Best Practices Microsoft Word - Optimise Your Reports and Documents

After the training the participant shall be able to:  

• Create and edit documents using styles and templates efficiently
  

• Automate the presentation of documents

• Structure and write your document in a communicative way

Before creating your document

• Target audience and objectives of the document

• Composition (content) and typography (form): 2 distinct and complementary tasks

• Structure and content: prior reflection

• Data sources and reliability

Creating your document

• Creating, saving and using a template

• Creating a document from several others

• Inserting files into current documents

• Importing elements from other programs (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Structuring your document

• Structuring your document using title styles and the navigation pane

• Handling the different levels of titles

• Moving chapters using the navigation pane

• Structure and logic: to each his own!

Laying out your document

• Using the theme: creating and modifying the existing theme

• Creating, modifying and using styles (character, paragraph, table, list) and style sets

• Create, modify, use and delete a section

• Between originality and sobriety: some rules

Taking care of the visual and graphic elements

• Front pages

• Inserting images in a long document

• Creating a table of figures

• Visual elements and efficiency

Goods practices

• Creating a table of contents and changing its appearance

• Generating an index

• Writing a clear and effective report using written communication techniques

• Simplifying information where necessary

• Summarising your document in one page

• Good basic knowledge of Microsoft Word

• Good knowledge of the use of the Windows environment

By the end of the training, the trainee will receive a statement of participation issued by the House of Training.