Title of the Seminar
The tittle of the seminar is ‘Seminar on Microsoft Word – Advanced’.
Preamble
This seminar is a fully-fledged practical seminar that utilises Microsoft Word 2016 software to learn advanced Word techniques for today’s workplace. It can be learned how to: create and update a Table of Contents, Mail Merge to labels, envelopes, form letters and emails; use styles to create consistently formatted documents; facilitate changing paragraph, character formatting, create and insert Quick Parts to reuse data and content; create documents with consistent standards; work with captions and footnotes; review a document; track changes, and work collaboratively using Google Drive and Dropbox. Learning these advanced Word techniques will help to create quality documents.
In completion, a ‘Participation Certificate’ will be awarded IT Centre, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.
Target Group
This seminar is designed for school students in age 15 or above, school leavers from GCE Ordinary Level as well as GCE Advanced Level, students from undergraduates as well as postgraduates, business professionals, and workers from government and non-organisation.
Duration and Schedule
3 Hours on Wednesday, from 2pm to 4pm OR Saturday from 9am to 12noon.
Fee Per Participant
Rs 1500 for Students and Rs 2000 for workers/ staff
Medium of Instruction
This seminar is conducted in bilingual languages including English and Tamil. Participants can use both English and/or Tamil in the lecture discussions.
Method of Teaching and Learning
The seminar will be delivered in a combination of lectures, computer laboratory practical sessions, and group works.
Objectives of the seminar
The objective of the seminar is:
- To provide the advanced knowledge of document creation.
- To create a quality document.
- To produce capable personnel to work collaboratively.
Learning outcomes
After completing this seminar, the participants should be able to:
- Create/Modify Tables of Content.
- Work with Styles.
- Work efficiently with large documents.
- Working with references and citations.
- Perform Mail Merges.
- Reviewing a document.
- Work collaboratively in Word.
Course Outline
- References Ribbon
1.1 Table of Contents
1.2 Update the Table of Contents
1.3 Mark Entry for Table of Contents
1.4 Footnotes
1.5 Citations and Bibliography
1.6 Using Captions
1.7 Create an Index
- Custom Styles
2.1 Create and Apply a Style
2.2 Rename, Modify and Remove Styles
2.3 Reveal Formatting
2.4 Selection Tool and Format Pane
- Mailings Ribbon
3.1 Envelopes and Labels
3.2 Mail Merge to Labels
3.3 Mail Merge to Envelopes
3.4 Mail Merge to Form Letters
3.5 Mail Merge to Emails
3.6 Mail Merge Tips from Experience
- Review Ribbon
4.1 Proofing
4.2 Language and Translation
4.3 Comments
4.4 Track Changes
4.5 Compare Documents
- MS Word collaboration