Level 1
Word Beginner
Getting a document to look deliberate: formatting, tabs, tables, and printing what you meant to print.
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Level 3
Microsoft
1 day
Microsoft Word Advanced Course
Microsoft Word Advanced at a glance.
- Duration
- 1 day, 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Price
- $385 per person, ex GST — purchase orders welcome
- Delivery
- In person, or live online with a facilitator
- Where
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney — or online
- Prerequisite
- Word Intermediate
- Class size
- Small — everyone practises out loud more than once
- You take away
- A printed workbook, exercise files, and your own notes
- In-house
- Available for teams of four or more, at your office or ours
What you'll learn.
- Automatic contents pages and cross-references
- Mail merge from Excel or Outlook
- Track changes, comments and comparing versions
- Protecting and finalising a document
Course overview.
Long documents — automatic contents, cross-references, mail merge, track changes and comparing versions.
The 1 day works through 14 modules and 127 individual topics, from SmartArt to Macros in Word. Each module is taught then practised — you do the thing rather than watch it done — on our exercise files, and on your own where you are able to bring them.
Groups are kept small enough that everyone gets hands on the keyboard, and the facilitator is in the room the whole time rather than dropping in. You leave with the workbook, the exercise files and notes in your own words.
Full course outline.
Every module we cover, and the topics inside each one. This is the same outline as the downloadable PDF — expand a module to see what sits under it.
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1SmartArt9 topics
- What SmartArt is for
- Inserting a SmartArt graphic
- Adding the text
- Indenting text
- Changing the SmartArt style
- Recolouring SmartArt
- Switching the SmartArt layout
- Adding more shapes
- Resizing the graphic
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2Master documents13 topics
- What a master document does
- How subdocuments fit in
- Setting up a master document
- Making new subdocuments
- The master document views
- Inserting a subdocument file
- Formatting across the master document
- Opening and editing subdocuments
- Merging two subdocuments into one
- Splitting a subdocument in two
- Removing a subdocument
- Building a table of contents
- Printing from the master document
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3Cross-references2 topics
- Inserting a cross-reference
- Removing a cross-reference
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4Proofing tools8 topics
- Checking your document for errors
- Reading the proofreading marks
- Turning off the spelling and grammar checker
- Tailoring the spelling checker
- Adjusting the grammar checker
- Switching the proofing language
- Translating a selection
- Choosing the default language
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5Tracked changes8 topics
- How tracked changes work
- Turning tracking on and off
- Swapping between Simple Markup and All Markup
- Adding comments alongside tracked changes
- Displaying or hiding markup
- Revisions shown inline or in balloons
- The advanced tracking options
- Accepting or rejecting changes
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6Document protection10 topics
- What document protection covers
- Marking a document read only
- Handling a read only document
- Locking down formatting
- Editing under formatting restrictions
- Restricting who can edit
- Granting exceptions
- Lifting document protection
- Setting a password to open the document
- Setting a password to modify the document
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7Electronic forms14 topics
- How electronic forms work in Word
- Laying out the form
- What content controls do
- Showing the Developer tab
- Adding text controls
- Adjusting content control properties
- Adding the Date Picker control
- Adding prompt text
- Putting formulas in a form
- Adding a Combo Box control
- Adding a Drop Down List control
- Locking the form and saving it
- Filling in an electronic form
- Making changes to a protected form
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8Long documents15 topics
- What a table of contents does
- Adding a table of contents
- Jumping around with a table of contents
- Refreshing page numbers
- Updating the whole table
- Tailoring a table of contents
- Styling the table of contents
- How indexing works
- Tagging index entries
- Building an AutoMark file
- Tagging entries with an AutoMark file
- Clearing marked entries
- Generating the index
- Changing the index format
- Bringing the index up to date
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9Footnotes and endnotes8 topics
- How footnotes and endnotes differ
- Adding a footnote
- Adding an endnote
- Finding footnotes and endnotes
- The Footnote and Endnote dialog box
- Choosing a different number format
- Converting one to the other
- Deleting notes
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10Building blocks and Quick Parts9 topics
- What building blocks are
- Dropping in a building block
- Making your own Quick Parts
- Saving a building block
- Placing Quick Parts in a document
- Changing a saved building block
- Removing building blocks
- Storing building blocks in a template
- AutoText compared with Quick Parts
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11Collaborating on documents4 topics
- Co-authoring a document with others
- Storing a file on SkyDrive
- Sharing a document
- Opening a document someone has shared
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12Comparing documents4 topics
- What document comparison shows
- Choosing the two documents to compare
- Accepting or rejecting the differences
- Saving the revised version
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13Fields in a document11 topics
- What fields do
- The Field dialog box
- Adding a document information field
- Adjusting field properties
- Toggling field codes on and off
- Turning field shading on and off
- Adding formula fields
- Adding a date and time field
- Updating fields automatically at print time
- Locking a field and unlocking it again
- Giving a field a number format
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14Macros in Word12 topics
- What macros do in Word
- Setting the macro security level
- Saving a document as macro-enabled
- Recording a set of steps as a macro
- Playing a macro back
- Putting a macro on the toolbar
- Giving a macro a keyboard shortcut
- Editing macro code
- Adding a macro button field
- Duplicating a macro
- Removing a macro
- Tips for writing better macros
Who it is for.
Confident users who now maintain something other people depend on — and want to stop it breaking.
How it runs.
One day, roughly 9am to 4pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. You get a workstation each with the software installed, in a CBD training room in any of the six capitals, or live online on your own computer.
Dates
Upcoming Dates
The next scheduled Microsoft Word Advanced dates, soonest first. If none of these work, tell us the city and we will let you know when the next block is released.
| Level | Date | Location | Delivery | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word Advanced | Fri 28 Aug 26 | Perth | In person | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Fri 28 Aug 26 | Remote West | Online | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Mon 28 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Mon 28 Sep 26 | Canberra | In person | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Fri 16 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Fri 16 Oct 26 | Brisbane | In person | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Wed 25 Nov 26 | Remote East | Online | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Wed 25 Nov 26 | Brisbane | In person | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Thu 26 Nov 26 | Remote East | Online | $385 | Book |
| Word Advanced | Thu 26 Nov 26 | Melbourne | In person | $385 | Sold out |
By city
Microsoft Word Advanced in your city
Venue, transport and the dates running there.
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Reviews
What people said about Microsoft Word Advanced
Wizard courses run on the shared Nexacu schedule, so these are reviews of this course from people who sat it. Collected by Nexacu after the course and published as written.
Went over tools I use every day but explained ways to use them and little features they have that will be super useful.
Aidan
16 July 2026
It will help effectively resolve the issues during my job.
Eshana
16 July 2026
new efficient ways of working with Word
Iliyan
16 July 2026
Apply Style formating
MST
16 July 2026
All the tips and trick hidden in MS Word
Harry
16 July 2026
An abundance of knowledge about things I didn't even know I didn't know.
Tom
16 July 2026
Source: nexacu.com.au, read 27 August 2026. How feedback is collected.
Questions
Questions People Ask About This Course
Anything not answered here, call 1300 886 190 and ask a person.
How long is the Microsoft Word Advanced course?
It runs for 1 day, 9:00am – 4:00pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. Nothing is pre-recorded and there is no platform to log into afterwards.
How much does Microsoft Word Advanced cost?
$385 per person, excluding GST. That covers the course, the workbook and exercise files and the room. If four or more people from one organisation need it, an in-house day usually works out cheaper — tell us the numbers and we will price both.
Do I need any experience before this course?
Yes — this level assumes Word Intermediate, or equivalent experience picked up on the job. If you are not sure, tell us what you already do and we will place you honestly, including telling you to book the level below.
Can I do Microsoft Word Advanced online instead of in a classroom?
Yes. Every date marked “Live online” runs over video with the same facilitator and the same practice, in breakout groups rather than a room. You use the software on your own machine, so you leave with it set up the way you actually work.
Which cities do you run Microsoft Word Advanced in?
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, plus live online. Every venue is a CBD training room with a workstation for each person. If your city and date are not paired on the schedule above, ask — dates are released in blocks.
Which Word level should I book?
Work from what people already do rather than how long they have used it. The full course outline above shows exactly what this course covers, and the Microsoft Word page lists every level in order. Still unsure? Call 1300 886 190 and describe a normal Tuesday.
Whole team on the same level? Run it in-house.
Your files, your templates, your workflow — the same course, taught against your own material.