Microsoft Word: Upgrading to Word 2013

Microsoft Word Training Series | Level 3

Course Details

Duration: 1 day

Microsoft^® Word^® Version: 2013

Delivery Methods: Instructor-led classroom (ILC) | Virtual classroom (VC) on request

Course Dates: August 4, 2017 | View schedule

Course Fee: $295 CDN per person + HST or BYOD (bring your own device): $245 CDN person + HST*

Note: Public scheduled dates for this course are delivered as live instructor-led classroom training.

Course Overview

During this hands-on course, students will use exciting new features available in Microsoft Word 2013. Changes in the Ribbon, new commands and locations, apps and add-ins will be introduced as well as customizing the Quick Access toolbar and the Ribbon. Students will use the new design tools including theme variations and other new tools. PDF files will be inserted and edited and students will share documents in different ways in Word 2013. Participants will insert video and use online collaboration tools.

Prerequisite: Microsoft Word: Intermediate / Advanced 2007 or 2010 or equivalent knowledge

Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca for more information including savings for custom group training.

Related training: View all Microsoft Word courses

INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE

Comprehensive course manual
Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
Sample and exercise files
Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
Follow-up email support

Course Topics

Microsoft Word 2013 Environment

Overview of the Ribbon in 2013 and the Quick Access Toolbar
New locations of commands and new commands and features in 2013
Creating new documents using new templates
Customizing the Ribbon and the Quick Access toolbar

Reading Documents

Reading documents using the new Reading Mode
Resume reading where you left off
Expanding and collapsing parts of a document

Improved Design Tools

Apply new theme variations
Work with Smart Guides to align objects
Use the new Format Picture task pane to format pictures and objects quickly and easily
Use the new eyedropper tool for colour matching
Use the improved graphics search capabilities

Collaboration

Different ways of sharing Word documents over the Web
Sending out links to files
Using cloud-based services such as OneDrive
Working with staff together on the same document through desktop computers or online
Giving feedback to others
Using the Simple Markup View where tracked changes have been made
Replying to comments and marking them as done

Working with Portable Document Format (PDF) Files

Saving Word documents as Portable Document Format (PDF) documents
Inserting PDF documents into Microsoft Word
Editing PDF documents
Limitations of editing PDF documents

Work with Video

Insert video in a Word document

Apps and Add-ins

Apps and add-ins in 2013
Availability depending on versions

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