Course Aims

• Empower learners to manage large, complex documents with advanced referencing tools.

• Automate tasks and increase productivity with fields, building blocks, and macros.

• Enhance design and layout for professional-quality publications.

• Use advanced collaboration, protection, and customization features.

Course Outline

Session 1: Mastering Large & Complex Documents, Indexes, Citations & References

• Working with master documents and subdocuments

• Creating and updating a dynamic table of contents (TOC)

• Adding captions and automatic tables of figures/tables

• Cross-references and hyperlinks

• Marking entries and generating an index

• Adding footnotes and endnotes

• Managing references using citation and bibliography tools

• Managing sources and editing citation styles

Session 2: Automation & Productivity Tools, Advanced Page Layout & Design

• Inserting and updating fields (date, author, document info)

• Using Quick Parts and AutoText for reusable content

• Creating and using document templates

• Introduction to recording and running simple macros

• Customizing and creating new styles (paragraph, character, table)

• Designing and adding cover pages

• Using and customizing themes and style sets

• Advanced section breaks and page numbering scenarios (e.g., Roman numerals in intro, Arabic in body)

Session 3: Advanced Collaboration & Document Protection, Final Project & Publishing Options

• Combining and comparing multiple document versions

• Restricting editing and protecting documents with passwords

• Adding digital signatures

• Advanced Track Changes settings and custom view options

• Final project integrating advanced referencing, design, and automation

• Exporting to PDF/XPS with bookmarks and options

• Using Document Inspector and Accessibility Checker

• Course wrap-up and Q&A