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This Microsoft Word training course aims to provide experienced users with the skills to work with document referencing features, longer document tools, tracking changes, document protection, diagrams and develop automation using fields and macros.
This Microsoft Word training course aims to provide experienced users with the skills to work with document referencing features, longer document tools, tracking changes, document protection, diagrams and develop automation using fields and macros.
This course follows on from the Intermediate Microsoft Word Course.
By attending this ICL training course, delegates will be able to:
Create and work with smartart
Create and work with tables of contents and indexes in long documents
Create and work with master documents
Insert and edit footnotes and endnotes
Create, use and delete bookmarks and cross references
Use autocorrect to automatically correct commonly-misspelled and mistyped words and phrases
Create and use building blocks
Use a range of document proofing features
Understand and use the tracking feature in Word
Compare multiple versions of the same document
Create and remove several forms of protection for your document
Understand, insert and work with fields in a document
Create and work with electronic forms in Word
Create and work with macros.
Presenter-taught training in a computer lab
Online training via the platform Zoom or MS Teams
This course assumes an intermediate level understanding of Microsoft Word and the creation of documents.
Additional information
Please bring a USB flash drive to class if you would like to make a copy of your work or any relevant class materials. Alternatively, you can save these to a cloud storage space or email them to your personal email address.
Software
Recommended software for PC: MS Word 2013, 2016, 2019, 365
Recommended browser: Chrome
SmartArt
Understanding SmartArt
Inserting a SmartArt graphic
Inserting text
Adding shapes below
Adding shapes above
Adding shapes before and after
Adding an assistant
Promoting and demoting positions
Switching SmartArt right to left
Positioning SmartArt
Resizing SmartArt
Applying a different layout
Applying a colour scheme
Applying a SmartArt style
Deleting SmartArt shapes
Longer documents
Understanding tables of contents
Inserting a table of contents
Navigating with a table of contents
Updating page numbers
Updating a table of contents
Customising a table of contents
Formatting a table of contents
Understanding indexing
Marking index entries
Creating an auto mark file
Marking index entries with an auto mark file
Removing marked entries
Generating an index
Modifying the index format
Updating an index
Master documents
Understanding master documents
Understanding subdocuments
Creating a master document
Creating subdocuments
Working with master document views
Inserting subdocuments
Formatting a master document
Editing subdocuments
Merging subdocuments
Splitting subdocuments
Deleting subdocuments
Building a table of contents
Printing a master document
Footnotes and endnotes
Understanding footnotes and endnotes
Inserting footnotes
Inserting endnotes
Locating footnotes and endnotes
The footnote and endnote dialog box
Changing the number format
Converting footnotes and endnotes
Deleting footnotes and endnotes
Bookmarks and cross references
Creating bookmarks
Navigating with bookmarks
Deleting bookmarks
Creating cross-references
Deleting cross-references
Autocorrect
Understanding autocorrect
Using autocorrect
Adding autocorrect entries
Using math autocorrect
Understanding autoformat
Using autoformat
Using autoformat as you type
Building blocks
Understanding building blocks
Auto text versus quick parts
Inserting a building block
Creating quick parts
Saving building blocks
Inserting building blocks
Editing building blocks
Deleting building blocks
Document proofing features
Proofreading your document
Using proofreading marks
Disabling the spelling & grammar checker
Customising the spelling checker
Customising the grammar checker
Using the thesaurus
Setting a different proofing language
Translating selected text
Setting the default language
Understanding custom dictionaries
Adding words to the custom dictionary
Adding words to the custom dictionary file
Deleting words from the custom dictionary
Creating a custom dictionary
Changing the default custom dictionary
Disabling and enabling a custom dictionary
Removing a custom dictionary
Tracking changes
Understanding tracking changes
Enabling and disabling tracked changes
Switching between simple markup and all markup
Using comments in tracked changes
Showing and hiding markup
Showing revisions inline and in balloons
Advanced tracking options
Accepting and rejecting changes
Comparing documents
Understanding document comparisons
Selecting documents to compare
Accepting and rejecting changes
Saving the revised document
Protecting documents
Understanding document protection
Making a document read-only
Working with a read-only document
Restricting formatting
Working with formatting restriction
Restricting editing
Making exceptions
Stopping document protection
Applying an open document password
Applying a modify document password
Fields
Understanding fields
The field dialog box
Inserting a document information field
Setting field properties
Showing and hiding field codes
Showing and hiding field shading
Inserting formula fields
Inserting a date and time field
Updating fields automatically when printing
Locking and unlocking fields
Applying a number format
Understanding interactive fields
Inserting a filling field
Typing field codes into a document
Activating interactive fields
Inserting an ask field
Using ref to display bookmarks
Activating fields automatically
Electronic forms
Understanding electronic forms in word
Creating the form layout
Understanding content controls
Displaying the developer tab
Inserting text controls
Setting content control properties
Inserting the date picker control
Inserting prompt text
Inserting formulas
Inserting a combo box control
Inserting a drop-down list control
Protecting and saving the form
Using an electronic form
Editing a protected form
Macros
Understanding macros in word
Setting macro security
Saving a document as macro-enabled
Recording a macro
Running a macro
Assigning a macro to the toolbar
Assigning a keyboard shortcut to a macro
Editing a macro
Creating a macro button field
Copying a macro
Deleting a macro
Tips for developing macros