Microsoft Word for Designers: Text Fundamentals

Although Word is built for documents such as reports, letters, and resumés, many clients expect designers to create professional, reusable templates inside it. Jennifer Parkinson helps InDesign-savvy designers understand Word’s text tools, styles, and layout controls so they can create clean, functional Word documents clients can actually use. You’ll learn how Word handles typography, what maps cleanly from Adobe InDesign, and where Word’s limitations require a different approach.

Topics include:

• Text formatting and typography tools in Word
• Creating and managing paragraph and character styles
• Best practices for layout control using section breaks, lists, bullets, and more