Report Writing with Word Training Course

Deliver that special report with our bespoke Word Report Writing training course in Bristol.

Classroom or Online

Per Solo Delegate
(Group Pricing Available)

Up to 6 Delegates

Maximum Class Size

Course Description

This Word training course is aimed at users who want to unleash the power of Word in order to produce quality reports. During the course attendees will have the opportunity to practise their Word skills and the option to work on documents from their own organisation.

What's Included

  • Professionally prepared course notes and training materials
  • Student-centred Action Matrixes, designed to embed real change back at work
  • Training delivery and exercises that can be tailored directly to your needs
  • Extra support after the course has finished, in case you have a question
  • Signposting to further development opportunities, so that the training impact is longer-lasting in your organisation

Course Customisation

Please note that all our Word courses are customisable so you can focus on developing the skills that are most important to you.

Benefits

To successfully write a report requires many skills. In order to make the most of these skills it helps to have a mastery of Microsoft Word too.
This course is aimed at existing users of Word who wish to master a range of powerful features that will help them create better reports.
Attendees will have the opportunity for extensive hands-on practice and the option to work on reports from their own organisation.

Who Is It For?

Anyone who needs to produce high-quality reports quickly.

Objectives

By the end of the training you will be able to…

  • Identify your target audience (and adapt to their needs).
  • Develop an effective writing style that gives your reports impact.
  • Use advanced Word features to efficiently create reports with impact.

Course Content

  • Identifying your target audience and tailoring the content and style to suit their needs.
  • Developing an effective writing style – review of sentence and, paragraph construction, signposts, transitions and parallelism.
  • Creating a Table of Contents – ensuring that heading styles have been correctly applied, customising options and updating the table.
  • Presenting your Data – overview of Tables and Charts in Word.
  • Using Cross References and Footnotes – how to create and edit them.
  • Section and List Numbering – how to set up suitable styles and apply them; renumbering sections and lists and correcting numbering problems.
  • An Alternative to Bullet Lists – introduction to the liberating concept of ‘Words in Table’ (WiT).
  • Templates – how to save your report design as a template for future use.
  • Printing – how to print a page (or range of pages) within a section.
  • Working with Styles – the benefits of using styles in a report. Applying and editing existing styles (including the Normal and Heading styles). Creating your own styles for a bespoke look and feel.
  • Useful Views – working with the Outline View, the Navigation Pane (Document Map in 2007) and Split Screen.
  • Using Section Breaks – how to divide a document into logical units that can be independently formatted.
  • Headers and Footers – how to set them up independently for each section (e.g. with different information or alternative formatting).
  • Working with Fields – overview of their function and practice with their use, plus revealing field codes so you can customise them.

Find out more in our training brochure

Looking to arrange a group training course?

Scheme

Group size

Price

Per delegate

Scheme 1

Up to 4 delegates

£795 + VAT

£199 per head

Scheme 2

Up to 8 delegates

£995 + VAT

£125 per head

Scheme 3

Up to 12 delegates

£1,250 + VAT

£105 per head

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