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ECDL Advanced AM3 Courseware
Syllabus 2.0
The European Computer Driving Licence
 Word Processing
1. EDITING
TEXT
- To apply text effects
- What are text animations?
- To add text animation effects
- What is AutoCorrect?
- To use AutoCorrect
- To use AutoCorrect to insert symbols
- To reverse the automatic changing of text by AutoCorrect
- To use AutoCorrect Exceptions
- To enable automatic spelling correction
- To create an AutoCorrect entry
- To automatically format a document
- To remove each formatting change
- To set AutoFormat options
- Automatically formatting tables
- What is 'AutoText'?
- To insert an AutoText entry into a document
- To remove an AutoText entry
- To display the AutoText toolbar
- The AutoText toolbar
- To create an AutoText entry
- What is text wrapping?
- To modify text wrapping around a picture
- Text orientation options are only available in text boxes or tables
- To orientate text within a table
- To orientate text within a Text Box
- What is WordArt?
- To create a WordArt object
- To edit a WordArt object
PARAGRAPHS
- What are borders?
- To add shadowing or shading to a border
- To apply white text on a black background
- To add a border using the Border icon
- To add a border to an object using the drop down menus
- To remove a border from an object
- To set widow and orphan paragraph controls
- What are Styles?
- To use the Style List box
- To view all available styles
- To view applied paragraph styles
- To create a style using example text
- To display the 'Styles and Formatting' side panel
- To create a new style which will be available within all new documents
- To apply a style to a selected part of the document
- To modify a style
- What is Outline View used for?
- To create an outline document
TEMPLATES
- What are templates?
- To find the location of the NORMAL.DOT, template file
- To edit a template
- To create a template, based on an existing document
- To create a template, based on an existing template
COLLABORATIVE EDITING
- To add a comment
- To remove a comment
- To display and edit comments
- To enable the tracking of changes within a document
- To view details of changes made
- To set options for tracking changes
- To accept or reject changes
2. LAYOUT
MASTER DOCUMENTS
- What are Master Documents?
- To create a Master Document
- Master Document icons
- To create a subdocument, based on heading styles, within a Master Document
- To add a subdocument
- To delete a subdocument
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- What is the 'Table of Contents' feature
- To use heading styles to mark Table of Contents entries
- To create a Table of Contents
- To update a Table of Contents
- To automatically update a Table of Contents when printing
- To apply formatting options to a Table of Contents
SECTIONS
- Why use section breaks?
- To insert a section break within a document
- To delete a section break in a document
COLUMNS
- What are columns?
- To create columns from existing text
- To change the number of columns
- To remove multi-column formatting
- To apply further formatting to columns
- To keep text within columns together
- To balance columns
- To use preset column formats
- To modify column width and spacing
- To change columns width using drag and drop techniques
- To insert column breaks
- To delete a column break
3. DOCUMENT ORGANISATION
REFERENCING
- To add a bookmark
- To 'Go To' a bookmark within a document
- To delete a bookmark
- What is an index entry?
- To create an index entry for a document
- To compile an index
- To edit an index entry
- What are cross-references?
- To create a cross-reference to an item on a particular page
- To update your cross-references
- To delete a cross-reference
FIELD CODES
- What are Word Fields?
- To insert the date or time into a document (as a field)
- Inserting the time or date as text vs. insertion as a time or date field
- To insert a filename/ location field
- To use AutoText to insert the filename (and path)
- Viewing, Updating, Unlinking, Locking and Navigating Fields
- Useful Field keyboard shortcuts
- To update a field
- To edit a field
- To lock and unlock fields
- To delete a field code
FOOTNOTES / ENDNOTES
- To create a Footnote or Endnote
- To delete a Footnote or Endnote
- To go to Footnotes or Endnotes (and edit them)
- To use footnote & endnote formatting options
SECURITY
- To set a password for a document
- To remove a password from a document
4. DOCUMENT ELEMENTS
TABLES
- To merge cells in a table
- To split cells in a table
- To split a table
- To convert tabbed text to a table
- To sort data within a table
- To sum (i.e. add) numbers within rows or columns
- To update calculations
- To perform other calculations
FORMS
- What are forms?
- To create a form, (and protect it)
- To password protect a form
- To edit a form
- To insert a Text Form field into a form
- To modify a Text Form field
- To insert a Check Box Form Field into a form
- To modify a Check Box Form field
- To insert a drop down menu into a form
- To modify a Drop Down Form field
- To delete a field within a form
- To protect a form
TEXT BOXES
- To insert a Text Box
- To delete a Text Box (and Drawing Canvas)
- To modify the Text Box size using the Format Text Box dialog box
- To modify Text Box internal margins
- To move a Text Box
- To re-size a Text Box
- To modify Text Box colours and lines
- To apply Text Box Fill Effects
- To create linked text boxes
SPREADSHEETS
- To insert an Excel worksheet into a Word document
- To edit an Excel worksheet, embedded within a Word document
- To create a chart from a Word table
- To create a chart from worksheet data pasted into a document.
- To insert a chart using the Insert / Picture / Chart command
- To modify a chart created using the Insert / Picture / Chart command
- To change the chart type
- To modify chart formatting
- To convert a chart to a 3-D chart
- To position a chart within Word
IMAGES / DRAWING
- To insert a Drawing Object into your document
- To modify drawing object borders
- To add a border to a clipart image and modify it
- To create a drawing using the drawing tools
- The Drawing toolbar icons
- To format a drawing
- To create a drawing using AutoShapes
- To send to the font or back
- To send an AutoShape behind text
- To send an AutoShape from behind the text, to in front of the text
- What is grouping and ungrouping?
- To group objects
- To ungroup objects
- What is a watermark (washout)?
- To create a watermark (washout) from a picture or drawing
CAPTIONS
- To add an caption
- To update a caption
- To apply customised number captions to an image, table or worksheet
- To use the automatic caption option
5. SPECIAL TOOLS
MAIL MERGE
- What is Mail Merging?
- To open a mail merge data source
- To edit a record in a data source
- To add a record to a data source
- To delete a record from the data source
- To insert merge fields into a document
- To set a criteria using Mail Merge
- To sort using Mail Merge
- To merge the documents
MACROS
- To record a macro
- To assign a macro to a keyboard shortcut
- Storing macros within templates
- What is linking (i.e. copying) macros?
- To copy macros between templates using the Organizer
- To run a macro
- To create a custom toolbar
- To assign a macro to custom button on a toolbar
6. PRINTING
PREPARING TO PRINT
- To print just the odd pages of a document
- To print just the even pages of a document
- To print a defined section within a document
- To print a defined number of pages per sheet
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