Reports, Theses and Manuals with Microsoft Word is a course in producing long academic documents in Word, from page setup, styles and automatic chapter numbering to per-chapter headers, equations, captions, tables of contents, indexes and bibliographies. It suits students writing theses, lecturers writing textbooks and administrative staff, and you leave with a reusable report template.
Reports, theses, textbooks and manuals are long documents that must follow strict formatting rules: margins, fonts, chapter numbering, headers that change from chapter to chapter, separate page numbering for the front matter and the main text, a table of contents, lists of tables and figures, and a bibliography. Formatted by hand, every addition or move means renumbering pages and figures across the whole document, and when several people write different chapters the formatting rarely matches.
This course teaches you to produce long academic documents systematically with Word in Microsoft 365: setting up pages for binding, choosing fonts, using styles and automatic heading numbers, separating headers and page numbers with sections, adding equations, pictures, tables, captions and cross-references, building a table of contents, index and bibliography that update in one click, then assembling the document, reviewing it with your supervisor or manager and exporting it to a PDF with bookmarks. You leave with a reusable report template (2 days, 6 hours per day, 12 hours in total, Intermediate level).
Course Details
This is the 2026 edition of the Reports, Theses and Manuals with Microsoft Word course. It runs for 2 days, 6 hours per day (12 hours in total, 09:00-16:00), as lectures with a lab in every topic, at Intermediate level. It keeps the core content on page setup, fonts, styles, sections, headers, templates, equations, captions, tables of contents, indexes and bibliographies, updates every procedure for Word in Microsoft 365, and adds LaTeX equation input, the StyleRef field, PDF and PDF/A export with bookmarks, shared review and the Accessibility Checker. Learners take home a report template, practice files with answers and a format checklist.
Section 1: Lab: Planning the Document and Page Setup
Section 2: Lab: Choosing Fonts for Each Level of Content
Section 3: Lab: Styles for Academic Documents
Section 4: Lab: Automatic Chapter and Heading Numbers
Section 5: Lab: Sections, Headers and Page Numbers
Section 6: Lab: A Report Template
Section 7: Lab: Pictures, Tables, SmartArt and Charts
Section 8: Lab: Mathematical and Scientific Equations
Section 9: Lab: Captions and Cross-references
Section 10: Lab: Tables of Contents, Footnotes and Indexes
Section 11: Lab: Citations and Bibliographies
Section 12: Workshop: Assembling, Reviewing and Exporting
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Apply the Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3 styles to chapter titles, main headings and subheadings. Place the cursor on the contents page and choose References then Table of Contents, or Custom Table of Contents if you need to set the levels or format yourself. For lists of tables and figures, add captions with Insert Caption first, then use Insert Table of Figures. When the content changes, click the table and choose Update Table or press F9, and page numbers and headings update automatically.
A section break divides a document into parts that can each have their own page setup, headers, footers and page numbering. Insert a Next Page or Odd Page section break at the start of each chapter and turn off Link to Previous in the new chapter's header, or use the StyleRef field to pull the chapter title from the Heading 1 style so you do not have to type it for every chapter. Use Page Number Format to number the front matter in Roman numerals or Thai letters and restart at 1 for the main text.
On the References tab, choose a citation style such as APA in the Style box. Place the cursor where you cite, choose Insert Citation and Add New Source, and enter the source details. Next time you can pick it from the list, and you can manage all sources in Manage Sources. When you finish writing, place the cursor on the bibliography page and choose Bibliography. If your institution requires a style that Word does not include, check the entries yourself or use a reference manager that works with Word. To refer to figures or tables in the text, use Cross-reference.
Yes. Word in Microsoft 365 supports linear equation input in both UnicodeMath and LaTeX. Press Alt+= to insert an equation, choose LaTeX on the Equation tab and type commands such as \frac{a}{b}, then press Ctrl+= to show the built-up Professional form or Ctrl+Shift+= to return to the linear form. The course also practises numbering equations and referring to them in the text.
It suits students writing reports or theses, lecturers and academics writing textbooks, administrative and graduate school staff who check document formatting, and people who produce manuals in their organisation. You should be able to use Word for everyday work and handle indents, tables and basic automatic numbering. Unlike the Advanced Microsoft Word course, which covers general document work, this course focuses on producing long academic documents from start to submission.
Yes. It can be run in-house for your team, with examples adapted to your own work, such as a thesis template that follows your institution's guide or an operating manual template in your organisation's required format. You can request a quotation from this page, or contact us on LINE @itgenius or by phone on 02-570-8449.
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