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Microsoft Word: Manuscript and Referencing Tools

Audience: Academic staff, PG research, Professional staff, Research staff, Research supervisors

Date: Wednesday 18 February 2026

Times: 14.00 to 16.30

Key details: Learn how to use the many referencing tools available in Word to help manage more formal documents.(In-person delivery; town-centre classroom)

Qualifications needed

This course presumes a good working knowledge of Word and in particular Styles, as covered in the Advanced Document Management course, and is highly recommended as a prerequisite for this course.

Course information

NOTE: These are live, in-classroom sessions at a stated venue.

This course will cover features in Word useful to the production and editing of academic documents.

Skills include:

  • using outline numbered headings
  • using endnotes/footnotes
  • using reference and citation tools (Word tools only, this will NOT cover other bibliographic software, eg Endnote)
  • using cross-references
  • creating an index
  • using track changes to edit documents
  • protecting documents

What previous participants have said:
"A lot I was doing manually can be streamlined with these tools."
"I'll be more confident about working on shared documents with track changes and comments."

(For courses on using other bibliographic software, see the Library website.)

PLEASE NOTE: This course is not open to those on Taught Postgraduate or Undergraduate programs.

Tutors

Sonny Evans

Venue

Butts Wynd 01 Computer Classroom

Course provider

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk