Kat Norton – Word with Miss Excel

Learn how to create professional and aesthetically pleasing documents and master the dynamic tools in Microsoft Word. No prior Word experience necessary!

Do you ever feel like…

You waste hours revising and properly formatting your documents?

The real task is not writing…it’s making your document look professional & neat!

Your line spacing is the size of the Grand Canyon and you can’t figure out why?

Creating a Header gives you a headache?

Can You Imagine…

Landing your dream job because your resume was professional & neat?

Spending less time formatting and more time writing?

Feeling excited every time you open up Word?

If any of this resonated with you, my course package has exactly what you need!

What You’ll Learn In Word with Miss Excel

Module 1: Word Essentials

• Welcome to Word with Miss Excel
• Download Practice Files Here!
• 100: Meet Word
• 101: Getting Started in Word
• 102: Basic Font Formatting
• 103: Paragraph Alignment
• 104: Bulleted Lists
• 105: Numbered Lists
• 106: Multi Level Lists
• 107: Indenting & Line Spacing
• 108: Format Painter
• 109: Essential Key Commands

Module 2: Intermediate Formatting

• 200: Let’s take those docs up a notch!
• 201: Text Effects and Typography
• 202: Shading & Borders
• 203: Sort Tool
• 204: Design with Themes
• 205: Styles
• 206: Colors Schemes
• 207: Deep Dive into Fonts
• 208: Adding Water Marks
• 209: Changing Page Color
• 210: Page Borders

Module 3: Working with Objects

• 300: What are objects and why do we need them?
• 301: Shapes 101
• 302: Shape Fill Options
• 303: Shape Outline Formatting
• 304: Shape Effects
• 305: Text Boxes
• 306: Adding and Editing Icons
• 307: Pictures in Documents
• 308: Videos in Documents
• 309: Word Art
• 310: Smart Art
• 311: Wrap Text Around Object
• 312: Grouping Objects
• 313: Object Magic Keys
• 314: Arranging & Positioning Objects
• 315: Aligning & Rotating Objects

Module 4: Page Layout Tips & Techniques

• 400: Importance of using the right Page Layout
• 401: Page Margins
• 402: Page Orientation
• 403: Page Size
• 404: Creating Columns
• 405: Insert a Cover Page
• 406: Insert a Blank page
• 407: Page Breaks
• 408: Formatting Trio – Gridlines, Rulers and Guides
• 409: Window Options
• 410: Zoom Options & Page Movement
• 411: Selection Pane
• 412: View Options

Module 5: Other Useful Tools

• 500: Intro
• 501: Find & Replace
• 502: Header & Footer
• 503: Date, Time & Page Numbers
• 504: Drop Caps Lettering Technique
• 505: Document Properties
• 506: Using Fields
• 507: Adding Links
• 508: Reuse Files Tool
• 509: Add Ins
• 510: Draw Tool
• 511: Clipboard Hacks (Multiple Items & Panel)
• 512: Add Signature Line

Module 6: Tables, Charts & Excel Data

• 600: Intro to Tables, Charts & Excel Data
• 601: Creating Tables in Word
• 602: Adding and Editing Cells in Table
• 603: Using Pen & Eraser in Table
• 604: Formatting Tables in Word
• 605: Importing and Linking Live Excel Data
• 606: Creating Charts
• 607: Formatting Chart Elements
• 608: Filtering Charts
• 609: Updating Charts with New Data

Module 7: Design Aesthetics in Word

• 700: Welcome to Design School
• 701: Color Schemes
• 702: Custom Fonts
• 703: Kerning (Font Hack)
• 704: Design Trends
• 705: Creating Transparent Overlays
• 706: Designing Custom Shapes
• 707: Sliced Image Trick
• 708: Displaying Big Data – Highlight Trick
• 709: Displaying Big Data – Photo Trick

Module 8: Reference Tools

• 800: What are Reference Tools?
• 801: Creating a Table of Contents
• 802: Adding Footnotes
• 803: Search Tool
• 804: Researcher Tool
• 805: Adding Citations & Building Bibliographies
• 806: Captions & Inserting Tables / Figures
• 807: Cross Referencing & Indexes

Module 9: Mail Tools

• 900: Welcome to Mail Tools
• 901: Creating Envelopes
• 902: Creating Labels
• 903: Mail Merge a Document / Email
• 904: Mail Merge an Envelope

Module 10: Reviewing Files

• 1000: Reviewing 101
• 1001: Spell Check, Thesaurus & Word Count
• 1002: Read Aloud & Accessibility Check
• 1003: Translate & Language
• 1004: Comments
• 1005: Tracking Changes
• 1006: Comparing Documents
• 1007: Protecting Documents
• 1008: Hide Ink on Documents
• 1009: LinkedIn Resume Assistant
• 1010: LinkedIn Notes

Module 11: The Aftermath

• 1100: So you made your document…now what!?
• 1101: Embedding Fonts
• 1102: Reduce File Size
• 1103: Export to PDF
• 1104: Print Options
• 1105: Save Options
• 1106: Sharing Options

Module 12: Advanced Tools & Tricks in Word

• 1200: Intro to Advanced Tips
• 1201: Customizing the Ribbon
• 1202: Creating Forms with Text Box Controls
• 1203: Creating Forms with a Combo Box
• 1204: Adding Option Bubble Buttons
• 1205: Creating Forms with Check Boxes
• 1206: Hidden Text Trick