Microsoft Word Objects and Referencing

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Inserting Pictures

• Insert a picture from your computer
• View and insert online pictures

Resizing and Rotating Pictures

• Resize a picture manually
• Set a specific picture size
• Rotate a picture manually
• Set a specific rotation angle

Moving Pictures

• Change wrap text layout option
• Move a picture manually
• Set a specific position

Arranging Multiple Pictures

• Select multiple pictures
• Align pictures horizontally
• Align pictures vertically
• Evenly space pictures
• Group pictures
• Ungroup pictures

Picture Adjustments

• Add picture border
• Light corrections
• Change picture colour
• Add picture transparency
• Artistic effects
• Picture background removal

Layering Pictures

• Bringing a picture to the front
• Sending a picture to the back
• Re-ordering multiple layers

Inserting Shapes

• Insert a default-sized shape
• Insert a custom-sized shape

Formatting Shapes

• Select shape style
• Change shape outline
• Change shape fill
• Change shape effects
• Change shape
• Add text to a shape
• Edit shape text

Inserting Process Diagrams

• Insert a Basic Process diagram
• Add a shape to the diagram
• Change direction of diagram

Inserting Organisation Charts

• Insert an Organisation Chart diagram
• Add a shape to the diagram
• Change the layout of the diagram

Formatting SmartArt

• Change diagram colours
• Change diagram style
• Change diagram layout
• Reset a diagram

Inserting Charts

• Chart types
• Insert a column chart
• Change chart data
• Save chart data
• Edit chart data

Formatting Charts

• Change chart type
• Change chart colours
• Change chart style
• Add chart elements

Creating Custom Tables

• Draw a table
• Enter text into your table
• Add pictures to your table

Formatting Tables

• Align text horizontally
• Align text vertically
• Rotate text
• Shade table cells
• Change table borders
• Change column width
• Change row height

Changing Table Layout

• Insert a row
• Insert a column
• Delete a row
• Delete a column
• Merge cells
• Split cells

Table Properties

• Align a table on the page
• Wrap text around a table
• Change cell margins
• Prevent rows breaking over page

Other Table Features

• Sorting text
• Repeating row header on each page
• Fitting a table to a page
• Fitting a table to contents

Using Table Styles

• Apply a table style
• Modify a table style
• Create a custom table style

Other Illustrations

• Icons
• 3D Models
• Screenshot

Page Backgrounds

• Change the background colour
• Add a page border
• Add a watermark

Using Themes

• Change document theme
• Change colour palette
• Create custom colour palette
• Save custom theme

Creating a Word Template

• Insert a cover page
• Add generic document text and objects
• Insert a table of contents
• Restrict document styles
• Save document as a template

Using a Word Template

• Create new document based on template
• Modify template styles
• Modify template (other than styles)

Inserting Captions

• Add a caption to a table
• Select caption position
• Format caption numbering
• Create a custom caption label

Creating a Table of Figures

• Insert a table of tables
• Insert a table of figures
• Insert a table of custom labelled objects
• Modify table of figures styles
• Change table of figures layout settings

Cross-referencing

• Cross-reference to a table
• Include a page number in cross reference
• Cross-reference to custom labelled objects
• Update cross-references

Using Bookmarks and Hyperlinks

• Insert a bookmark
• View a bookmark
• Create hyperlink to bookmark in document
• Hyperlink to bookmark in other document

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Pre-requisites

• Good experience in working with longer Word documents
• Alternatively, completion of Word Tools for Longer Documents training course