# Microsoft Word Level II (Self-Paced)

Canonical URL: <https://www.creativelive.com/classes/word-level-ii-self-paced>

## Overview

Take your Microsoft Word skills to the next level in this self-paced course. Learn how to automate tasks to improve your workflow, create custom styles and templates, apply advanced formatting techniques, and manage long documents with ease. This course is ideal for anyone looking to enhance their efficiency and productivity in everyday Word tasks.

## What you'll learn

- Efficiently manage and work with multiple documents
- Track changes and collaborate using comments and revision tools
- Apply advanced formatting techniques for polished, professional documents
- Create and manage reference tables, including tables of contents and indexes
- Design forms and utilize mail merge to automate personalized communications
- Develop and apply custom style sets and templates for consistent formatting

## Prerequisites

Students must have Word proficiency equivalent to our [Microsoft Word Level I](/classes/beginner-microsoft-word) course.

## Curriculum

#### Working with Themes

- Apply a Themes
- Change Theme Colors
- Change Theme Font
- Modify a Theme

#### Building Blocks

- Insert Building Blocks
- Save Auto Text
- Insert AutoText
- Insert Graphics/Shapes as AutoText
- Fields
- Insert Document Property
- Insert a Field
- View/Edit a Building Block

#### Pagination Options

- Pagination
- Widow/Orphan Control
- Keep with Next
- Keep Lines Together
- Page Break Before

#### Text Boxes

- Insert a Text Box
- Linking Text Boxes

#### Document References

- Insert a Caption
- Insert a Cross Reference
- Insert a Footnote
- Enter Sources
- Insert a Citation
- Manage Sources
- Works Cited, References, or Bibliographies
- Insert a Reference Page
- Mark an Index Entry
- Insert an Index

#### Using Mail Merge

- Start Mail Merge
- Choose Recipients
- Insert an address block
- Preview Results
- Finish and Merge
- Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard

#### Mark Up a Document

- Enable Track Changes
- Display for Review
- Show Markup

#### Review Markups

- Reviewing Pane
- Accept Change
- Reject Change
- Compare Documents
- Combine Revisions from Separate Documents

#### Picture Tools

- Text Wrapping Options
- Square Text Wrapping
- Top and Bottom Text Wrap
- Behind Text Wrap
- Transparency
- Remove Background
- Word Art
- Smart Art

#### Form Controls

- Create a Form
- Enable the Developer tab
- Insert a Check box field
- Insert a Combo box field
- Form Field Options

#### Protecting Documents

- Open in Read-Only
- Enable Document Password

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249