As well as Microsoft Excel®, I'm skilled at using and programming Microsoft Word. While powerful in itself, if the client requires, I can use the VBA language to modify Microsoft Word and program it with additional functionality, such as taking data from Microsoft Access or Microsoft Excel.

The advantages of this to a business are potentially huge, and include:

• Automated Reports: Reports can take hours, or even days, to create; pulling in data from various disparate sources, then combining them all, formatting it all to look presentable, and arranging the information so that it is readable. I can automate reports so that they create themselves in seconds. The advantage of using Microsoft Word is that the finished report could then be used as a Microsoft Word document, and be typed on or incorporated in a larger Microsoft Word document.

• Templates: These are files that can be pre-designed to client specifications (perhaps featuring calculations and/or the company logo) before being saved to a PC. These can then be opened as and when a structured environment (such as an invoice form or a spreadsheet for calculating certain costs, etc.) is required. For ease of use and consistency, templates are a hugely powerful business tool, saving time and reducing human error. Available in Microsoft Excel® or Microsoft Word.