CPD - Microsoft Word Expert Training Course Outline

Audience: Successful candidates for Microsoft Word Expert Training Course will create and manage professional documents of four pages or more for a variety of specialised purposes and situations. You will customize the Word environments to meet project needs, and to enhance productivity. Examples of expert-level documents include a business plan, a research paper, a book, a specialized brochure, and a mass mailing. Candidate roles may include editors, project managers, business information workers, educators and others.

This course is designed for CPD as well studying to become MOS accredited. 

Course Duration: 2 day 

CDP Points: 14

Course Types: Group bookings, public courses, 1-2-1 sessions, bespoke tailored courses and Saturday club.

Course Location: This This Word Specialist Level 2 training course can be delivered either at our London training venue or at your offices. 

Tailored Course Content: Course content can be customised to meet your specific requirements, with scheduled dates to suit you.

At Course Completion

Module 1.1: Create a Document

  • Modify existing templates
  • Copy custom styles, macros, and building
  • blocks to other documents or templates
  • Manage document versions
  • Compare and combine multiple documents
  • Link to external document content
  • Enable macros in a document
  • Display hidden ribbon tabs
  • Change the application default font

Module 1.2: Prepare Documents for Review

  • Restrict editing
  • Mark a document as final
  • Protect a document with a password

Module 1.3: Manage Document Changes

  • Track changes
  • Manage tracked changes
  • Lock or unlock tracking
  • Add comments
  • Manage comments

Module 2.1: Perform Advanced Editing and Formatting

  • Find and replace text by using 
  • wildcards and special characters
  • Find and replace formatting and styles
  •  Set advanced page setup layout options
  • Link text boxes
  • Set paragraph pagination options
  • Resolve style conflicts by using Paste Options

Module 2.2: Create Styles

  • Create paragraph and character styles
  • Modify existing styles

Module 3.1: Create and Manage Indexes

  • Mark index entries
  • Create indexes
  • Update indexes

Module 3.2: Create and Manage References

  • Customise a table of contents
  • Insert and modify captions
  • Create and modify a table of figures

Module 3.3: Manage Forms, Fields, and Mail Merge Operations

  • Add custom fields
  • Modify field properties
  • Perform mail merges
  • Manage recipient lists
  • Insert merged fields
  • Preview merge results

Module 4.1: Create and Modify Building Blocks, Macros, and Controls

  • Create QuickParts
  • Manage building blocks
  • Create and modify simple macros
  • Insert and configure content controls

Module 4.2: Create Custom Style Sets and Templates

  • Create custom colour sets 
  • Create custom font sets
  • Create custom themes
  • Create custom style sets

Module 4.3: Prepare a document for Internationalization and Accessibility

  • Configure language options in documents
  • Add alt-text to document elements
  • Manage multiple options for Body and Heading fonts 
  • Utilise global content standards