Track record using Microsoft Office as a development tool

We show below a few examples of some Microsoft Office development work we have done in addition to producing this web site.

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Document authoring tools

For a number of companies we have taken the concept of the Word template and developed it into a sophisticated document management system. The tools provide a simple interface that allow both typists and non-typists to create good-looking documents quickly and easily. What sets them apart from other template systems are the additional features we have developed, for example:

Links to marketing databases to enhance the value of those databases, eliminating unnecessary keying and improving accuracy
Storage of documents to standard locations within the server, automatically creating subdirectories when necessary
Forcing of spell checks
Production of multi-part sets automatically using multi-bin printers or separate printers working together
Tools to promote re-use of standard blocks of text
Automatic switching from portrait pages to landscape and vice versa
Automatic conversion to and from US paper sizes from European ones
Dynamic documents that react to data collected from the document author - for example a proposal document that incorporates standard clauses depending on the services to be provided
Implementation of the Word template concept within Excel and PowerPoint
Common interfaces that allow someone trained in one kind of document to work with all others; this approach also allows training to focus on document production rather than Word itself.

We even created a feature that forced laptop users to make backups!

For an Independent Financial Advisory company

For this provider of financial services we used Word to create innovative documents that linked to and from the company's back office system. The documents helped the company manage its workflow and ensured effective handling of client enquiries.

For a management consultancy

Our client was a start-up management consultancy. It wanted to set itself up as a 'virtual company' with consultants working out of their laptops. It also needed to keep its overhead costs to an absolute minimum.

We developed a timesheet and forward planning system in based around Word and Excel. Later, we developed an expenses system. These systems were supported by a simple Email-based distribution system for client and other codes.