Gone are the days of tabbing out the alignment of tables on a typewriter. Word makes beautiful and sophisticated tables possible with a few easy clicks. This course gives you all the tables knowledge in one place. Learn to do magic with tables, easily.
The resource for this course is 40 pages and well over 12,400 words. Plus, nearly a full hour of demo videos!
You never know what you don’t know. Learn more about critical Word functions in the Essentials course or add an specific Skill Bite course to get just what you need, when you need it.
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 20 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- How to Use This CourseThere are a couple of downloads you will need and some advice about the order of lessons, all here in this section.4
- Is it a table or not?In the days of typewriters, tables were made using spaces and underlining. Today we can do better, making true tables using features built into Word. The first step is figuring out whether you have a true table or a typewritten one.2
- Getting Around in TablesWhether you should do this lesson before or after the next one is debatable. This section is quick, and it will help you manipulate and move through tables for the rest of the lessons.1
- Creating TablesWhether you're working from a typewritten table or creating one fresh, this section has the knowledge you need.3
- Format TablesEven if you start with a pretty nice table, there will be finessing to do. Much of this is best done as a final step after all the contents are in place and organized.7
- QC TablesQuality checking is the domain of the editor. In this section, we explore this stage.2
- ConclusionThis concludes our time together. I hope to see you in one of the other core courses or in a skill bite!1
There are instructions and demos for both Mac and Windows versions of Word.
We can support versions as old as 2016 but do try to keep the materials current, as Word changes frequently.
No. This self-contained course isn't repeated in any other course.
Requirements
- MS Word, 2016 or newer
- Video player (e.g., web browser)
- Ebook reader for a PDF, epub, or mobi file
Features
- Instructions specifically for editors and proofreaders
- Demonstrations for both Mac and Windows users
- Self-paced
- Keep the course resource (lectures) forever
Target audiences
- Editors
- Proofreaders
- Copyeditors
- Editorial workflow professionals