Microsoft On-Demand

Advanced Microsoft Word Training On-Demand (WRD365.3)

8 hours
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Build advanced Microsoft Word 365 skills for long documents, collaboration, forms, mail merge, document protection, accessibility, and macro automation.

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$49.00
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  • Readings, videos, and exercises
  • Quizzes to check your knowledge
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Course Overview

Build advanced Microsoft Word 365 skills for creating, navigating, reviewing, and securing complex business documents. Learn to manage long documents with tables of contents, cross-references, citations, bibliographies, indexes, bookmarks, and related reference tools.

Strengthen document workflows by using comments and Track Changes, comparing and combining files, creating fillable forms, managing mail merge, and protecting sensitive content. You will also learn to record macros that automate repetitive tasks.

Version: This course uses Microsoft Word 365. Relevant differences in earlier versions are noted where applicable.

Course Benefits

  • Organize long documents with tables of contents, indexes, bookmarks, cross-references, and other navigation tools.
  • Add footnotes, endnotes, citations, bibliographies, tables of figures, and tables of authorities.
  • Review documents collaboratively with comments, Track Changes, and markup controls.
  • Compare and combine document versions efficiently.
  • Create fillable forms with content controls and editing restrictions.
  • Prepare envelopes, labels, and personalized documents with mail merge.
  • Protect documents with passwords, editing restrictions, metadata removal, final status, and watermarks.
  • Prepare documents for broader audiences with accessibility and internationalization tools.
  • Record macros to automate repetitive work.

Course Outline

  1. Working with Long Documents
    1. Add, update, and remove a table of contents
    2. Insert and update a table of contents (exercise)
    3. Create cross-references
    4. Use footnotes and endnotes
    5. Work with footnotes (exercise)
    6. Insert citations and a bibliography
    7. Insert citations and a bibliography (exercise)
    8. Add an index
    9. Insert an index (exercise)
    10. Insert a table of figures
    11. Insert and update a table of authorities
    12. Use bookmarks
    13. Navigate with the Go To feature
  2. Reviewing and Collaborating on Documents
    1. Add comments
    2. Add comments to a document (exercise)
    3. Track changes
    4. Track changes in a document (exercise)
    5. View changes
    6. View markup (exercise)
    7. Accept and reject changes
    8. Accept and reject changes (exercise)
    9. Share documents
  3. Comparing and Combining Documents
    1. Compare documents
    2. Compare documents (exercise)
    3. Combine documents
    4. Combine documents (exercise)
  4. Creating Forms
    1. Show the Developer tab
    2. Add a date picker content control (exercise)
    3. Add a plain-text content control (exercise)
    4. Add a drop-down list content control (exercise)
    5. Add a check box content control (exercise)
    6. Add a rich-text content control (exercise)
    7. Restrict editing to form fields (exercise)
  5. Managing Mailings
    1. Create envelopes and labels
    2. Print an envelope (exercise)
    3. Use mail merge
    4. Complete a mail merge (exercise)
  6. Protecting Documents
    1. Mark a document as final
    2. Password-protect Word documents
    3. Remove file metadata
    4. Restrict formatting and editing
    5. Protect a document (exercise)
    6. Add watermarks
    7. Add a custom watermark (exercise)
  7. Using Macros
    1. Use macros
    2. Record a macro (exercise)

Course Prerequisites

Required experience

  • Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Word.

Prerequisite Courses

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