Advanced Microsoft Word Training (WRD365.3)

Step your Word processing skills up a notch with our Advanced Microsoft Word Training course, designed to equip you with the tools you need for handling complex documents efficiently. Whether you’re managing lengthy business reports, collaborating with colleagues, or integrating extensive data, this course provides the expertise needed to master Word’s advanced features.

We begin with Working with Long Documents, where you’ll learn the ins and outs of creating and maintaining a Table of Contents, adding cross references, footnotes, and endnotes. This section also guides you through inserting citations and creating a comprehensive bibliography, adding an index, and including a Table of Figures and Authorities. Practical exercises will reinforce your skills, such as inserting and updating a Table of Contents and practicing footnotes.

Next, step into the collaborative space with our Reviewing and Collaborating on Documents lesson. You’ll discover how to add comments and track changes, providing real-time feedback and edits on documents. Exercises focus on viewing, accepting, and rejecting changes, fostering an efficient review process. You’ll also explore sharing options to ensure your documents can be accessed and edited by the right colleagues.

In Comparing and Combining Documents, you’ll master the tools to compare multiple versions of a document and merge changes seamlessly. Practical exercises will guide you through document comparison and combination, ensuring you can consolidate feedback from multiple sources effortlessly.

The Forms lesson covers the Developer Tab and using various content controls like date pickers, plain text, drop-down lists, check boxes, and rich text. You’ll also learn to restrict editing to certain form fields, enabling you to create and protect interactive forms efficiently. Hands-on exercises will solidify these skills with practical applications.

Our Managing Mailings lesson teaches you how to create envelopes and labels, as well as leverage mail merge for personalized bulk communications. Exercises in printing envelopes and using mail merge will provide you with the practical know-how to handle mailings with precision and ease.

In the Protecting Documents section, you’ll learn to enhance the security of your documents by marking them as final, adding passwords, removing metadata, and restricting formatting and editing. You’ll also explore watermarking options, with exercises to practice adding custom watermarks to maintain document integrity.

Finally, unleash the power of automation with our Macros lesson. You’ll understand how to use and record macros to streamline repetitive tasks, with practical exercises guiding you through the macro recording process.

By the end of this course, you and your team will have a robust command of advanced Microsoft Word features, empowering you to handle complex documents with professionalism and ease. These skills will streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and ensure document security, making your business operations more efficient and effective.

Word Version: This course primarily targets Word 365 and Word 2021; however, we draw attention to features that are not supported in earlier versions of Word, and point out alternative options, when available.

1. Working with Long Documents
   1. Adding a Table of Contents
   2. Updating the Table of Contents
   3. Deleting the Table of Contents
   4. Insert and Update a Table of Contents (exercise)
   5. Cross References
   6. Footnotes and Endnotes
   7. Working with Footnotes (exercise)
   8. Inserting Citations and a Bibliography
   9. Insert Citations and a Bibliography (exercise)
   10. Adding an Index
   11. Inserting an Index (exercise)
   12. Inserting a Table of Figures
   13. Inserting and Updating a Table of Authorities
   14. Using Bookmarks
   15. Go To Feature
2. Reviewing and Collaborating on Documents
   1. Adding Comments
   2. Adding Comments to a Document (exercise)
   3. Tracking Changes
   4. Tracking Changes (exercise)
   5. Viewing Changes
   6. Viewing Markup (exercise)
   7. Accepting and Rejecting Changes
   8. Accepting and Rejecting Changes (exercise)
   9. Sharing
3. Comparing and Combining Documents
   1. Comparing Documents
   2. Comparing Documents (exercise)
   3. Combining Documents
   4. Combining Documents (exercise)
4. Forms
   1. Showing the Developer Tab
   2. Date Picker Content Control (exercise)
   3. Plain Text Content Control (exercise)
   4. Drop-Down List Content Control (exercise)
   5. Check Box Content Control (exercise)
   6. Rich Text Content Control (exercise)
   7. Restricting Editing to Form Fields (exercise)
5. Managing Mailings
   1. Creating Envelopes and Labels
   2. Printing an Envelope (exercise)
   3. Using Mail Merge
   4. Using Mail Merge (exercise)
6. Protecting Documents
   1. Marking Documents Final
   2. Password Protect Word Documents
   3. Removing Metadata from Files
   4. Restrict Formatting and Editing
   5. Protecting a Document (exercise)
   6. Adding Watermarks
   7. Adding Custom Watermarks (exercise)
7. Macros
   1. Using Macros
   2. Recording a Macro (exercise)

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft Word class: