Designing the Advanced Word 2003 Template

This 1-day in-depth seminar is designed to vastly improve the mechanics of your MS Word 2003 skills. It teaches the fundamentals of template design, including:

  • Getting the best out of the layout
  • Header and Footer techniques
  • Paragraph and character style tips
  • Fields and autotext
  • Customizing the interface tips
  • Best practices for workflow
  • Basics of document automation with macros
  • Troubleshooting tips
  • And more...

Learn how to set up a well coordinated, properly implemented look-and-feel template that increases your productivity. You will learn how to standardize the look and feel of your documents, automate common tasks, as well as utilize useful, time-saving features. You will find out how to avoid some of Word’s nastiest problems, including the most efficient work-arounds for Word's annoying numbering problems.

Topics include:

  • Aims of template design
  • Page setup issues
  • Defining styles and important considerations
  • Style inheritance
  • Word Numbering alternatives
  • Bullet alternatives
  • Limiting the number of displayed styles
  • Setting up the Word environment
  • Customizing toolbars
  • Macro basics
  • Use of the Organizer for copying, deleting and renaming styles, AutoText, toolbars, and macros
  • Shortcut key applications
  • Troubleshooting - PDFMaker and the disappearing toolbar, specific issues from the students
  • Tips and tricks
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