Learn to use MS Word to its full potential. Our Advanced Course will take your skills to the next level. We will teach you how to use SmartArt Graphics, and Electronic Forms, how to increase automation with macros and much more.

Smart Art

• Understanding SmartArt
• Inserting a SmartArt Graphic
• Inserting Text
• Indenting Text
• Changing the SmartArt Style
• Changing SmartArt Colours
• Changing a SmartArt Layout
• Adding More Shapes to SmartArt
• Resizing SmartArt

Long 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 AutoMark File
• Marking Index Entries with an AutoMark 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 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

Cross Referencing

• Creating Cross-Reference
• Deleting Cross-Reference

Breaks

• Understanding Building Blocks
• Inserting a Building Block
• Creating Quick Parts
• Saving Building Blocks
• Inserting Quick Parts
• Editing Building Blocks
• Deleting Building Blocks
• Saving Building Blocks to a Template
• AutoText versus Quick Parts

Proofing

• Proofreading Your Document
• Using Proofreading Marks
• Disabling the Spelling and Grammar Checker
• Customising the Spelling Checker
• Customising the Grammar Checker
• Setting a Different Proofing Language
• Translating Selected Text
• Setting the Default Language

Collaboration

• Co-Authoring Documents
• Saving to SkyDrive
• Sharing Documents
• Opening Shared Documents
• Tracking
• 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 Docs

• Understanding Document Comparisons
• Selecting Documents to Compare
• Accepting and Rejecting Changes
• Saving the Revised Document

Protection

• Understanding Document Protection
• Making a Document Read Only
• Working with a Read Only Document
• Restricting Formatting
• Working with Formatting Restrictions
• 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

E-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 MacroEnabled
• 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

Private and Group Classes:
This course is available for individual enrolment and Private classes (min 10 students). Please contact Lumify to organise a quote.

What do I need to know to attend?

There is no requirement for the Advanced Word course, however it is aimed at regular users of Word. Students should be familiar with the topics covered on the Intermediate course.

Word Advanced Learning Outcomes

• 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 words and phrases
• Create and use building blocks
• Use a range of document proofing features
• Use the features of Word to work collaboratively with others
• Understand and use the tracking feature in Word
• Compare multiple versions of the same document
• Create and remove 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

Word Intermediate or releavent experience