replace, spell checking, document views, bulleted lists, and tables. You do not need to know how  to use a word processor to use this Word tutorial. (64 pages, 760kb, pdf format)


    Introduction to Microsoft Word 2003

    Contents
    1   Introduction
      1.1 The aim of this document
      1.2 Before you begin
    2   Starting up Word
    3   The Word screen
      3.1 Introduction
      3.2 Using the help facilities
        3.2.1 Office Assistant
      3.3 The screen components
        3.3.1 The Menu Bar
        3.3.2 The Standard Toolbar
        3.3.3 The Formatting Toolbar
        3.3.4 The horizontal ruler
        3.3.5 The status bar
      3.4 The mouse pointer in Word
      3.5 Giving commands
    4   Creating your first Word document
      4.1 Entering text
      4.2 Saving a document to disk
      4.3 Closing the document
      4.4 Exiting Word
      4.5 Opening an existing document
    5   Design decisions about your document
      5.1 Document presentation
        5.1.1 Punctuation
        5.1.2 Font style and size
        5.1.3 Paragraph spacing and line indents
      5.2 Decisions about printing
        5.2.1 Selecting the printer
        5.2.2 Paper size and orientation
    6   Editing text
      6.1 Insert and Overtype modes
      6.2 Selecting text
        6.2.1 Deleting text
        6.2.2 Moving text
        6.2.3 Copying text
      6.3 Word count
      6.4 Saving as you work
    7   Moving around a larger document
      7.1 By direction / location
      7.2 By content — the Find command
    8   Formatting text
      8.1 Character formatting
        8.1.1 Bold, italic and underlined text
        8.1.2 Changing fonts and character size
      8.2 Paragraph formatting
        Guide 12: An Introduction to Microsoft Word
         8.2.1   Aligning text
         8.2.2   Adding space before and after paragraphs
         8.2.3   Indenting paragraphs
         8.2.4   Changing line spacing
    9    Completing your document
       9.1 Search and Replace
       9.2 Using the spellchecker
       9.3 Inserting and deleting page numbers
       9.4 Saving your work
    10 Printing your document
       10.1 Print preview
       10.2 Printing
    11 Safeguarding your work
       11.1 File size
       11.2 Saving your work to disk
       11.3 Backing up your disks
       11.4 Automatic Save option
       11.5 Working with other file types
         11.5.1 Other word processing applications
         11.5.2 Other versions of Word for Windows
    12 Page formatting
       12.1 Inserting page breaks
       12.2 Keeping paragraphs together
       12.3 Headers and Footers
       12.4 Margins
    13 Miscellaneous topics
       13.1 Inserting simple graphics
       13.2 Inserting special characters
       13.3 Quick move and copy
       13.4 Formatting paragraphs using the ruler
       13.5 Inserting fields (such as dates)
       13.6 Inserting a text watermark
       13.7 Automatic correction functions
         13.7.1 AutoCorrect tab
         13.7.2 AutoFormat As You Type tab
         13.7.3 AutoText tab
         13.7.4 AutoFormat tab
    14 Different views on your document
       14.1 Print layout view
       14.2 Normal view
       14.3 Web layout view
       14.4 Zoom
       14.5 Outline view
       14.6 Document Map
    15 Working with multiple windows and documents
       15.1 Splitting the document window
       15.2 Working with multiple documents
       15.3 Ending your session
    16 Further information about Word
      16.1 Creating numbered and bulleted lists
      16.2 Creating tables
      16.3 Creating and editing footnotes
      16.4 Using styles and templates
      16.5 Using the Equation Editor
      16.6 Using Microsoft Graph
      16.7 Using AutoText
      16.8 Using the mail merge facilities
      16.9 Importing from other applications
      16.10 Manuals and other documents
    Appendix A: Standard Toolbar
    Appendix B: Formatting Toolbar
    Appendix C: Quick key commands

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