Word for Intermediate Users: Communication Tools

By the end of this one-day intermediate level course you will be confident in using Styles to automatically format parts of your document. You will use Styles to navigate around a document. You will create sophisticated graphics. You will create templates and Building Blocks (Autotext) to save time. You will be able to Mail Merge within Word and to Outlook email.

Course Overview

Take your Microsoft Word skills further. Learn how to use Word’s powerful communication tools to create documents that look professional, save you time, and engage your audience.

 

Why take this course?

  • Improve your efficiency with Word’s advanced tools
  • Learn how to design impactful, reader-friendly documents
  • Get hands-on with tools like styles, templates and mail merge
  • Ideal for those who use Word regularly and want to do more

Who is this course for?

This course is for those already confident with the basics of Word and looking to use its features to communicate more effectively and save time with everyday documents.

Duration

1 day

Classroom size

8 approx.

Location

Online or Classroom

Certificate

1 Certification

Experience

Intermediate

What you will learn

  • Use both Paragraph and Text pre-set Styles
  • Understand what can be done with Styles beyond just formatting Add Headers and Footers
  • Insert Pictures, and Diagrams
  • Create Templates and use Building Blocks to save time on standard documents
  • Mail Merge to Word and Outlook

Course Timetable

This course will be taught in the latest version of the software. We can train this in older versions if needed – please get in touch for more information and availability.

The look and feel of your document

This session will take you through how to format an entire document and give it a modern, professional look that livens the document.

  • Designing Standard Documents- Themes
  • Pictures, online images & SmartArt
  • Headers and Footers
  • Quick Parts & Autotext

On-screen Form & Template

Create forms that people can complete or print on-screen. You will learn to add controls such as check boxes, text boxes, date pickers and even a drop-down list to your Word document. The session also shows how to create a template, so you don’t have to start from scratch each time you need it.

  • Create fillable On-Screen Forms
  • Content Controls Properties
  • Protect & use a Form
  • What are Templates?
  • Creating a template using Save As
  • Reuse a Template
  • Edit a Template

Mail Merge

If you need to use Mail Merge to create labels or letters or to email large groups of people then this session will take you through the basics.

  • Setting up your data document
  • Creating the letters/labels Use
  • Initiating the Merge
  • Checking your finished documents
  • Saving/Sending to print or emailIf there’s time…customising your merge

Ready to take the next step?

We are here to help!

This course is only available as a one-to-one or private group booking.

For pricing and availability, send us a message using the form, leave us a message on 020 7375 7300, or speak to an Account Manager straight away using our Live Chat service in the bottom right of your screen!

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Looking for Private Group Training?

If you have three or more learners, a private group training could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

The Happy guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course.

We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

Why Choose happy?

Because Happiness Works

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Expert-Led & Hands-On

Our award-winning training isn’t just theoretical. It’s packed with practical tools you can use straight away.

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We don’t just talk about impact — we live it. As a B Corp, we’re committed to making workplaces better for everyone.

Classroom or live online learning available

Both available for public and private dates.

The small print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven’t received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy’s HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

FAQs

What if I have a Mac?

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.