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Training plan · Office Productivity · Beginner
Word Beginner
Intensive 3-day training for beginners. From getting started to producing complete professional documents with intensive practical work every day.
Duration
3 jours (21h)
Format
On-site
Prerequisites
None (mouse and keyboard basics)
Audience
Beginners, assistants, secretaries
1
Day 1 — Getting Started & Professional Typing
1j- Word interface: ribbon, tabs, groups, dialog launchers
- Text entry and formatting: font, size, bold/italic/underline, colors, highlighting
- Paragraphs: alignment, line spacing, spacing, indents, borders, shading
- Lists: bullets, numbers, multilevel lists, outline lists
- Tabs: positions, leaders, decimal alignment
- Copy/paste, paste special, Office clipboard
- Intensive lab 1: write and format a 3-page administrative letter + meeting minutes
2
Day 1 — Tables & Basic Insertion
- Tables: insertion, selection, merge/split cells, width/height
- Table formatting: borders, shading, alignment, orientation
- Formulas in Word tables: SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT
- Page breaks, section breaks, page numbering
- Headers and footers: different first page, odd/even pages
- Intensive lab 2: create a financial dashboard table with calculations + a report with headers
3
Day 2 — Images, Shapes & Illustrations
1j- Images: from file, online, screenshots
- Wrapping: square, tight, behind text, in front of text, cropping, compression
- Shapes: rectangles, circles, arrows, connectors, formatting
- WordArt: creation, formatting, text effects
- Text boxes: linking, wrapping, chaining
- SmartArt: org charts, processes, cycles, hierarchies, lists
- Intensive lab 3: create an illustrated product sheet + company org chart + brochure
4
Day 2 — Advanced Page Layout
- Columns: one, two, three, variable widths, separator line
- Orientation, paper size, custom margins, landscape/portrait pages
- Themes: colors, fonts, effects, style sets
- Page backgrounds: watermark, page color, page borders
- Backgrounds and patterns, custom bullets
- Intensive lab 4: create a 2-column newsletter + watermarked document + cover page
5
Day 3 — Intensive Practical Projects
0,5j- Project A: create a complete professional letter with logo, table, headers and footers
- Project B: create a 15-page internship report with illustrations, tables, cover pages
- Project C: produce a 2-fold advertising brochure with images, shapes, SmartArt
- Review and consolidation: timed exercises on each acquired skill
6
Day 3 — Assessment & Real-World Scenarios
0,5j- Real-world scenario: your boss needs 3 documents by tomorrow — produce them under pressure
- Group correction: error analysis, optimization tips
- Validation quiz: 30 questions covering all modules
- Certificate of completion with skills grid
- Post-training follow-up newsletter with bonus exercises
This plan is customizable
Perfect for teams starting from scratch. We adapt exercises to your business documents.