Live workshopMicrosoft Office training for teams
Microsoft Word Beginners (Level 1)
- Built around your actual work
- Live online, or on-site by request
- Training careers nationwide since 2006
Workshop brief
Microsoft Word Beginners (Level 1)
- Duration
- 7 hrs (2 sessions)
- Tuition
- $359.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
- Delivery
- Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
- Included
- Certificate of completionFor every participant
Manual formatting is why your document keeps breaking.
Almost everyone can use Word and almost nobody was taught it. They format by selecting text and clicking buttons, which works on page one and collapses by page ten. Then a colleague edits it and everything moves.
That is not carelessness. It is the predictable result of manual formatting, and it is fixed by one concept most people have never had explained: styles. Participants who learn styles properly in this class stop having the problem entirely.
HR and learning and development leaders use this for onboarding and for staff who produce documents daily and have never had a class. Operations managers use it where document quality is inconsistent and everyone has their own method. Exercises use your own templates and document types.
Content, examples, and exercises are built around your own files and workflows before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This class is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other Microsoft Office training.
Why teams book DWC
- Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
- Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
- Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization
What your team gets
This course includes
- Live, instructor led class delivered across two sessions
- Hands on work with your own templates and document types
- Styles taught as the thing that prevents documents from breaking
- Practical work with tables, images, and review tools
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Course outline
How the workshop runs
Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.
The first session is why documents break. Participants learn what is actually happening when they select text and click bold, why that formatting does not survive contact with another editor, and how styles solve it. Most have never heard the explanation and several report it reframes twenty years of frustration.
The middle is construction. Participants work with styles, headings, lists, and spacing, and learn to build a document that holds its shape. They practice with tables and images, which are where most documents visibly fall apart, and learn to anchor and position things so they stay put.
The final session is producing finished work. Page setup, headers and footers, page numbering, and review tools including track changes and comments. Participants rebuild a document they actually use, and leave with a version that will not need rebuilding again.
Outcomes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Understand why manual formatting breaks and styles do not
- Apply styles, headings, and lists so a document holds its shape
- Build tables that stay readable and images that stay put
- Set up pages, headers, footers, and numbering correctly
- Use track changes and comments for review
- Produce a clean, professional document without fighting the application
- Rebuild an existing document so it stops needing rebuilding
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this class. It assumes no Word experience beyond basic typing and file management. It is appropriate for professionals at all levels.
Format
Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.
Dates and options
Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team
Public sessions
Train your team privately
Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.
How team training works
From first call to trained team
- 20,000+Participants trained
- 90%Completion rate
- 1,500+Organizations served
Scope it
A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.
Customize it
Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.
Deliver it live
Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.
Make it stick
Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.
Pricing
Tuition and ways to buy
$359.00 per participant
Microsoft Word Beginners (Level 1) is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $359 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.
- Per participant
Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.
- Private team session
Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.
- Invoice your organization
DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.
- Multi-workshop programs
Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.
Microsoft Office training
Microsoft Office training for employees
Excel is the tool most teams use every day and the one fewest people were ever taught. DWC builds Microsoft Office training for employees in levels, from beginner foundations through advanced Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Power BI, so each person starts where they are and every session uses your own files.
Combine workshops into a Microsoft Office skills program for new hires, a single department, or a whole team moving work into Microsoft 365.
Can you customize this workshop for our team?
Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.
Is the training online or on-site?
Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.
Is there a minimum group size?
Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.
Can employees at different skill levels attend?
Most Microsoft Office workshops come in levels, from beginner through advanced, so you can place each employee in the right session. We can help you sort your team by level before you book.
Can you train our team on Excel, Word, and Outlook together?
Yes. Workshops can be combined into a multi-workshop program for a department or a new hire group, scheduled around your team and built around the files you use.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.
Can individual employees join a public session?
When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.
Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.