Digital skills for business: creating professional-looking and impacting documents in Word and Excel (intermediate)

About this course

The course focuses on producing longer, well-structured Word documents such as reports and proposals. Participants practise using styles, outlines, templates, indentation, headers, footers, page numbering, indexes and customised tables, along with inserting images and Excel data and controlling text flow around them. Teaching follows guided, step-by-step tasks, with learners working independently and alongside other students. Topics also include maintaining formatting when printing, organising files in the cloud and using mail merge. Work outside class is required, with Google Classroom used to access materials and support communication.

What you'll learn

• Create structured Word documents for workplace purposes, including reports and proposals
• Apply styles, outlines, indentation, templates, headers, footers and page numbering
• Build customised tables and indexes using advanced table features
• Insert and adjust images and Excel data within Word documents
• Control text flow and wrapping around images and tables
• Use mail merge, manage files effectively and preserve formatting when printing

Is this course right for you?

This intermediate course is intended for people who use Word for workplace documents, although the skills may also be useful for home use. Learners should already be confident with Word’s basic functions and general computer use. Participation includes individual tasks, collaborative activities and work outside class.

• Requires confidence with basic Word functions
• Includes work completed outside the classroom
• Suitable for workplace-focused document tasks

Before you go

• Bring a pen, A4 paper and a file for keeping course work.
• Handouts and a Google Classroom access code are provided.
• Work outside the classroom is required, with Google Classroom used to access materials and videos.