Course Description

• Do you want to produce a clean, professional and engaging document – from business reports to complex proposals?
• Have you thought of adding something extra to your reports to make them stand out?
• Do you want to learn the straightforward and easy-to-apply techniques of enhancing the use of Microsoft Word in report writing?

Beyond writing simple letters and documents, when you start to put together a lengthy report or a complex document, you may have to grapple with the functionality of Microsoft Word, which can be challenging. This course is designed to address your concerns and covers how to produce a high-quality report or document in a straightforward and user-friendly method.

In This Course You Will Learn To

• Enhance documents and reports with the relevant styles, designs, paragraphing and text layouts
• Incorporate tables, charts and pictures to enhance the quality of your document
• Apply proper cross-referencing and comments
• Create letterhead templates with captivating headers and footers
• Apply techniques to refine and produce high-quality reports and documents

Who Should Attend

This course is relevant to users who have a need to use Microsoft Word to create documents that go beyond simple letters and reports. It enables participants to produce proper, clean and professional reports and complex documents with ease.

Prerequisites

Participants should already have experience working with Microsoft Word.

Course Outline

Module 1: Creating a Professional Report

• Introduction
• The Report Checklist

Module 2: Useful Tools in Designing a Report

• Freeze Parts of Documents
• Enhancing Document with ‘Font Styling’ and ‘Paragraph Styling’
• Applying Styles and Themes

Module 3: Enhancing Reports with Table, Illustrations and Charts

• Inserting a Table from Word or Excel
• Incorporating a Chart from Excel
• Adding and Formatting a Picture
• Applying Captions in Word

Module 4: Building a Professional Layout and Design

• Using the Header and Footer
• Applying Page Number, Page Breaks
• Reports with Attractive Cover Pages and Rich Contents
• Incorporating ‘Table of Contents’, ‘Table of Figures’ and Page Borders

Module 5: Referencing and Collaboration

• Applying Indexes and Bibliographies
• Incorporating Cross-referencing and Comments

Module 6: Refining a Professional Report

• Inserting Signatures
• Applying Watermarks
• Proofing the Report