TCOM240
Microsoft Word for Technical Writers: Advanced
In this course, you will learn how to efficiently create revisable, professional manuals using Microsoft Word.
Related program(s)
This course is available at the following time(s) and location(s):
| Section | Session(s) | Date/time* | Campus | Instructor(s) | Cost** | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCOM240-ON11411 | - | Jan 14–Feb 10, 2014 (Register by Jan 7, 2014) |
Online | Mellissa Ruryk |
$420 | Register |
* This course involves 13 instructional hours.
** Members of the Society for Technical Communication are eligible for a 10 percent discount. Please contact us to confirm your membership and register. You may not combine discounts.
What will I learn?
By the end of the course, you will be able to do the following:
- Configure Microsoft Word for professional writing (features and shortcuts)
- Format document text using modern word processing techniques (styles, tables, cross-references, images, and numbering)
- Configure multi-page documents with complex layout requirements (headers, footers, double-sided, page numbering, and multiple sections)
- Create dynamic content (field codes, chapter numbering, table of contents, and indexes)
- Optimize Word for shared authoring (master documents and templates)
- Prepare documents for production
Textbooks and learning materials
All course materials are available online.
Hardware and software requirements
In this course, you will work and communicate online. We will deliver the course materials and communication tools to you online in a program called WebCT. You will gain access to this program one week before the course begins.
Technical requirements:
- A PC (Windows XP or later). Due to software requirements, this course is not directly accessible on a Mac.
- High-speed Internet access
- Microsoft Word 2010 for Windows
(Mac users may run Microsoft Word 2010 for Windows if they choose; however, we will not provide support for configuring your Mac.) - You will need to know how to set margins and tab stops, add headers, footers, and hyperlinks, and create tables of contents.
- A web browser that supports tables, frames, Java, and Javascript
(The list of browsers supported by WebCT Vista 8.03 is available online.)
- WinZip, a file compression tool (for PC)
- If you use a Mac, WinZip or StuffIt