Excel · Word · PowerPoint

The professional's guide to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

A practical toolkit of templates, worked examples, and guidance to help you use Excel, Word, and PowerPoint like someone who's been doing it for years.

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What's inside

Six files. Everything you need.

You get a complete toolkit delivered as a single file — a guide that walks you through each resource, plus five working files you can open, use, and adapt from day one.

PDF

The Guide

Your starting point. A clear walkthrough of every file in the toolkit, key takeaways for each application, and how to get the most from the resources.

Start here
XLS

Excel — Formulae & Skills

11 tabs covering everything from basic navigation and shortcuts through to XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, pivot tables, and data visualisation. Worked examples throughout.

Learn by doing
XLS

Excel — Model Template

A professional Excel model structure with 8 colour-coded tabs: cover page, methodology, assumptions, data, analysis, outputs, and QA checks. Built to workplace standards.

Copy & adapt
DOC

Word — Professional Documents

Guidance and templates for the three document types you'll write most: reports, briefing notes, and literature reviews. Structure, formatting, and practical advice.

Templates included
PPT

PowerPoint — Slide Decks

How to build text-led slide decks that tell a clear story with data. Structure, layout principles, and what makes a slide deck work as a standalone document.

Narrative-driven
PPT

PowerPoint — Presentations

How to create visual-led slides designed to be presented. Covers slide design, delivery tips, using the notes function, and adapting your message for different audiences.

Present with confidence
Skills covered

Practical skills, not theory.

Everything in the toolkit is something you'll actually use at work. No filler.

Excel

  • Core functions: SUM, IF, COUNTIF and combinations
  • XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, and INDEX-MATCH
  • Formatting, colour-coding, and professional layout
  • Pivot tables — how, when, and best practice
  • Charts that suit the data and look right
  • Assumptions tables and named ranges
  • Quality assurance and sense checks
  • Keyboard shortcuts that save real time

Word

  • Writing with clarity — one idea per paragraph
  • Structuring reports, briefings, and reviews
  • Using heading styles for navigation and contents
  • Tracked changes and professional reviewing
  • Footnotes, references, and cross-referencing
  • Version control and file naming
  • Formatting that looks consistent and polished

PowerPoint

  • Slide decks vs presentations — knowing the difference
  • One idea per slide, every time
  • Telling a story with data and visuals
  • Adapting slides for different audiences
  • Delivery tips — don't read from slides
  • Using the notes function and coaching tool
  • Making visuals do the heavy lifting
Who it's for

You know the software. This teaches you how it's actually used.

Ready for Work bridges the gap between using MS Office and using it well in a professional setting.

Final-year students

About to start a graduate role and want to hit the ground running with workplace tools from week one.

Recent graduates

Already in post and realising the gap between what you learnt at university and what's expected at work.

Career changers

Moving into a corporate or analytical role and need to get up to speed on professional standards quickly.

Anyone who wants to improve

You use these tools daily but know you could be more efficient, more polished, and more confident.

How it works

Pay once. Download. Start using it.

No subscriptions, no upsells, no course to work through. Just practical files you can open and use today.

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Open and explore

Start with the PDF guide, then work through the files at your own pace.

Use it at work

Copy the templates, reference the examples, and build better work from day one.

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One toolkit. One price.

Everything you need to use MS Office professionally, for less than a round of drinks.

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  • PDF guide with key takeaways for each application
  • Excel formulae workbook — 11 tabs, worked examples
  • Excel model template — professional, colour-coded
  • Word document guide with 3 ready-to-use templates
  • PowerPoint slide deck guide
  • PowerPoint presentation guide
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Questions

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Six files: a PDF guide, two Excel workbooks (one for formulae and skills, one model template), a Word document guide, and two PowerPoint files (one for slide decks, one for presentations). All are real, working files you can open and use immediately.
After payment, a download link is sent directly to the email address you provide. It arrives within minutes.
The files work with Microsoft Office 2016 and later, including Microsoft 365. Most features also work in recent versions of Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides, though some Excel-specific functions may differ.
No. It's a toolkit. You can work through it in order or jump to the parts you need. The PDF guide suggests a path, but there's no schedule or modules to complete. Use what's useful, when it's useful.
No. The skills and templates are designed to work across sectors. Whether you're heading into finance, consulting, the civil service, charity work, or anything else that uses MS Office, the content applies.