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Word Advanced
Intensive 3-day training to become a Word expert: VBA macros, advanced fields, XML, collaboration and development of a complete document production system.
Duration
3 jours (21h)
Format
On-site
Prerequisites
Good Word skills (styles, mail merge, sections)
Audience
Executive assistants, technical writers, trainers
1
Day 1 — Collaborative Review & Teamwork
1j- Track changes: activation, options, display, colors by author
- Comments: insertion, reply, resolve, navigation
- Compare documents: compare, combine, show differences
- Master and subdocuments: creation, locking, export
- Password protection: open, modify, section-level restriction
- Digital signature: certificates, visible signature lines
- Intensive lab 1: manage a 5-person team project on a shared document with tracking and merging
2
Day 1 — Fields & Automation
- Advanced field codes: REF, PAGEREF, INCLUDETEXT, INCLUDEPICTURE
- Formula fields: =, SUM, PRODUCT, IF, comparisons
- Conditional fields: DOCVARIABLE, ASK, SET, SEQ
- Macros level 1: recording, running, assignment (shortcut, button, ribbon)
- Macro security: levels, trusted locations, certificates
- Intensive lab 2: automate monthly report generation with dynamic fields
3
Day 2 — VBA Macros in Word
1j- VBA editor: project, modules, procedures, immediate window
- Word objects: Application, Document, Selection, Range, Paragraph
- Variables: declaration, types, scope, constants
- Conditions: If...Then...ElseIf...Else, Select Case
- Loops: For...Next, For Each...Next, Do...Loop
- Interaction: InputBox, MsgBox, custom dialog boxes
- Intensive lab 3: create an auto-formatting macro + a report generation macro
4
Day 2 — XML Documents & Structured Data
- Advanced Content Controls: repeating section, group, list
- XML mapping: schema creation, binding to controls
- Custom document properties: creation, field updates
- XML export/import: automated document generation
- Version management: comparison, history, restore
- Intensive lab 4: create an automated contract generation system with XML
5
Day 3 — Final Project: Document Production System
1j- Specifications: analyze company document production needs
- Design: templates, macros, forms, validation workflow
- Development: create interconnected templates, input forms, automation macros
- Testing: produce 10 real documents using the created system
- Documentation: write the system user guide
- Presentation: demonstrate the system to other participants and gather feedback
6
Day 3 — Advanced Assessment & Certification
- Final project evaluation: quality, robustness, reusability
- Practical exam: develop an automation solution in 2 hours
- Advanced Word certification: official skills validation
- Post-training action plan: deployment in the company
- Access to Word expert community and advanced resources
This plan is customizable
For experts who want to automate their company's document production. Final project adapted to your context.