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Taking Reports to the Next Level Rachel Eichen

Taking Reports to the Next Level

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In today’s visual society, the formatting on your reports and professional documents can sink or elevate your document in the eye’s of its reader. During this two-part class, we will take you past the basics of Microsoft Word formatting and help you create a professionally looking document in Microsoft Word. During this interactive class, you will be introduced to: Best practices and trends for documents and reports Basic styling options Inserting pictures, graphs and other useful objects Advanced list functionalities Header and footer options Print and distribution options Collaboration and advanced review options Between classes, you will be asked to work on a current project/document of your own. This document can be reviewed in class or privately by the instructor. Attendees are required to have access to Microsoft Word.

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Taking Reports to the Next

Level Rachel Eichen

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Agenda• Best Practices and Trends• Basic Styling Options• Inserting Pictures, Graphs & More• Header and Footer

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Clipart vs. Photos (Clipart)• Combination of shapes• No size limit• More “cartoon”-y• Difficult to create your

own• Usually better for printing

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• Real people and places• Size limit• More professional• Bigger file size• Not as good for

printing

Clipart vs. Photos (Photos)

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Be careful of low resolution photos…

This picture might look good, small..

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But it loses quality when bigger..

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Resize Proportionally

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Not all photos look good in B&W

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Not all photos look good in B&W

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Picture Toolbar

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Between ClassesUse our document or your own... in it:• Create Table of Contents• Pick Effective Font• Pick style and use at least 2 styles• Use Smart Art or a Chart• Insert a Footer

Our Document: http://goo.gl/GhT4Z

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Rachel Eichen [email protected]