How (and Why) Designers Can Fall in Love with Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word has long been the bane of the professional designer’s existence—and when clients ask if their projects can be executed and delivered in Word, many designers just roll their eyes. But under the hood of Word is a sophisticated formatting engine, which employs stylesheets that can rival InDesign—you just need to know where the buttons are as well as some of the quirks.

Michelle D. Novak will show us some of Word’s hidden tools (that most people don’t know exist) and how to look at Word and PowerPoint not as a nuisance but a billable—and often highly-profitable—design offering. With the right templates and a bit of client-training, you can produce documents that both you and your clients will be proud to use.

About Michelle D. Novak, MI (Candidate)

Michelle D. Novak is slated to receive her Masters of Information (MI) degree from Rutgers in May 2022 and holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She is also a former Board Member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), NY Chapter, the current Chair of the Students and New Archives Professionals Section of the Society of American Archivists, and a trustee, webmaster, and newsletter editor at genealogical societies. In 1997 she founded MND, a brand design firm that creates materials for financial services and non-profits. MND’s current and past clients include the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), the Clinton Global Initiative, Drexel Morgan, Fordham University School of Law, Haverford Trust, History Camp, the New Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B), Psionic (a NASA commercial sector spin-off), St. Francis College, and SEI, among many others. mnd.nyc | m@mnd.nyc

Once you register, we will email Zoom credentials in the days leading up to the event.