Training course

Word Advanced

This Word course covers the advanced features of Microsoft Word for delegates who need to work with forms, large or complex documents, and sharing documents among multiple team members.

  • 1 Day
  • Online or in person
  • Private courses available
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Course Objectives

  • Create a Macro to automate a repetitive task.
  • Add Sections to a document to allow different headers and footers on different parts of the document.
  • Creating a template that can be used by many users but can be personalised with their own information and save changes so that it does not affect the template file.
  • Create a form that can be filled in on the screen, using a variety of text boxes, drop down lists and tick boxes.
  • Add a Table of Contents to a document with many pages, to help navigate to sections more easily.

Prerequisites

  • This is an advanced course aimed at delegates who can already use Word to create, edit, format, save, and print business documents that contain text, tables, and graphics. To ensure your success, we recommend that all delegates have completed the Word Essentials course or have equivalent knowledge.

Included

  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
  • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
  • Telephone and Email Support

Course content Back to top

  1. Quick Recap of Content from Essentials course
    Advanced Formatting
    Advanced graphics e.g. SmartArt and Charts
  2. Section Breaks
    Creating a section break
    Deleting a section break
    Setting section properties
  3. Building Structure with Outlines and Master Documents
    Building an outline
    Editing an outline
    Working within outlines
    Master documents
  4. Using Styles in a Document
    What is a style?
    Character styles
    Paragraph styles
    Using built in styles in a document
    Creating new styles
  5. Multi-level Bullets and Numbering
    Applying and removing multilevel lists
    Indenting bullets to different levels
    Defining a multilevel list
  6. Table of Contents
    Explanation of a table of contents
    Creating a table of contents
    Modifying the table of contents options
    Updating a table of contents
    Deleting a table of contents
  7. Table of Figures
    Explanation of a table of figures
    Creating a table of figures
    Modifying the table of figures options
    Updating a table of figures
    Deleting a table of figures
  8. Reference Marks and Notes
    Creating a Footnote and Endnote
    Bookmarks
    Captions
    Hyperlink
    Cross Reference
  9. Mail Merge
    Creating a Mail Merge from scratch
    Creating a Mail Merge using an existing document and existing data source
    Changing the data source file
    Add, delete or modify the records in the Data Source File
    Filter the data so as to not merge to the whole data set
    Using the merge rules to customise each individual letter further
    Merge to new document, email and labels
  10. Reviewing & Tracking Changes
    Sending a document for review
    Reviewing a document
    Comparing document changes
    Merging document changes
    Reviewing track changes & comments
  11. Templates
    What are templates?
    Creating a template
    Modifying a template
    Saving a template
    Using Fill-in fields in your templates
    Adding Style Referencing into your templates
  12. Creating Forms
    Adding form fields to a document
    Protecting a form
    Saving form data
    Filling in a form
  13. Macros
    What is a macro?
    Creating macros
    Deleting macros
    Ideas on how to use Macros

Public dates and prices Back to top

Prices are per delegate and exclude VAT.

  • Thursday 5 November 2026

    Durham 9:30–16:30

    £295+ VAT

  • Friday 4 December 2026

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

  • Monday 15 February 2027

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

  • Wednesday 14 April 2027

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

  • Wednesday 23 June 2027

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

  • Wednesday 28 July 2027

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

  • Monday 4 October 2027

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

  • Friday 3 December 2027

    Virtual, live online 9:30–16:30

    £245+ VAT

Can't make these dates? Ask about a private course on a date that suits you.

Training a team?

Run this course privately, on your dates

  • Public Scheduled Fixed course content, fixed date, fixed location, fixed length, multiple organisations - All you need to do is choose which course you would like to attend and contact us to book!
  • Private Flexible course content, flexible training date(s), flexible location(s), variable course length, private to your organisation - Courses can be held at one of our training venues or at another location convenient to you. Training can be set over a number of days or weeks to allow for practice time between training sessions.
  • Bespoke Bespoke private training can be based on an existing course or a number of lessons taken from several courses, we can also write bespoke courses for you based on your in-house systems or development program.
  • Virtual These courses can be attended from anywhere.

What delegates say Back to top

“Use Styles to correct my formatting”
J.Q., Burnetts Solicitors
“Auto Correct this will really help me.”
S.G., Burnetts Solicitors

Any other comments or recommendations

“I have obtained so much from this course, would recommend to anyone”
A.M., Px Group

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“I now want to take on more challenges and improve the documents I produce.”
A.M., Px Group
“Excellent course and trainer”
L.J., Px Group

Are there any aspects of the course which you feel require improvement

“There are no aspects of the course that require improving.”
J.B.

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable

“All of it from start to finish”
M.A.
“I found all of the course valuable as what I learned was all information I didn’t know before.”
D.S.
“Adele made this course easy to follow and we have learned a lot from today’s session.”
R.H.

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  • Word Essentials

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Please contact us to discuss your Word Advanced course, we have many solutions available to ensure you receive the best training possible.

Your Word course can be delivered online or in-person. You can choose your learning path and delivery style. Learn in-person or online with our virtual classrooms. Your course can be delivered online, at your office or at one of our training venues, it's your choice. Small course sizes. Course materials included. Flexible Word Advanced course content. Expert trainers and tried & tested training methods. Many course materials available online using your personal training account. You can master Word, please contact us to book a place or get a quote for your Word Advanced course.

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