Writer is a text editor included in a freeware OpenOffice package. The training introduces the participants into the issues regarding the use of a text editor in everyday work.
The training is aimed at those who want to use OpenOffice.org Writer software efficiently as an alternative for MS Word in their everyday work.
The participants of the training will learn to create well-arranged, professionally looking documents ( including different types of official correspondence - business and formal), and fully use basic functions of the software, which allow clear communication, both in short and longer documents.
During the training the main differences between Word and Writer will be discussed. The participants will be acquainted with mail merge functions and the rules of creating different types of tables and tables of contents as well as calculation methods in a short period of time.
The training is held in the form of computer workshops. Each participant performs exercises with the assistance of the trainer on his own computer station. The training topics are presented in the form of practical exercises. In order to gain knowledge more efficiently, we introduced a training system which combines the lecture part with the practical one.
The participants of the training receive training materials in the form of:
- Script prepared by Akkom experts
- Practical exercises in Writer text editor on CD
- Multimedia presentation on CD
After the training each participant receives a certificate that confirms participation and gaining skills in working in OpenOffice.org Writer text editor. With the training itself, each participant is offered free-of-charge consultations with the Akkom expert, up to 3 months after the completing the training.
Introduction to Writer text editor
- Software interface
- Differences between Word and Writer
- Creating a new document
- Document views
- Non-printing characters
- Saving documents in different formats
- Saving documents in Word format ( doc, docx)
- Exporting documents to pdf
Formatting pages
- Margins and page orientation
- Vertical and horizontal pages in one document
Working with text
- Copying, cutting and pasting
- Finding and replacing text
- Text formatting: aligning paragraphs, formatting characters, default formatting
- Using Format Painter
- Creating text headers
- Inserting special characters
- Page numbering
Numbered and bulleted lists
- List styles
- Adding lists to documents
- Changing list appearance
- Levels of bullets
- Outline view
Navigator - tool for quick navigation through the text
- Working with Navigator
- Moving among objects
- Creating bookmarks and text selection
Styles and formatting
- Tool for quick style formatting
- Styles group
- Basic text formatting change
- Headers formatting change
- Adding new formatting styles
Page headers and footers
- Setting up headers and footers
- Inserting text and graphics to headers
- Changing headers on the first page and in chapters
Text formatting
- Text in columns
- Initials and paragraphs
- Using text box
- Flowcharts
- AutoText
- AutoComplete
- AutoCorrect
Tables
- Inserting tables
- Table formatting
- Table modification ( adding/deleting columns and rows)
- Merging and splitting cells
- Calculations in tables
- Inserting tables from other documents
Graphics
- Inserting clip art objects
- FontWork
- Inserting symbols and other graphic objects
Mail merge
- Mail merge functions
- Creating data source and basic document
- Inserting salutations into mail merge
- Printing mail merge
Tables of contents
- Inserting index and table of contents
- Formatting tables of contents
Printing
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