Microsoft Word workshop
Microsoft Word is the tool used most often for technical documentation. Would you like to optimise your document creation and publishing process for technical documentation on the basis of Word 2013 or Word 2016? Then this workshop is just right for you. For users switching from Word 2010, we can offer tips and tricks to make the transition easier.
- Microsoft Word options: both a curse and a blessing – a look at the most important Word functions
- The Word document template: rules for using it, tips on how to avoid unwanted side-effects
- What are process-capable documents?
- What's a template, and how does it help the technical writer?
- Page layout: what’s different in Microsoft Word?
- Headers/footers and section breaks – an ill-fated combination!
- Styles in Word
- Structuring documents with headings
- Numbering in Word – (not) a challenge!
- Images and graphics:
- Integrating elements correctly
- Tables: Understanding how Word “thinks” and formatting tables effectively
- Handling specific Word objects (index, bookmarks, fields, etc.)
- Quick parts
- Custom-designed menu bars
- Perspectives:
- Version change: Typical Word problems and survival strategies
- Approaches to process optimisation through macro programming
- Modularisation of technical documents, approaches, required functionality
- Optimisation of document creation for translation processes
The aim of this workshop is to optimise the technical documentation creation and publishing process on the basis of Word.
The workshop is aimed at anyone who uses (or has to use) MS Word as a tool for technical documentation.
Requirements
Knowledge of the essentials of Microsoft Office and DTP. It is recommended that you bring your own laptop, since exercises are planned and important settings can be made immediately. By the end, everyone has the tools they need to create a custom template optimised to suit their requirements.
Please bring
Your own laptop, as the schedule provides for exercises and important settings can be made immediately.
Already installed: Office 2007 or higher
