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Microsoft Word

Our Microsoft Word workshops include:
 
Word 2010 (Windows)
   Transition from Word 2003 to 2010 (3 hours) 
   Word 2010: Getting Started (2 hours)
   Word 2010: Mail Merge (2 hours)
   Word 2010: Drawing Tools & Diagrams (2 hours)
   Word 2010: Creating Forms (2 hours)
   Word 2010, Level 1 (6 hours) 

Transition from Word 2003 to 2010

This half-day course is designed for experienced users who have worked with earlier versions of Microsoft Word and who have or are planning to upgrade to Word 2010. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to identify the components of the Word 2010 environment; add images, styles, and themes to documents; use advanced features to add building blocks, citations, and a bibliography to a document; finalize documents; and work with Office Web Apps to save and access documents from the web.

Prerequisite: completion of Level 1 for earlier version of Microsoft Word or equivalent experience
Instructor: Staff, Training Services
Hours:
3
Fee: $79

This workshop is not being offered during the summer 2012 term.

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Word 2010: Getting Started

In this 2-hour workshop we will explore the Word 2010 interface while we type text on a page, fix spelling errors, change spacing and page margins, and save your work. We will practice navigating the document; select text to make revisions; and move text by cutting and pasting. Formatting tools will be next, where we will learn how to emphasize text with bold, italic, or underline formatting; and create bulleted and numbered lists.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows
Instructor:
Staff, Training Services
Hours:
2 hours
Fee: $49

Date / Time: June 5, 2012 (Tu); 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration Code: W-2343-C 
Location: UIUC (Champaign) -- Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)

Date / Time: Aug. 29, 2012 (W); 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration Code: W-2384-C 
Location: UIUC (Champaign) -- Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)

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Word 2010: Mail Merge

Mail merge is used when you want to create a set of documents, such as a form letter that is sent out to many addressees or a sheet of labels. Each letter or label has the same kind of information, yet the content is unique. In this 2-hour workshop we will explore the mail merge features in Word 2010 including working with various data sources such as Excel and Access; sending personalized email messages to your e-mail contact group; and creating and printing envelopes.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows, completion of "Word 2010: Getting Started" workshop, or equivalent knowledge
Instructor: Staff, Training Services
Hours:
2 hours
Fee: $49

This workshop is not being offered during the summer 2012 term.

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Word 2010: Drawing Tools & Diagrams

New workshop!  Description will be posted here in a few days.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows, completion of "Word 2010: Getting Started" workshop, or equivalent knowledge
Instructor: Staff, Training Services
Hours:
2
Fee: $49

Date / Time: June 6, 2012 (W); 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration Code: W-2345-C 
Location: UIUC (Champaign) -- Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)

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Word 2010: Creating Forms

New workshop!  Description will be posted here in a few days.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows, completion of "Word 2010: Getting Started" workshop, or equivalent knowledge
Instructor: Staff, Training Services
Hours:
2
Fee: $49

Date / Time: June 7, 2012 (Th); 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration Code: W-2348-C 
Location: UIUC (Champaign) -- Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)

Date / Time: Aug. 29, 2012 (Th); 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration Code: W-2385-C 
Location: UIUC (Champaign) -- Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)

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Word 2010, Level 1

Attendees at this 6-hour course will create, edit, and enhance standard business documents using Office Word 2010.  Other topics will include learning how to create a basic Word document; edit a document; format text and paragraphs; insert a table, special characters and graphical objects; control the page setup and appearance of a document; and proofread documents for accuracy.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows
Instructor: Staff, Training Services
Hours:
6
UIUC CEUs: 0.6
CPDUs: 6 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 6 CPDUs for this workshop)
Fee: $159

Date / Time: July 17 & 19, 2012 (TuTh); 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration Code: W-2365-C 
Location: UIUC (Champaign) -- Illini Hall, Suite 26 (lower level)

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