ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORD Part 7 Templates and Wizards

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ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORDPart 7 Templates and
Wizards
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Objectives

• Use an existing template.
• Create an original template.
• Create a document using an original template.
• Use a wizard.
• Use the Mail Merge Wizard.
• Create and print envelopes and labels.

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Terms Used in This Part

• Application Letter
• Mail Merge
• Résumé
• Template
• Wizard

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Use an Existing Template

• Template a file that contains page and
  paragraph formatting and text you can customize
  to create a new document similar to, but slightly
  different from, the original.

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Use an Existing Template (continued)

• To open a template in Office XP, choose New on
  the File menu. Click General Templates in the New
  Document task pane.
• To open a template in Office 2000, choose New on
  the File menu.

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Create an Original Template

• To create an original template, click Blank
  Document on the General tab. Be sure to click the
  Template option in the Create New box.
• Word saves documents with a .doc extension and
  templates with a .dot extension.

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Create a Document Using an Original Template

• You can create a template from an existing Word
  document. Click Document Template in the Save as
  type box when saving the document.

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Resume Wizard

• Wizard a feature that allows you to create a
  customized document by answering questions that
  the wizard asks you.
• Résumé presents a persons qualifications for a
  job in a concise form.
• To open the Resume Wizard, click the Resume
  Wizard icon on the Other Documents tab.

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Mail Merge Wizard

• Mail Merge combining a document with
  information that personalizes it.
• Application Letter a letter sent with a résumé
  to introduce a person to a prospective employer
  and request an interview.
• To start the Mail Merge Wizard, open the Tools
  menu and click Letters and Mailings (Mail Merge
  in Office 2000). Click Mail Merge Wizard on the
  submenu.

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Create Envelopes

• To print envelopes, open the Tools menu and click
  Letters and Mailings (Envelopes and Labels in
  Office 2000).
• Click Envelopes and Labels on the submenu.
• Click the Envelopes tab in the Envelopes and
  Labels dialog box.

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Create Labels

• To print labels, open the Tools menu and click
  Letters and Mailings (Envelopes and Labels in
  Office 2000).
• Click Envelopes and Labels on the submenu.
• Click the Labels tab in the Envelopes and Labels
  dialog box.
• To change the product number of a label, click
  the Options button on the Labels tab. Key the
  product number in the Product number box.

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Envelopes and Labels

• To change the size of an envelope, click the
  Options button on the Envelopes tab. Select the
  desired size from the Envelope size drop-down
  menu.
• To change the product number of a label, click
  the Options button on the Labels tab. Select the
  product number in the Product number box.

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Summary

• Templates contain page and paragraph formatting
  and customized text that help speed the creation
  of documents.
• You can use pre-designed templates found in
  Words Template gallery or create your own
  template.
• You can create a template from an existing Word
  document.

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Summary (continued)

• Wizards ask questions and create documents based
  on your answers.
• Mail Merge allows you to combine information in a
  document to personalize it.
• Choose Letters and Mailings on the Tools menu to
  open the Mail Merge wizard and to create and
  print Envelopes and Labels.