BSBITU404 - Produce Complex Desktop Published Documents applies to individuals who require well-developed skills in desktop publishing using Microsoft Word.

At the completion of this course you should be able to:

• understand the importance of establishing and using document standards
• create high quality designs and layouts
• use formatting techniques to position text and paragraphs
• create and work effectively with themes
• create and apply styles
• create and use templates
• create and work with master documents
• use table features to improve the layout and format of tables
• work effectively with features that affect the page layout of your document
• apply various page layout techniques
• learn how to work with section breaks
• insert headers and footers into a document
• insert and work with pictures in a Word document
• enhance and correct pictures
• work with shapes, screen shots and screen clips
• create and work with SmartArt
• insert and work with text boxes
• manage and manipulate text boxes
• insert and work with WordArt
• understand and work with captions
• create and work with a table of contents
• create and work with an index in a document
• create and use building blocks
• check the spelling and grammar of a document
• use a range of document proofing features
• save various kinds of documents
• work with a PDF document
• insert content from other sources
• work safely with your computer, consider your impact on the environment and manage files and folders efficiently
• obtain help for Word whenever you need it