Report Formatting and Document Design in Microsoft Word

Strong content is often let down by messy, inconsistent documents that take hours to fix by hand. This hands on course teaches professionals across African workplaces to build clean, professional reports in Microsoft Word using styles, templates, tables of contents and consistent layout. Delegates leave able to produce polished documents quickly and to create reusable templates that keep a whole team looking consistent.

What you will be able to do

Apply heading styles to create structure, navigation and automatic tables of contents.
Build reusable report templates that carry an organisation's fonts, colours and layout.
Format tables, figures, captions and page numbers for a clean professional finish.
Use sections, headers and footers to control layout across long documents.
Insert and align images, charts and cover pages without breaking the layout.
Troubleshoot common formatting problems and clean up inherited documents quickly.

Course outline

01Planning Document Structure Before You Type
02Working with Styles and Themes
03Building and Saving Templates
04Tables, Figures and Captions
05Sections, Headers, Footers and Page Numbers
06Cover Pages, Contents and Cross References
07Fixing Messy and Inherited Documents
08Quality Check and Final Proofing

Who should attend

This course is ideal for report writers, administrators, analysts, researchers and anyone who produces or edits formal documents and wants a faster, more consistent result.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Sep 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
21 to 22 Sep 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Online	2	US$900
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
9 to 10 Nov 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Durban	2	R10,000
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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We can run Report Formatting and Document Design in Microsoft Word privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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