Microsoft Word: Long Documents Masterclass
Microsoft Word Training Series | Level 3
Course Details
Duration: 1 day (9 am – 4 pm)
Microsoft® Word® Versions: 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 365 (Windows)
Delivery Methods: Instructor-led classroom (ILC) | Instructor-led Virtual classroom (ILVC)
Course Dates: May 27, 2021 (Virtual classroom) | View schedule 
Course Fee: $245 CDN per person + HST (Virtual classroom), $275 CDN per person + HST (Bring your own device for live classroom courses) or $325 CDN per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device for live classroom courses)*
Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca for more information including savings for custom group training.
Note: Public scheduled courses are delivered as live instructor-led classroom training or virtual classroom training (as indicated). Bring your own device rates apply to live classroom courses.
Course Overview
This hands-on course is designed for users who want to learn the tools and techniques for working with long documents. Students will learn to use content controls, advanced styles, advanced tables of contents, cross-references, captions, footnotes, endnotes and indexes n longer documents. PDF (portable document format) files will be converted to Word format. Powerful editing features such as track changes and comparing documents will also be reviewed. In order to automate repetitive tasks, macros will be recorded and played. Throughout this course, the instructor will include numerous tips, tricks and shortcuts.
Prerequisite: Microsoft Word Intermediate / Advanced or Microsoft Word: Styles, Templates and Tables of Contents or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Location and timing: Public scheduled courses are held online in virtual classroom format or in downtown Toronto and run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time).
Related training: View all Microsoft Word courses >
INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE
- Comprehensive course manual
- Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
- Sample and exercise files
- Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
- Certificate of completion
- Follow-up email support
Course Topics
Using Advanced Style Techniques
- Finding and replacing styles
- Using style separators to include snippets in a table of contents
- Adding keyboard shortcuts to styles
- Protecting documents so users can apply only specified styles
- Displaying the styles and direct formatting applied to a selection
Creating Advanced Tables of Contents
- Generating tables of contents from styles in Microsoft Word
- Viewing tables of contents field codes
- Editing tables of contents field codes to remove numbering for different levels
- Manually marking entries for a table of contents
- Creating multiple tables of contents in the same document
Inserting and Formatting Content Controls
- Understanding content controls
- Identifying the parts of a content control
- Using different types of content controls
- Issues with content controls
- Using content controls in templates
Adding Captions to Images and Tables
- Adding captions to figures and tables
- Editing and formatting captions
- Generating lists of figures and tables
Inserting Excel Data into Word
- Inserting linked or unlinked Excel worksheet data in Word documents
- Updating links
- Breaking links
Inserting Hyperlinks
- Inserting, editing and removing hyperlinks
- Formatting hyperlinks
- Hyperlinking to a bookmark
Inserting and Managing Cross-References
- Adding a cross-reference to text that appears in another location in a document
- Updating cross-references
- Using bookmark fields with cross-references
Inserting and Editing Footnotes and Endnotes
- Inserting and editing footnotes and endnotes
- Changing numbering
- Converting footnotes and endnotes
Creating an Index
- Marking text for an index
- Generating an index
Editing PDFs in Word
- Converting PDF (portable document format) files into Word natively
- Conversion issues
Creating Newspaper-style Columns
- Creating a newspaper-style column document
- Adding titles across the top of a newspaper-style document
- Adding column breaks and continuous breaks
Protecting Documents
- Locking documents so that users can edit specific areas
- Restricting formatting and editing
- Making Microsoft Word documents read only
- Password protecting Word documents
- Removing personal information and other metadata
Automating Tasks with Macros
- Automating frequent tasks using basic macros
- Reviewing Trust Centre settings for security
- Recording a macro using the macro recorder
- Using different strategies to run a macro
- Saving files with macros
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