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Upcoming webinar: Bending MS Word to your will

AMWA is offering an online professional development workshop ‘Bending MS Word to your will’

When: Thursday, 13 March 2014

Time: 12 noon to 2 pm AEDT

Cost: AMWA members $85 AUD

Non-members $90 AUD

Presenter: Dr Hilary Cadman, Cadman Editing Services

Completion of this workshop will count toward the AMWA PD certificate.

Registration opens Friday 21 February at Trybooking registration

Places are strictly limited to 10 participants.

Workshop objective

To demonstrate ways to work more efficiently and effectively in MS Word.

Content

In this workshop participants will:

use basic styles and templates, including some important ‘dos and don’ts’ of working with styles and templates, and working in outline view
create and use shortcuts, the quick access toolbar and the quick part gallery
look at different ways to navigate in MS Word.

Participant profile

This introductory workshop is aimed at medical writers or editors using MS Word.

Workshop format

The workshop includes a mandatory a pre-workshop assignment as well as an online session. The pre-workshop assignment should take no longer than one hour and must be returned to the presenter by COB 6 March. The two-hour online session includes a one-hour interactive presentation, various exercises and discussion.

You will receive the pre-workshop assignment upon booking.

Workshop leader

Dr Hilary Cadman has worked internationally as a scientist, university lecturer and technical editor (both in-house and freelance). She now works as a freelance technical editor and trainer. Hilary is passionate about finding better ways to work on and in her business.

**Before booking, please note that the workshop will use the Citrix Go To Webinar platform, and you must use VoIP (the computer microphone and speakers, and a headset is highly recommended as this is an interactive session). This is to avoid long distance phone call charges.

Please make sure that your computer meets the system requirements

http://support.citrixonline.com/webinar/all_files/G2W010003

If you have questions, please contact L.E. Ohman at pdp@medicalwriters.org

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