Custom Training for Microsoft Office

Word Automation instructors are experienced and professional, with exceptional listening skills and a commitment to providing appropriate training and solutions for your business environment. We use sample documents from your business document workflow during our training process; avoiding generic, “packaged” training that often doesn't translate well to specific office settings.

In addition to custom seminars and workshops, we offer specialized training for:

System Administrators
In-House Word Processing Staff
In-House Trainers and Help Desk Staff

Contact Word Automation for more information on custom training for office suite applications.

Sample Microsoft Word Course Outline

Basic Skills

Moving around in a document
Simple editing
Check Spelling and Grammar

Intermediate & Advanced Features

Paragraph Format and Styles
Section Format, headers & footers, section breaks, page numbering
Paragraph and Outline Numbering
Tables, sorting, formulas, borders and shading
Mail Merge, form letters, envelopes and labels
Cross-Reference, bookmarks, hyperlinks
Table of Contents, Table of Authorities, Indexes
Graphics, drawing, creating brochures and newsletters
Creating custom forms and templates
Customize Word with your own toolbars, shortcut keys
Creating macros and using Visual Basic

Sample Microsoft Outlook Course Outline

Tips & Tricks for every Outlook user

Tips & Tricks for every Outlook user
Email messages – finding and sorting messages, auto-reply, rules to manage incoming email
Create folders to organize messages & other Outlook items
Flag any item for follow-up reminders
Link any Outlook item to another Outlook item, or to any file on your computer or network
Create distribution lists to send e-mail messages to multiple recipients Intermediate and Advanced Features

Intermediate and Advanced Features

Create Public Folders for project teams, departments or an entire organization: Calendar, Contacts, Messages, Tasks
Set permissions to Public folders for appropriate levels of access (view only, add/modify/delete items)
Create custom templates for routine interoffice tasks, such as “Check Request” or “Out Of Office Notification”.
Design custom forms with special fields, tailored to a special project, or a particular department

Training for WordPerfect Veterans

Can't live without "Reveal Codes"?

Yes, there is a command in Microsoft Word that displays behind-the-scenes format. Learn how to use it!

Many commands in WordPerfect and Microsoft Word are the same.

Focus on features that are designed differently in Microsoft Word and how to use them efficiently. Do you often use shortcut keys or function keys?

Do you often use shortcut keys or function keys?

Yes, the same shortcuts exist in Microsoft Word – your fingers just have to learn new keyboard shortcuts!

How to make a “converted” WordPerfect document really perfect in Microsoft Word.

Learn why sections breaks are inserted into a converted document, why printing results in Microsoft Word are sometimes very different than in WordPerfect.