Top tip number 1
In Microsoft always check page setup size is not "letter"

Microsoft documents love "Letter" page size. They default to it when creating a new document and often when you add to an existing document.

Why check?
Because "letter" is wider and shorter than A4 and because Microsoft software will set itself to the printer driver of the printer attached to the PC you are working on. So if it defaults to "letter" on your PC and you don't notice, when we set it to A4 to print on our machines, the text will re-run causing lines to flow over (or back) on pages.

So good habit number 1... always check page setup size as soon as you create or open up an existing document.

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Top tip number 2
Always supply a "hard" (printed) copy

A hard copy allows us to check if anything is missing. It is also essential if you supply multiple Microsoft documents (Word + Publisher + Excel + Powerpoint) and you need them combined into one printed document (or PDF).

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Top tip number 3
Always write file names on the printed copies

When you print off a hard copy always write on it the name of the file you saved it as. This helps everybody when trying to locate the correct file quickly.

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