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Description

Word — Advanced Word Processing: Styles, Automation and Reliable Documents

Stop formatting by hand and let styles and automation carry the consistency of your documents

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

The document keeps growing and every correction shifts the layout. Headings have been bolded one by one, the table of contents is retyped manually, numbering restarts from the beginning after an insertion, and mail merge remains the preserve of one person in the department.

These 14 hours rebuild the document from its structure: a style set and a reusable template, sections with differentiated headers, fields and automatic tables, mail merge and forms with protected fields. The work is carried out on real documents brought by participants, most of them already formatted by hand.

Learning objectives

  • Build a style set and save it in a reusable template
  • Structure a long document into sections with distinct headers and numbering
  • Generate and update a table of contents and a table of figures
  • Run a mail merge for letters and labels from a data file
  • Create a form with protected fields to be completed by a third party
  • Track changes and merge feedback from several reviewers

What makes this programme different

Documents brought by participants are reworked and restructured during the session
A complete corporate template is built and then tested on a new document
A deliberately damaged file serves as a formatting diagnosis exercise

Programme

1Styles and templates

Separating content from presentation

  • Creating and modifying a style set
  • Heading style hierarchy and the navigation pane
  • Character
  • paragraph and list styles
  • Saving in a template and sharing it with the team
  • Reworking a manually formatted document

2Long documents

Sections | fields and automatic tables

  • Dividing into sections and choosing break types
  • Differentiated headers and footers
  • Page and chapter numbering
  • Table of contents
  • table of figures and index
  • Cross-references and bookmarks

3Mail merge and forms

Producing in series and collecting input

  • Preparing the data file
  • Merge fields and conditional rules
  • Letters
  • labels and envelopes
  • Form with protected fields
  • Locking and distributing the form

4Review and finalisation

Revision | comparison and export

  • Track changes and comments
  • Comparing and merging two versions
  • Protecting the document and restricting editing
  • Final checks before distribution and export
  • Resolving recurring layout anomalies

Who is it for

Regular word-processing users who produce long documents · series of letters · or templates for their department.

Prerequisites

Ability to enter and format text and to save and print a document.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.