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Description

Word — Word Processing for Self-Taught Users: Correcting Habits and Saving Time

Replace empty lines and strings of spaces with the tools that genuinely hold a layout together

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Word processing was learned alone. The document looks acceptable, but it is built on workarounds: empty lines to force a new page, approximate tab stops to align text, formatting reapplied by hand on every heading. As soon as the text grows longer or a colleague edits the file, everything shifts.

This 7-hour day targets the costly habits picked up without training. Participants identify what actually produces their layout, adopt the appropriate styles, tab stops and breaks, then discover the functions that remove manual rework. The programme is adjusted using the documents brought by the group.

Learning objectives

  • Identify the actions within a document that produce an unstable layout
  • Replace manual formatting with paragraph and character styles
  • Use tab stops, indents and breaks instead of empty lines and spaces
  • Create a hierarchical numbered list that updates automatically
  • Save time with find and replace and reusable building blocks
  • Diagnose and repair a received document whose layout shifts

What makes this programme different

Participants' own documents are diagnosed within the first hour of the day
Each costly habit is replaced by the correct action, then compared in completion time
A deliberately damaged document serves as a repair exercise at the end of the day

Programme

1Seeing What Is Happening

Diagnosing an unstable document

  • Displaying formatting marks
  • Spotting empty lines, multiple spaces and misplaced tab stops
  • Effect of a single change on the rest of the document
  • Copying formatting and clearing formats
  • Inspecting a document received from an external source

2Adopting the Right Actions

Styles, tab stops and breaks

  • Paragraph and character styles
  • Indents, line spacing and spacing before and after
  • Tab stops and leader dots
  • Page, column and section breaks
  • Hierarchical numbered lists

3Saving Time Day to Day

Automation and reuse

  • Advanced find and replace
  • Reusable text blocks and automatic entries
  • Document templates for recurring documents
  • Useful keyboard shortcuts
  • Final check before sending

Who is it for

Self-taught users of word processing software who regularly produce documents without having followed structured training.

Prerequisites

Using word processing software daily to draft and format documents.

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.