Microsoft Word: Long Documents Masterclass

Microsoft Word Training Series | Level 3

Course Details

Duration: 1 day (9 am – 4 pm)

Microsoft^® Word^® Versions: 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 365 (Windows)

Delivery Methods: Instructor-led classroom (ILC) | Instructor-led Virtual classroom (ILVC)

Course Dates: February 4, 2021 (Virtual classroom) | View schedule 

Course Fee: $225 CDN per person (Virtual classroom), $245 CDN per person (bring your own device) or $295 CDN per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device)*

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 ilearn 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 repretitive 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
• Ensuring 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 captons to figures and tables
• Editing an formatting captions
• Generating a list of figures and tables

Inserting Cross-References, Footnotes and Indexes

• Inserting and editing footnotes and endnotes
• Adding a cross-reference to text that appears in another location in a document
• Updating cross-references
• Using bookmark fields with cross-references
• Marking text for an index
• Generating an index

Converting PDFs to Word

• Converting PDF (portable document format) files to Word (2013 and later)
• 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

Tracking Changes

• Turning on the Track Changes feature
• Controlling the display of tracked changes
• Accepting or rejecting changes
• Comparing two revised documents and examining the changes using Legal Blackline

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

Register Now for a public course at our downtown Toronto location at 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801 (Toronto Star Building), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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