Word Skills Checklist
Word Skills Checklist
Word Skills Checklist
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Word Skills Checklist
Create and Edit Tables & Columns
❑ Create a new table Tables & Columns
❑ Modify an existing table Tables & Columns
❑ Enter text into a table and apply formatting Tables & Columns
❑ Convert text to a table and back Tables & Columns
❑ Add/modify borders and shading Tables & Columns
❑ Resize table/row/column Tables & Columns
❑ Add/delete table rows/columns Tables & Columns
❑ Merge or split a table cell Tables & Columns
❑ Remove or modify table borders and fills Tables & Columns
❑ Change table cell margins Tables & Columns
❑ Set header row Tables & Columns
❑ Sorting table rows Tables & Columns
❑ Change table to text, and vice versa Tables & Columns
❑ Add columns to a document Tables & Columns
❑ Switch from 1 to multiple columns within the same Tables & Columns
document
Modify Page Layout
❑ Adjust page margins, paper size, orientation Basic Word Skills
❑ Add page numbers Basic Word Skills
❑ Insert page breaks Basic Word Skills
❑ Add/modify headers and footers Basic Word Skills
❑ Apply a Watermark Basic Word Skills
❑ Create envelopes and labels Basic Word Skills
Correcting Documents
❑ Check spelling and grammar Basic Word Skills
❑ Use and configure Autocorrect
❑ Use Document Inspector to remove metadata Basic Word Skills
Printing and Publishing Documents
❑ Select printer and print options Basic Word Skills
❑ Preview and printing documents Basic Word Skills
❑ Print selections and multiple copies Basic Word Skills
❑ Publish a document via email
❑ Save a document as a PDF file Basic Word Skills
❑ Print envelopes and labels Basic Word Skills
Use Styles
❑ Using Word’s built-in Styles Styles for Lawyers
❑ Modifying Word’s built-in Styles Styles for Lawyers
❑ Adding custom Styles Styles for Lawyers
Word Skills Checklist
Legal-Specific Features
❑ Marking citations for Table of Authorities Brief Builder’s
Workshop
❑ Deciphering and editing TOA markup Brief Builder’s
Workshop
❑ Inserting and formatting the Table of Authorities Brief Builder’s
Workshop
❑ Troubleshooting common Table of Authorities problems Brief Builder’s
Workshop
❑ Defining a Table of Contents Brief Builder’s
Workshop
❑ Inserting and Formatting a Table of Contents Brief Builder’s
Workshop
❑ Using Sections to control page numbering, headers & Brief Builder’s
footers Workshop
Document Collaboration Features
❑ Automatically marking document edits with Track Changes Document
Collaboration
❑ Inserting comments with Track Changes Document
Collaboration
❑ Showing, hiding and printing tracked changes Document
Collaboration
❑ Reviewing, accepting and rejecting others’ edits Document
Collaboration
❑ Configuring Track Changes options Document
Collaboration
❑ Restricting others’ edits in collaboratively-edited Document
documents (both text and formatting) Collaboration
❑ Scrubbing metadata to ensure your edits/comments don’t Document
get broadcast to adverse parties Collaboration
Document Assembly Features
❑ Saving frequently-used text to Quick Parts Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Saving frequently-used text to AutoText Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Using single- and multi-level automatic paragraph Assemble
numbering Documents Faster
❑ Setting up automatically-numbered headings Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Using automatic paragraph numbering for inline headings Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Using Style Separators Assemble
Documents Faster
Word Skills Checklist
❑ Creating and using List Styles for numbering schemes Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Creating Bookmarks and referencing them with Cross- Assemble
References Documents Faster
❑ Creating and using custom templates Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Using ASK and FILL-IN fields to create repeating elements Assemble
Documents Faster
❑ Using Content Controls to create drop-down boxes for Assemble
forms Documents Faster