Software version number: 8.0

Course length: 1 day

Prerequisites: Windows 95: Introduction, Word 97: Level 1, and Word 97: Level 2, or equivalent knowledge.

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to work more efficiently and to enhance their existing documents.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand the basics of Windows 95. They should already have experience working with Word 97. Specifically, students should know how to create styles, templates, and macros.

Setup Information: This course was developed using the Microsoft Office version of Word 97. If you use the standalone version of Word 97, you might notice differences.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Use advanced techniques for working with styles
• Create and use templates and forms
• Enhance documents by drawing in a document and using clip art and WordArt
• Create a master document, a table of contents, and an index
• Enhance document layout
• Use highlights, comments, and revision marks to edit and share documents online

Course content

• Using the AutoFormat feature
• Linking styles
• Managing styles

Lesson 2: Creating templates and forms

• Examining templates
• Creating and enhancing a template
• Creating a form

Lesson 3: Using graphic effects

• Drawing in a document
• Working with clip art and graphic effects
• Using WordArt

Lesson 4: Working with large documents

• Creating a master document
• Generating an index
• Preparing to print

Lesson 5: Document layout

• Using sections to control layout
• Formatting a document for binding
• Creating footnotes and endnotes
• Using bookmarks
• Creating cross-references

Lesson 6: Sharing documents