For those who use Word as a desktop publishing tool. Shows how to divide a page into multiple columns, insert clip art images, create watermarks, use WordArt to create signs and banners, use the Drawing toolbar to create lines, rectangles and ovals, use AutoShapes to create basic shapes, use Microsoft Equation to create complex mathematical equations, use Microsoft Graph to create numerical graphs, and use Microsoft Organization Chart to create organization charts. Data disk included.

Concepts you will master:

  • Column
  • Section break
  • Banner
  • Border
  • Column break
  • Clip Art
  • Raster graphics
  • Vector graphics
  • Graphics filter
  • Floating vs. in-line graphics
  • Embedded vs. linked image
  • Wrap points
  • Cropping
  • Wrapping
  • Transparent color
  • WordArt
  • Text rotation
  • Word justify
  • Letter justify
  • Stretch justify
  • Kerning
  • Text shadow
  • 3-D effect
  • Perspective
  • Parallel
  • Image lighting
  • Image surface
  • Grouping objects
  • Rotating objects
  • Snap to gridlines
  • Ordering objects
  • Aligning objects
  • Text box
  • AutoShapes
  • Gridlines
  • Callouts
  • Symbol palette
  • Template palette
  • Slot
  • Fences
  • Fractions and radicals
  • Underbar and overbar
  • Datasheet
  • Cell
  • Category axis
  • Value axis
  • Chart series
  • Chart objects
  • Legend
  • Chart wall
  • 3-D chart
  • Data label
  • Donut chart
  • Radar chart
  • Bubble chart
  • High-Low-Close chart
  • Range
  • Organization chart
  • Subordinate level
  • Co-worker
  • Assistant
  • Co-manager
  • Connecting lines


Skills you will learn:

  • Creating a newsletter banner
  • Adding a border to a paragraph
  • Creating a multi-column newsletter
  • Inserting a graphic image from the Clip Gallery
  • Inserting a graphic image from a file
  • Resizing a graphic image
  • Converting a "floating" graphic to an "in-line" graphic
  • Wrapping text around a graphic
  • Editing wrap points for tighter text wrap
  • Cropping an image
  • Distorting an image
  • Framing an image
  • Changing the brightness and contrast of an image
  • Setting a transparency color
  • Using the WordArt Gallery to create a large sign or banner
  • Customizing the font and font size of a WordArt sign
  • Using the mouse to change the shape of a WordArt image
  • Rotating a WordArt image
  • Displaying all WordArt characters at the same height
  • Displaying a WordArt image vertically
  • Changing the alignment of a multi-line WordArt image
  • Changing the character spacing of a WordArt image
  • Adding a custom shadow effect to a WordArt image
  • Adding a 3-D effect to a WordArt image
  • Customizing the depth, direction, lighting, surface and color of a 3-D object
  • Grouping multiple objects into a single object
  • Ungrouping and regrouping objects
  • Using the Drawing toolbar to create basic lines, rectangles and ovals
  • Cloning objects
  • Selecting multiple objects
  • Using the Alt key to drag an object smoothly
  • Filling rectangles and ovals with a color
  • Placing objects ahead of or behind other objects
  • Creating and formatting text boxes
  • Creating and formatting an arrow
  • Using the cursor keys to position objects
  • Drawing various shapes using the AutoShapes menu
  • Flipping a shape to create a mirror image
  • Using Microsoft Equation 3.0 to create mathematical equations
  • Using the vertical fraction template to create a simple fraction
  • Entering symbols and keyboard characters into template slots
  • Creating subscripts and superscripts
  • Inserting math operators
  • Editing an equation
  • Creating radical and fence (bracket) symbols
  • Inserting Greek characters
  • Inserting a summation symbol
    Enlarging an equation
  • Using Microsoft Graph to create a numeric graph
  • Entering values in the Datasheet
  • Changing the format of graph text and objects
  • Changing the graph type
  • Displaying a chart in 3-D
  • Changing the 3-D settings
  • Plotting data on 2 Y axes
  • Creating Line, Column, Bar, Area, Scatter, Pie, Donut, Radar, Bubble and Stock charts
  • Importing Excel spreadsheet values
  • Importing an Excel graph
  • Using Organization Chart 2.0
  • Entering and formatting data in chart boxes
  • Changing the format of boxes
  • Adding a subordinate position to a chart
  • Adding a staff position to a chart
  • Changing the zoom view of a chart
  • Adding a title to a chart
  • Simultaneously selecting multiple chart objects
  • Adding a co-worker position to a chart
  • Adding a co-manager position to a chart
  • Dragging a box to a new position in a chart
  • Using the Draw tools to add supplemental lines, boxes and text to a chart

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